The Journal of Richard Jordan

by: Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan (1756-1826) was awakened by a tenderizing visitation of the Holy Spirit when only twelve years old, and enabled to surrender himself entirely to the transforming and refining baptism of Jesus Christ. He was called to preach the gospel when twenty-five years of age, but for a long time his appearances in the ministry were short and infrequent, feeling a dread lest he should “shoot out into the branches” without first knowing “an establishment in the Root of immortal life.” Being faithful in the little, his gift in the ministry grew, and he became one who preached in the demonstration of the Spirit and of power, clearly opening to individuals their states and conditions, and inviting all to peace with God through the effectual operation of the cross of Jesus Christ. (Original title: A Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Richard Jordan, A Minister of the Gospel in the Society of Friends, Late of Newton, In Gloucester County, New Jersey.)