0 MEMOIR OF CHRISTOPHER HEALY, PRINCIPALLY TAKEN FROM HIS OWN MEMORANDA. PHILADELPHIA. AT FRIENDS' BOOK STORE, 304 ARCH STREET. THE following Memoirs of our beloved Friend Christopher Healy, it will be observed, are principally taken from his own memoranda and letters. His fervent zeal for the cause of Truth, so near his heart, is shown throughout the volume, and his memory is warmly cherished by those who still recall his loving council and gospel labors. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I.-1773 to 1793. Birth and parentage. Early religious impressions. Attends a meeting of Friends for the first time in his fifteenth year; observations thereon. Successfully opposes the doctrine of predestination. Called upon to adopt the plain language and a plain dress. Received into membership with Friends, CHAPTER II.-1793 to 1808. Marriage with Alice Sheffield, and humble setting out in life. Belief that he would be called to the ministry, and exercises preparatory thereto. Removal to the neighborhood of Rensselaerville, N. Y. Removal to Middleburg, N. Y. Observations on his employment as a teacher. Death of his father. Appears in the ministry. Remarks on the comfort experienced in the attendance of meetings for worship, CHAPTER III.-1808 to 1809. Engages in a religious visit in Coeymans' Preparative Meeting, N. Y. Remarks on the evils of the use of and traffic in spirituous liquors. Warns a neighbor on account of having a man who pretended to be a soothsayer in his house. Strengthened in a time of deep trial by the unity of his friends. Visits a man, and warns him against preaching for hire. Removes within the compass of Coeymans' Preparative Meeting. CHAPTER IV.-1809 to 1810. Has a meeting in the Dutch settlement of Schoharie. Experience of the enjoyment of Divine favor. Remarks on the sufferings and resurrection of Christ, . 22 36 44 |