 Friend George, I am as thou art ; I am for bringing all to the life and power of the ever-living God : and, therefore, if thou wilt not quarrel with me about my hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown.  The Erskines - Page 118by Alexander Robertson MacEwen - 1900 - 160 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Whitefield - Presbyterian Church - 1771 - 488 pages
...Meffrs. E , formerly a Baptift minifter in the north of England, who, taking me by the hand, faid, " Friend George, I am as thou art; I am for bringing...will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." In this refpecT:, I wifh all, of every denomination, were thus minded< I find GOD has blefled my works in thefe... | |
 | Robert Philip - Evangelical Revival - 1838 - 678 pages
...a large company came to salute him. Amongst the rest a fine portly quaker took him by the hand, and said, " Friend George, I am as thou art. I am for...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." I know some ex-quakers who would say, that Whitefield would not have been so much pleased, if he had... | |
 | Robert Philip - Evangelical Revival - 1838 - 584 pages
...large company came to salute him. Amongst the rest, a fine portly quaker took him by the hand, and said, " Friend George, I am as thou art. I am for...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." I know some ex-quakera who would say, that Whiterield would not have been so much pleased, if he had... | |
 | Church history - 1839 - 868 pages
...the rest a quaker advanced, and taking him by the hand, said, " Friend George, I am as thou art. 1 am for bringing all to the life and power of the ever-living...hat I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." After paying a short visit to Aberdeen, Mr Whitefield returned to London in February 1742. The prejudices... | |
 | 1849 - 320 pages
...portly well-looking Quaker, nephew to Messrs. E , formerly a Baptist minister in the north of England, who, taking me by the hand, said, ' Friend George,...wish all, of every denomination, were thus minded. I find God has blessed my works in these parts. I am most cordially received by many that love the... | |
 | Evangelists - 1857 - 540 pages
...him God-speed ; and among others a portly Quaker, a nephew of the Messrs. Erskine, who, taking him by the hand, said, "Friend George, I am as thou art...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." On Sabbath evening, he preached in the same place, to upwards of fifteen thousand persons ; and on... | |
 | English essays - 1860 - 728 pages
...been preaching in the grounds of the Orphan Hospital at Edinburgh : — " Friend George," said he, " I am as thou art. I am for bringing all to the life...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." Whitfield declined to identify himself with any form of Church, and travelled about only as an itinerant... | |
 | John Richard Andrews (barrister.) - Evangelists - 1864 - 456 pages
...said, " Friend George, I am as thou art. I am for bringing all to the life and power of the everlasting God, and therefore if thou wilt not quarrel with me...quarrel with thee about thy gown." "In this respect," observes Whitefield, "I wish all of every denomination were thus minded." In a letter, written to a... | |
 | George William Curtis - Syria - 1867 - 524 pages
...bid him God-speed; and among others a portly Quaker, a nephew of the Messrs. ErskinGj who, taking him by the hand, said, "Friend George, I am as thou art;...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." On Sabbath evening, he preached in the same place, to upwards ,of fifteen thousand persons; and on... | |
 | Samuel Richard Bosanquet - Christian union - 1867 - 150 pages
...said, " Friend George, I am as thou art. I am for bringing all to the life and power of the living God ; and therefore, if thou wilt not quarrel with...hat, I will not quarrel with thee about thy gown." (Eevivals of the 18th Century, by Macfarlane, p. 40.) The Quakers, more than other sectarians, recognised... | |
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