Transcribed from the 1820 (second) R. Thomas edition by DavidPrice,
THE
VOICE OF FAITH,
IN THE
Valley of Achor:
BEINGA
Series of Letters
TOSEVERAL FRIENDS,
ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS.
By Ruhamah.
SECOND EDITION.
SOUTHWARK;
PRINTED BYR. THOMAS, RED LION STREET, BOROUGH.
1820.
p. 3LETTERI.
Valley of Achor, Aug.10, 1818.
To Mr. K—G.
DEAR SIR.
Many thanks for the loan of theinvaluable books, containing the last fragments of the latevenerable and spiritual Jenkins, ofLewes.—Surely it may be said with propriety, “Hebeing dead yet speaketh,” but it is only to those who aretaught of God. We speak, says the Apostle, to wise men, notto unhumbled, unrenewed, carnal men, nor to mere nominalprofessors, nor to those who are barely resting in a form ofwords, tho’ sound—such persons cannot digest theexperimental truths they contain; there was a time once when theywould not suit me, but I have found them exceedingly precious;nor do I think that tried man had a sensation, a trial, a grief,a temptation, an enemy, a sin, a corruption, a fear, a doubt, ormisgiving, but what the Lord has permitted me to feel; nor do Ithink he was favored me with one token or pleasing hope, an help,a deliverance, a gracious smile, or a display of the divinefaithfulness, in the application and fulfilment of the promises,but the Lord has also indulged me with similar mercies. Imust recommend them to the poor of Christ’s flock p. 4who wait on andfor the Lord, till pardoning mercy is revealed with somepower.—I know you are anxious to learn how I go on in soulmatters, this is the main concern with you and with all my realfriends in Christ. I have now no other way left to informyou satisfactorily, but by letter, and I certainly could fillvolumes on the subject of my daily experience of the teachings ofthe ever blessed Spirit; nor have I any objection to make thissubject known to you, and to all those who are concerned for mybest interest: this is the principal point, to exalt the LordJesus, in the grand displays of his grace to the mostunworthy—and I can say to his glory, he has,I trusts most effectually humbled me in the dust, laid me low,shewed me such views of sin as I never saw before, and quickenedmy soul to feel what it never so sensibly and deeply feltbefore. I do experience that the tendency of hisgracious influences meeken, soften, and humble the heart;rendering it also teachable and grateful. This I coulddemonstrate by reciting a variety of experiences I have beenfavored with, but I pass by numbers, to relate one in particular,