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Excerpt from Memoir of the Life and Character of John Gray: A Member of the Society of Friends
Vamons are the talents, and diversified the voca tions, which the all-wise Parent of good has been pleased to appoint for the happiness of his crea tures. Nor does it appear from the testimony of revealed truth, from the evidence of history, or the elucidation of reason, that one station or calling, more than another, is peculiarly favourable for the pursuit Of that pure happiness which is the cer tain and genuine fruit of usefulness. The divine precept. Occupy till I come, is equally bind ing upon all men: and it is to the observance of this inj unction that we must ever look, if we would be made instrumental in conferring real and perma nent good upon our fellow-creatures since it is not to be questioned that Divine Providence ever has provided, and ever will provide, the means, which, rightly employed by his free and rational agents, will be found best adapted and amply suf ficient for the realization of those glorious things to which each is predestined, and which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.