Quote#God & Faith
Keep your Meetings, waiting in the Light, which from the Lord Jesus…
Quote byGeorge Fox · 1624–1691
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On stillness, worship and prayer, Epistle 105 (1655).
English (original)
Keep your Meetings, waiting in the Light, which from the Lord Jesus Christ doth come; so will ye receive Power from him, and have the refreshing Springs of Life opened to your Souls, and be kept sensible of the tender Mercies of the Lord.
— George Fox
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