[Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel by John Yeardley]@TWC D-Link book
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel

CHAPTER IX
5/28

It was remarked that, as this call was made from above, the great Master alone could guide his steps; he appeared fully sensible from whom his help must come.

He is beloved by his employers, and has an excellent certificate from the pastor, of his moral and religious character.
On the 2nd of the Eleventh Month they went to Zurich, and the same day drove out over a very bad road to Pfaeffikon to visit the Herr von Campagne.
We had a cold wet journey, but the good old man gave us a hearty welcome to his house.

He is seventy-six years of age.

He asked us pleasantly how we came to think of visiting an old man who was on the brink of the grave.
He had heard much of Friends, and wished, he said, to become personally acquainted with some of the Society.

He is a most benevolent character, but we could not unite with all his religious views; he does not think it necessary to meet for religious worship; in short, his principles are much the same as those held by Jacob Boehmen.
We slept at his house, and next morning returned to Zurich, where we called on our particular friend Professor Gessner and his family, and we rejoiced mutually to see each other again.
In the afternoon they called on Pastor Koch, tutor to the young Prince of Mecklenburg, who was at that time in Switzerland, and the next morning, First-day, as they were holding their little meeting for worship, the Prince himself, with Herr Koch and the Herr von Brandenstein, gave them a visit.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books