Joseph John Gurney to Buxton, thanking him for his advice and commenting on his arguments, acknowledging the sacrifices he would make by going to America for two or three years but discounting them, suggesting that if God wished him to go, then his absence from his children would not harm them, 28 Jan 1837
He adds that he was guided by the quiet certainty he felt when doing his duty as a Christian Minister, and this was all the proof he needed as to what really was the will of God in his daily life as well as in his ministry. He refers to the way in which he had been guided not to enter Parliament and adds that he was still not fully convinced that he had to undertake the journey to America but his doubts were not increasing and he was expecting a period of quietness and prayer, in which the decision could be made. (Braithwaite Memoirs, Philadelphia 1854, II p. 81 et seq. David Swift, Joseph John Gurney, Banker, Reformer and Quaker, p. 185.) (Copy.)
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- Creation: 28 Jan 1837
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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 444 Vol. 15, pp. 178-185
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