QUAKER-ROOTS-L Archives

Archiver > QUAKER-ROOTS > 1998-05 > 0894141759


From: Evelyn K Davis< >
Subject: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - BORTON
Date: Sat, 2 May 1998 15:42:39 -0500


"QUAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Of Ministers and Elders, and Other
Concerned Members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia [1682-1800]"
edited by Willard Heiss (Indianapolis:IHS) 1972
Page 226
"Obadiah BORTON was born in the township of Evesham, in the province
of West Jersey, in the year of our Lord 1708. His parents appear to
have laboured for his instruction in the best things, and the visitation
of Divine grace being in mercy granted him, he was early brought into
some good degree of submission to the Truth. Whilst young in years, he
was led "to love solitude and sobriety, and to shun those vices indicent
to youth." He grew in grace and experience; and about the twenty-second
year of his age, a dispensation of the gospel was committed to him.
Giving up threto in faithful obedience, he became useful in the church.
"He was very awful at times in his public appearances before the
Divine Majesty in prayer. He was often engaged to exhort Friends to
humility, and to abandon arrogancy and pride, and was a good example
therein himself. His upright innocent deportment, gained him the good
esteem of his friends and others. He departed this life the 7th of the
Seventh month, 1761, aged 53 years; a minister 31 years." "We have no
doubt but he was entered into that rest prepared for the faithful. May
the great Master, spirit and employ many more faithful labourers in his
church, is our desire." [Volume 33, Page 53]

_____________________________________________________________________
You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail.
Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com
Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]

This thread: