How to Grow in Holy Truth

“If any should think, that we placed religion barely in outward conformity and plainness, such are greatly mistaken; so far from it, that if we should outwardly conform in every thing, in which the Holy Scriptures direct us unto, or that godly elders are moved of the Lord to advise; yet, if our hearts are not right in His sight, and we do not witness a growth in His holy Truth, all the external conformity and plainness in the world, though good in itself, will avail us nothing as to Divine acceptance.”

— Joseph Pike
Quaker merchant and author

Today’s Invitation

Adjust your practices of simplicity or plainness to make them more spiritually fulfilling.

This Week’s Query

How do you know when you have enough?

Share your response!

Author

Joseph Pike

Joseph Pike (1658-1729) was an Irish Quaker merchant and author. He was imprisoned with local Quakers in Bristol during a visit there. He remained in Cork when it was besieged by Jacobites during the war. In 1698, William Penn demised more than 10,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania to him.
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