Truth will not lose ground by being tried

“Oh come! be not wedded to your own ways, nor prejudiced against what God hath taught others; but let things be fairly scanned, that all things may be proved, and that which is good held fast; for truth will not lose ground by being tried; but darkness is afraid of the light, because it has a secret sense that it cannot stand before it.”

— Isaac Penington, 1670
Early English Quaker

Today’s Invitation

Let things be fairly scanned, that all things may be proved, and that which is good held fast.

This Week’s Query

What does it mean to you to live truthfully?

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  • Isaac Penington (1616–1679) was one of the early members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England. He wrote about the Quaker movement and was an influential promoter and defender of it.

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