Transcribed from the 1820 (second) R. Thomas edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Public domain book cover] THE VOICE OF FAITH, IN THE _Valley of Achor_: BEING A Series of Letters _TO SEVERAL FRIENDS_, ON RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS. * * * * * By Ruhamah. * * * * * _SECOND EDITION_. * * * * * SOUTHWARK; PRINTED BY R. THOMAS, RED LION STREET, BOROUGH. 1820. * * * * * LETTER I. _Valley of Achor_, _Aug._ 10, 1818. To Mr. K—G. DEAR SIR. MANY thanks for the loan of the invaluable books, containing the last fragments of the late venerable and spiritual JENKINS, of Lewes.—Surely it may be said with propriety, “He being dead yet speaketh,” but it is only to those who are taught of God. We speak, says the Apostle, to wise men, not to unhumbled, unrenewed, carnal men, nor to mere nominal professors, nor to those who are barely resting in a form of words, tho’ sound—such persons cannot digest the experimental truths they contain; there was a time once when they would not suit me, but I have found them exceedingly precious; nor do I think that tried man had a sensation, a trial, a grief, a temptation, an enemy, a sin, a corruption, a fear, a doubt, or misgiving, but what the Lord has permitted me to feel; nor do I think he was favored me with one token or pleasing hope, an help, a deliverance, a gracious smile, or a display of the divine faithfulness, in the application and fulfilment of the promises, but the Lord has also indulged me with similar mercies. I must recommend them to the poor of Christ’s flock who wait on and for the Lord, till pardoning mercy is revealed with some power.—I know you are anxious to learn how I go on in soul matters, this is the main concern with you and with all my real friends in Christ. I have now no other way left to inform you satisfactorily, but by letter, and I certainly could fill volumes on the subject of my daily experience of the teachings of the ever blessed Spirit; nor have I any objection to make this subject known to you, and to all those who are concerned for my best interest: this is the principal point, to exalt the Lord Jesus, in the grand displays of _his_ grace to the most unworthy—and I can say to _his_ glory, _he_ has, I trusts most effectually humbled me in the dust, laid me low, shewed me such views of sin as I never saw before, and quickened my soul to feel what it never so sensibly and deeply felt before.