Experiment with Light: A spiritual practice

Gerald Hewitson continues the series on Experiment with Light

The sense of the call, of being called, is part of our Quaker DNA . . . | Photo: WillSowards / flickr CC

In the beginning of the year 1655, I was at the plough in the east parts of Yorkshire in Old England, near the place where my outward being was; and, as I walked after the plough, I was filled with the love and presence of the living God, which did ravish my heart when I felt it, for it did increase and abound in me like a living stream, so did the life and love of God run through me like precious ointment giving a pleasant smell, which made me to stand still.   Marmaduke Stevenson Quaker Faith & Practice 19.17

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