Excerpt from Day by Day: Being a Compilation From the Writings of Ancient and Modern Friends

From an apprehension of duty, I enter the wide and extended field, stretching over more than two centuries, to glean from the abundant harvest of other men's labors those precious game of thought which are strewed over this period of time.

In undertaking this labor of love, I feel "the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim is better than the vintage of Abi-ezer, "* or, in other words, that the most humble work in the Lord's service is of vastly more importance than the most elaborate effort of the highest genius, which may have only for its object the amusement of the fleeting hour.

A gleaner, therefore, and nothing more, do I lay claim to be, but if I have gleaned well, and presented to my beloved Friends, and my Christian brethren of other religious denominations, a work which they may profitably read "Day by Day" I shall be abundantly repaid. The latter class I would respectfully invite to read the following pages, by which we may be drawn nearer together in the Lord.

The material for a book like this in ample.

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