WorkJoseph John Gurney

A Sketch of the Portable Evidence of Christianity

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On J. Gurney

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“I went to hear Joseph John Guerney author of Portable Evidence of Christianity and (on dit) one of the most distinguished and influential of the English Quakers.”

Fuller, Margaret. "On J. Gurney." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 2, Folder: 86.

Fuller identifies Gurney explicitly as 'author of Portable Evidence of Christianity,' underlined in the manuscript — the title is named and explicit. The full title is A Sketch of the Portable Evidence of Christianity (1832), produced at the suggestion of Dr. Chalmers. Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847) was a prominent English Quaker theologian and philanthropist, brother of Elizabeth Fry. Fuller attended his sermon, then comments at length on his theology and preaching style