The Journal of Daniel Stanton

by: Daniel Stanton

Daniel Stanton (1708-1770) was left an orphan when very young, and passed through great hardships in his early years. Being moved from place to place for short periods of time, he at last was put apprentice to his uncle in New Jersey, where he was allowed no freedom to attend any place of worship. But having a heart that longed for truth, the Lord was pleased to visit and instruct him by His own Holy Spirit, enabling him clearly to see that “those who worship Him, must worship in Spirit and truth.” Continuing in faithful resignation to whatever the Lord made manifest, Daniel became a minster of the gospel in the Society of Friends, and though his adult life was fraught with difficulties (having to bury his wife and five children before the age of forty), he overcame the world through a living faith and an unreserved surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ. (Original title: A Journal of the Life, Travels and Gospel Labours of a Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, Daniel Stanton Late of Philadelphia, In the Province of Pennsylvania)