William Savery
William Savery
Though raised by godly parents, William Savery (1750-1804) turned aside from the path of peace and joined in company with vain and careless youth until the twenty-eighth year of his age. But finding his heart pierced by conviction at a meeting of Friends, he was so deeply affected that he quickly and permanently turned his back upon the world and its ways. Committing himself entirely to teachings of the Spirit of Truth, and seeking to live in steady subjection to the cross, he soon felt a call to preach the gospel both on the continent of North America and in many places in Europe. He was also a great advocate for the Native Americans, sometimes accompanying them in their treaties and negotiations with the United States government, doing all in his power to ensure that they were not misled or mistreated.
I was intimately acquainted with William Savery, and esteemed him as a brother beloved. His submission to the power of Divine love in his own heart, by which he was brought out of sin and corruption, and his indefatigable devotion to the cause of Christ, present an instructive example, calculated to invite old and young to diligence and faithfulness in the path of manifested duty.
- Jonathan Evans
Books by William Savery
The Journal of William Savery
The Journal of William Savery
A journal of the life, travels, and Christian labors of William Savery, giving a relation of his awakening to truth when twenty-eight years of age, his call to the ministry, his involvement as an advocate for the Native Americans, and his services as a minister of the gospel in America, Canada, and Europe.
- 357 pages
- journal
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“William Savery closed the meeting in solemn prayer, in which I united with tears, and perhaps I never felt greater love for him at any time in my life than in this meeting. I spent the evening with him, and took an affectionate farewell; and this was the language of my soul when I left him; O Fountain of mercy, be with my dear fellow servant, and safely waft him over the great deep to his family and friends in peace.”
— Thomas Scattergood