LETTERS
OF
MADAM GUYON.
BEING SELECTIONS OF HER RELIGIOUS THOUGHTS AND
EXPERIENCES, TRANSLATED AND RE-ARRANGED
FROM HER PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE
By P. L. UPHAM.
"Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth
alone; but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit."
BOSTON:
HENRY HOYT, No. 9 CORNHILL.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by HENRY HOYT,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
PREFACE.
Madam Guyon's correspondence was very extensive, occupying five printed volumes. Her style of writing is somewhat diffuse. In giving religious advice to many persons, there would necessarily be frequent repetitions. It has, therefore, occurred to the writer, that a selection and re-arrangement of thoughts, such as is found in this little volume, would be more acceptable and useful, than a literal and full translation of her letters. This selection necessarily involved much re-writing and condensing. Great care, however, has been taken to reach her true sentiments, and to give a just relation of her religious experience.