Eli and Sibyl Jones, Their Life and Work

by Rufus M. Jones

FIRST VISIT.

"He who in glory did on Horeb's height

Descend to Moses in the bush of flame,

And bade him go and stand in Pharaoh's sight—

Who once to Israel's pious shepherd came,

And sent him forth his champion in the fight,—

He within my heart thus spake to me:

Go forth! Thou shalt on earth my witness be.'"

Schiller.

In the autumn of 1840, Sybil Jones was liberated by her Friends to attend meetings and do religious work in the provinces, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In this work she was attended by her husband, and they passed through many trying circumstances; but, being sustained from above, they came home bringing sheaves with them and feeling that they had been instruments in God's hand of doing good. A brief account of this journey was kept by Sybil Jones. It has never been published, but is full of interest to all those who love to follow the steps of devoted servants of the Lord.