OF THE

LIFE, RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES,

AND

LABORS IN THE GOSPEL,

OF

JAMES GOUGH,

OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, DECEASED.

COMPILED FROM HIS ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, BY HIS
BROTHER, JOHN GOUGH.

PHILADELPHIA:

FRIENDS' BOOK STORE, NO. 304 ARCH STREET.
1886.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Preface,

Testimony of the Men's Meeting at Dublin, concerning

James Gough,

Introduction,

CHAPTER I.

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V

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xiii

Birth and Parentage. Early religious impressions and ed-

ucation. Remarks on his natural propensity to evil.

Observations on the concern of Friends for the welfare of

the youth in Westmoreland. Enters the school of David

Hall at Skipton as an usher. Comments on two of his as-

sociates. Narrow escape from great danger at Liverpool, 17

CHAPTER II.

Enters the school of Alexander Arscott in Bristol. Remarks

on a plain garb, and the dangers attending the relinquish-

ment of it. Is favored with a renewed Divine visitation.

Experiences Divine favor, in obedience and watchfulness.

Comments thereon. Death of Alexander Arscott.

gages to teach school at Cork, and removes to Ireland,

CHAPTER III.

En-

Observations on the meetings of Friends in Ireland. Mar-

riage to Mary Dobbs. Account of his wife's parents, John

and Martha Dobbs. Remarks on business entanglements,

and on looking for Divine direction before entering upon

marriage. Appears in the ministry. Considerations on

the ministry, and on meetings of ministers and elders,

CHAPTER IV.

.

Pays a religious visit to Friends in England. Edifying con-

versation of James Wilson. Incident in the ministry of

Isaac Alexander. Visits some parts of Ireland. Account

of John Ashton,

28

37

51

CHAPTER V.

Visits Friends in Wales. Account of John Goodwin. Visits

Friends in England, and attends London Yearly Meeting.

Visits Meetings and families in Ireland.

61

CHAPTER VI.

Removes to Mountmelick. Engages in the linen business.

Remarks on the dangers of affluence. Attends the mar-

riage and funeral of Mary Neale. Visits Friends in Cum-

berland and Westmoreland. Engages in school teaching

at Mountmelick. Death of his wife. Visits Ulster prov-

ince. Visits Munster Province. Has an interview with

John Wesley, on account of some incorrect charges made

by the latter. Remarks on a profession of religion without

the fruits thereof,

CHAPTER VII.

Marriage to Elizabeth Barnes. Attends London Yearly

Meeting, and visits Friends in Wales. Removes to Bristol,

England. Review of the state of the Society in Ireland

during his residence there. Remarks on changes experi-

enced in his removal to another neighborhood,.

CHAPTER VIII.

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86

Notice of the end of the autobiography of James Gough and

remarks by his brother John Gough in continuing the

narrative. Engagements at and near home. Death of his

son John, in his twenty-first year. Notice of his funeral

and exemplary character. Considerations addressed to the

youth. Visits Friends in England, Wales and Ireland, 95

CHAPTER IX.

Returns to Dublin to reside. Relinquishes school teaching.

Exercises of mind in the prospect of a religious visit to Uls-

ter Province. Engages in a visit to Ulster. Reflections on

the end designed by visits of this kind,

CHAPTER X.

Visit to Munster Province. Religious engagements at and

near home. Visits the Monthly Meetings of Mountmelick

and Edenderry. Visits parts of Leinster and Munster Prov-

inces. Visits the families of Friends in Limerick and

Cork. Illness and death. Remarks on his life and re-

ligious labors,

CHAPTER XI.

Epistle of James Gough to Friends in Ireland,

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