Testament of Devotion

About this book

Since its first publication in 1941 A Testament of Devotion by the renowned Quaker teacher Thomas Kelly has been universally embraced as a truly enduring spiritual classic. Plainspoken and deeply inspirational it gathers together five compelling essays that urge us to center our lives on Gods presence to find quiet and stillness within modern life and to discover the deeply satisfying and lasting peace of the inner spiritual journey. As relevant today as it was a half-century ago A Testament of Devotion is the ideal companion to that highest of all human arts-the lifelong conversation between God and his creatures. I have in mind something deeper than the simplification of our external programs our absurdly crowded calendars of appointments through which so many pantingly and frantically gasp. These do become simplified in holy obedience and the poise and peace we have been missing can really be found. But there is a deeper an internal simplification of the whole of ones personality stilled tranquil in childlike trust listening ever to Eternitys whisper walking with a smile into the dark."