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REPRESENTING THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF 2X2 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS ON THE INTERNET
Index to Journal of John Long
Part 1: PREFACE thru 1897
Part 2: 1898 thru 1899 - The
Revival Began
Part 3: 1900 thru 1907 - Excommunication
of John Long
Part 4: 1908 thru 1913
Part 5: 1914 thru 1917
Part 6: 1918 thru 1921
Part 7: 1922 thru 1926
Part 8: 1927, Appendix (End)
Significance of John Long's Journal
Personal Details about John Long III
YEARS:
PREFACE 1872 - 1889 1890 1895 1896 1897
1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913
1914 1915 1916 1917
1918 1919 1920 1921
1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
1927
Editor's Note: This Journal was hand-written,
and some words were faint or illegible. Proper names were particularly
hard to make out. Every effort has been made to accurately type it just
as it was originally written. However, to make the Journal easier
to understand, and wqith John Long's permission quoted below, the Editor
has added or changed some punctuation; corrected some spelling errors;
corrected some numerical numbers of scripture passages; unified Scripture
references with the same format; retained the original British English
spelling (organised, neighbour, labour, criticised, centre, humour, favour,
endeavour, defence, expence, programme, etc.) Any explanatory notes
by the Editor are added in [brackets].
John Long wrote in his Journal on June, 1927:
"...trusting some day that it would be counted worthy to be printed and published
so as that others may embrace the same Saviour; not being well up in Grammar
and punctuation; some educated Christian friend may fit it for the press.
John Long."
"This journal is not an auto-biography; it is a narrative of selected facts; therefore I thought it wise not to trouble any readers with a list of my failures and sins not profitable; see preface, also the third verse of the last poetry. It is good to bear in mind that in a journal one cannot help writing about oneself, and using the personal pronoun ‘I’ not with vainglory; but with that humility that becometh sons, giving the glory to God." (Nov. 1924)
"Now Book One is coming to its close with the close of this year of Grace, 1927. Here and there, there may be odd mistakes in spelling, syntax and punctuation, easy mended; with all these there are two things will render it easy for any scribe or compositor; namely, I have tried to write plain; so as that he that runs may read; also it will not be difficult to grasp the meaning and sense of the sentence and substance. I have seen manuscripts of great men so cramply written abounding with omissions of words and letters so badly formed that with the aid of spectacles and magnifying glasses words have to be supplied to fill up the gaps, and supply the lacks here and there. My wife advised me to rewrite it again; nevertheless after reviewing it I said no, for with all its faults it would be difficult to improve on its substance at large. Reader do better if you can." (1927)
The Editor has compiled an article titled: The Significance of John Long's Journal, giving the value of this Journal as it relates to 2x2 history.
PERMISSION to publish this Journal on the Telling The Truth website was given by the son of the Journal Writer, John Long IV, Ballymena, N. Ireland on April 23, 2002, in the presence of Robert Kee and Bobby Dukelow, representing Faith Mission; and permission was given in writing on July 29, 2004.COVER:
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