josiahrichardson 's review for:

4.0

Strands of dense words interspersed with some really phenomenal passages. Scougal wrote this letter to a friend and he hits on several issues that Christians today struggle with. Melancholy in their faith, lingering sins, the validity of Christ and His Scriptures, a life of prayer, showing grace to others, assurance of faith, and many more. Scougal seems to have done well at mastering the self through the constant beating away of sin and frequent sips of heavenly mercies. The legendary Whitefield himself referred to this letter as Christ's use and cause of generating true faith in his own life.