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Originally Posted by kisstheson
I really appreciate all the fellowship you have shared about the Brethren. It is now very clear to me that while we were in the LC, a view of the Brethren was presented to us that was very one-sided, to say the least.
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Lest anyone think that I don't esteem brother Darby ... there is nearly none in all the kingdom of God who can match his labors and sacrifices for the Lord. I have read that he was the sweetest of shepherds, most personable, to all the new believers. His difficult writings do not portray this side of him. His habit was to spend all his afternoons visiting God's children.
Others have also have wondered if not brother Darby's "rougher edges" might not have been softened thru marriage, in particular to the distinguished Lady Powerscourt, who was much used by the Lord to gather the early Brethren together.