Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel

Milk deliveries into Barnsley form an early scene in this account of John Yeardley's life and religious service. Edited by Charles Tylor, the volume brings together biography, diary entries and letters. Yeardley's farming family begins attending meetings of the Society of Friends, and the travelling minister Joseph Wood takes an interest in the household. These details place his developing faith among daily work, family difficulties and personal contact with an active religious community.

Later passages follow encounters with Protestant families at Phalsbourg and Christian teachers in Strasburg. Speaking German helps Yeardley establish a welcome, while conversations turn to Scripture, inward preparation for worship and spiritual silence. The contents trace further religious visits through Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Norway and Russia. For readers interested in nineteenth-century Christian ministry, the combination of personal recollection and travel records shows how practical arrangements, friendships and reflections on divine guidance accompany the work.