Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-10-28
The Yearly Meetings. EpiitIe, 1906.

Il ~ Qucrferl, and 1fembb lfeetipgs Of
IREENDS ii Great Britain, Ireland, and
ellf1gb1e.
Dear Friends,
WE tTnit thar, thre ugh the continued
mercy and 9thhance Of the Head of the
church. We have not met in vain in this our
annual afembly becaulc in contemplating
the Preienf aa;e Of our religious fociety, We
have been enabled 10 attend to various fub-
lccts in which IFS welfare is involved, with
calm deiberation, with ;he warmth Of love,
and with much harmony Of mind Some
OF the views which have Al this time open
ed we fhall briefly attempt to unfold to you !,
ialuting you, as we cordially do, in the love
of our holy Redeemer and Prefcrver.-'
Friends on all occaiiops, in every trait, in
heights end in depths, leek to him, retire to
him /; let the advancement of his caufe be
your primary puriuit; and count it as a
privilege inefimabe 10 be numbered a.
mong his lowly- minded followers.
We have received epiftIes from all the
yearly meetings of oar North American
brethren alto one from Ireland. On the
American Continent onr Friends appear, in
their collective capacity, to be feadily pur-
flung the path Of aPprehended duty in the
caule Of righteoulLefs /; and amidit all the
Encouragement which they, as well as we
in this land, have met with, from cruel ava
rice, in pleading the caufe'of The opprehed
Africans, it fill lies near to their hearts,
and firm, forcble, yet cool remembrance
on behalf Of that people, has been not long
iince preiented to the legiharive body of the
american States. The difnlal fubje6ts of
the flave trade, the fource of accumulating
miiery 10 Africa, Of accumulatng guilt 10
Britain, and Of continued reprcach TO the
holy religion, which in common with our
cousuymen, we profets, has alo claimed
our fympathy in this meeting and we de-
fire our friends may De individually prompt
to entertain for theie our fellow men the
ienlations Of pity which on various occa-
1ions may ariie Where, friends, fhali we
hnd jufer cauGe Of regret than to Zee a
nation protecting Chriitianity, pouring
forth from her harbours numerous equip
ments, not deGgned to improve and exa!t,
but to degrade, enlave, and coniign TO mi
fery, thoie very nations, to which, in recon-
Penfc for ages of injury and infult, fhe
owes the benefits Of brotherly kindnefs and
Chriltian example.
The ufual accounts which we have recei-
ved from the feyeral quarterly meetings in.
Great Britain, denote that all are itcadily
concerned TO walk as becomes the fmplcity
Of our profeiIion.- We have been introdu-
ced into eoncern ct mind on this account.
and have endeavored to adminifter fome
remedy for the complaint but we defirc
afo TO acknowledge that we 6nd room for
encouragement of the number of lively and
ju1icious friends fill preferved and suali-
lied for labour, and of others (thanks to the
Shepherd and Bilhop of fouls) fill riGng
from among our beloved youth. 10 both
theie we would fay, hold on your way, and
may your hands be frong as your reward
is fure.
The amount of fuiFerings this year in
Great Britain and ireland is ten thou(aBd
eight hundred and eleven pounds. De-
mands Of military nature have occaGoned
about 6xteen hundred pounds of it and
one friend has borne his teaimony by fuf-
fering three months imprilonment.
Now dear friends, hear, we befeech you,
the word of exhortation. What hinders
the advancement of our fociety in its Chrif-
rian progrefs feeling the holy High Prief
of our protection is willing 70 lead us to
complete fanaicahtion ?-What but the
carnal mind, operating in various and fee
cIous forms ? We do not tax all who en-
bark in large concerns of trade, with an un-
due deGre after riches but VIC much fear
that the effect, which their fchemes are
likely to have upon themielves and their
connexions, as affecting their condition,
both religious am civil, is not duly regar-
ded. The love Of money is fad in fcripture,
70 be the root of all evil; and we believe It
may be ihown, that honet induhry and
mode. alton of deiire are roots Of incalcula-
nIa harsEr w