Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-09-22
TIE EpISTEE,


From the YEARLY MEETING, held in London
by adjounments, from the 18th of the Fiji,
Month. to the 2sth of the same, inclusive, 1880
10he Quarterly and .Monihly .Meetings
of Friends IN eai-Brilain, Ireland
and elsechere.
DEAR FRIEyDs.-Wc address you in
the love of the Gospel and have to ac-
knowledge that we have felt it privi-
lege again to meet in this our annual as
sembly, and to be united in religious
exercise for the welfare of our Society,
and the prosperity of the kingdom of our
blessed Lord and Saviour. Brotherly
harmony and love have prevailed in the
many important deliberations with which
we have been occupied our coming to-
gcther has tended to the confirmation of
our faith; and humble gratitude has been
raised to our Heavenly Father for his
numberlcss and unmcritcd mcrcics.
Our dear brethren in Ireland and on
the American Continent, have been a.
fresh brought to our remembrance, by c.
pistles from all their Yearly Meetings.
We take comfort in the persuasion, that
although locally distant from each other,
we are united in the faith and hope of
the gospel. In the great and sore trials
among Friends in America, which have
ended in the separation of many from
our Society, large proportion remain,
who have been strengthened to stand
firm in their allegiance to our Holy Re
deemer.
Reports of the suherngs Of our MEM
bers, which amount, including the costs
and charges of distraint, to upwards of
fourteen thousand six hundred pounds,
and are almost exclusively for ecclcsasti-
cal demands, have been read in this
meeting. We renewcdly desire that our
aecient and well-known testimony on be-
half of free gospel ministry, and against
all the demands made upon us to uphold
system from which we conscientiously
dissent, may be maintained with christian
consistency, and in the spirit of meek
ness.
Dear Friends, We are again made
sensible that we cannot mediate on a
subject more fraught with instruction and
comfort, than the coming of the Son of
God, in the flesh, and the many blessings
which through Him have been conferred
on the human race-the coming of Him,
who, being born Of a virgin, "w as made
in the likeness of men," "who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery
to be equal with God; but made himself
Of no reputation, and took upon him the
form of a servant" lie "was delivered
for our offences, and was raised again
for our justlicationo He asccndcd on
high, he led captivity captive, he receiv-
ed gifts for men, yea for the rcbellious
also, that the Lord God might dwell a.
mong them. lie "sitteth on the right
hand Of Cod" making intercession for
us. He "is made unto us God, wisdom,
and righteousness IS, and sanctifcation, and
redemption;" and unto Him we must
look as our mediator and advocate with
the Father. lie emphatically describes
himself as "the good Shepherd" He is
our Lawgiver; and solemn indeed is the
declaration, that we must all appear be-
fore his judgment scat, to receive our
reward, according to the deeds done in
the body, whether they be bad or good.
We feel that it is not light matter
thus to advert again to the various Offices
of the Son and sent Of the Father; and
we beseech all whom we are addressing,
to contemplate these solemn truths with
due reverence; yet frequently to modi-
tate thereon, seeking for the assistance
Of the grace Of God to direct their UNDER
standings Alright AS this is done with
humble and Believing hearts, the con-