Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-18

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York.
From the manner in which he speaks of
the Discipline, a stranger would suppose 10
was a unit. This 10 not The case. The
Yearly Meetings are Independent sOpereignfies
their Disciplines being, on many subjects,
very different. The Y. M. with which he is
associated, is proverbial for i,s narrow ness.
The ruling spirits in it are famed FOR %intoier.
anee and opposition to any advanced move
ments. The writer Of the letter in question,
however, ! should regard as one Of the most
intelligent and courteous Of its members. MY
honest opinion is, that he has written the let
ter TO the Star more under the influence of the
moral miasma that surrounds him than Of any
intentional design TO injure or m%isrepTesent
the " reform among the Quakers." This nay
be more apparent to his und Outstanding wheu
time shall develope some facts not yet clear
TO his vision. The spirit of exclusiveness
in regard to the benevolent enterprises cher.
ished by the Indiana Y. NJ, where friend
Evans belongs, is set forth in the following
extracts from its late "Admonitory Address,"
which has found its appropriate place in Gar
rison's "Refuge Of Oppression" and in "Be-
liars Corner" in the N. f.. "Prac,ical Chris.
tian," as we'll as being secuted for lis bill
lingsgate by the Pennsylvania freeman, and
many members of the Religious Society of
Friends on the continent. Abiding TO the
REFORMS OF the day, they query as follows:
But who are these that are running TO
and fro in the earth, in their own time, will,
and strength, babbling Of temperance, non-re.
%sisiance, slavery, benevolence,' &c., &c.,
These are The Mieres that cannot abide the
way OF humility and the cross, but climb I'D
some other way and steal the testimonies Of
Jesus. Keep at kome; be still in your minds,
and whatsoever He bids you do, that, ia
meekness do, and your reward will be with
Him. But go not out after this beast of ma
ny heads and many horns even though some
OF them should be like the head Of a lamb:
1t is but one Of the many forms Of the head of
the beast that would fain deceive the very
elect. And what if we should say that this
head that is like the head Of a lamb has de-
ceived many, and it has even now written up
SUASlON, and MORAL REFORM, but its
WI - BNbtN up Nv pItohlnpllOug duu III "
is written SELF-SUFFICIENCY. and even
BLASPHEMY against The Most High"
Those who are engaged in "reform among
the Quakers " give their hearty God-speed to
all the muliiform philanthropic associations
which, in their own way, are seeking to bring
about a better condition Of things in the
earth.
In the Basis" Of religious Society adopt
ed in central New York, the 'iyfdehiy aud
euen atheism " of the church is thus defined
" Man is made to sustain a relation Of an in
t~elligent and accountable agent under the
Supreme Intelligence; has the law Of God
written on the conscious powers Of his soul;
stands in such contiguity to omniPresent God
as TO have Immediately revealed to him Gods
will regarding him. This is the fundamen-
tai FACT in religion that which constitutes
man a subject Of Gods Moral Government"
In relation to church organization they say,
"a christian church should put no letters on
the man; it should have unity of purpose,
but with the most entire freedom for the in
dividual. When you sacrifice the man to
the mass in church or state, church or state
becomes an offence, a stumbling-block in the
way Of psogress." Its "ranterisn and anar-
are set forth as follows: "We earnestly
and affectionately recommend all our Friends
who desire the I'D vaccement Of the great prin-
ciples Of practical righteousness to look to-
ward being associated in their little meetings
upon a simple Religious Basis, avoiding ex-
traneous uncalled for church arrangements"
each Congregation or meeting will conse-
quently attend to its own internal or disci-
plinary concerns. Large meetings-Quarter-
ly and Yearly, will be for counsel and 0dpice,
and for The consideration and promotion Of
the great interests of humanity, every thing
that concerns men at large, including Of con-
sequence the removal of the existing evils Of
the day, War, Slavery, Intemperance, Licen-
tiousness, or in whatever form, cruelty, injus-
tice and other perverted principles may ope-
rate" Eighteen years ago the whole Hicksite
body, so called, and David Evans among them,
were regarded as ''iufdels, disorganizers,"
&C., and received their papers Of disownment
from the Orthodox division Of the Society,"
They regarded the proceedings as intOierant
and unchristian. Now they appear ready to
buckle on the same arDsor' =" they will have
their reward"
That the venerable Elias Hicks anticipated
a great reform is clearly Sc, forth in his letter
to VIM. Poole, of Delaware : ~ am looking
forward in the faith that greaier and brighter
things will be opened to a succeeding gener-
alton than I and the people of his generation
can bear. This makes me unwilling to leave
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