The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-15
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P1cruRE or FAMILY [The most ia
nous family Of England, for its beneYolenco
and active goodness, is that of the GURNEYs,
Of whom Elizabeth Fry, the female Apostle,
was one. I'M notice Of the Memoirs of this
sainted and beloved Quakeress, which we
find in the 11etlsodist Quarterly, occurs
passage which thus describes, in its home, the
family Of which she was one:-
Home Journal.
Gin August, 1900, she married joseph
Fry, a member of the Society of Friends,
and a merchant in extensive business in
\ London, and she at once removed to d
5capacious house in ST. Mildreds Court,
Iwhere her husband, as junior partner, re-
sided
Before following her to her new dwelling
and her altered life, we will linger at Earl
ham Hal, and look upon that group of broth
ers and sisters that made it illustrious.-
Would that some gossiping pen had traced
for us its angles and quadrangles; its dining
land drawing rooms; its hooks and corners
with the minuteness that Southey has the
house of his grandmother. We should have
felt more at home in this Earlham family
fthe new constellation, for which WILDER
force wanted "a name that would include al
that was to be esteemed, loved, respected
coveted. There was Joseph John Quincy
so well known for his appeals for the Cypress
ed, for his unwearied philanthropy; and Rsa2
chel, the joint owner with Elizabeth of thC
, light closet and the little set of tea-things'-
, the beautiful, lively, warm-hcarted girl-th,
generous, selfsacrifcingwoman. There, too
! was Louisa, better known as Mrs. Samue
Hoare, who wrote Hints on Education, anc
some other works, & was saidto be the most ia
talented of the family; and John, remarkabl
for the beauty Of his person, and the fascina
ton Of his manner, and, when refined by al
Fiction, for hislovely Christian character; an
E Priscilla, the youngest, and perhaps the mos
J gifted-ln the expression of the lovely face
4 her delicate complexion, the exquisite neal
/ ness and simplicity Of her dress, her skill i
e the use of the pencil and the needle-in a
!. this she was the very woman; and to this SD
e added very superior mind, and powers {
Is eloquence, which dormant as they would hay
7 been in the possession of most women, wei
q in her developed in no ordinary degree, {
she spoke in the character of minister anon
p Friends, with a clearness of perception wit
h a power and pathos, which ranked her, in I'll
-" estimation of competent judges, among IL
d first orators of the day"
: The Memoirs of Mrs. Fry were written
~ her two daughters, and fill two octave vc
N umes Of five hundred pages each; and tho
st who can recognize and love one of the me
ct angelical characters which Heaven has graz
CT ed for an example to the world, should re-
u these records of the earth, life of an ang,
ze We wish we had more room for more of t
generalizing summary Of the Reuie,o, but ,
OF clip passage or two:-
N elizabeth Fry was born in the year IFS
= of an ancient family III Norfolk For 70
y generations her ancestors had been Quaker
r. and her family was allied to the Barclay
i Hanburys, and other leading Quaker famili
1t in the kingdom Till she was five years
an age, Mr.. Quincy, her father, resided at N
~ wich, and in the summer at the pretty lit
Il village of Bramerton.
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