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a 0uuher HIeeiins In BroohIyu-How she
speakers Licked, and what they said.
the CIrI1iian Regi6tef.
NV YoRK, June z, 1868

Speakers llooke0s ana tNnut tnoy Sr-Ae-'
Correspondence Of the Christian Register]
New YoRK, June 2, 1858
1 attended the other Sunday, Quaker meet
ing for the first time in this vicinity, and came
away more than favorably impressed with the
exercises. The church az Br0oklyn) is neat
brick structure, situated in the midst Of greeh;
Entering the porch, was politely informed
that gentlemen enter on the nght hanI. az,
coriingly, mounted the stairs tothe right, aud
found myself in a square room capable OF con-
timing five hundred persons Two rows OF
long settees grained imitation oak, and comfort
ably cushioned, I'll the body Of the house AT
the end, where the pulpit would be, are Two
seats extending nearly across the room,
eFabIy elevated, and facing the principal anol'
Along each side Of the room are other settees
facing inward. About hundred persons were
assembled when entered: the men sitting w1th
their hats on, in which cuStOm-seelng one OF
two uncovered heads as presidents, non-con-
Cured The audience continued TO increase,
till it numbered between two and three hundred
The elevated seats at the end were occupied ny
the moro aged brethren and sisters, occupying
opposite sides. For more than hall an nouF al
were nOtiOnIess-the silence was getting Oppres-
sive, when a brother, with cleanly cut, uneoin-
promising set of features, broad, smooth fore
head, and hard blue eye, arose and broke ioren
in n loud rasDing voice which soon subsided IN
TO n not unihelOdious 1tsing song dear 70 me
is the death ia life; with the Apostle, rejoice
that I am able to die daily, in being willing TO
be despised and trampled under foot and 70
take up my cross before men, &c. When ne
concluded q sister of benevolent, and Fnther
refined cast of coentenanee, arose, removed heF
bonnet and commenced in low but distinct
tone, hesitating and slow, with pronunciation
and uccent indicative of cultivation. "Ihere Is
a nrincipie of evil always influencing US to SIM
and God only can control 1t; and he will, II we
seek and solicit his aid, "-frOm which she went
on to make an extremely sensible and affection
ate appeal TO all TO lend their influence on the
Lords side, assuring those who had hVe talents
that God would hold them TO even stTlcter ae-
count than the possessOr Of one. a tall, goant,
thin faced man next rose, with his hat OH, and
calculated in a high key and chanting tone;
blessed be the principle of fidelity to early
truth; it is this which has raised this people
from out of the dust, and brought them to-
gether in peace and credit, DC.
Next small, tidy-lOOking lady, occupying
one of the elevated seats, arOEe, removed heT
bonnet slipped down her shawl, adjusted her
cap, snIOthed her kerchief, folded her hands,
inclined her head little on one side, and IA
slightly shriI. seIfsatsfiud tone, affirmed with
emphasis, 1--WE read in the Christian Scriptures,
believe, that of all men horn of woman, there
has not arisen greater than JOhn tne bapuS-
Now, who was he, and what was his oinceF 10
prepare the way of the Lord and make his pains
strsight-i e., plain-sO that the waytarinG
believe to be the Office Of every one Of us: TO
make plain the way of the Lord" Then size
Iabored for some minutes with great cOnPlacen-
cy to realize her ideal of the Oh1ce. she dc
cIared frankly she could not believe the whole
Scriptures. For example, when Cain killed
Abel, God did not destroy him, he even put
mark upon him so that no one should XII hun,
and sent him forth a vagabond aud fugitive
We read after this, that Moses, who is aPplauded
and approved, found man picking up Sticks on
the Sabbath day, and instead OF taking the ex,
ample of the Creator as guide, he ordered
him to be stoned to death. Now here IS man:
ifest inconsistency, for God is Interchangeable and
If the divine Justice was satisfied with the first
punishment, how could it be with the second
and severe one, for so trivial an offence.
Again. she continued, all denominations get
from the Bible the foundations Of their partlcu,
lar views and so far as can perceive, those Of
one sect are about as good anOthers The
great error is, they look everywhere for the
Kingdom of God, except just where Christ to'd
us TO look, that is, within ourselves they neg
lect the light which we are told lighteneth every
man who eonieth into the world; every man, Tor
God is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever
and is no respecter of persons.
Next an elderly lady of Emphatic temPe-a-
memt, of hesitating and rather confused speech,
rose, with the remark: well, 1t don't make It
dark to ME to believe the Scriptures; was
taught TO when a child, and have ever since.
don't believe they are the HOrd of God, bnt
do believe thew ars thel Worels of God" a. e.
suppose, not final and complete declaration
Of His whole will, but hints and instruction,
profitable for doctrine, Tor reprooi, for correc-
TONI
A sixth speaker, a lady, declared that the
whole trouble would cease if we come to the
Scriptures willing and anxious to understand
them She did not believe that God, who Is
represented as a God of peace, and love, and
long suffering, and who is also Interchangeable,
and no respectcr of persons, ever gave the di-
rectious. ascribed to Him in the Old Testament,
to certain men and nations, to go forth and XIII
others, TO utterly exterminate them, and root
them outI But when we turn to the New les
lament and read the Sermon on the Mount,
there could be but little doubt as to the divine
origin of its teachings. We must read the
Bible discriminatory, as any other book
Then the lady who spoke last, rejoined that
she believed the directions about war, &C., re-
ferred to our spiritual enemies, and that much
which seemed dark and contradictory could be
explained in the same way, if we read IN q right
spirit. Weare not humble enough; We should
understand all that It was needful to know
The last speaker was the man who had spoken
previously; he declared he felt at this time espe-
cialIy concerned for the young, &c
When he sat down, the entire congregation,
by a seemingly spontaneous movement, arose,
and went quietly out; and the exercises were