Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-22
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or THE
OHIO YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS
OF HUMAN PROGRESS.
Held at FaitmOunl, o., Oct. 1st. end. and ard. 1aE0

Held at Paramount, o., Oct. LIST, End, and Ord, 1850
MORNING SESSION.
The meeting was called to order BY Isaao Tres
colt, one of the Clerks, who took that opportunit,
to remark, that although the heavy rain this NOR
ming has caused this session to be smaller than i
would have been, yet he never felt more conf
dence than at Mis. moment in the final success of oul
cause that we could not reasonably expect tina
the stream OF popular theology and conservatism
could Immediately be arrested in its course. IL
breast the current, required great frmness and in
tegrity; to change the conservative part into thu
r9ormatory future, required steadIastness of pur
pose, and energy OF zeal. All over the countr
both in the East and in the West, reformers tina,
have become truly baptized in the pure waters Of
eternal truth, were concentrating around this
movement. And although neither a prophet no,
the son OF a prophet, yet be perceived that We
should have n good Yearly Meeting. And tina,
this movement was one of the great instrumental
ties to relieve US from the shackles that the con.
servatism of the past is imposing upon this age.
The Clerk was followed by Zephana Stone o.
Ashtabuls county, with remarks of a general re.
formatory character, and by zenas Edwards.
The call for the meeting was read, Rachel
WINERY and Isaac Prescott were appointed Clerks
for the ensuing year.
On motion. a General Business Committee OF
seven was appointed, viz. Hannah M. +. Brown
OF Cleveland, Enos Hilies, Reuben Erwin, Mary
Giifhth, Ellen Morris, Lewis Morgan and j. II.
Tookey Of Cleveland, Ohio.
On motion, Esther Harris, Emeline Fawcett and
Isaac Prescott were appointed to correspond with
such associations as are in sympathy with US in
our m
The following epistle from the PENNSYLVANIA
Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends was read
with interest.
EPISTLE,
From the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progress
sire Friends. held at Longpood, Chester COUNTY,
from The 29h Of Gfh month, to the End Of the
9Th month, A. d. 1859.
$40 THE Quo YEARLY MEErrNo-DEAR FRIENDS
AND CoADJUToRs: Although no letter of cheer was
received from you as from several other bodies vet,
we were %unitediin sending you our epistle as usual,
desiring to continue our correspondence with you.
On one of the brightest days in the year, the
very air freighted with hea.th-inspiring vitality.
the whole land teeming with life, and all the trees
in the wood clad in beauty, the PENNSYLVANIA
Yearly Meeting convened to worship God by a one
ness of purpose in acknowledging our obligations
to do good to man in works of charity and love-
Such nm immense multitude came together, that,
al hour before the appointed time, the house was
crowded to it's utmost capacity, while thousands
were left standing in Gods great temple, the open
air.
Religious exercises commenced simultaneously
in and outside of the building, and were continued
through the day. The distinctive idea of our move
men. was presented with clearness and listened to
with manifest attention. Many are awakening out
of the long Arctic night of theological darkness.
and beginning to comprehend tbs truth, that the
strongest bond of Union is a oneness of spirit and
purpose. an acknowledgment of allegiance TO the
exchanging principles of justice and truth. We
repudiate the false wisdom which attempts to salts
fly the wants Of human nature by making rational
being stink alike. and binding the living soul of
to-day to the musty creeds and rituals If the past.
Away with such consummate folly such spiritual
insanity! Truth is the rock designed in the Gov
eminent Of God to sustain the moral universe.
We reach out our hands to you, over rivers and
mountains, as the lightning overleaps all geosraph-
ical boundaries. You know "All matter is a vacu-
UNI, and the soul runs through ii as electri,y
runs through iron" We want to grasp
your hands and touch your hearts, and make
you feel the pulses of our love. An in
spired seer OF this century has said. at is very
certain that it is tie effect of conversation with the
beauty ofthe soul to beget q desire and need to i'm
part to others the same knowledge and love. If
utterance is desired, the thought lies like a burden
on the man. Always the seer is q saver. Some
how his dream is told somehow he publishes it
with solemn JOY sometimes with pencil IN can
vass somtimes in towers and aisles of granite his
SOULS worship is builded sometimes in anthems
OF Infinite music but ciearest and most permanent
in words. Courage, piety, love, wisdom, can teach,
and every man can open his door to these angels,
and they shall bring him the gift of tongues. But
the man who aims 20 speak as books enable, az
synods use, as the fashion guides, and as interest
commands, babbles; let him hush"
We want a religion that inculca.es a righteous
ness so universal and practical, that one can under
stand it as easily as bis senses can enjoy the beau
ties of creation ; a religion that shows forth lis use
fitness by some tangible good works a religion
that the merchant can take with him to the count
ing-room, and draw upon it at sight, and use it in
all bis business transactions; one that the law yer
Gun take with him into court. refer to is as hi,
law-book, preventing him from defending a client,
kn' wing him 20 be guilty, under the promise of
good pay one that the farmer can take with him
into the field and whistle it out as he follows the
pillow, sows his seed, and harvests the rich boup-
ties OF heaven a religion so practical and simple
that every one can worship es he labors. There
is just such a religion revealed to every one who
will examine the textbook of his own nature
The secondhand beliefs, about which there is so
much controversy and dissension, are Improbable,
and detract from the purity of truth. How can
we expect to bring the world so q state Of high
while we divide on mere points of doc
Let US cheer and cherish, rather than GEN.
sure and condemn. There is some good in every