The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-27
Lueretia Mott breaches on the
Principles Of Peace.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS.
Samuel M. Janney Against the Doc
trine Of the AtOnement.
AN IMMENSE GATHERING OF FRIENDS"

.ouare Yesterday forenoon were whitened by the
companies OF Quaker women going toward the
meeting house In Rutherford place. The more
sombre apparitions OF men attred in black and
gray, with broad, square-looking hats, diversified
the scene; and, minging with those who thus wore
the exponent Of severity of character were young
people who In their appearance showed no signs
Whatever OF not belonging to this world OF esh and
80 devil Charles Lamb In his essay said-"Every
Quakeress Is q lily.n To 'cny one stationed on the
steeple OF st. Georges yesterday morning the maic
0gures In the throug Of church goers would have
appeared like bees following comely flowers that
Heated upon sunmer stream. The pretty cos
TUNES Of the young ladies, who accompanied the
natrons and patriarchs with nlial DEVOTION seemed
to attract other bees OF a younger or at least
ApEghtlier type who wore lavender cravats orange
Kid gloves and white hats. The stream of folk
poured into the spacious meeting house and 1t was
coon filed in every part.
THE AssEMBLAGE.
AT one end Of the auditory upon the ''high seats"
ere the ministers and elders most OF them venera-
Die men, with their faces towards the congrega-
tton On the left of the middle aisle the 'front.' seats
are occupied by men In the straight-cut coats and
the strange square looking style OF hat which, despite
taste and civilization as well as the all-revered
principles Of economy and comfort, has never been
discarded since the days OF Fox, the founder of the
Church, by the old time Friends. The opposite side
Of the house is appropriated to the wo-
men, who sit apart from the The
most impressive graduation OF station ever seen
IN life 10 observed In the involuntary arrangement
Of Q Quaker audience. The gray haired and
where few other than their conventional costumes
are seen, and the persons dressed with less SIM
plcity and modesty remain further from the places
ef honor and reverence. There is no rule of disci-
pine to cause this observance, and it seems to he
the result Of instnctiye affinity. It - often the
VIZ wi Ma 2fa ffrf n az
Gay ns s GALLERY on the RIGHT Is blended picture Of
Oomey faces and pretty, summcr-coored ribbons.
The incessant nutterng OF fans and the sheen OF
bright eyes dazzle the senses.
THE HISTORIAN OF TIE QUAKERS.
The asseInblage has been sril for an hour and the
silence Is deep and Intense 1t is at last broken by
he lifts his voice, SAYS few words, and there is
general rustiing OF attention and deeper Stiffness
This prea CHER is Samuel NJ Janney, Of virginia the
iauthor or "The History OF the Fiends" Ills voice
, clear and emphatic and heard in every portion
OF the house, but his gestures are very few and
zlight.
Janney took as his theme the marvellous story OF
the beginning of the Christian Church. Christ did
not die to atone for the sins OF the world. That
fallacy-an expedent. Would God consider the
aims OF anOtherS Would he cause .the innocent to
suffer for the guilty. THIS doctrine was not COM
pathie with our Ideal OF Gods justice. That great
4st event OF the worlds history-the cruc fxion Of
3esus---was meant to show to mankind how
much was suffered for love OF them and Of
servitpde. If the divinity 81 Jesus Christ were ad
fttted, then the death UPON the cross would have
conciing OF God to man. But It was man who was
TO be rec0nciled to God, and not God to man. He
was to behold how much could be borne for the
sake Of the Omnipotent how much had been borne,
how much could be forgiven-to be an example and
model for the race, a glorious picture Of one
seryice Of God as he had lived to show them how
% that sss spss that the S
belive In natural deprayty-tIat every man or
woman was born pure as Adam was in Eden.
THE NATURAL PASSIONS
were only enemies when wrongly used, and the
Comforter sent to guide US mough the void was
che Divine Light, That shines withn-that lightetn
svery man who cometh into the world.
LUCRErIA MOTT.
With the close Of the sermon, every word OF
which was fcrventy uttered, silence again falls
upon the assemblage. woman stands up in her
place the rostrum. She is attired in drab, with
Soltened by an expression OF steadrast inspiration
and OF hope. There are few more remarkable
OF the time than Lucretia Mott As she stands
looking at the large audience, fancy contrasts her
with other women who have taken upon themselves
missions which they pi oseeute with more OF impu-
dent, unseemy demagogism than, like hers, OF per-
feet womanlness. Every humane movement for
the last forty years has known something Of her
che Is frequently obliged to take glass OF water to
enable her to proceed. After the first sentence she
e n a OF nef the Sa re-
sits next to her. she unfols white handkerchief,
which is spread upon tine rail Of the rostrum before
her.
THE ALABAMA CLAIMS
Beginning In low, tremu0us tone, her thoughts
summer Hood, so that her voice grows at length
more distinct clear and loud. One cann0t Well
picture an audience with such woman standing
enhancement. Her words have the grace and
:weesness OF rllotson and the strength and
sermon such as the ono Of yesterday
She spoke with great feeling and eloquence, and her
Alabama claims In strong appeal Tor the perpetual
cont continue Of harmony between England and
THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD
In age like this when civilization and culture are
leotual should be allied with the spiritual to govern
and guide the physical nature-the intellectual
should not league with the physical. War
the beginning OF the trouble between the two
countries in relation to the Alabama claims she
peaceful means, which were fixed In tile Treaty OF
Washington. She hoped still that 1t would end In
that way, and she felt thankful that during the
THE JOINT HIGH COMMISSION
Ut Washington other means of settlement than
that body. The principle. OF settling differences
between nations by arbitration was what was
which " ne 70 had n 30 s nS
years. She thought It was the only way by which
bsrmopy could be preserved in the world. She
should be used at the present time to further
THE PEACEFUL ARBITRATION
Of the claims by advising the President OF the
United States In relation thereto. In former in
stances, however weak their efforts had seemed to
themselves, they had brought forth fruit.
II the Society of Friends kept firmly to
that defence and advocacy OF peace which
had so distinguished IT, it could not be long ere the
principle would triumph in the world. Now, when
the contamination OF this labor was near at
hand, they should use what aid the Divine Spirit
should give them to bring It quickly about.
VANITY OF vANlTiES.
She closed her discourse by giving advice TO young
ladies on the subject OF dress, the extravaganza
and showiness of which evils OF the time. The
women's gallery, with Its array of ribbons and mead
eeaT, a "a Shetland pony, nuttered It's mulutuoin-
GUS ians very nervously.
SILENCE.
Lucretia Mott sat down for moment, and then,
rising proposed time OF perfect silence, that they
might draw near to the Father.u The stiffness Is
81 length broken by a stir through all the assem-
Diage the men and women on the high seats'
are snaking hands the greeting passes all through