, 1875-03-21

IL Ii the United btdse9 1oT TeHSlooo Pt11 Pos
FIRM IN TIE FAITH.
4ba pov. william H.,l, an English Dissenting
clergyman addressed posterity in tue 1oi1o"lns
viTn3n,a passage in his last will nnd testament,
Which y IS recently admitted to probate IN BTte-
tol, Eng:
s reeo.i nv deteststion ct an State estbishmerss
Of religion, believing them to be ant-ostptu5n %
Boul-rutnins hnye Tor yesEs frayea .ae nlS +.
ments ct the British Empire. anu leave the word
with frll conviction that such rtsyer mgst ne1ose
long DO answered thirst to eee the chuT:h brou9ns
it led 10 drink bitter cup. desl1e al possesy 70
know that William Hl was ~ sc neusa infant
anrinkna to be- from His Satanic Majesty the Key
stone Of Foper and Therefore he parent o. ,n,
bered terrible evils THIS ae'1son 4e and dst the
sion of beerers, 50 plainly taught By the Great
Teachar e lie Holy Ghost and the Apostles shsil one %
the facc a that before the child has grace u whas
* mecnk in Jesus Word by being buried IN tho Lea'
Phs asaay ds'nan9 aWe Hesven
-. s;n sn,1 the devil from the earth, aud cauka
| trnth Holiness md Christ everywhere 10 pseSa1.
Amen. q.
FRIENDS N CHICAGO:
/ There ere now two meetings OF this soc1esy n
! thu CITY About twelve yoar6 ago, the 10" iaut
lies OF this faith residing here nett tue caPacl-
ty Of 4 meeting for religious worship IN room
ID the Methodist Epecopn Gnaacn ns 6a ca
~ th,a ,raat,nr was to an who wished to assemble
for worship OF God according to the order OF
custom Of tbe Religious Society Of frlenas. ..
The writer here wishes to say taet ING ter:a u
Quaker, 20 commonly applied to this society, Is !
derisi:e name, and is not recognized oy tne
Society except as such; ; also, that many people
think the term Shaker and Quaker mean ~ u
same, Nothing could be much further from tne
.[uh eandi sad as SHOW %
The meeting at first held in Chicago WAS MOI
. what could be called regularly y-organlzeu meet
ing OF Friends because there waa no ofganizar
ton, only coming togethe1 ana Wo'snpEs 81. ~
| relie;oua people. There was no OUTWARD ols-
oi1,iine and no church officers. It waa truly u
: example Of q Primitive Church meetlng' ano
) was blessed, both III increase or mempers alt
, in refreshipg Of soul to those who attended.
After meeting regularly III this way for more
than th~ae venrg, q considerable number bega1
to thinE it desirable to have the meeting organ
!; lied aud accordingly list OF regular menber'
in good standing was made out. aao tnose soh
9 stitutinr it were connected with the year,
meetinc of Indiana, and afterwards were sas OF
| tn what ia kuovn as Western yearly meeting.
The organization thus ef1ected continuing e
= | meet in the game central place, the meetlng
Q we're generally attended about as oe1oie apy @ y,
= 0aniz1ng had been DONE untii the naeesng-hous
: On Tgeuty-eixth street, near Indiana avenue
Was built and the meeting removed there, Wne
:, a good MANY who lived On the North and Wes
Il Sides found the distance loo E1oas ~ ntsen %
uiarIy. This. together With the fact that quite
4 number did not wish to join in the organization
a led to resumption, about two years lateI,
n the meeting in the II. E. Church BLOCK. Iht
~ there cane to be two Friends meetings III Ch
70 caco. As the first soon came to be known
TWentv-sixth street meeting. tho uew one VI
called. on account Of it's location, tue Cent? II
Neeting Of Friends. After the great ire IN lo1
the latter meeting WAS held IN pr,va
y, houses until the Rice Block. On Dearool
Is gtreet. was rebuilt, whom room "
he obtained there, and used for about one year. q
IT, I'll the NJ; E. Church Block was rebuilt, "n
the ueating was removed back to the or1Heln +:
=. etand. where It is now held regularly each Eli
u day morning at II o'clock.
it. 10 help the Central Meeting along att@f !
r.. calamity OF the Great Fire, some trlends
or Eneland contributed and sent over 52oo, "hl
Was thapxiully received, and vas great nelp
= timo when much needed. Samuel Decx,
nd Friend from England, who was present at Il T.
ase Meeting on the morning before the iIeas ~ ::
he yaa Instrumental In this token OF Chrissl
,er love.
'ei Both OF these Meetings have grown IN inter
ate and usefu1ness; both have libraries OF trlen
books open to all who may wish 70 read
ter | both arc entirely free to all who may "lsn
ere worship God after the good order OF thls na
lib faTored and ancient religious society.