Smyrna times., 1875-01-27
The Grave of William Penn.

Many Americans visiting England desire tc
make pll gramage to the Friends Meeting
mouSe, ana to the grave Of William Penn.
Ihomas EslwoOd, Isaac Pennington, and other
worthy Friends. To visit these at ,Jordans
one takes the railway at Exbridge about half
an-hour from London. Opposite the station.
at the Railway Inn, good lunch, nicely served
can be obtained, and a trap hired for about
te" ShlIilngs-tor the meeting house some
seven miles distant, over a good and much
irequented road leading to Oxford Arriving
within about two miles of the meeting house
slde- road to the left, narrow and unfreGuented,
ana o0rdered with pretty hedges, leads to the
GROUND NO one seems to know the precise
locality OF J0rdans; and it is only by very fre
Iocht inquiry OF those one meets that at length
dehnlte Information is obtained. And. alas
lor human greatness even the intelligent lad
Wn1 vyI.1, accompanied US had never heard of
v lIllam tenn, though he had heard of what
tne people called Penn's Chapel.
arriving at the meetinG-house, we found it
10 DC one and half story building of brck
with roof of tiles That portion nearest tbo
road is occupied by family who has The care
OF the properiy-nOt, however, members of
the Society, although | understand the family
mas occupied the same position for thirtv
years. That portion Intended for the mnetinG.
house presents nothing peculiar differing from
Friends meeting houses generalv-tbe usnal
raised seats for ministers and elders. the same
rough and uncomfortable benches, and in ons
corner the not very usual concomitaDt of a
loaded musket This, upon inquiry. | was told
had been placed there by the husband of the
woman whom we saw, to keep it awav from
the hands OF the children Why it was in the
house at all, she did not say. | trust. if this
little sketch ever comes to her eyes. il may
suggest to her that loaded guns are NOT nronnr
ornaments for Friends mpeting-hou
In front OF the main entrance to the houSo il
the graveyard, perhaps an cighthoi-an acre in
extent. And here, in row. are the graves
named at the commencement of this article.
a'ohg with a few others. The stones that mark
the graves are plain marble, perhaps a connie
oi leet ABOVE ground and on them, plainly
CUT, are the names OF those buried beneath.
he whole place IS badly kept grass long
ana uncut, fences and gates dilapidated: and,
regret to say, very similar to tho c'rcless
condition OF too many Friends gravevards in
TINS country. a meeting is held here but
once each year-in 5th month, immediateIr
Succeeding London Yearly Mcetinp-and IS !
then well ATTENDED The meeting house nor
being large enough to contain all, other meet. |
lnGs are held IN the yard adjoining. Those
who attend bring their lunches, and pass some
hourS IN pleasant social reunion
a lovely drive of little over haitian hour
brings US back to Exbridge, and hence cars
again to London. With the few hints given in
the brlef sketch, JOrdanS is not difficult 70 find
But these hints tho writer found il dificult 70 |
obtain; and they may, trust, prove useful 10
many who, like myself, desire to visit The
graves OF this great and good man and his %.
workers In religious truth