New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-28

| Tor tDY IcfuSai, hoping III may De uscful TOWARDS
our nightly stepping along through time to-
gether."
The reader of the English comedy. at and
after the Restoration wall know how shamt
fully tie men and particularly the Women OF
the Society of Friends are libclled III those
| lying ana unfragrant plays. ! do not venture
to quote from them. ! should he ashamed to
give my readers a line fIOm The Far Quaker
of Deal" All the caricature, all the cantlng
talk about the influences of the SPIRIT, all the
! ntimatiOnS of Ovcrwordly prudence, all the
suggestions of RIGHTEOUSNESS, are absolutely
without foundation. Yet 50 completely did this
niisIeprcscuta' ion obtain place in the English
mind that after two centuries of the sweetest
and clcaneSt OF religious history, there are
people in plenty to-day who suppose that
/ Friends, a. Iule, are over sharp ana seli-sPck
; ing. If no worse is thought of them. Even
writer 50 liberal rs Lod Macauay could not
! get away from the prejudice and the few pas
SaGeS in lis History OF England which do
not stand The test OF scholarly criticism relate To
/ the QuakclS. OF who's society. IN bis youth,
! suppose tha; the historian had more chan he
| rellShcd.
! Elwood's Life is written without much of the
/ technicalIt'cs OF the sect. HIS Is the general
| tone but not the phia>eOl0gv. II is free from
! what pc hti may he considered tire dlSadyan-
tage OF a cary. Tor It was OF iCtted down from
Gay to day, but has Ia, O. ~ wisdom al retro
spectOn. The Quakegs were alN Us great
keepers Of journals, and those, ever interesting
IN themselves, have the tauij Of ha>jy memo
ianda, ma IauSt he carclUily cUiiat"d II we
would ccf character out al them. sonnet hing,
perhaps. should say OF ibis Quaker Phrase
Ology. re different books are alike 10 cNqui
size simplicity. N an engaging verbal NGfTCfe,
and in an abandonment 20 & @ mOyiu"s # the
SPIRIT. w.lci it is not easy in modern times to
unde.s. SID. AID much Iss TO appreciate. H.
some respects one journal Is Ike mother, and
~ l. oIiF those who read care ally and look
CLOSELY lutO the nara I'VE vino can see any
difference b. tween one Quaker book and the
next Whci is taken mp. Many OF these inter
estnG works begin with the S;ory OF early con-
VcIslOn, aCd tins none Ct these conte>solS tells
more aSrecabiy and tcldc.Iy tan EUwoOl. !
Yet those who were som IN t8e merlnG,' *
the phase was, seemed hardly 30 have an
easier tim" of 1t thHn u 0ree Fox himsclf.
Friend CaalkirY. who WIS born IN SOuthWaIk.
England. IL 1873, of QuaSer parents. lccor,is
"hOw many and various were The exercises &c
went III cugu, by bcatiuGS and S'0nHgs along |
the streets, being distinguished 10 TIE people |
by The badge OF plaIuuSS~ Vhl n his parent MT !
upon BIN, Of what profession lie VS.; divers !
telling ann u WAS no more Sln 10 Kill INN Than n
MAS to ks dog" All the Diaries q gin with !
wresiing' AND doubts, and MOI seldom VITA !
hat dcSpa / which came very near 80 killing |
George FOX in his youth. At;erv Brd there |
was faua' ci,m with the VCrSt elements Of IA |
uatcism lett ont. In The Quaker neophyfcs |
There was a perpetual pf'itnce and "a cmidiiac |
waiting IN the OVcrSlaCOWng darkness of /
doubt, when should have dlSa, med taUlt-iind- /
ing and shown biGOtIy is own image. u was /
as hard then IS II Is now to give uD tUlly ~ /
serve the Lord IN the way of Ills ltadlu2,.. IL q
rs edly wing TO read how these young Quak"rS
shrunk ilom the ministry. because il IS ucr- |
ally thought that they ,ushrd MO II WITHOUT /
reason, ana tor the sake OF personal display. /
On the contrary. there seems TO nave been /
ALWAYS fear lest they IN ght begin the great /
work before the right time This tear is con-
srantly noticed III the records OF Quaker eX- |
peTlenCPs. Sarah GTubO, an EnglS Friend, !
going to meeting one morning VITA q Gail to J
appear III the ministry, hs she lecnfo>, "iclt |
something 10 gather ab01t hcI and with il |
came Il deeJ-IoOted dislike 20 Tie work, WIcH I
so suove with the Othcr. That for time cndur
inc e state OF agony, tie ntctIu% bi0kc Ur.' In |
the afternoon, Sarah, beng encouraged ny
Friend whn Iet fall some timely words, wen
tured upon her knees and III II manner scarcely
inteigIble poured Oui u Few petitions Fms
shrink ny, fear. and perfect humility, ths ALSO
lute auu distressing DIS nclInatipn 10 sDc X, |
was always p Well-maTkCd feature of the
Quaker mlnistr. There could he no uttrrance
unless Divine Life ATTENDED it. There was al
WAYS an apprehension OF running too fost."
Friends were frequently moved but II Is "a
mistake 10 suppose that they always needed the
movement, winch might indeed come OF the
Enemy. Tie great point was to bc sure.
StiueSs was often for the beS.. Jab Scott, in
speaking Oh silent meetings in families saws
quantity: !" have seen the children much
broken aud rendered such seaS0ns. so that,
even When there has not been word spoken,
the tears have rolled down tnor checks, ANA
then looks have been evidently expressive ct
heartfelt sensations" Sometimes, indeed, in
meeting which had been appointed, Job scott
could not speak Il word. Oi one such ex-
perencc ne says: I" suffered the meeting
thrC n-i, under "a close CXctC.Sc, but could not
ind a Way suIiCehtl oUeI 10 atiCmp, tC clear
my mlGu by pdOhc testimony so ~ another
place, thc preacher " HAD pretty favored time
upon the Waoe." Only Hide after, Joo scot
" was shut up in silence" Sometimes the |
meeting is painful -; then il is exercising -; |
occasionally ian exceedingly heavenly and ,
watering opportunity, oCmeume 5 III uaN eihng
to dispense Jhe GOSPEL. the Nay is entirely ut !
Up, ana the apostle does not KNOW watcher 10 ]
stay, Il go forward CT 90 back, feeling great ! +
omptins s." Yet still he says III resigned =
way: d" 1t is the Lords hand, let Him DC a, lie
picaseth lie VIII not dc anything for my ;
harm A good open meeting i" is recorded
with joy, and then, Saws the eminent minister, /
was sail smut up III The meeting iOr W0lShlp.' )
Toe Friends, | nave already observed. L
have always been aSSlduOus gatheTcrs mp OF j
he fragments, lest anything be lost. No one J.
distinguished III their ministry Tor gifts of :
PREACHING or for holiness of life, ever passed =
sway without careful and atlectOAate iesti- =
nOny from the Monthly Meeting OF the Quail +
eIly Meeting to winch he or she belonged. Great a
attention was always paid to last dync express d
Mons. They were registered almost as soon rs ST
Uttered, and sent often as a precious boon to II
he distant brethren. TO all their goodness q
md plcty and self devotion an atfCctiOuAte IL
libute WAS paid. IL lis ediling 10 observe how -
,tten these m0Tlhund Friends said in the 90
upreme moment: 81 am easy; | am quiet" d
hese we've Thomas kllwOOds own wOruS, as 5
eported by Friend George Bowler; adding: W
am full Of JOY aud peace ; my spirit is full of 10
Oy.' Frequently with an innocent vclaclty, it OF
noticed that the dying Friend was So weak 81
ned that several things could not be SO well %
elected" 90
| have endeavOTed to give some poor but Il,
Onest account OF "a class OF books which IN II;
lese days come under The eyes of few readers pc
\ the limited space allotted to me, | have W
cen able only to call attention t. the subject til
the most periunctOry way. Friends books are TIC
ostly gathered and preserved by the people 81.
ave become scarce that II lis nearly impos-