Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-05-01
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concord Quarterly Meeting I'm
session on Tuesday-Large Aftep.
dance.

concord Quarterly Meeting In
session on Tuesday-Large Aftep
dance.
The Concord quarterly meeting com
prising the monthly meeting of barbu
Chester, Goshen, Concord. Birmingham
ana wilmington, convened In the Meet
ing House, Fourth and West strests Tues.
morning. 'e~
The attendance of members was fsirly
large. Among those present were :
Thomas Foulke and John j. Cornell OF
New York, Clement Biddle, Birmingham:
Israel L. Bartram, Goshen; Ellis P. Mar.
shall, Concord; Allen Flitoraft, Chester
Lydia Price, West Chester.
In the opening meeting, which sat AT
10 O'Clock, John J. Cornell Of New York
spoke at some length on the text. "God
is Love-" He held that the reouire.
ments were to love God above ali else.
and to manifest our love by the love we
bear our fellow men.
The speaker decried the idea of loving
God through tear, holding that to regard
Him as a tender and loving father was a
higher principle. The general idea Of
the young of repentance Is that the mind
would have to undergo some particularly
severe ordeal. 1t is simply the leaving
OF OF all that the inner light shows to be
wrong, and taking up what revelations
show to be right. Repent because the
kingdom of heaven is at hand and lies
before you as the result Of right life.
lkThomas Foulke also OF New York.
spoke briefly. adding his testimony to
that Of the preceding speaker. He held
1t was most important to have right
conception of deity and divine things,
and that the practical question is, are we
willing to accept the means offered for our
salvation. Essential baptism, the speaker
believed. is the baptism Of the holy flame
that will burn up and consume all that
righteous testimony is against ; all that
Ia evil will be swept out. The essential
faith ia the faith that must not change by
every breeze Of dogma or doctrine.
This is needed with all.
Amos Jones gave testimony that 1t was
a source Of comfort in looking over ores-
tion to ind SO many believers; oven the
untntored Indians recognizing q God in
the clouds, or hearing him in the winds.
He spoke warmly for a perfect unity and
harmony Of mankind, and denied the
teachings OF some Christian pro.
lessons that the evils Of the
day must be put down by war. Many,
he said, consider tina. the Society of
Friends has died out, but Its testimony
and principles have been embraced by
other societies. The speaker urged the
to continue their testimony
against drink and war.
There were few other members who
added their testimony, and the session
was closed by Allen Flitcraft, who lead in
prayer.
In the business meeting on the mems
side, William P. Bancroft acted clerk and
j. Hibberd BsrtrSm as assistant. All
the representatives were present except
one. The queries were all satisfactorily
answered and the following representa-
lives were appointed to the yearly
meeting In Philadelphia next week:
Darby meeting, Thomas Garrigues,
William 7. Bunting, Isaac L. Bartram
Chester, Joel Sharpless, William l.
Green, Allen Flitcraft; Goshen, Isaac L
Bsrtrsm, Thomas Kirk, Elwood Smedley
Concord, John II. Newland, Ellis P. Mar
shall, Daniel T. Thatcher; Wilmington,
Allen Gswthrop, Samuel Hanna, Richard
q. Taylor; Birmingham, John D. Worth,
John Shsrpless, Jacob Psxson.
The minutes of the quarterly meeting
1t West Chester were read, and the clerk
no change in the correspondents
,f the monthly and quarterly meetings
A representative committee as follows
was selected and those selected conourred
N by the women's meeting Clement
Biddle, J. Hibberd Barttam, Lucy Smith,
Martha Dodson.
The queries brought forth consider
able discussion during the meeting.
There WAS come talk upon the question
loes absenteeism from meetings consti-
ute an offense.
Thomas Steward closed the mems meet
ng with prayer.
Priscilla Speakmsn acted as clerk Of
.he women's meeting, and Matilda
iarrisues as assistant. Rachel Hopes
and Mary Palmer were selected as repre-
,entatives to the yearly meeting.
Both meetings concluded their business
ibout l. 80 O'Clock.