The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-05-08

WHICH was uSualiy nelu III 4NoN AoIk.
will copy some of the answers from
the record of the First Quarterly Meeting
after the Monthly Meeting was estab-
ished held at Peru the LIST of s mo-, 1799.
The expression "some care takenh so
frequentlA used means that efforts are
being made by the meeting to suppress
(, the evil or prevent the misbehavior of its
members:
Answer the first. We believe that all
our Meetingsfor worship and Discipline
are attended by the most, though slack
ness in some and some care taken. The
hour generally observed by those that
steadily attend Not all clear of sleep
ing. Some care taken. Clear of other
unbecoming behavior as far as appears.
. 2. We believe that love and unity is in
good degree maintained amongst us as
Brethren except one instance of unity
which is under notice. No differences
that we know of.
4. We believe that Friends are mostly
Careful to keep themselves and all those
under their care in plainness or speech,
behavior and apparel, deficiency in
some and some care taken.
5. We believe Friends are generally
Careful to Read the Scriptures and TO
guard against Reading pernicious Books
and the Corrupt Conversation of the
world.
0. There Appears to be a neglect on
account of wills and some care taken.
No misapplication of publick gifts or
legacies that we know of.
10. We believe all Children placed un-
der our Care are in way to get School
Learning to fit them for Business.
IL. We believe that Friends are in a
SSron,ises e nav their inst dehts none
tnn,yn ] 20 y I5,,ycb into Rns;ness bovond
ah;i;tu ." ,,,anaGo
10 None cone but Soma Come with
ont co,tifcafos
10 We heIieye that F,iords ora cara
fuI I'm daol with offenders measurahIv in
tba sn;r;t Of Meekness and agreeahle to
Disc;nl;ne 20
II Will he notscod bv those who read
tba frst Of above answars that the
Friends we're ssnot ali clear of sleening''
in mating Ibave examined the renorts
of a LARGER number of Onarterlv Meetings
and find tbe same answer given every
time rTbere ,vas reason for fbis az there
is for ali things The half hour more or
loss devoted to meditation and silent
nrayer was no donht a great helm to those
Who used II in that II had such milling
efract mon those who were weary and ali
those who did not keen their minds ac-
t;volv onrogod tLot n l. no yonder that
some seemed TO think II n nroper season
for renose Whenever an audible snore
awoka ocboas in tba l,irb walled room
ono ,f +ho oldors mon az, woman nc tbe
oaso ,,,;rLt Lo onnroacLod tba sIeener
onJ cnnfi,, sbaLiIT linn in be awoke
ron,inJad' hin, thaf II Iyos unhncom;ng to
fins sIeon in meating
Tbero wore MANY S;fted and very elo-
,,ua,,t ,,roonl,ors an6,1 ho+h men and
womon Er;onds Int aIi nreacbod because
tbev fclt called of cod to do so and no
Cnc ~ tLem ever nreacbed for hire
wall 7 rnmnmber tho hitter scornfni
tona =, ,,,b;ch bayo heard an aged
U;olis;to Er;ord snoaL of NetLodist min
;stors os s.b;ral;nq n,;ests y some have
I'D tba+ omai,nrg9 ,Jnro not strict obeerv-
ors Of tho Sahhatb isEvery dav is tbe
I,ord's day,, u,as n commnn eynression
amon@ tLsu bmt tbey we've vorv reomlar
in ottsSrd;nT flo ,,,oef;ng aud hei;ave
that most Gf them regard II ssfirst dav,'
aS tbe nronar dov for Tast
Rnt f tbe Fr;cnds did not alwavs seem
70 rsgard tha Fnurtb Command dmcnt tbev
ware ye,.v narticnlar about keening tie
was snnnortad bv onr Saviour,s iniunc.
tion t,Syy, ar not at MI ;; That law was
Authoritative and tbev thougbt IL shonld
be obeved to the he very Letter So n Onak.
ar conid NOT ba indnced or comnalIad to
take an oath of ofiioc when elected nor
would he swear to tell tLe truth when
summoned as n witness in a court of ms
tice. But he was always willing to affirm
ana QUAKER simple Wora or allirna-
tloh was aS Dlhdlng ana rellaole as an.
other person oatn' L nave sau thae
they were very plaln speaking people: IL
is related OF that famous Quaker, Will
liam Penn, that when he was negotiating
with King Charles IL OF England Tor the
grant of the land which is now the state
OF pennsylvania he not only Kept ms
broad-brimmed hat firmly set upon his
head but he addressed the king always
by his full name Charles Stuart as
though he were private citizen. SO 1t
was also with the prosecuted Quakers OF
Boston in 1865, When brought into
court they refused to remove their hats
and when they addressed the judges they
called them by name ''Humphry Ather-
ton, Thomas Danforth," ETC., not pre-
fixing the title Judge" or using the
words Your Honor"
The Quakers of old Peru were just as
plain spoken and firm in their adherence
to principle. They had no use whatever
for the titles Mr., Sir, Esq, Hon., Rev.,
Mrs. or Miss, but called familiar ac-
quaintances by their first, and Others by
their full names. When they desired in
formation their questions were plain and
to the point. A worthy Quaker attended
one of the early Clinton County Fairs
and some "son of Belial' appropriated
his horse blanket. When our Friend
discovered his loss he resolved to recover
his property if he could, SO he went