New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-30

the original name. Under all the circumstances 1t
+ ABLE that the TT Wse g0' ali On lis
ceased after the separation occurred 1t took long
astrous event AS this recovery took place each
body has pursued its own course has worked upon
fully believe has been enabled to accomplish some
good for the church and the world. We can indeed
and that this day. the first in sixty-seyen years
t Try ''' '''' '''''
Mrs. Mariana W. Chapman who was cordially
received, was next introduced by Mr.. Haviland,
and taking her theme the Position OF women IN
the Society Of Friends" said in part:
The position Of the society in regard to the public
ministry Of women was in advance OF al other sr
churches. To-day girls who have been born IN the
Society of Friends recognize with surprise, as they
grow older. the disabilities of women in QtheT reis-
their doors 10 conscious that da no. s eS
tend TO men and women alike IKE her nd foT Trs
From the first Friends insisted on universal eauca-
of the promise Of obedience from the marriage ser
vice IL occasloned disasters. None the less
early AS 1855 there are records Friends as
preachers. In the United States the womens bust
raj for women thus nurtured reason that II ever
there were equality and liberty in the higher walks
ways oi prd hi ~ find these Women among the
have eeen n asserting IL TO be The nmstak
able brthrght of women to do anything which God
We're called by the voice in their souls
Speaking upon the subject of What Friends
Have Done for the World Aaron NJ. Powell said
among other things
Their first great service to achieve. for them
selves and others. larger measure Of religious
liberty. Thew ostraciZed and prosecuted alike
by representatives of Church and State. OF the
sufYerings hardshps Of this early martyr period
this generation OF Friends can have little concep-
ton. The persecution perhaps more wholesale
in England. but. If possible. more violent in New
England In this record of cruelty and persecution
New Enga..d had bad pre-emnence Even Bos
tonians were extensively engaged In imprisonng.
whipping. starving and hanging innocent. devout
women and men, Friends recognized the Divine
presence in the human SOUL and that all men were
II was this inward principle which let George Fox
1t was Elizabeth Heyrick. an English Quaker
woman. who. at later period. enunciated the doc
Anthony Benezet was another whose pioneer labors
were most effective against slavery. The yearly
meetings OF Pennsylyana New % england ana New
ly eradicated slavery from within their borders:
Nor were they content to rest with the abolition Of
1870 memorials from the Society OF Friends against
slavery laid before the first Congress of the
United States In prison reform and In the humane
movement for the abolition OF the death penalty
Friends have also been pioneers and most Influential
Friends from the beginning have been actively
identied with peace and arbitration and opposed to
nIicity economy and general thrift. In the recog-
nized equality of woman In marriage ana In relg-
Quaker home and social life and in the care Of the
poor are some OF the characteristics and qualities
ed 6esn apns IN
fuence for the good OF many community In many
The recital by Mrs. Mary s. Kimber OF a poem
OF her own composition entitled 1.-THE Old Bovine
House." brought the celebration 10 an end After
the meeting many Of the visitors proceeded TO the
old Bovine House. where the Misses Parsons. VINO
are direct lineal descendants OF John BOVINE, dis
pisyed q UNIQUE collection Of relics and mementos
Of their ancestors They also visited the ola month