Evening journal., 1920-11-29

which Is only now beginning 10 win
the attention OF the authorities. They
were opposed TO capital punishment,
and well they might be. when we re-
member that at that time there we're
$50 crimes punishable by death und r
English law. They claimed that their
whole religion was based upcn the
unpolluted customs and beliefs OF
early Christianity. before there was
a paid ministry. or bishops. or pope,
when all the Christians were brothers
and worshipped together In simple
love. before the councils had created
any " the hard and abstruse creeds,
and before ritual or Image worship
had diverted the souls attention from
God. Back 20 Primitive Christian
TYR and they supported t1eir heller
ny quotations from the carly fathers
-Ignatius. Tertulllan. Ircnasus, Jus
Tin Martyr, Clement. Euceblus, Origen
and others
But Il ls safe 10 say that 10 was not
their theological beliefs That got them
into such constant trouble and kept
the tails full. hut rather their refusal
10 pay taxes, take oaths, remove N Q
hat, or worship in the prevailing
manner. They were so obstinate ard
exiravagant. so aggravatIng and so
confident, because Of connd1ce In
their inner light, that for forty years
all parties conspred 10 stamp them
out: Romanlsts, Episcopallans, indie
pcndents, Presbyterians, and even the
Fifty Monarchy men. all despised ana
hated and prosecuted the poor Quak--
ers or course. as we today look over
their beliefs we smile at the oddities
and whlms and make a joke or two
about their dress and speech, but we
see that they were really ahead OF
their age, and though poor and de-
spised. they held some truths which
were destined to change the face or
the world.
But IL is not strange that Admiral
Penn, one OF England's great men and
aristocrais. should be cnraged when
his son and heir took on some OF
these Ouakersh ideas and habits. and
came home from the university dis
graced because Of them.
Young Penn was sent To France TO
be cured Of his spiritual whims by a
dose Of the gay and fashionable
French court life. incidentally, he
studied theology for awhile in the
College Of Saumar and took side
trJB INTO Italy: but. on The whole. the
visU Justified the admirans hopes for
William returned 10 London clothed
In the extreme Partisan fashion, an
expert sWOrdsman and a thorough
man Of the world But the terrible
plague Of London soon induced a re-
turn OF solemn thoughts and broke
up the law studies which were being
pursued at LincOln's Inn. The ad-
mirars next eXpedienl was TO place
his son under The Duke OF Ormond.
the Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland. This
diversion almost succeeded. Penn fell
m love with a soldiers life, after a
slight taste Of service. But one day
In Cork he heard Thomas Loe once
more and all his religious ardOr
rushed back. He attended the Quaker
meetings. adopted their faith and soon
] began to preach. Al this time. he was
administering his fathers Irish affairs
1 The crisis suddenly arrived lie wa.
arrested at a Quaker gathering an,
with The rest OF his fellow worship
pers was thrown into prison Hh
name and position brought an earl,
release but the disgrace was more
than the proud admiral could stand
| Penn returned To London. avowed hi'
/ faith openly. and declared nat b,
would not remove his hat even h. thi
/ King He was turned on. OF The ousg
and now, al the age Of q became
I NN HNiAN hiMMhNA INNNAIN' kWNNN~ AAWiA
Westinghouse 10 meeting-h 0usc, and
an the more popular and effective be-
cause he Mas the only man OF name
or family whom the Ouakers pos
seSsed 4 little later others Joined
doubtless as the result ~ penn's ox-
ample.
We ought TO understand inat the
conditions OF the ag would natu-
rally challenge a natures like penns
lle was a strange compound of care
less cavalier and religious extremist
/ His closencSs 10 court gave dim a per
feet knowledge of the fearful cOndl
lions Of English life, and his spirilua
carnestness supplied The weapons
Attack. Tie was absolutely fearless
careless Of personal consequences
and not at AN ambitious for WORLDLY
} honors
40 one can read the history Of th
Restoration period without a feelm
/ of sickening disgust Private and puh
Tic life was indec nj and Immoral :
s Just seemed lh one laW that cOVcrne
/, conduct, speech was brulally coars
= ald. as The King sci IA fashiO
n every one who wanted 10 be fashion
able became as die sOluto as ne. Oul
: side OF one or two Rom omperOr
= Charles II was the worst mOnarc
mat ever wore crown Beside his PEI
sonal immOraliiies, he fncroacha
!. upon the liberties Of the people. a,
y graded the country In the cys of if
y world, threw away all the gains On.
u Cromwell haC made. and. worst Of al
q sold himself 10 France and secrctl
pIedg a himself 10 enc rc-inir0ductio
y Of ROmanism into Elgland n
= brother the DUKE Of Y, fk. aflcrwal
n Jane, H. finally went so FAR that En-
e land turned him out OF the COUNT
a and invited another 10 fll his thrOn
II The only red eming feature OF the
IT two kings is their frie ,dship for Pen
e friendship baseD on gratitude q
9 his fathers perildy. In i66S. Per
I began 10 write pamphlets In FEM
! OF Quakerism and one OF the
Z broughl him into trouble. Il ives o
: titled The shndy Foundation Sh0ken
! and IN 10 ha argues agaiIsi the for
In which the doctrine Of the trni
l. was accepted and taught lie did 10
claim that there were not three Pc
!, sons, The Father. the son and o
q Spirit but lh9i these three were N
P. 20 be understood by metaphysics.
S was aimed at The dogma, not at q
p faci-whhh ne felt lh dogma con
r. not express. The bishop of Londl
:. caused penn's arrest and for nil
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