The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-04-19
81, Peters Church,
Freehold and It's Rectors
REV. GEoRGE KEITH, FOUNDER OF
FREEHOLD.
BIZ MAxcY APPLEGATE. SR.

The next question she put to him
was, What Woman He answered A
good old fnotherly that was
gone to heaven many years ago. Then
she asked, what country woman9 He
replied A Scotch woman, the Friend
said, Lit was very well that he had
cleared all the world of that fault Gf It
might be termed) but Scotland. and
the woma dead many years ago. The
women Friends were greatly satisfied.
and glad they were SO finely discharg-
ed OF hat which some counted a fonI
reflection, and especially before their
jealous neighbors, the Presbyterians
who Jas the Friends said) probably
might have twitted them with II. whe-
Their the matter was true or false. if II
had not been cleared up; but as I said
to George, it was q reflection for refec-
tion's sake; for / was willing to sat
everything that was wrong Gas far as
| was capable) in its proper light that
Friends and others, Of all persuasions
and qualities who were present
might see things as they really were
and not be deceived. and I had much
satisfaction In SO doing. And mas
much as was engaged in the defense
Of the truth, it appeared the most
clear to me. to load him with his own
lies, mistakes and wickedness. and to
do what we did, as much as in as Law.
in the Lords mighty power; for he aD-
peared to me, like to the angels who
kept not their first state.
Matters being thus far gone through
and the meeting time drawing on. I
was in some oncer of mind. lest any
should be hurt by either hearing or
answering George Keith, he having
a great propensity to jangling, it there
fore opened in my mind to ask him a
question, withal reminding him. that
he was but to us as an heather man
or a publican, yet he might. IL he
pleased, answer me the question.
which was, whether he was always
sound in the fundamental doctrines Of
christianity, yea or nay, Upon which
he sata considerable time in silence
of which / was truly glad, nv spirit
being much bowed under the apDre-
hension / had, OF the weighty exercise
that wa likely to attend the approach
ing meeting. But before we parted.
George stood up. and taking his staff
in his hand by the middle said, while
he was a Quaker. he thought as Paul
thought that he had the Spirit of God.
and when he had the Spirit of God.
the, he wrote sound things, but when
he had it not, then he wrote unsound
things. | asked, whether these unsound
things hes wrote were in fnndamen-
tails? yea or nay. If not In fundamen-
tails then my question remained firm
and untouched. He would have gone
from the matter, but | reminded him
of it again, as supposed he saw he
could not answer it, but by bringing a
stroke upon himself, for If he had
owned Of being unsound, I had it I'M
der bis own hand, In n book, after he
left Friends, that he was always sound,
&c. And If he had said, he was always
sound IN the fundamentals as before,
then intended to have asked, why he
left us? For he advocated the same or
thodox principles which we believed
and taught; but we ended quietly, and
prepared to go to the great meeting,
for by this time, many Friends and
people were come. and coming from sv-
cry quarter, to see and hear how mat
tiers would go between the poor Quak-
ers and this great champion in his
heart, George Keith, for l thought he
most resembled the great Goliah Of
Gath, who defied the armies of the
Living God of any I had ever yet seer
in all my travels, in a religious respect.
Now to the meeting we went. George
Keith with two Priests, and a great
many people gathered together Of sew
eral professions and qualities into one
body, and Friends and some Friendly
people into another body, and as we
came near to the meeting house, /
stood still, and took a view of the PEG
pie, and it appeared to me as if two
armies were going to engage in battle.
Continued Next Week