Quaker Biographies: A Series of Sketches, Chiefly Biographical, Concerning Members of Gthe Society of Friends, from the Seventeenth Century to More Recent Times, Volume 3For sale at Friends' Book Store, 1909 |
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Acadians America Anthony Benezet Arthur Howell asked attend Baltimore Yearly Meeting became called Captain Colonel Pickering comfort Cornplanter council daughter death Delaware Dillwyn Drinker duty England English face faith fear feeling felt gave George Gospel heart Heavenly Father held horses Indians interest John Churchman John Pemberton John Wool John Woolman Journal journey knew labor land leave letter Little Turtle lived Lord Mary Pryor Master Meeting House miles mind minister Month Mount Holly negroes Nottingham peace Pemberton Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia Quakers reached religious visit returned River Samuel Emlen says seemed sent ship sick slavery Society of Friends soon speak spirit spoke Street tells thee things Thomas Chalkley Thomas Story Thomas Wistar thou thought tion told took traveled vessel wife William Penn William Savery woman women words wrote Yearly Meeting young
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Page 74 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 101 - In that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty...
Page 51 - Who, when the dreary calms prevailed, And water-butt and bread-cask failed, And cruel, hungry eyes pursued His portly presence mad for food, With dark hints muttered under breath Of casting lots for life or death, Offered, if Heaven withheld supplies, To be himself the sacrifice. Then, suddenly, as if to save The good man from his living grave, A ripple on the water grew, A school of porpoise flashed in view.
Page 164 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Page 156 - I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness ; and it is my wish and desire, that the laws may always be as extensively accommodated to them, as a due regard to the protection and essential interests of the nation may justify and permit.
Page 111 - They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Page 134 - The Society of Friends is well known as having succeeded in living in peace with the Indians, in the early settlement of Pennsylvania, while their white neighbors of other sects, in other sections, were constantly embroiled. They are also known for their opposition to all strife, violence, and war, and are generally noted for their strict integrity and fair dealings. These considerations induced me to give the management of a few reservations of Indians...
Page 192 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones u as a storm against the wall.
Page 111 - THE Great Spirit who made me and you, who rules the heavens and the earth, and who knows the innermost thoughts of men, knows that I and my friends have a hearty desire to live in peace and friendship with you, and to serve you to the utmost of our power.
Page 17 - Though trading in things useful is an honest employ, yet through the great number of superfluities which are bought and sold, and through the corruption of the times, they who apply to...