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lieve that those that are standing firm to this profession, keeping to the principles which we profess, are much better respected by the people of the world, than those that are baulking the testimony, by giving way in dress and address; and am sure that by keeping to the principle is the alone way to obtain peace of mind here, and furnishes the only well-grounded hope of peace when time shall be no more. I am pleased to find thou art satisfied with thy place and business,-hope thou endeavours to improve in every sense of the word, so as to be capable of doing well for thyself. In endeared affection, Thy mother,

RACHEL PRICE.”

This letter is given as an instance of the anxious care extended to all the children, all of whom conformed not only in religious profession, but in respect to dress and address, except in the latter particulars the three who adopted learned professions. The term shame it is believed was used in reference to the feeling experienced by those who wish not to be singular and unfashionable in fashionable company. It cannot be doubted that those only can be respected by any class who act faithfully up to their own convictions of duty, whether it be in dress, address, or the more important matter of Christian faith and practice. In the advanced progress of Christianity its profession has ceased to be cause of shame or reproach, but rather the absence of a Christian faith and practice,

and the caution often is, with those who are true to an honest integrity, not to profess faster than the conviction is sincerely felt; thus avoiding all just imputation of hypocrisy or of lightly handling sacred things.

The severest of trials to young Friends, when entering upon life, often is, to observe the simplicity of manners, dress, and address, of their religious Society; and the conclusion is erroneously formed that its requirings in these respects are inconsistent with a genteel training and a polished behaviour. It is true that the use of unmeaning compliments and fashionable manners would be irreconcileable with the views of Friends; but in respect to all that really constitutes the character of a true gentleman or lady, the training and principles of the Society should furnish the truest elements, in the benevolent impulses of the heart and the inculcated duty of doing unto others as we would have others do unto us, which will unquestionably imbue the feelings with a sincere kindness, and the desire to receive and return a frank courtesy and respect. Having this spring to their conduct in social intercourse, the Society of Friends has always exhibited to the world bright examples of men and women, of pure morals, polished manners, and cultivated intellects, who would have felt at home and ranked high in the most cultivated and intelligent society in any age or country of the world, provided only it should be truthful, unpretending, and virtuous. Such in England were

Penington, Ellwood, Penn, Barclay, Fothergill, Collinson, Tooke, Allen, Gurney, and Fry; and in America, Logan, Pemberton, Emlen, Savery, Dillwyn, Waln, Griffitts, Cox, Stabler, Whitall, Cope, and Parrish. The law of Christian benevolence and love should, and ever will, induce gentle, kind, and courteous manners, and all beyond is idle ceremony and useless vanity. In short, goodness and intelligence will ever lead all the true graces in their train.

In 1810, Rachel Price visited generally the meetings of the Western Quarter; and in 1812, those of Abington Quarter; with good satisfaction. In 1813, Philip Price went in company with Jesse Kersey to the Ohio Yearly Meeting, being the first held there. It was a horseback journey, and meetings were appointed by the way. The Yearly Meeting commenced with apprehensions that there would be "a want of qualified, discerning Friends, to conduct the business of so important an assembly as a yearly meeting." These apprehensions were not realized. "The meeting closed on 6th-day," writes P. Price, "and I may sum up the whole by saying it was a very satisfactory meeting. Jesse Kersey was much favoured. Indeed I never have known him more conspicuously so, or appear more in his place than in being here at this time."

Those who heard Jesse Kersey at this period of his life, will never forget the power of his eloquence. In the deliberative assemblies of the Society he would carefully

observe and sympathize with the exercise of the body, and then state the views that had opened upon his own mind, with a clearness of demonstration and impressive influence that seldom, if ever, failed to guide and make the sense of the meeting conclusively apparent and satisfactory. In the meetings for worship he would commence his subject by a text or proposition, calmly and deliberately consider it, reason upon it, and support it by scriptural citation and example, and proceed by a clear, logical deduction and cogent argument; discourse of the precious gift of God to the souls of men; of that faith which is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for; that faith which proceeds from a living principle, the light and life of the spirit, and manifests itself in corresponding works; and as himself and hearers became more deeply interested, and the sensibilities were awakened, the examples of the devoted servants. of the Most High, in past ages, and of His precious visitations to all people, in all times, for their guidance and preservation, were dwelt upon, in persuasive and touching appeals to the feelings, and in tones pathetic and impressive. It was truly "the feast of reason and the flow of soul," in the highest sense, awakening to a recognition of our obligations of worship and obedience to a beneficent and merciful Creator, and of love to Him and love to our fellow-creatures. Then followed the deeply impressive silence, eloquently impressive to an

audience in tears,-owning the overshadowing spirit of the Head of the living Church of God; to be, after a precious season of fraternal love and prayerful feeling, broken by audible prayer in the same persuasive voice, of humble thankfulness and praise to the condescending Father of Mercies, for his gracious visitation to the nearts of His people; to be followed by another solemn pause and felt quietude, before the separation of the assembly. It has been acknowledged by competent judges, that within, or without, the Society of Friends, in England or America, no more gifted and impressive powers of sacred eloquence have been heard than those that proceeded from the lips of Jesse Kersey; yet his advantages of literary education had been very limited and his employment humble. But as was the plastic clay under his moulding touch, so was he himself beneath the forming hand of Infinite Goodness and Mercy. Thus far had I written, with the design to

"No farther seek his merits to disclose,

Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God."

But his own narrative has since been published, and in the sincerity of the deeply contrite and repentant heart, has disclosed the "horror of the great darkness" that fell upon him, in the use of stimulants, induced by pernicious medical treatment. In the depth of mortification and

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