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    • f the least of the Lord ' s mercies , and dependant only on his compassion foT our -final acceptance . Seeing also that no awakened mind can be Without a view to a better and an enduring state , and that no one knows how soon he may

    be called to put off mutability ; let us bear in perpetual recollection that , in the state to which we aspire , there is nothing but eternal love , joy , and adoration , in the presence of Him through whose love we were first awakened .

    In contemplating this copious ' subject , though we are not apprehensive of more symptoms of deficiency than in former years , we feel disposed afresh to encourage friends to be prompt in undertaking , and prudent in executing , the blessed office of peace-maker . And

    we believe the patient endeavours of faithful friends will be generally crowned with success , in proportion as their own minds are seeking to Jesus , for assistance in performing an office on which he has pronounced his blessing : and in

    endeavouring to lead the minds of any contending persons , to a sense of the absolute necessity for all true disciples to live in peace one with another , and to forgive one another , even as God , for Christ ' s sake , has forgiven them .

    Before we quit the subject of Christianlove , let us remind you that no limit of name can bound its influence . In this instance of almost unprecedented pressure on some of the poorer classes of our countrymen , we deem it particularly desirable , that our dear friends every where should not be backward in

    exam-10 ing into their distresses ; but liberal in contributing a due proportion of relief * Many are allowed to have temporal possessions sufficient to do this with

    comparative ease . Let these therefore remember that they are but stewards * and let them seek to be good and faithful stewards . And it is probable that others , not equally abounding in the good things of . this life , wsay find that Jn

    using moderation in thei ' r own etfpenditujro ^ they may * have wherewith to applythfc wants of others , and to make thioh < sare of the poor man sing for * joy Oy the blcs&ing of clothing the naked tad' feeding the hungry ! wk& would not desire to be entit ^ ta a share in

    Moderation m p ^ sotlal ^ and domestic expense ,. every way . becomes the followers p f a lowly- hearted Saviour . We arc therefore engaged to press it upon our

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    young friends just setting out in life , to beware of needless dxpence in the fiirni- ture of their houses * and in their general * domestic habits , Iften those wfuy think * their property may entitle them to abundance or to elegance , by indulging iii postly habits are setting but an ill example to those of more contracted means ; as we but too to

    ^ nd are apt copy that V ? hich coincides with our natural disposition , our want of circumspection may prove an excitement to extravagance in others , and prompt them to use exertions for supporting an appearance , which may divert them from the true business of life—the daily study to be approved in the sight of God .

    And , dear youth , in general , especially you whose period of life may not be so advanced as that of those whom we have just addressed , even you who have left , or are about to leave , the protection of a parent , and to enter into the busy scenes of life ; some of you , probably , in populous towns , far

    different from the retirement of your paternal abodes : we beseech you to guard against the new temptations which may " now assail you . Pppose the first incite 1 ment to any liberty inconsistent with : your principles , and be willing to- seek the society of experienced friends in the ? places where you may be situated , and to receive their admonition with

    meekness and attention . Never forget that the season of early youth is a season of peculiar danger ; and if you grow up under this sense , you will from time td time be led to cry for preservation to Him , who - has said ( and- his words ate Amen for everj < f Him tbat ^ cornet h to me I will in no wise cast out /"

    The usual accounts of suffering ^ brought in this year , chiefly for tithed and those called church rates * and for military demands , amount to ttiittcejt thousand , six hundred and forty-five pounds * Five young men have befet * imprisoned for refusing to serve in tfaie local militia . B-side * these and other

    accounts which we have received front our several Quarterly Meeting we have an epistle from Ireland , and * one from each * of the * Yearly Meetings-on the American continent . The * ~ Y& £ rl ? Meetings- of 1 f our American bretnreii seem vigilant in their atttmttpn to tftfc support of but * testimonies , and - to- pU * ± pones of general berieVblenc ^ , Th cduc ^ ftr . eaUonofourycrut ^ stHlfei ^ sapartoftrife ' concero of the Yearly Meeting of Pemi-

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    Intelligence . —Quakers * Yearly Epistle . 47 i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 471, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/63/