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    word Quakerism , which , in the estimation of the Society , must he the basis of every good effect ,

    wrought in the hearts oi individuals , and iaall the affairs of societies , does , when holden in sincerity , lit the human creature to become , and constitutes him , a member of

    tk * t catholic church . The regulation of his moral conduct appertains to the laws of his country ; determination of his mental condition cannot be as . sumed by the association .

    His professing to hold the principle , and expressing the wish to unite in the association , would render him eligible to have his n » ne recorded as a member of the

    Society of Panadelphian Quakers . His holding the principle of Quakerism will prevent him from

    uniting , in many observances of a multitude of people in the world . . He will be afraid to recognize any human authority in spiritual affairs .

    Jf a fellow-Greature , under a serious exercise of spirit , address him , on the things which appertain to his well-being here or hereafter , he will receive the labour of love , in the measure of sympathy which arises in his mind *

    The approbation of the speaker from others , however appointed or Constituted , or whatever ecclesiastical designation they may bear , will not have any weight with kim *

    The word of counsel , exhortation , or reproof , he will not dare to despise , when it seems to him uttered in sincerity , from a fellowcreature , however lightly the tpe&ker may be esteemed by other He will Iks afraid to unite with

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    those who hold it thvtr duty to b * vindictive , in asserting their own rights , or the rights of the Society or nation or people , to whom they belong .

    The coercive measures of war and of internal police , will bt discordant with his feelings . He will not dare to renounce that dependance on the providence of the Supreme Being , which Quakerism implies .

    His resignation to what he feeU in himself to be the Divine will , without reference to the opinions , the notions , the manners or others ; without ; regard to their approbation or disapprobation , will separate him from much of the policy of the world . He may have to dwell alone among the nations , and even among his brethren .

    He may he un 6 tted to uriite with many of the institutions of men , where the promotion of good , even , is their object ; bulf where evil has became mixed with their proceedings-He may have to keep at a distance from the vain sports-, and from the eager selfish pursuits , which continually occupy the worldly minded man ; but thii may contribute to bring him into a redeemed and happy state ! In the order of creation there are parts which are above otir

    comprehension . We know not why sensitive creatures are susceptible dfpatn ; v * hf they are subjected to sufferings and death . In the visible creation , the weak

    and mild are seen to fall a preyv under agonizing terrors , to thfc strong and rapacious * We cannot comprehend why these thing are permitted ta b& *

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    512 Mr . Walker on a Society of Panadelphian Quakers .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 512, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/24/