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VOI ,. XIX . 4 A
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of certain " elders of the city " , waited on Elias Hicks on the 9 th , and requested him to meet them at Arch-Street House , at 3 o ' clock , on the 1 lth . Elias declined meeting them , saying that " he did not acknowledge their authority to call him before them i" but at the request of a friend of his , " who thought it might be most satisfactory to Friends gene * rally / ' Elias consented to meet them at Green-Street House , on the 12 th of the same month , which he did with five of his friends , arid about thirteen
or fourteen of thfe members of Green-Street Monthly fleeting . " All the elders of the city , except Jonathan Evans , who was indisposed , and two others who declined meeting with them , " appear to have been present . After sitting some time in silence ^ one
of them said , €€ a serious concern had arisen among the elders , and they had requested a select opportunity with Elias Hicks f * instead of which , "he
thought it very extraordinary that so many Friends should be present who had no concern in the case / 5 He concluded by observing , /* that if * those Friends thought proper to keep their seats , that they ( the Elders ) had better withdraw . " Elias Hicks then rose
and observed , that " he thought it a very extraordinary proceeding that they should summon him before them to give an account of himself , in reply to flying reports against him , and not be willing to have those Friends present who were to be witnesses that
those reports were false . He thought he had been cruelly treated since he came to the city . Friends had listened to reports , and judged him upon those reports . " This manly and reasonable appeal seems to have produced no perceptible effect on these elders , for
after Elias sat down , " a hint was again given that the elders might as well withdraw , if other Friends chose to stay . " And one of them said , " Friends had better keep to one point , whether Elias would give them the % private opportunity they desired " After some few remarks , ' Elias
obsuch appointments as he , under the direction of Divine influence , may see proper to make in this tour of gospel love to the inhabitants of this city and its vicinity . " A CITIZEN /'
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Persecution ; of Elias Hicks by American Quakers , 545
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Sept . 1 & 22 , Jonathan Evans , whose n&rae was afterwards intended to sanction the said Creed , at the close of a Meeting for Sufferings , informed a select party of its members , that he
expected they had " heard that Elias Hicks had obtained from his Monthly Meeting a certificate to visit Friends in this city" ( Philadelphia ) r and as it was " well known that he holds
doctrines that are not the doctrines jpf Friends , " it was " necessary some steps should be taken to prevent him from disseminating' them among us /' That he was " full of words , " and that it would " answer no purpose to argue wtith him . "
Having thus disclaimed reasoning as inexpedient and dangerous , in which opinion all his privately-ealleeted audience appear to have concurred , he requested two of them to state what they had " heard from himself . " On which they rose , " one after the other /* and stated to this secret conclave
** what they said were the doctrines held by Elias Hicks . " On such , evidence , this self-constituted Assembly proceeded to appoint several persons of their own body " to wait upon him as soon as he might reach the city ;" two of whom called on him ' * very
early after his arrival / ' At first , Llias denied their authority to question him , but upon their telling him they came in love , as brethren , he said he was willing to answer them ; and after an interview of about fifty minutes , they went away , " apparently well satisfied . " * A deputation from a meeting
* Soon after this interview , the insidious plot , intended to obstruct Elias Hicks in his visit , by the aforesaid elders , having transpired , —in order to counteract its design , the following notice was inserted in several of the Gazettes :
" Philadelphia , Dec . 9 th , 1823 . < c Arrived in this city , on the 7 th inst ., Klias Hicks , a distinguished Minister of the Gospel , the benign doctrines of which he , as a faithful embassador , has for many years past practically endeavoured ( both
by precept and example ) to promulgate in its primeval beauty and simplicity , without money and without price . Those who are .. Friend * to plain truth and evangelical preaching , that have heretofore been edified and comforted under his
ministry , will doubtless be pleased to learn of his arrival , and avail themselves of the present opportunity of attending
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page 545, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/33/
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