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    served , he vva 3 not free to meefc them alone ^ but ' * ready to hear any charge they had to bring- in the presence of these Friepds . " This candid offer and the defeat of their plan to hold a secret conclave appear to have produced ' " ¦ some confusion and evident irritation on the

    part of some of the elders , several of them rising to go out ; and one of them said , * The ministers are answerable , to the elders , ' in a tone of voice evincing some excitement . " To which

    Ehas mildly replied , " 1 am answerable to my Friends at home . I have their certificate . Chdwqhes ministers , but man eMers "—and some few words

    more , which , the narrator says , " I did not hear , owing to the noise . '*? He adds , The elders no # fc all left the house / except Isaac Lloyd and Samuel Noble . Isaac Lloyd had , while all were together , exj ^ r e ^ ed hi& disapprobation of the whole proceeding , in thus calling Elias before the elders : he did not understand what authority or right they had to act thus .

    " -After the others retired * there was a short pause , whsu Elias- said * if those Friends who had just retired were to have the whole rule and government of Ministers , and others were to be hound , to submit to them , in all things , it was time for Friends to take care

    of their rights , and not suffer themselves , to be imposed upon . " The persons present expressed " great unity and sympathy with EHa $ Hicks , as a Gospel Minister , and a desire tha , t he might be encourage ^ ; >? and also , " that no resentment or hard *

    "ness might be suffered ; to get in towards tho ^ e Friends whp had vetoed . Before they separated , •** Elias o | x ~ served , that \\ e felt thankful in sayipg he felt as much love for those Friends

    who had left ; us as he ever had done ; and that if they had been actuated hy any improper motives , ( which he did i * ot charge them with , ) his prayer for them was , that they might be forgiven . "

    About t \ vo i ^ ionth s before thip , a MS ., which nearly fills fourteen pages of " The Cabinet , " intended privately to prejudice the leading Friends and elders of Philadelphia against Elias Hicks , was annexed to a letter

    addressed by Thomas Eddy to John Warder , of Philadelphia , dated " New York , 10 Mo . ( Oct . ) 18 , 1822 .

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    €€ My dear Friend , " I send the annexed to thee in hopes it may be useful for such Friends as thee thinks proper to offer it , for their perusal ; if approved by thee , it may be handed to any other Friends . Please see William Evans ; shew it to him ; and if he or any others wish to

    copy it , please permit them . If it would be more extensively useful , I have no objection that ten copies be printed . It was done in a hurry , and might have been improved , if I had time to copy it ; however , it can be corrected with you . It may be of more u&e if it should not be known

    to be written by me , or that it came from New York . Elias gave large notice to have a public meeting at Newark , but the people knew his sentiments , and would not attend , except about a dozen of the lower class .

    Please see William Evans or Thomas Evans soon . I wish thee to write me soon . Thy son Benjamin will perhaps copy the annexed , so as it may not be read in my hand-writing . Letters addressed to me , as usual , at New York , will be handed me next day . ? f Thy affectionate Friend , u Thomas Eddy . "

    The MS- annexed to the above letter was entitled by its author , " Facts ajid Observations illustrative of the present State [ of the ] Society in New York . " The writer first attempts to shew , that , from the time of George Fox , the Society in Europe and

    America were uniformly preserved in a wonderful manner in love and amity . " This happy state of things lasted , " $ ays . he , 4 ' till tfce time of Hannah Barnard ' s going to . England , in the year ; [ 1799 J . During her visit to Ireland , she introduced sentiments of

    unbelief as to some parts of the Holy Scriptures ,, on the weak ground that we are uot obliged to believe what we cannot understand or comprehend ; and finding a disposition in many to unite with her , she very soon manifested

    that she did not unite with the Society respecting a belief in the divinity of Christ . " Hoyv , then , did it happen thai no such aqcusa > tioji was taken up by any of the Committee or Meetiags to whom hei ; case was refeiU'Qd ? It

    is true a » elder , a supposed convert from the Wesleian Methodists , openly accused her before the Morning Meeting of Ministers and Elders in London

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page 546, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/34/