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Officers and finances for the year 1907-8

Penney, Norman

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A second edition of Stephen Grellet, by the late William Kitching, 
has been issued by the London Friends1 Tract Association (London : 
Headley ; and New York : Friends' Book and Tract Committee, small 
4to., pp. 40), in its " Friends Ancient and Modern " series. There are 
portraits of S. Grellet and Daniel Brun, and views of Limoges and 
Bayonne.
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania has published (vol. iii., 
No. 2) a list of some sixty " Inscriptions on the Tombstones in the Free 
Quakers' Graveyard, west side of Fifth Street below Locust Street, 
Philadelphia; removed to Fatlands, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania, 
during the month of November, A.D. 1905."
Headley Brothers have published a second edition of James Parnell 
(s. 8vo, pp. in), with the correction of sundry errors in the previous 
edition. This is an admirable little book.
The articles respecting the late Samuel Morris, of Philadelphia, 
which appeared in The Friend (Phila.), have been collected into an 
attractive looking volume of 200 pages, privately printed, but obtainable 
from Samuel N. Rhoads, of Philadelphia, and Headley Brothers, of 
London. There is a portrait of Samuel Morris and a view of his house 
at Olney, Pa., also two little woodcuts by his son, George Spencer Morris, 
representing scenes from the front and back of the house.
A transcript of the Friends' Registers of the old Wiltshire Q.M. is 
being printed in Wiltshire Notes and Queries (London : Phillimore; and 
Devizes : Simpson). The last issue of this valuable magazine contains 
burials to 1700 under letter S. It might be worthwhile for other local 
antiquarian publications to follow suit.
The Friends' Tract Association of London has just added another 
biography to its series, " Friends Ancient and Modern " (s. 4to, pp. 40). 
The life of Daniel Wheeler , Quaker Pioneer in Russia and the South Seas, 
has been well-sketched by Augustus Diamond, B.A., the recently ap- 
pointed secretary of the Association. The illustrations, which have 
been specially reproduced, consist of a portrait of D. W., a view of his 
Russian home at Shoosharry, and a picture of the " Henry Freeling." 
The publications of the F.T.A. can be obtained from Headley Brothers, 
London, and Friends' Book and Tract Committee, New York.
An address by Joseph Elkinton, delivered before the Divinity Club 
of Harvard University, on the i8th of First Month, has been printed, 
with the title, The Light of Mysticism, by the Biddle Press, Philadelphia. 
It consists of twenty-five small 8vo. pages.
Thomas and Jonathan B. Hodgkin have recently compiled for 
private circulation a Hodgkin Pedigree Book ; or Dates of Births, Marriages9 
and Deaths of the Hodgkin Family, 1644-1906 (4to. pp. 33)*
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126 FRIENDS IN CURRENT LITERATURE.
Woman's Place in the Church, by Jonathan B. Hodgkin (London : 
Headley, s. 4to, pp. 24), is " the outcome of an endeavour to ascertain 
the real teaching of the New Testament on the subject discussed/' The 
pamphlet cannot fail to be useful and should be widely circulated.
In The Nineteenth Century and After, for April, there is an article 
by Caroline E. Stephen, of Cambridge, on " Women and Politics."
Philadelphia Friends (Arch Street) have recently issued A n Invitation 
to attend Meetings for Worship of the Society of Friends, with a few parti­ 
culars of the manner of holding them, a very neatly printed pamphlet 
of eighteen small quarto pages, to be had from No. 304, Arch Street, 
Phila., Pa.
Alice Mary Hodgkin, of Reigate, Surrey, is publishing/ through 
Headley Brothers, a series of Bible Studies : Christ and the Scriptures, 
of which No. 6, dated " I5th June," contains notes on " Christ in Job."
The Elders of Westminster and Longford M.M. have circulated a 
leaflet, To all who take vocal part in our Meetings for Worship, containing 
certain Advices issued by London Y.M., and also " Three instances 
of the practical application of the principles of the Society of Friends 
with regard to Vocal Ministry," relating to George Fox, John Crook, and 
John Woolman. The reference to John Crook is taken from " Select 
Miscellanies," vi. 17.
" Memoirs of a Person of Quality," by " Ashton Hilliers," is being 
re-issued in America under the title, Fanshawe of the Fifth.
Mary Ward, of Westtown School, Pa., has compiled a series of Lessons 
on Morality, based upon Jonathan Dymond's " Essays" (Author, 
Westtown, Penna. 8vo, pp. 208). " Certain subjects that Dymond 
treats of are omitted altogether in these lessons ; others, besides being 
abbreviated, have been slightly modified, partly by the addition of 
notes."
A new edition of The Adult School Year Book and Directory, 1907, 
has appeared (London : Headley, sm. 8vo, pp. 81).
The Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society, 1907 (New York : large 
8vo, pp. 264), contains some interesting facsimile title pages of scarce 
books, including " The Laws of the Province of Pennsilvania," printed 
by Andrew Bradford in Phila., 1714, James Logan's " Charge to the Grand 
Jury," Andrew Bradford, 1723, " Some Letters and an Abstract of Letters 
from Pennsylvania," etc., printed by Andrew Sow[l]e, 1691, " A 
Modest Account from Pensylvania . . . George Keith . . . 
shewing his great Declension," etc., printed by T. Sowle, 1696, "Continu- 
atio der Beschreibung . . Pensylvaniae . . . Gabriel Thomas, 
etc., Frankfurt and Leipsig, 1702, "A Letter to Mr. Penn with his Answer, 
printed for Andrew Wilson, London, 1688. There is also a reproduction 
of a decoration in the State Capitol at Harrisburg, Pa., representing 
" William Penn examined by the Lieutenant of the Tower of London 
and condemned to imprisonment in Newgate. 1 '
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Headley Brothers are publishing a series of " Social Service Hand- 
books," edited by Percy Alden, M.P., secretary to the Friends' Social 
Union. The following have appeared: Housing, by the Editor and Edward 
E. Hayward, M.A., The Health of the Stately George Newman, M.D., and 
Sweating, by Edward Cadbury and George Shann, M.A.
The Review of Reviews, London, for May, has an illustrated interview 
with Edmund Wright Brooks, on " Starving Russia."
Charles William Dymond, F.S.A., is to be congratulated on the 
production of his monograph, Memoir, Letters, and Poems of Jonathan 
Dymond, with Bibliographical Supplements (Author, Sawrey, S.O., 
Lancashire, 8vo, pp. 116). The book is a specimen of what can be done 
to present particulars of an uneventful life in a readable manner. We 
have here records of Jonathan Dymond's ancestry, and of his school, 
business, religious, philanthropic, literary, and social life, illustrated 
by pictures of the man, his homes in Exeter and atj Farm Barton, near 
Whitestone, and of the graveyard in which his remains were laid to 
rest. On p. 8, Thomas Ben well should be John Ben well, schoolmaster, 
of Sidcot.
The Lloyds of Birmingham, with some A ccount of the Founding of Lloyds 
Bank, by Samuel Lloyd (Birmingham : Cornish Brothers, 1. 8vo, pp. 246) 
is a very valuable contribution to family history. The fortunes of the 
family of Lloyd are followed from the dim and distant past of Welsh 
royalty, through the early Quaker period in Wales, to the great Midland 
centre of England, in which one branch of the family settled in 1742. As 
the title indicates, the main portion of the book deals with Birmingham, 
and very interesting are the allusions to its early trade, its noted inhabi- 
tants or visitors, the Quaker element in its population, etc.
The address by Margaret Irwin, of Manchester, on the occasion of 
the opening of the new art rooms at Ackworth School, presented by her 
brother, Wilfred Irwin, has been printed and circulated by the School 
Committee, under the title, Thoughts on Art. The opening took place 
on November i4th, 1906, not 1907 as printed !
The International Genealogical Directory; compiled by Charles A. 
Bernau (Author, " Pendeen," Bowes Road, Walton-on-Thomas, 4to, 
pp. 113) is an admirable guide to family histories and persons interested 
in them. Part I. contains a list of the names and addresses of those 
who have indicated that they are interested in Genealogy, Part II. gives 
surnames of families, Part III. presents some genealogical queries and 
memoranda, and there are minor matters introduced under Parts IV. to VL 
Each genealogist, in Part I., has a number allotted him and this number is 
given after the family names in Part II. This book will serve to bring 
fellow-workers together, to mutual advantage.
Books for review, and any information suitable for future articles, will
be welcomed.
NORMAN PENNEY.


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Friends in Current Literature

162 "WHITBY AND SCARBOROUGH REGISTER."
But said Friend has little of the pluck and quiet determination which 
animates the representative of the Barclays and Jaffrays. Not he ; the 
minister was a queer customer, he would perhaps swear at him, and most 
likely kick him out of the house better leave him and the bells alone. 
" Oh, vera weel," said honest James, " then I'll just awa' to him mysel'." 
So after Fourth-day meeting, he went up to the house, rang the bell, 
and when the servant appeared, asked to see the person who had most 
authority over the church. The servant replied, "I suppose ye'11 mean 
the minister/ 1 and ushered him into the awful man's presence, " who was 
dressed," said James, " in a sort of black frock, like a woman's, and a black 
velvet cap." James told his errand " I just came to ask thee if thou 
would have thy bells stopped or rung more gently next First-day morn- 
ing ! I suppose thou calls it the Sabbath." " Sabbath ! what Sabbath ? " 
says the minister. " Why, the first day of the week," says James ; 
" we assemble in silence at half-past ten, and I am afraid thy bells may 
be a disturbance to those ministering Friends who have come to the 
General Meeting. Would thou kindly ask thy Elders to have them 
stopped ? " " Elders! why, the Elders have nothing to do with it." 
" Then thou has, and we should take it kind of thee." The minister 
viewed James over his spectacles but gives no promise. He asks his 
visitor's name. " Oh, I'm James Gray, and I live at Cults." The 
minister gathers up his gown and accompanies James to the door, shaking 
hands with him, James assuring him meantime that all our meetings 
are open to the public, and " we shall be glad to see thee there next First- 
day evening." The consequence was that the bells were rung so softly 
that several Friends never heard them at all. I wish there were more of 
us who exhibited such courage in showing our colours as do Robert and 
James Gray.
Some time ago Bernard P. Scattergood, of Leeds, forwarded to D. for 
inspection a transcript he had made of the above-mentioned original 
manuscript. From information received from the same source, the owner 
of the manuscript, W. E. Denton, of Leeds, was communicated with, and 
he agreed to sell it to the Society, the purchase being effected by William 
Harvey, of Leeds, who generously paid the whole of the cost. The late 
owner writes respecting the old book, " My maternal grandfather, Jonathan 
Peacock, was a Friend, who died at Pickering in Yorkshire about 1874, 
and I can only presume that the book had been in his possession, as it was 
found in a box with some private letters two or three years ago, which 
I think must have been brought to Leeds by my mother at his death."
A full index to the ancient MS. is in preparation.


"Whitby and Scarborough Register"

Women Ministers Stopped by Highwaymen

Vaux, George

The reference to Elisha Bates in a recent number of 
THE JOURNAL1 has suggested the propriety of furnishing a 
few additional facts relative to this remarkable man, who, 
after having long been a favored Minister among Friends, 
departed from the faith, and assailed the principles which 
he had once so earnestly advocated.
Elisha Bates was born in Virginia in 1781, and re­ 
moved in early life to Ohio, where he resided at Mount 
Pleasant. He was a prominent member and Minister, and 
at one time clerk of Ohio Yearly Meeting, and, prior to his 
apostacy, was one of the most conspicuous and influential 
characters among Friends in America. In the controversy 
incident to the preaching of Elias Hicks, he was an active 
participant, and was clerk of the Meeting of Representa­ 
tives of American Yearly Meetings, which issued a declara­ 
tion of faith showing the contention of those Yearly 
Meetings in the controversy in question. It is probable 
that that declaration was mostly his work.
The testimony of disownment against him, a copy of 
which is appended to these remarks, throws some light on 
the cause of his change.
Subsequent to his disownment, he wrote a book of 
over 300 pages, entitled, An Examination of Certain 
Proceedings and Principles of the Society of Friends called 
Quakers, which was printed in 1837 at St. Claresville, 
Ohio. In this he violently and bitterly assailed the 
Society and its principles, as well as many of its prominent 
members, including George Fox, and displayed a spirit 
hardly in harmony with Christian impulses. There is no 
doubt that his defection was due primarily to a weakening 
of his spiritual life, and in reading the work in question, 
suspicions will be aroused as to whether he may not have 
been in a degree mentally unbalanced, and perhaps not 
altogether responsible for his course. This book does not 
appear to have made any particular impression on Friends, 
his action in submitting to the rite of water baptism having 
opened the eyes of many who had previously looked upon 
him in a favorable light.
1 Vol. iv. p. 92.
27
28 ELISHA BATES.
It is thought that in his latter years his antagonism
towards Friends was greatly lessened. He is said at times
to have attended Friends' meetings, sitting in the back
Dart of the house, the ministers' gallery of which he had
::ormerly adorned.
The notice of Elisha Bates's last days and death (1861), 
which appeared in Friends' Review, vol. xiv., is cautiously 
written, and does not give a very clear view of the subject, 
nor from what standpoint it was written, and these points 
should be considered in forming an opinion of it. Keep­ 
ing this in mind, it may be stated that the writer of it 
says, " Although alienated from it [the Society of Friends] 
for several years, he became increasingly attached to it 
as he approached the close of his life; " and toward the end 
he said, " Tell Friends that I love them with an undying 
love." There seems to be no doubt that he had a peaceful 
end, but the problem of whether he had thoughts of 
disapproving his course remains unsolved.
G.V.
TESTIMONY OF DISOWNMENT AGAINST ELISHA BATES :—
" Elisha Bates has written and published, contrary to 
discipline, sundry articles or pamphlets relating to our 
religious principles and testimonies, calculated to excite 
disunity and discord, and containing unfounded charges 
against the Meeting for Sufferings and our religious 
Society in matters of faith and doctrine : alleging erron­ 
eously that our Society is inveterately and extensively 
opposed to evangelical doctrines and to the preaching 
faith in Christ, and says the Society is holding up their 
own writings as standards of doctrine more immediately 
binding upon us than the Scriptures. He has insidiously 
attacked the Christian character and religious writings 
of George Fox; he has also departed from our Christian 
belief in the one essential and saving baptism—that of the 
Holy Spirit, by submitting to the ceremony and use of 
water. In a communication which he forwarded to this 
Meeting in Second Month last, tendering his resignation 
of his right of membership, he further evinces that he is 
not in unity with us : and having been treated with, he 
endeavors to justify himself in the course he has pursued
KEYE-WORSLEY MARRIAGE. 29
against the Society, and manifesting no disposition to 
condemn his deviation, we therefore testify against his 
said conduct and disown him from being a member of our 
religious Society. Nevertheless we sincerely desire that 
he may be favored with a true sense of his present condi­ 
tion, and become prepared to condemn his late course of 
proceedings to the satisfaction of friends and to the 
peace of his own mind.
" Signed in and by direction of Short Creek Monthly 
Meeting, held 23rd day of the 5th Month, 1837.
" NATHAN HALL, Clerk."
Certificate Kege<S)ot:0fej>, 1666.
The therteenth daye of the twelft Moneth Jn the 
yeare According to Account—1666.
This is to Certifie all whom it Maye or doth Concearne 
That John Keye the younger of Mobberley wthin the 
County of Chester did, the daye And yeare Aboue written, 
Jn the ]3sence of vs whose Names Are hearets Subscribed, 
take Ann Worsley of Hale w^in the Abouesaid County to 
bee his Wife. To the truth of the Said Marriage, Jt being 
According to the Marrages of the Holy Men of God w011 
tooke to themselues Wiues, As Relation is Geven in the 
Scriptures of truth, Wee thearefore Are Wittnesses : And 
shall Willingly, Jf wee Maye haue Liberty, And bee 
thearevnto Called by Any in Authoritie to testifie to the 
Veritie thereof. Wittness our hands
* ELIZABETH LAMBE THOMAS POTT
* HANNAH WORTHINGTON THOMAS HEELD, Sen.
* MARTHA WORTHINGTON WILLIAM HEALD
* MARGERIT HARRISON RICHARD BURGES
t ELLEN DUNCALFE JEFFREY BURGIS
t ELLIZABETH DUNCALFE JAMES HARISON
t ELLEN DUNCALFE, Jun. WILLIAM KEY
t MARGARET BURGES THOMAS JANNEY, Sen.
t ELLIZABETH MILLNER PETER KEYE
EDW : ALCOCKE THOMAS JANNEY.
* In the same handwriting.
f In the same handwriting.
Other signatures appear to be original.
The original is the property of Charles Drury, of Sheffield.


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"Whitby and Scarborough Register"

Women Ministers Stopped by Highwaymen

Elisha Bates

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