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frequently made subservient to the welfare of his
fellow men, and in the exercise of them he
would calmly look beyond the temporary censure,
or even peril, that might be incurred. His prom-
inent idea was that of Dury, and, in pursu-
ance of this, he was

‘Prepared to suffer, or to do,
In meekness and in self denial.’’

He relates a circumstance of some historical in-
terest, which, in 1764, drew upon him much
censure, not unattended with danger of his life.

“There was a company of Indians at Wyo-
ming, on the Susquehanna, who, from conviction
in their own minds that it was wrong to kill
their fellow-creatures, refused to join their peo-
ple in war against the English. These Indians
held regular religious meetings, in which one
or two of their men sometimes preached to
them; and they were called Quaker Indians.
But as they could not be prevailed upon to take
up the hatchet against the whites, their own
people threatened to kill them as enemies, upon
which, not daring to stay, they came to Phila-
delphia, where were a number of other Indians,
who had fled to the whites for protection from
the rage of the red men. Friends, by permis-
sion of government, took these Quaker Indians
under their own particular care. But this act
of the rulers, in protecting and maintaining
Indians, at a time when others of them were at
war with the whites, enraged many people, who
wished to have the whole race extirpated, as
the Jews destroyed the Canaanites, without re-
garding whether they were friends or foes.
Accordingly, (as may be seen in the narrative
written by Benjamin Franklin,) an armed mob
had lately broken open the prison at Lancaster,
and murdered fourteen men, women, and suck-
ing children, who had been lodged there by the
magistrates till they could be removed to a place
of greater security. A number of these people,
called the Paxton boys, set off for Philadelphia
in order to murder all the Indians there, at
which place it was expected they would be
largely reinforced, as it was believed that the
leading instigators of the movement were in
that city. Friends, to secure those under
their care, sent them to Woodbury privately,
by water, early in the lst month of this year,
where two Friends, coming by land, met them,
and arranged with Friends to provide for them,
a few weeks, till the storm should blow over.
There were twenty-four of them, chiefly women
and children. Job Chilloway and his father
Were natives of this place, with whom I had
been well acquainted when a lad. These two,
with Job’s wife and four children, I took into a
house which I had, near my residence. The
others were put into a school house near where
they landed. I was affected at first sight of
these destitute fellow creatures, (few of whom
could speak a word of English,) who had fled to

 

us for protection—and now found that their
blood was thirsted after by pretended Christians
—women with children at their breasts, and
distress in their looks, as though they expected
every stranger was to be their murderer. I
thought the sight sufficient to soften into ten-
derness the most cruel heart.

‘A violent ferment soon appeared among th
people, far beyond what I could have believed
possible for so little reason, evincing a spirit
that disgraced Christianity. The militia officers
having met to consult how to send them away,
a few of us went to them, and endeavored to
pacify them. Our efforts had some effect for the
present. A proclamation issued by the gover-
nor, ordering all officers to protect and defend
them, increased the popular rage, and a report
reached us, that a violent man, well known in
the county, had undertaken to bring a force and
murder them in the night, and we found that
he had been to spy whether they were armed,
and how he might best perform the exploit ; and
for weeks the execution of the wicked plot was
expected. But upon seeing their defenceless
situation, the women and their babes, Xc., his
heart relented, and he said he would have
nothing to do with killing them. f

“ After this failed, a number of these conspir-
ators got to a tavern, and having a man with
them who, when inflamed with liquor, was like
a mad man and fitted for any wicked purpose,
after carousing till past midnight, they sent off
this man about ten miles to my house, armed
with the militia captain’s sword and double-bar-
relled gun. Reaching Woodbury, he stopped
at the tavern to inquire the way. He was rec-
ognized by several persons, who, seeing him
thus equipped, wanted to know his business ;
which he at length told them was to make David
Cooper send the Indians away, or otherwise to
kill him. They told him I was then in meet-
ing but a few rods distant, persuading him into
the house to stay till meeting was over; and,
detaining him till he was partially sober, pre-
vailed with him to quit his enterprize. Thus I
providentially escaped that intended mischief.

“The Indians, after a stay of five months,
were ordered back to Philadelphia by the com-
missioners who had the care of them.” a

 

TRUE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE,

Is not this beautiful extract from the journal
of Mary, wife of Isaac Penington, worthy of a
place in the Friends’ Review ?

‘“‘ Many are the trials I have met with, but as
they came by the Lord’s ordering, they have
not hurt me, but rather tended to strengthen me
in the Divine life. Once my mind sustain-
ed great hurt by running out into prejudice
against some friends ; nevertheless, after a time
of deep and unknown sorrow, the Lord removed

this thing, gave mea clearness in His sight,