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great Lord himself had not whereon to lay his head.

Gov.-The apostles were inspired men; inspired by the Holy Spirit to preach the gospel. I suppose you do not pretend to be inspired. T. C.-Every true Christian ought to pray for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost upon him. The church of England* also prays for it, the receiving of which is inspiration.

Gov.-Your reasons being grounded on Scripture, you are well grounded; for no man can deny the Scriptures. Then you say you are inspired? T. C.-I hope I am. great earnestness.

I pray for it with

Gov.-Then it is but ask, and have, you

think.

T. C.—If we ask in faith, without wavering, we shall receive, according to the doctrine of Christ and his apostles in the New Testament.

Gov.-Well, If any have a desire to hear you, you may preach and welcome.

After I had this discourse with the governor, it was reported on the island, that he had given us a license to preach, which report was not true, further than the aforesaid discourse, and then we had larger meetings than before. We had a meeting at judge Stafford's house, and one at a house not far from his.

and washed him off; and the vessel ran over him; and in all probability, he had been drowned, had he not been a good swimmer; for he swam, as we judged, three quarters of a mile, before he got to the sloop, it not coming into any one's mind to lower the sails, until I sharply ordered it to be done, which they then did readily; and the course of the vessel being stopped, he soon got on board, having stripped himself of his clothes in the sea, and brought them in his mouth. I was very thankful for the poor fellow's life, and praised the Lord in the secret of my soul for his preservation. In about two weeks time we arrived at Philadelphia, and I had great peace in my labours in this visit, in which I was from home about five months. The Friends of Barbadoes were so well satisfied with this labour of love, that they certified the same by way of certificate, more than is proper for me to mention. But though they thought so well of me, yet I had occasion to think very meanly of myself, for I was emptied at times to exceeding great spiritual poverty.

After I came home from Barbadoes and Bermuda, I followed my calling, and kept to meetings diligently; for I was not easy to be idle, either in my spiritual or temporal calling. At times I travelled in the work of the ministry in our own province, in which there are many large meetings of Friends, and they increase and multiply from time to time. Since my settling in this province, which is now about a year, some hundreds of people are come here to reside, and many meeting houses are built; and I do certainly know from above, that this province of Pennsylvania, and city of Philadelphia, will flourish both spiritually and temporally, if the inhabitants will love and live in righteousness, and in the fear of God; otherwise the hand that planted them can soon pluck them up. After some time, I was drawn forth to visit Friends in Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, and went with the unity of Friends, having their certificate; according to the good order established among

It is observable, that this island hath formerly been a very healthy and fruitful place. Red-cedar, or sweet-wood, is all the timber they have, with which they build their houses, make their household goods, build their ships and sloops, and make their fires; so that there is continually a fragrant and pleasant smell, which we could smell at sea sometime before we saw the land; and it is yet a pretty healthy and fruitful island, but not so much so as formerly. In one of the meetings I was concerned to let them know, that it was the evil of their ways and doings that had caused the Almighty to withhold from them the fruits of the earth, and to make their island more unhealthy than it was formerly. After meet-us. About the 26th of the first month 1703, ing, the judge told me I had said truly, for that was the cause; and if I had spoken more on that subject, I had done well. Several were convinced at this time on the island.

I went through Maryland, and visited Friends in Virginia and North Carolina, to the river Pamlico, where no travelling, public Friends, that ever I heard of, were before, and we had Soon after, an opportunity offered, in a several meetings there on each side of the sloop belonging to this island, bound for Phila- river. One day going out of our canoe through delphia, and being clear we embarked in her, a marsh, I trod on a rattle-snake, which is acand on our voyage had pretty good weather, counted one of the most poisonous snakes; only one hard gale of wind, which caused us but it only hissed at me, and did no harm. to hand our jib. A mulatto man named Stavo, This was one deliverance, among many, which the master's servant, went out upon the bow-the Lord, by his providence, wrought for me; sprit to hand the sail, and there came a sea and I bless his holy name for all his mercies. In going to, and coming from this place, we lay * Of which church the governor was a member. two nights in the woods, and I think I never

slept better. It was the eighth hour in the went by the sea side; and we met together, evening, when I laid down on the ground, one after I had been at meetings at Dartmouth and night, my saddle being my pillow, at the root Nantucket island, at which island there are of a tree, and it was four o'clock in the morn- | large meetings, the people being mostly Friends, ing when they called me. When I awoke, I and sober and growing in the best things. thought of Jacob's lodging on his way to Though not of our society when they first rePadan Aram, when he saw the holy vision of ceived the truth, yet they received it with angels, with the ladder, whose top reached to gladness; and although the people called Presheaven. Very sweet was the love of God to byterians were very cruel in their expressions, my soul that morning, and the dew of the and bitter in their spirits against us, yet there everlasting hills refreshed me. I went on my were others who went under that name, who way, praising the Lord, and magnifying the were more open and charitable towards us, God of my salvation. In this journey I met and received us gladly with tenderness; and with another remarkable deliverance; going at some places we had meetings at their houses over a river eight miles broad, there being to our mutual satisfaction. We likewise had eight men and seven horses, we put the horses meetings at Suckanuset, Scituate, and Sandinto two canoes tied together, so that they stood wich. About this time the Indians were very with their fore feet in one, and their hind feet barbarous in the destruction of the English inin the other. It was calm when we set out, habitants, scalping some, and knocking out the but when we were about the middle of the brains of others, men, women, and children, river, the wind rose, and the seas ran high, by which the country was greatly alarmed, and split one of the canoes, so that with both night and day; but the great Lord of our hats we were obliged to cast out the all was pleased wonderfully to preserve our water; and with much difficulty, at last, all friends, especially those who kept faithful to of us, with our horses, got safely on shore, their peaceable principle, according to the docthrough the good providence of God. On our trine of Christ in the holy Scriptures, in his return through North Carolina, we had several excellent sermon which he preached on the large meetings, and an open time it was; as mount, recorded in the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters also at Nancemond and Chuckatuck, and sev- of Matthew, which is quite opposite to killing, eral other places in Virginia. When my ser- | revenge, and destruction, even of our enemies. vice was over in those two provinces, I went Because Friends could not join with those of back to Maryland, and visited meetings there, fighting principles and practices, some were and then went home. As nearly as I can compute, I rode about a thousand miles in this journey; after which I staid at home, following my business, in order to the mainte- | be cut off. nance of my family, being blessed with a wife, children, servants, and other things; for which I am truly thankful.

put into prison; divers people railing, and speaking very bitterly against their peaceable neighbours, and wishing the Quakers might

Some of the New-England priests and professors were so bitter against Friends, that instead of being humbled, under the mighty hand While I was at home I visited the neigh- of God upon them, in suffering the Indians to bouring meetings, as I found a concern on my destroy them, they expressed their enmity mind; and on the 6th day of the third month, against the poor Quakers, on a day appointed 1704, I laid before our quarterly meeting of for humiliation and a fast; and particularly in ministers and elders, an exercise that was a sermon preached by one of their priests, upon my mind, to visit our Friends' meetings | which he divided into three heads, viz. First, on Long island, Rhode Island, in New-Eng- | That the judgments of God were upon_them, land, and the places adjacent. They gave me in letting loose the savage Indians to destroy a good certificate, which I thought it my duty them. Secondly, In that he withheld the fruits to endeavour to live up to; and being accom- of the earth from them, for there was a great panied by several Friends to Burlington and scarcity. Thirdly, That the Quakers preCrosswicks, and Joseph Glaister being my fel- vailed, and were suffered to increase so much low-labourer in the work of the gospel; at among them; which he said, was worse than the two aforesaid places we had meetings, and the Indians destroying them, and gave this then travelled to New-York and Long island, absurd reason for it; the Indians destroy our where we had divers meetings; as at Flushing, | bodies, but the Quakers destroy the soul. * Westbury, Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethpage, Ma- This is an abominable falsehood; for it is sin tinicock, and also at West Chester, on the that destroys the soul; and those who preach main. From thence we travelled to Rhode to the people that there is no freedom from it Island yearly meeting, which was large and serviceable to many. Joseph Glaister then went towards Boston, the inland way, and I

*This priest was soon after killed by the Indians, as I was told by a minister.

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in this world, contradict Christ's doctrine, "Be great peace and comfort, more than I can utter, ye perfect," &c. and that of the apostle, "He with a belief that we shall be preserved; but that is born of God cannot sin." And thus when I think of going, Oh! the trouble and their blind guides mistake light for darkness, heaviness I feel, with a fear some of us should and darkness for light. Among the many fall by them! And my dear mother sighed, hundreds that were slain, I heard but of three and said, "She could not tell what to do." I Friends being killed, whose destruction was said to them, if they would go, I would be very remarkable, as I was informed; one was willing to stay alone; if they found freedom, a woman, the other two were men. The men I was very willing, for I was afraid of offendused to go to their labour without any weapons, ing the Lord. But still my poor husband and trusted to the Almighty, and depended on would say, "I took a wrong spirit for the his providence to protect them, it being their right." And he would say, "How should I principle not to use weapons of war, to offend know? For if I was right, I would be willing others, or to defend themselves. But a spirit of to condescend to him." Then I said, in condistrust taking place in their minds, they took descension to him I would move; but I hoped weapons of war to defend themselves; and the the Lord would not lay it to my charge, Indians, who had seen them several times for was it not to condescend to him, I would without them, and let them alone, saying, not move for the world, and after I had "They were peaceable men, and hurt nobody, given away my strength, in a little time there therefore they would not hurt them;" now came men from the garrison, with their guns, seeing them have guns, and supposing they and told us, "They came for us," and said, designed to kill the Indians, shot the men dead. "The Indians they thought, might be near;" The woman had remained in her habitation, and then away we went, and my mother went and could not be free to go to a fortified place in with my brother-in-law, although I perfor preservation, neither she, her son, nor suaded her not to do it. But she said, “Why, daughter, nor to take thither the little ones; my child is there; and may not I be with her but the poor woman after some time began to as well as thee?" And so we went along to let in a slavish fear, and advised her children Hampton, to my husband's brother's. But, to go with her to a fort not far from their Oh! the fear and trouble I felt! and I told my dwelling. Her daughter being one who trusted husband it seemed as if we were going into in the name of the Lord, the mighty tower to the mouths of the Indians. which the righteous flee and find safety, could was the first of the week; and our dear friend, not consent to go with her; and having left a Lydia Norton, came with my dear mother; particular account in a letter to her children and in her testimony, she said there was there of her and their preservation, I think it worthy that was very near to her life, who was very to be inserted here in her own words; viz. near to death. Oh! then I was ready to think it would be me, because I believed we had done amiss in moving, and great trouble was I in, and told dear Lydia of it; but she comforted me as much as she could, and said, “She did not think it would be me.' My dear mother went to my sister's again, to the garrison, where she found herself not easy; but as she often said to many, she felt herself in a beclouded condition, and more shut from counsel than ever she had been since she knew the truth. Being uneasy, she went to move to a friend's house who lived in the neighbourhood; and as she was moving, the bloody cruel Indians lay by the way, and killed her. Oh! then how did I lament moving; and promised if the Lord would be pleased to spare my life, and husband, and children, and carry us home again, I would never do so more. But, Oh! the fear, and trouble, and darkness, that fell upon me, and many more at that time! and three or four of us kept our meeting: but although we sat and waited as well as we could, yet we sat in a poor beclouded condition, until we returned home again, then did the Lord please to lift up the light of his love

When the cruel Indians were suffered to kill and destroy, it was shewn me, that I must stand in a testimony for truth, and trust in the name of the Lord, who is a strong tower, and that we should wait upon him. I often desired my mother and husband to sit down and wait upon the Lord, and he would show us what we should do. I could not prevail with him, but he would say it was too late now, and was in great haste to be gone; but I could not go with him, because I was afraid of offending the Lord. Still he would say I was deluded by the devil, so that my mother would often say, "a house divided could not stand;" and she could not tell what to do. Although she had most peace in staying, yet she had thoughts of moving, and said to me, "Child, canst thou certainly say it is revealed to thee that we should stay; if it be, I would willingly stay, if I was sure it was the mind of God." But I being young, was afraid to speak so high, and said, mother, I can say it is thus with me, that when I think of staying and trusting in the name of the Lord, I find VOL. VI.-No. 1.

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lives, and would now, if they could, destroy all the Indians.

Those Indians began about this time to shoot people down as they went along the road, and to knock them in the head in their beds, and very barbarously murdered many. We travelled the country, and had large meetings, and the good presence of God was with us abundantly, and we had great inward joy in the Holy Ghost in our outward jeopardy and travels. The people generally rode and went to their worship armed, but Friends went to their meetings without either sword or gun, having their trust and confidence in God.

After having had divers good meetings in those eastern parts of New-England, I returned to Salem, Lynn, Boston, and so towards Rhode Island, and at adjacent places, as in the Narraganset country; we had meetings also, at Dartmouth, Sandwich, and Scituate. As I was entering into the town of Boston, in company with many others, a man rode up to me, and asked in a scoffing manner,

upon our poor souls. Then I told my husband, although he had built a little house by the garrison, I could not move again. So he was willing to stay while the winter season lasted, but told me he could not stay when summer came, for then the Indians would be about; and told me, that if I could not go to the garrison, I might go to a friend's house near it. I was willing to please him, if the Lord was willing; and applied my heart to know the mind of truth, and it was showed me, that if I moved again, I should lose the sense of truth, and should never hold up my head again. Then I told my husband, he must never ask me to move again for I durst not do it. Still he would say it was a notion, till our dear friend Thomas Story came, and told him, "He did not see that I could have a greater revelation than I had." He satisfied my husband so well, that he never again asked me to go, but was very well contented to stay during all the wars; and then things were made more easy, and we saw the wonderful works and the mighty power of the Lord, in" Whether I saw or met with any Quakers on keeping and preserving us, when the Indians were at our doors and windows, and at other times. And the Lord put courage in you, my dear children; do not you forget it, and do not think that you were young, and because you knew little, so you feared nothing, but often consider how you staid at home alone, when we went to meetings, and how the Lord preserved you, and kept you, so that no hurt came upon you. I leave this charge upon you, live in the fear of the Lord, and see you set him always before your eyes, lest you sin against him. If I had not feared the Lord, and felt the comforts of his holy Spirit, I could never have stood so great a trial, when so many judged, and said that I was deluded, and that the blood of my husband and children, would be required at my hands; but the Lord was near to me, and gave me strength and courage, and faith to trust in him, for I know his name to be a strong tower, yea, and stronger than any in the world; for I have oftentimes fled there for safety. Oh! blessing, and honour, and everlasting high praises, be given to the Lord, and to his dear Son, our Saviour and mediator, Christ Jesus. Amen. MARY DOE.

the road?" I pleasantly told him, we should not tell the Presbyterians, lest they should hang them. He not thinking of such an answer, went sneakingly away.

Having thoroughly visited Friends in those parts, in company with my friend Thomas Story, I travelled through Connecticut government, and had several meetings in that colony; and came to Long island, where we had meetings to the satisfaction of ourselves and Friends. From Long island, after we were clear of the service and exercise of the work of the ministry, and had visited Friends' meetings as we travelled, and in many places found openness among the people who were not of our profession, who sometimes came in great numbers to our meetings, and several were convinced in a good degree, and many comforted, strengthened and edified, in Christ our Lord, we came to Philadelphia, the place of our habitation. Let his name, saith my soul, have the praise of all his works for ever.

After being at home some time, I visited Friends' meetings in our county, and several parts of New-Jersey, Maryland, and the lower counties on Delaware. At Jones' I appointed a meeting at a public house near the courthouse. General notice being given thereof, A neighbour of the aforesaid people told there came one Crawford, a priest, me, that as he was at work in his field, the with many of his hearers, and in the beginIndians saw and called him, and he went to ning of the meeting he read a sermon, as they them. They told him, they had no quarrel called it, which was a transcript of the works with the Quakers, for they were a quiet, of some of our adversaries, which we desired peaceable people, and hurt no body, and that to have from them to answer. They said, therefore none should hurt them. But they "If I would answer it myself I should have said, that the Presbyterians in these parts had it." I told them I should, if they would let taken away their lands, and some of their me have it; but though they promised it,

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they did not perform, but were worse than though they do not love to be called hiretheir word. We heard them read it patiently; and after they had done, had our meeting. The auditory was large, and most of the magistrates were at it. The priest's reading, and my testimony, occasioned this meeting to hold long; after which, as we were getting on horseback, the priest cried out among the people, “That he did not think we would go away so sneakingly." We having twenty miles to ride that night, and he near his home, and having the advantage in that respect, some thought it made him the bolder, for he let me get on horseback before he uttered that expression. I told him to challenge was enough to set a coward to work, and we were no cowards; for he knew we could venture our lives for our religion, which I questioned whether he would do for his. I dismounted, and he having the Bible open in his hand, I being near him, chanced, against my will and knowledge, to touch it with my foot. "Look you, gentlemen," says he, "he tramples the word of God under his feet." For which gross abuse, his own hearers openly rebuked him, and put him to shame. Then he said, "He would prove us no ministers of Christ." I bid him prove himself one, and he would do the business. "Well," says he, "how shall we know who are Christ's ministers?" Why, said I, art thou willing to be tried by Christ's rule, for he hath given us a plain rule to know them by. "What is that rule? let us hear it," says he. It is short, but full, namely, "By their fruits you shall know them; for men do not gather grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles:" wherefore by their fruits they are known. "I deny it," says priest Crawford, for that was the name he went by here, he going by another elsewhere, "that they are known by their fruits." I answered, then thou deniest the plain and naked truth of Christ. So I called aloud to the people to take notice what a blind guide they had; and indeed he was wicked, as well as blind, and his fruits not good; which may make one suppose that he was not willing to be tried by his fruits. For soon after news came that he had a wife in England, and as he had another here, his fruits were wicked with a witness; and according to Christ's doctrine, no good could spring from his ministry, therefore he proved himself by his evil deeds, to be no minister of Jesus Christ. Near the aforesaid place we got a meeting settled, which is called Little-creek meeting; and about the same time a meeting was established, and a meeting house built at Duck-creek. The people in those parts about this time began mightily to see through the formal preaching of such as preach for money, who love the hire,

In the year 1706, having some concerns in the province of Maryland, I had divers meetings as I travelled on the road, as at Nottingham, Elk river, North-east, Susquehanna, Bush and Gun-powder rivers; at some of which places I do not know that there had been any meeting before. At one of these meetings were one Edwards a priest, and a lawyer, the attorney-general, and several justices of the peace. The priest was angry, and said, "It was an unlawful assembly, the house not being licensed by law." The justices told him, "That he and his people being there to hear, if any unwarrantable or false doctrine was preached, he had a fair opportunity to lay it open before all the people.' So they desired him to hear patiently and quietly. He seemed to like the proposition, and sat down by me. We had not sat down long before I stood up, and spoke to the people a considerable time. The lawyer sat opposite to me, and took what I said in short hand, for about half an hour; but growing weary, he laid down his pen, and took out of his pocket a bottle of liquor, or spirits, and said, "Come friend, here is to thee (or you) you have spoken a great while, you need something to refresh you." I made a stop, and said to the people, here is your minister, and here is some of the fruits of his ministry, of which he and all sober people may be ashamed. And then went on again without any opposition till I had done; but afterwards they were in a rage, and threatened what they would do to me, if ever I came there again to have a meeting. But I told them if they had power to take our lives from us, they were not dear to us for the sake of Christ and his gospel; and that we did not regard their threatenings. I desired the lawyer to give me a copy of what he had written; he went about it, but did not do it; neither was he candid in penning my words; for several of the people then present bore witness that he had not written it verbatim, or truly taken the sense of what I spoke. I charged him to be just, otherwise he had many witnesses against him; at which the priest bent his fist, and held it up to me, but did not strike me, and away they went in a fret. Soon after we had another meeting at the same place, which was large and quiet. The man of the house being an attorney at law, had got his house licensed, and though the priest and lawyer threatened hard, they came not.

Aquila Paca, high-sheriff of the county, living at the head of Bush river, near the main road, built a meeting house, at his own charge, and had it licensed, at which we had many good meetings. About this time also

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