During my late indisposition, I was induced to enter into a close examination of my own heart; and I could not find that I stood condemned there for the part I have taken in the anti-slavery cause, which has brought upon me so much censure from those “who know not God, nor his son Jesus Christ. They profess that they know God, but in works they deny him.” I have not yet given up our Society as lost. I still live in the faith that it will see better days. I often remember the testimony borne by that devoted and dignified servant of the Lord, Mary Ridgeway; which was to this import: “The Lord, in his infinite wisdom and mercy, has gathered this Society to be a people, and has placed his name among them; and He has given them noble testimonies to hold up to the nations; but if they prove unfaithful, those testimonies will be given unto others, who may be compared to the stones of the street; and they will wear the crowns that were intended for this people, who will be cast out, as salt that has lost its savor.” We may plume ourselves upon being the children of Abraham, but in the days of solemn inquisition, which surely will come, it will only
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and disunity among Friends.’
Friend Hopper published a statement, characterised by his usual boldness, and disturbed his mind very little about the result of their proceedings.
April, 1842, he wrote thus, to his daughter, Sarah H. Palmer, of Philadelphia:
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