Sketches. Joseph Lancaster and His Contemporaries. William Allen, His Life and Labours (Volume 1-2) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... CHAP. IV. MINISTRY. PRISONS AND PALACES. At what precise period William Allen first began to speak 'in ministry' does not appear. It would seem, however, not to have been before the year 1818. But, although at first unemployed officially, his attention to the claims of the religious society with which he was connected had from his earliest vears, and during his busiest seasons, been most exemplary. In 1799, we find him appointed a corresponding member of the 'Meeting for Sufferings, ' for Derby and Nottinghamshire. In 1811, he is set apart to the station of 'pverseer.'-j-'I am afraid to refuse, ' he THE EMPEROR ALEXANDEK. 109 The Yearly Meeting of London, in 1675, appointed a meeting lo be held in that city, for the purpose of advising and assisting Friends in cases of suffering for conscience' sake. It is composed of men Friends, under the name of correspondents, chosen by the several Quarterly Meetings. Approved ministers are also members. It was called the Meeting for Sufferings, in consequence of its original purpose. It is considered as a standing committee of the Yearly Meeting, and to its care is entrusted whatever may arise during the intervals of that meeting, affecting the Society, or requiring immediate attention. f The discipline of the Society of Friends directs that, if practicable, some of their members, whose con says, 'lest I should shrink from a duty, and thereby bring greater spiritual poverty upon myself. My prayer is, to be preserved from doing any harm, if I can do no good.' In 1813, he is chosen 'an elder;' and the year following, he is 'constrained to utter' a few words, 'which humbled' him 'exceedingly.' In 1814, the general peace brought the allied sovereigns on a visit to London, when the Society of Friends hastened to present ad...