E-text prepared by Carlo Traverso, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr. A PORTRAITURE OF QUAKERISM, VOLUME I Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends by THOMAS CLARKSON, M.A. 1806. [Illustration: THOMAS CLARKSON, A.M.] CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. INTRODUCTION PREFATORY ARRANGEMENTS AND REMARKS MORAL EDUCATION. CHAPTER I. _Amusements distinguishable into useful and hurtful--the latter specified and forbidden_. CHAPTER II. SECT. I.--_Games of chance forbidden--history of the origin of some of these_. SECT. II.--_Forbidden as below the dignity of the intellect of man, and of his christian character_. SECT. III.--_As producing an excitement of the passions, unfavourable to religious impressions--historical anecdotes of this excitement_. SECT. IV.--_As tending to produce, by the introduction of habits of gaming, an alteration in the moral character_. CHAPTER III. SECT. I.--_Music forbidden--instrumental innocent in itself, but greatly abused--the use of it almost inseparable from its abuse at the present day_. SECT. II.--_Quakers cannot learn instrumental on the usual motives of the world--nor consider it as a source of moral improvement, or of solid comfort to the mind--but are fearful that, if indulged in, it would interfere with the Christian duty of religious retirement_. SECT III.--_Quakers cannot learn vocal, because, on account of its articulative powers, it is capable of becoming detrimental to morals--its tendency to this, as discoverable by an analysis of different classes of songs_. SECT IV.--_The preceding the arguments of the early Quaker--but the new state of music has produced others--these explained_. SECT V.--_An objection stated to the different arguments of the Quakers on this subject--their reply_. CHAPTER IV. SECT I.--_The Theatre forbidden--short history of its origin--and of its state and progress_. SECT II.--_Manner of the drama objected to by the Quakers--as it personates the characters of others--and it professes to reform vice_. SECT III.--_Contents of the drama objected to--as they hold our false sentiments--and weaken the sinews of morality_. SECT IV.--_Theater considered by the Quakers to be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for the pleasure of religion_. SECT V.--_To be injurious to the happiness of man, as it disqualifies him for domestic enjoyments_. SECT VI.--_Opinions of the early Christians on this subject_. CHAPTER V.