Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias HicksHicks, Elias
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Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias Hicks
Hicks, Elias
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 -- Diaries; Hicksites; Quakers -- United States -- Diaries
This was the last meeting we attended in the compass of Rhode Island
yearly meeting. Then we passed on into the state of Vermont, in order
to visit Friends of our own yearly meeting, who resided in that state.
We reached Sharon, in time to attend their meeting on first day, the
22d of 9th month; and the next day attended a meeting at Strafford,
which was a dull heavy time, in which I found it my place to be silent.
The next day we crossed Connecticut river to the town of Hanover, and
attended a meeting in a school-house, no Friends living in those parts.
It was a satisfactory season. We lodged with a man attached to Friends,
of the name of John Williams, who with his wife, were convinced of
the principles of truth; yet found it a great trial, faithfully to
take up the cross, as they lived among a people much opposed to them
in that respect. We left them the next day in a tender frame of mind,
and I have a hope they will improve. We returned over the river and
attended a meeting in the town of Norwich, at the fourth hour of the
afternoon, which was a small, but favoured meeting. We lodged that
night with a person who had requested to be joined to Friends, of the
name of Zebulon Huntington. The next morning we returned to Sharon, and
attended a meeting at the eleventh hour, it being their usual meeting
day, which was a favoured season. The next day we attended a meeting
in the northeast part of the town of Strafford, among those not of
our society. After this we set forward for Lake Champlain, and got to
Ferrisburgh just in time to attend their meeting on first day, the 29th
of 9th month, which I sat in silence; and returned after meeting to the
house of our friend Nicholas Holmes and lodged. The next day we rode to
our friend Cornelius Halbert’s, and attended a meeting at the fourth
hour, which proved a comfortable season: it was mostly composed of
those not in membership with us.
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