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
On sixth day we attended Friends’ preparative meeting at Kingston;
and on seventh day, we had a meeting in the town of Kingston, in the
court-house, the first Friends’ meeting ever held in that place. The
people appeared much unacquainted with the order of our meetings, and
some of the principal men seemed at a loss how to behave themselves in
the time of silence; but during the communication, they were generally
quiet and solemn, and truth rose into victory, furnishing doctrine,
clothed with divine power, and carrying conviction to the minds of most
present.
The next day, the first of the week, we again attended Friends’
meeting held at the house of the widow Brewer; they not having any
meeting-house in this place. In the afternoon we had an appointed
meeting in the west part of this township, on the bay, which was held
at the house of John Everit, a man not in strict profession with any
religious society. These were both seasons of heavenly refreshment; the
life ran as oil over all; many hearts were much broken and contrited,
under the precious mollifying influence thereof; praised and magnified
for ever, be the name of the Lord, for his mercy and loving kindness to
the children of men.
The 17th we returned towards Adolphustown, and attended a meeting
appointed at an inn on our way, in the town of Earnest. This also
proved, through the condescending mercy and goodness of the Lord our
gracious helper, a blessed season; and through the efficacious power
attending the word preached, many hearts were pierced, and the whole
assembly solemnized. We parted from each other with thankful hearts,
and rode to Adolphustown, and lodged with our friend Daniel Haight.
The day following we had an appointed meeting at his house, for the
neighbouring inhabitants, who were, many of them, professors among the
Methodists. This, through divine goodness, was to me a season of great
refreshment, and the assembly were generally broken and contrited by
the convicting power of divine love, which was mercifully vouchsafed to
us at this season.
We then proceeded again to our friend John Dorland’s, and rested the
next day, as I was somewhat unwell, and considerably wearied by such
constant travelling.
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