that being's self, imperfect only if it is imperfect, changeable only if it is subject to variation.

My plea in my weakness for my unworthy act is, "I am what I am, I could not do otherwise." So, in the witness of God's strength, the perfect law, which is the expression of his perfect being, we have the testimony which is from everlasting to everlasting: "I am what I am. My law, the expression of my being, cannot be otherwise."

On this law we may rest. It is not a sea whose waters are placid to-day and run mountain-high with raging tempests to-morrow. Swept by no storms, swayed by no tides, we come and go upon it, subject only to our own perturbations. If we heed our compass and wisely trim our sails, we shall reach our port by the most direct route. If not, we may wander long; for the sea is wide. But there is time for all, for there is eternity; and surely we shall be weary of wandering at last, and the true way will always be easiest, and the haven will always await us.

I see the hare through the thicket glide,
And the stars through the trackless spaces ride,

I do not see who is there to guide,

He is eyes for all who is eyes for the mole,

All motion goes to the rightful goal.

Oh God I can trust for the human soul."

MR. GILES B. STEBBINS followed MISS EASTMAN, after which the session for 1894 was brought to a close with singing and a closing word from the presiding clerk.

The forty-second Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, convened at Longwood, Chester county, Pa., on the 8th of 6thMonth, 1893, at ten o'clock a. m.

The session opened with singing the hymn:

"To-day in full accord we meet—”

in which the audience joined.

ELIZABETH B. PASSMORE, recording clerk, then read the following call:

CALL.

The Forty-second Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends will be held at Longwood, Chester County, Pennsylvania, near Kennett Square, on the Philadelphia & Baltimore Central Railroad, (from which place conveyance is had by stage) on Sixth, Seventh and First-days, the 8th, 9th and 10th of Sixth-month, 1894.

The experiences of the past year have given special emphasis to some of the great problems which confront our civilization. Let us come together thoughtfully, enthusiastically, reverently, to discuss these problems, in that freedom which has made Longwood holy ground.

FREDERIC A. HINCKLEY, Florence, Mass.,
ELIZABETH B. PASSMORE, Oxford, Pa.,

AARON MENDENHALL, Hamorton, Pa., Treasurer.

Clerks.

The chairman, FREDERIC A. HINCKLEY, of Florence, Mass., cordially welcomed those present, in substantially the following language:

"It is my privilege, friends, to welcome you, on this genuine June morning, to the 42nd Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends. I come, as I suppose many of you do, sensible that the closing years of this century bring upon us a time of great unrest. The past year alone has shown us that in the financial world, the educational and in fact in every line of thought, there is such unrest. To determine how the great questions knocking at our doors can best be settled, will require our best thought and our most unselfish devotion.

A short time after the listening to Wendell Phillips. ture many of us began to think we had been born too late; that the heroic work of the world had been done. Before he finished he undeceived us saying that the immediate future would need as cool heads and as careful thought as had any period of the past.

war I sat one evening in Boston, During the first part of his lec

During the close of this century and in the early part of the next the constantly increasing agitation between labor and capital will demand as much self-sacrifice, as much careful thought and study as the struggle against chattel slavery involved. We may safely come to the conclusion that the work of the world has not yet all been done and that that which is ahead of us is even greater than that which has passed into history.

The sun shines brightly now and nature seems most peaceful, but the sunshine and peace of universal equity and justice have not come to bring the good times we all are seeking. Let us hope that Longwood will continue to hold the standard high, and to say with Theodore Parker, that "justice is the keynote of the world and all else is ever out of tune."

SAMUEL PENNOCK moved that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to nominate persons for the office of clerks and treasurer and to audit the treasurer's account. The motion was adopted. SAMUEL PENNOCK, ANNIE Cox and SALLIE MARSHALL were appointed such committee.

The following persons were then appointed as a Business Committee: HENRY S. KENT, Chairman, MARY ANN FULTON, JOHN J. CORNELL, MARGARET KENT, HETTIE MENDENHALL, HENRIETTA G. MOORE, HENRY GEORGE, MRS. OLIVER JOHNSON, ELIZA H. CORNELL, J. H. TURNER and FREDERIC A. HINCKLEY, ELIZABETH B. PASSMORE and AARON MENDENHALL, ex-officio members. The committee were given power to add to their number.

On motion of HENRY S. KENT the ten minute rule was adopted for all speakers other than invited guests. Voted also that the sessions open at ten o'clock a. m. and at two o'clock

p. m., and continue two hours each.

The following committee was appointed to collect money and solicit memberships to the Financial Association;

WILLIAM W. KENT, SARA D. CHAMBERS, JESSE P. HANNUM, SARAH C. TAYLOR, EDITH PENNOCK. HENRY S. KENT was re-elected a member of the Memorial Committee.

On behalf of the nominating committee, SAMUEL PENNOCK reported the names of FREDERIC A. HINCKLEY and ELIZABETH B. PASSMORE, for clerks; the further duties of this committee being unfinished. The report was adopted.

MR. HINCKLEY said: I will not take time friends to thank you for my reelection which has come so often, and which confers more honor than many elections that come to men.

I know you are now anxious to hear from a friend who is with us and who will speak to us on Temperance-JOHN J. CORNELL, of Baltimore, Md.

JOHN J. CORNELL: I will read as my text a "Testimony on Temperance." "The suppression of the traffic in, and the use of, intoxicants as a beverage, is one of the most important and should be made the dominant issue of the hour.

The forces to be employed are moral suasion to induce an abandonment of its use, and proper legal enactments to enforce a prohibition of the traffic."

Address of JOHN J. CORNELL:

I regard the suppression of the liquor traffic and the abandonment of the use of intoxicants as the most potent question we can consider from a moral, economical or political standpoint. Men differ as to the methods of meeting this question, but it is generally agreed that the evils growing out of it are enormous. There are still many people who regard the limited use of stimulants for health and medicinal purposes as a necessity and while this sentiment exists it may be extremely difficult to entirely dispense with it. There is nothing which so interferes with the happiness of our homes and so detracts from the welfare of our community as this iniquitous traffic. There are many lesser evils which affect the morals of the community, but nearly if not quite all of them have their roots in

this one great evil, and all of them would be lessened if this one was done away.

From an economical standpoint there is no question which needs settling more than this one. We are to-day tinkering with the tariff, our statesmen are preeminently occupied with it and whenever a group of men get together it is the question introduced, but it is my opinion that the tariff sinks into insignificance when compared with the liquor problem. $1,400,000,000 a year are spent for liquor and a tax of $600,000,000 more is levied as a result of this vast expenditure, either directly or indirectly. This condition of affairs should cause us to think more about it. Only a portion of the finances in this, are involved in the tariff question.

We are told that the amount gathered from the import taxes amounts to about $300,000,000 yearly. Now if this $1,400,000,000 were turned into the legitimate channels of trade it would soon settle the financial question and put an end to the unrest which is now felt so strongly among the laboring classes. Laborers say they do not get enough to support their families, when really the money they receive would be more than sufficient were it not wasted for liquor and tobacco.

The political phase of the question, too, needs careful consideration. We complain that we are not being properly governed; that we are ruled by bosses. Were it not for the saloons it would be impossible for any man or any few men to manipulate our elections as they now do. The saloon interests have to be consulted about every nomination where there are any considerable emoluments in the office. This is more especially true of the cities, and even in the country if a man expects to be elected he must directly or indirectly obtain the influence of the saloons. The politicians manipulate the floating vote and the candidate is usually selected who has the most influence with this class and can most easily obtain their votes, with little reference to his moral character or his fitness for the position.

This being the case, while we claim to be a free people and to have a government of the people, by the people, for