The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ot call you children, for parents sometimeschide their children too severely, nor brothers only, for brothers differ ;—the friendship between thee and me I will not compare to a chain,for that the rains may rust, or the falling tree may break: we are the Friends or Quakers. 823 same as if one mans body were to be divided into two parts; we areall one flesh and blood. The impression made upon the minds of theIndians by Penn, at th
The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statisticsWith a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism . ot call you children, for parents sometimeschide their children too severely, nor brothers only, for brothers differ ;—the friendship between thee and me I will not compare to a chain,for that the rains may rust, or the falling tree may break: we are the Friends or Quakers. 823 same as if one mans body were to be divided into two parts; we areall one flesh and blood. The impression made upon the minds of theIndians by Penn, at this and subsequent interviews, was such that theyever after retained the highest esteem for his memory, and good willtowards Friends. Years after, when cruel minded men made the watersof the placid Conestoga red with the blood of the Christian Indians,many of them fled, outcasts from their homes, to the city of BrotherlyLove, to seek and find protection among the followers of Maquon,as they termed Penn. On one occasion a chieftain, in reply to a com-missioner said, That they should never forget the counsel WilliamPenn gave them as long as the sun gives Penns Slate Eoof House. In 1685, a meeting-house was erected at the south-west corner ofCentre Square, Philadelphia. This building was designed as a Statehouse, and market house, as well as the chief meeting-house. Anothermeeting-house was erected, in 1685, in Front above Arch Street. Thiswas intended to serve for Evening meetings, and the Centre Squareone for the Day meetings. In after years, when the house in PineStreet was erected, they called the Front Street building the NorthMeeting. In 1789, this structure was removed, and a meeting-houseerected in Keys Alley. In the year 1695, the fourth meeting-house ofthis Society was built, at the south east corner of Second and MarketStreets. This was styled by those unfavourable to Friends principles,the Quaker Cathedral; But, says Watson, great as were iheideas of the primi
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