Friends intelligencer . ice at the old meeting-houseon Twelfth Street, which is still standing, in the heartof what has become a busy and business section; anda charming and peaceful sight it is, this old meeting-house, even without the association with so distin-guished a man as Whittier. Standing within a great open place at Fourth andArch Streets is what is looked upon as the principalmeeting-house of the original Quakers. It is of brick,with extraordinarily broad gable in the center andbroad hipped wings, and dates from 1804. It is onehundred and eighty feet in length, thus being thelarges
Friends intelligencer . ice at the old meeting-houseon Twelfth Street, which is still standing, in the heartof what has become a busy and business section; anda charming and peaceful sight it is, this old meeting-house, even without the association with so distin-guished a man as Whittier. Standing within a great open place at Fourth andArch Streets is what is looked upon as the principalmeeting-house of the original Quakers. It is of brick,with extraordinarily broad gable in the center andbroad hipped wings, and dates from 1804. It is onehundred and eighty feet in length, thus being thelargest Quaker meeting-house in the world. Whether Hicksite or Orthodox, all are interesting,and to non-Quakers their buildings and setting seemall alike. I remember a narrow gate in a high wallnear Sixteenth and Race Streets; something that is al-ways felicitous, as Henry James somewhere says: and Iwent inside, for there was a glimpse of an ancientburying-ground: and inside of a long enclosing brick(Continued on inside page). RACE STREET MEETING-HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA. Friends Intelligencer T^ Journal ^st 3 PHILADELPHIA, SIXTH MONTH 14, 1919 Young Friends Review 1866 The Friends Intelligencer is published weekly at 140 N. 15th St., Philadelphia, by Friends Intelligencer Association, , Spruce 5-75. Entered at Philadelphia Post-Office as second-class matter. Subscription in the United States,Mexico, Cuba and Panama, $ a Tear. Subscriptions may begin at any time. Subscription in Canada and other foreigncountries (on account of extra postage charges), $ a year. Single copies, 6 cents. Volume 76Number 24 *A PRAYER. BY ALTHEA A. OGDEN. Infinite Nearness! Thee I see revealedIn song of bird, the flower at my door,— The happy laughter of a little child,— The star at night, the pebble on the shore,— Each unto each allied, and all to thee,— Thou tender, loving, grand reality,—Who art so near, so near! Mystery shrouds thee, but to-day I saw Thee mirrored in a glance
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