. The life and labors of Elias Hicks; by Henry W. Wilbur . mmorality and drunkenness, and were more or lessreproachful to the Christian name, giving much occasionfor infidels to scoff. While at Elizabeth, in New Jersey, Elias wrote a let-ter ll to a young man named Samuel Cox. It seems that thisperson contemplated studying for the ministry; that hisgrandmother was a Friend, and Elias labored with thegrandson on her account. He said that human study orhuman science could not qualify a minister. In fact tosuppose such a thing was to cast the greatest possible in-dignity on the Divine Being, and
. The life and labors of Elias Hicks; by Henry W. Wilbur . mmorality and drunkenness, and were more or lessreproachful to the Christian name, giving much occasionfor infidels to scoff. While at Elizabeth, in New Jersey, Elias wrote a let-ter ll to a young man named Samuel Cox. It seems that thisperson contemplated studying for the ministry; that hisgrandmother was a Friend, and Elias labored with thegrandson on her account. He said that human study orhuman science could not qualify a minister. In fact tosuppose such a thing was to cast the greatest possible in-dignity on the Divine Being, and on the gospel of our LordJesus Christ. Of course it was asserted that ministry cameonly by the power of the Spirit, and much Scripture wasquoted to prove it. There is little in the writings of EliasHicks to show that he considered that equipping the naturalpowers was helpful in making the spiritual inspirationeffective. It is evident, however, that Elias was not indifferent Journal, p. 76-77. Letter was dated, Fifth month 12, 1813. yv%\ ~ \4> Si If *M. zi 2 £ C : : 5 CU CD . ex If c * 3J <U ?S5d CO ^ r- -^ 53 C u u ~u £ <u ex — •- s « £ co JS <o LIFE AND LABORS OF ELIAS HICKS 105 to his own intellectual equipment. He was fond of quot-ing from books the things which fortified his own following shows how he stored his mind with facts,from which he drew certain conclusions: Indisposition of body prevented my attending meet-ing. I therefore spent the day quietly at home, and inreading a portion of Mosheims Ecclesiastical History ofthe Fifth Century, and which is indeed enough to astonishany sensible, considerate man, to think how the professorsof that day could be hardy enough to call themselves Chris-tians, while using every artifice that their human wisdomcould invent to raise themselves to power and opulence, andendeavoring to crush down their opposers by almost everycruelty that power, envy and malice could inflict, to theentire scanda
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