KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. Deep roots fear no wind. The truths which we least wish to hear, are those which it is most to our advantage to know. Till I heard a reverend preacher all the mystery declare, Then I looked within my bosom, and 'twas shining brightly there. A return of good for good is a slight reciprocity, but the true virtue is to confer Receive your thoughts as guests, and benefits on him who has injured thee. treat your desires like children. To him who does every thing in its proper place, one day is worth three. The highest of men is he who strikes what is right without effort. Be careful of your speech; a flaw in jade may be ground away, but a flaw in speech is hopeless. Chinese Maxims. Good qualities, though hidden, become unveile 1, and shine throughout the world. The flower of jasmine, although dried up, sends a sweet fragrance everywhere. Not in good fortune, but in ill, is the power of great men revealed; when the wood of aloes is exposed to the flanes, its fragrance exhales stronger than ever. Virtue is a service man owes to himseif; and though there were no heaven nor any God to rule the world, it were not less the binding law of life. The fragrance of the flower is never borne against the wind, but the fragrance of virtuous deeds diffuses itself everywhere. Hindu Maxims. Wherever the tree of beneficence takes Persian A man's true wealth is the good he does root, it sends forth branches beyond the in this world. When he dies, mortals sky. As thou journeyest, speak not of the past, but only of the future; recall not even tears of blood, if thou hast shed them; sing only of the great secret. All the earth I'd wandered over, seeking still the beacon light, Never tarried in the daytime, never sought repose at night; will ask what property he has left behind him; but angels will inquire. "What good deeds hast thou sent before thee?" Arabic, Mahometan Tradition. Let a man overcome anger with love: let him overcome evil by good; let him overcome the greedy by liberal ty, the liar by truth. Buddha. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA YEARLY MEETING OF PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS, HELD AT LONGWOOD, CHESTER COUNTY, 1879. "Serves best the Father he who most serves man, ADVANCE PRINT, MINUTES. THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS Convened at Longwood, Chester Co., Pa., on Fifth-day, (Thursday), June 5th, 1879. CHAS. D. B. MILLS, of Syracuse, N. Y., one of the Clerks. of the previous year, read the following Call: This annual gathering is held for religious communion and mutual consultation, and for discussion upon themes pertaining essentially to human progress. We cordially invite, without distinction of sex or creed, all who sympathise with this aim and work for its realization. Mutual effort in a common cause in its nature tends to awaken sentiments of fraternal regard when the work in which we are engaged is prompted by humanity, guided by reason, warmed by love, cheered by hope and blessed by confidence in the eternal laws of the Infinite Father. Let us come together in all truth and unity, that we may mutually impart and receive fresh and lasting inspiration. MR. MILLS proceeded with some remarks, showing the immense importance of the work still remaining to be done. The requirement is imperative, and the signs are propitious all through the sky. Slavery has gone down,—as an institution at least, living under sanction of law,--broken and crumbled in the earthquake of war. But we have come erewhile to see that in the downfall of this enormous crime and calamity as well, only one outpost of the great fortress of wrong, of inequality and injustice, has been carried, and that other and like formidable strongholds remain, other grand tasks call us, not less difficult and hardly less imperative. Let us not sleep |