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for all good men iooontemplfite, 4?idGi"0^ 'to behold, — ■
for " God setttth the solitary in feniilies." • '•

The writer freely eonf^sses that he at the time,sympa-
thized with the'experiment-at.New' Harmony, so far as it
promised a more -equal and ^st distribution of the, prOT
duets of labour, and to. afford' the -labourer a better
■opportunity to rise in the scale of' social;. imprD-vemeiit,^
and in tKe acquisition of wealth and- influence. He
y«t thinks, that there -is a great dereliction of duty on the
part of those who .legisla,te and hare -power' -to. regulate
the employment of labouT. in this respect, ■ Those bavinig
■capital, skill, and influenc6j shduI4 beenjoouraged," by its
being made their interest, to divide profita with those who
labour in> proportion to their successful exertix)n of skill
and" industry, and incorporated- or -limited partnership
inanufactories shauld be put in motion^ 'as "New O&ngland
whalitig.yessels aie_sailedj for a proportionate, benefit to
all, thus giving to all the highest incentive for the exer-
tion of the greatest thriftj^industry, and skill. - But the
dividend of prOfit should go to the individual- account,
and be felt and taken as the separate' resource of 'every
separate family, wbosei independent existence and the
sanctity of whose relations should: never be- broken in
upon by any '.earthly, policy. .; '

It was in.advancei life, that the severest trials that
proved the faith, patience;" :a.tid love of the subjects of
this Memoir, awaited Aeffii. The .causes that had for



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soniQ years before b.een aetivply operative, -IjrDuglit the
difficulties in the Sdciety of- FrieDds to -a crisis at the
yearly Meeting -Tield in Philadelpliia, in 1827.- These'
causes related to doctrines, -and the administration of the
difecfpliBaVy affairs of th0 society. The influence' that
pr-suitically had guided the measures of the society was in
eomparatively a¥ew, though 411 inembers of adult age were
admitted to its ordivary meetings for discipline. All
there were at ecpal^ liberty to express their views '; but
only those .spoke with weight whose commnnicatitras
carried with them the s'videnee of a .Divine •qualification,
and authority] aJid 'whose. lives afforded. the test of bear-
ing good fruits. 