rock, and is a work of great labour. It bears marks about it of great antiquity. The well is deep,' was the description given of it by the woman of Samaria to our Lord. It still, as now noticed, has the same character, although to an extent it is perhaps filled with the stones which are thrown into it to sound it by travellers and pilgrims. "The adventure which I have now noticed being over, we emerged from the well, and sitting down at its mouth, we could not but think of the scenes and events of other days. We were near to the very parcel of ground that Jacob gave Joseph.' Jacob's Well was here! Here Jesus, the Saviour sat, wearied with his journey, suffering from the infirmities of that lowly human nature he had assumed, when he came from heaven to accomplish the work of our redemption, which his Father had given him to do. Here he spake with inimitable simplicity and majesty as never man spake, setting himself forth as the Source and Giver of the copious and satisfying waters of Eternal Life." HINTS ON MORAL TRAINING. panions on account of their acquirements and the approbation bestowed upon them, manifesting a spirit of pride and domination, mocking the aged, the lame, or the blind, acting with wanton cruelty towards the inferior animals, or encouraging them to fight with each other, injuring trees, shrubs, or flowers, cutting or hacking walls, tables, or any useful piece of furniture, equivocating when giving evidence on any fact, and many similar practices, which are too numerous to mention here, but which all lie at the source of all the evils which are committed in after life. These are seldom taken due notice of, and seldom counteracted by the proper application of Christian principles. All these actions should be severely reprobated, and condemned with decision, as subversive of every principle that pervades the Christian religion. RESPECT TO PARENTS. "Ingratitude! thou marble-hearted fiend, Not only the young are apt to forget the re- There can scarcely be a doubt, that the best mode of impressing the minds of the young with the moral principles of Christianity, is to exhibit the operation of those principles in real life, and to point out specifically those dispositions and modes of conduct which are directly opposed to the precepts laid down by our Saviour, and to the example he has set before us. For this purpose a watchful eye should be kept on their conduct, and on the temper it displays. Even the most minute ramifications of their conduct should be strictly inspected, and those looks and gestures, words and actions, which may at first sight appear trivial or indifferent, should not be altogether overlooked; for in many instances they manifest the existence of an evil principle ready to burst forth into action, and which should be carefully counteracted. Many dispositions of this kind, which are daily manifested in families and at public schools, are considered as the mere ebullitions of youthful frolic or amusement, which nevertheless involve principles altogether inconsistent with the dictates of inspiration, and with the harmony and order of the intelligent universe; and if such evil principles be not destroyed in the bud, they will grow with their growth, and strengthen with their strength, till they appear in all their noxious luxuriance in the active scenes of social life. How often do we see and hear boys calling each other nicknames, tearing books, acting deceitfully in making bargains, pinching and Of what description is the conversation of scratching, boxing and fighting, taking delight heaven? Hark! Is that holy angel relating a in teasing and vexing one another, mocking at tale of slander? That group of heavenly mesnatural defects and infirmities, valuing them-sengers, almost lost to our view in ethereal selves on account of the finery of their dress, brightness, are they busied in whisperings, and taking revenge of injuries, envying their com- backbitings, and revilings? Those out-spread HEAVENLY CONVERSATION. celestial wings, returning from their earthward mission, are they gladly bearing the tidings that a saint has fallen, or that a sinner is confirmed in his iniquity? Oh no! The joy of heaven is over the sinner that repenteth, and over the back-retreat; yet the whole of the houses were inslider reclaimed. That council of the hosts of heaven with attention riveted on earth, are they watching for the faults and failings of its inhabitants that they may report them in heaven? No; they are bending all their faculties to understand the manifold wisdom of God made visible in his church. Christian brethren and sisters! Are we indulging, either from malice or idleness, in talebearing, in calumny, in evil reports? Then our conversation is not heavenly. It cannot be admitted there, for its holy gates exclude all that loveth or maketh a lie, Rev. xxi. 27. The talebearer and the slanderer are classed with the liar and the murderer, Prov. vi. 16, 17; Rom. i. 29, 30. If our conversation be indeed heavenly it will resemble, in its measure, that of the spirits of the just made perfect. Thoughts and words of malice, of covetousness, of selfishness, are for ever banished from their pure intercourse; and the deeds and the purposes of the Lamb that was slain and hath redeemed them by his blood, furnish an untiring theme for their unweary tongues. Christian brethren, let our conversation be thus heavenly.-Sunday School Journal. below the public street, and the area of the whole court was a floating mass of putrified animal and vegetable matter, so dreadfully offensive that he was obliged to make a precipitate habited. Since these sinks of insalubrity have been paved, the change in the health of the inhabitants has been more remarkable than what may have been anticipated. In one place, (Bridport court,) which contains eighteen houses, the cases of sickness were eighteen before, to four after the flags were laid down. In another alley (Oak court) the proportion is five cases now to twenty-eight in former years; and, so far as observation has been extended, which it has been to fifty-seven of the houses, the fronts of which have been paved, to eighty-five cases of sickness which occurred before paving, only sixteen have taken place since. The obvious effect of smoothing causeways, by means of flags or other paving materials, is to do away with such inequalities as form receptacles for the stagnant water left by rain, and the offals of food with which the poor are apt to strew the fronts of their residences. The malaria thus produced is productive of agues and other painful and fatal diseases. It is therefore the duty of all official persons who have the charge of these matters in towns, not only to see that their streets are well paved for the convenience of pedestrians, but for the health of the public.Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. EFFECT OF PAVEMENTS UPON HEALTH. The causes of disease, which are being investigated so extensively at the present time, are sometimes traced to the most remote origin. It would enter the minds of few that pavements, which are constructed merely for the convenience of transit in crowded cities, are preventives to ill-health; but such has recently been proved. The corporation of Liverpool having recently paved the courts and alleys of that town, it has been observed that the health of the people residing in them has wonderfully improved, and that deaths were less frequent. This led to further inquiry, and attention was directed to six of the worst courts in Liverpool. Of them, Mr. Carr, of the Southern Dispensary, remarks that they were formerly so notoriously unhealthy that the medical attendant was hardly ever out of them, and when any epidemics visited the town, these places exhibited their results in perfection the surface being in a most disgraceful state, covered to some depth with putrid mud, so that the inhabitants were compelled to place large stones at intervals to enable them to reach their houses by stepping from one to another. It is also stated by Mr. Samuel Holme, that in Freemason's row he found about two years ago a court of houses, the floors of which were QUERIES FOR WOMEN FRIENDS. (Continued from page 128.) SEVENTH QUERY. Are Friends just in their dealings, and punctual in fulfilling their engagements? In all the schemes that you have planned, And in your commerce and your trade That no base scheme of worldly art, EIGHTH QUERY. Is care taken early to admonish such as appear inclined to marry in a manner contrary to the rules of our Society; and to report such as persist in refusing to take counsel, to the Men's Meeting, in due time. L If any seek the marriage tie Ah! dear young Friends, guard well your ways! The unequal yoke you cannot wear Dear Friends! though transient is the scene, It even triumphs over death: And when the toils of life are o'er, NINTH QUERY. Are the necessities of the poor among you properly inspected and relieved: and is good care taken of the education of their offspring? Are the necessities supplied, Have you two or more faithful Friends appointed by the Monthly Meeting, as Overseers in each particular meeting; and is the part of the discipline committed to your care, timely and impartially exercised. Have you some faithful Friends selected, Be from the lamp that lights to Heaven. Of man's applause, your feet beguile; To plant conviction in the heart. And henceforth learn to watch and pray. MARRIED,At Friends' Meeting-house, Milford, Wayne County, Indiana, on fifth day, the 28th of last month, CHARLES T. WESTCOMB, to ISABELLA, daughter of Samuel and Jane Stokes, formerly of Philadelphia. at Friends' Meeting, Springboro', Warren County, Ohio, on fourth day, the 3d inst., Isaac EVANS, son of Thomas Evans, to ANNE S., daughter of Arnold Boone. at Friends' Meeting, Elk. Preble County, Ohio, on the 21st. of last month, ENOCH S. DICKS, to Axx T., daughter of Joel G. Hutchin. FRIENDS' REVIEW. A RELIGIOUS, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS JOURNAL. VOL. I. PHILADELPHIA, ELEVENTH MONTH 27, 1847. EDITED BY ENOCH LEWIS. --- Published Weekly by Josiah Tatum, No. 50 North Fourth Street, corner of Appletree Alley, PHILADELPHIA. Price two dollars per annum, payable in advance, or six copies for ten dollars. This paper is subject to newspaper postage only. For Friends' Review. LIFE OF WILLIAM ALLEN. (Continued from page 131.) In the summer of 1816, William Allen left England, under appointment of the Yearly Meeting, to visit those professing with Friends in Germany and France. In this journey he was accompanied by his wife, whom he married in 1806, their nephew C. Hanbury, and friend F. Martin, who had been a teacher in Paris on the Lancasterian system. At Dover they were joined by Elizabeth Robson and Elizabeth Fry. After landing at Calais they proceeded by way of Dunkirk to Ghent, where W. Allen and his friend Martin took an opportunity to visit the governor, who received them very kindly, and was much interested by the information which they communicated to him, particularly in reference to the education of the poor. By the governor's direction they were conducted through the large prison at Ghent, called the Maison de Force. The building and its arrangements, together with the treatment of the prisoners, gave them great satisfaction. The criminals were employed at various trades, each in a separate, commodious cell, being allowed to associate and converse with none but the persons who had the oversight of them. The provisions of the penal code, (under which none were punished with death, excepting for wilful murder,) and the entire management of the convicts, were found to be so much in advance of those of his own country, that W. Allen concludes his observations on this prison, with the following remarks : No. 10. whom W. Allen describes as a very little flock in the midst of a bigoted and benighted people, who spoke of experiencing great peace and consolation in the interior life through which they had sweet communion with the Lord. At that place, as at Ghent, he endeavoured to interest the governor in the education of the poor. He informed him of the efforts made for that purpose in England, and offered his co-operation in case a similar course should be attempted there. Proceeding through the low countries they visited the schools, and prisons, endeavouring to promote a proper education of the young, and holding religious meetings in various places. A meeting of that kind was held at the Hague, where a large number of children belonging to an orphan seminary were present. In that opportunity Elizabeth Robson addressed the assembly through the medium of a double interpretation; F. Martin translating the communication into French, and a female of the place rendering it into Dutch. We may readily suppose that much of the force would be lost by such a circuitous transmission, yet the children behaved well, and some of them were affected by the communication. Proceeding on their journey, our travellers arrived at Pyrmont, in Germany, on the 6th of 8th month, where they continued until the 13th, during which time they were frequently engaged in religious opportunities with those who profess the principles of Friends in and near that place, as well as attending the usual meetings in the week and on first days, to which many who were not members of our society frequently came. They were much concerned to find that, from some apparently trifling causes, the harmony of the little company of Friends there, had been much disturbed; a root of bitterness had been implanted, and in some minds had sprung up, so as to cause much trouble. W. Allen believed it right to have a private interview with the individuals concerned, in company with Francis Martin, as interpreter. Of this occasion he makes the following memorandum : "When I contrasted this enlightened system, which has so long flourished here, and produced "On meeting them, I was under much consuch excellent effects, with the savage code of cern of mind, being thus alone, with so weighty my own country, and the horrid management of a work on my hands; but my secret petitions our own prisons, my mind was agitated with were fervent that I might be favoured with conflicting sentiments of delight and indignation." divine help, and that if I could do no good, At Antwerp they met with some persons I might, at least, be prevented from doing any harm. After a little time of silence, I addressed them under a feeling of love and sweetness, that I have not often experienced, and had humbly to believe that my request was granted. I desired that they would state what it was that had grieved any of them, with respect to the conduct of a brother or a sister; some free communications passed, with explanations that tended to their reconciliation; the cause of offence seemed, chiefly, to rest with two individuals. After a pause I addressed these persons, reminding them that they were both much advanced in years, and in the common course of nature, verging towards that state in which it would be felt extremely desirable to them to be rid of this burden. They then embraced each other, and most present burst into tears; it was indeed a hearttouching scene, and, I believe, deeply felt by every one as a memorable time; all present parted with appearance of much love and tender ness." The day before they left Pyrmont, they had a farewell meeting with the Friends who resided there and in the neighbourhood, which is thus described: "Both our dear companions were engaged in imparting much excellent counsel, which F. Martin interpreted; my dear Charlotte also exhorted them not to forsake the assembling of themselves together; and lastly, I encouraged them to read the Scriptures frequently, and also to cause their children to read them; likewise to be diligent in attending their meetings on fourth as well as first-days; and especially to discourage tale-bearing and detraction, and to live in love and peace: we had an affectionate parting, and I feel great peace. Whatever may be the result, it is, to those here, a fresh visitation." After leaving Pyrmont they called upon Count Fellenberg, at Hoffwyl. Of him W. Allen observes, "there was something in his countenance and manner, indicative of great mental power, openness of character, and benignity; I soon found him a most interesting man; we had much conversation upon the subject of educating the poor. He has the charge of about sixty children; six or seven of them are the sons of German Princes; and the parents of others are persons of considerable rank and property; but Fellenberg boards and educates about twenty-five of the children, for whom he receives nothing but the produce of their labour. The pupils all appeared healthy; Fellenberg treats them as his own children; I noticed they spoke to him without any appearance of awe or restraint." He afterwards visited the seminary of Pestalozzi, and a number of the pupils were examined in his presence, solving by mental calculation a variety of difficult questions in algebraic equations. It was with pleasure that he observed the terms on which the pupils lived with Pestalozzi and his tutors, a spirit of harmony seemed to pervade the whole establishment. In the 9th month, E. Robson and E. Fry, accompanied by F. Martin, who appears to have gone as their interpreter, proceeded to the south of France; leaving W. Allen, with his wife and nephew, at Geneva. Before they arrived at the place last mentioned Charlotte Allen, wife of William, became seriously unwell, and soon after their arrival expressed an apprehension that she should not leave the place alive. The disease soon settled upon her brain, and completely clouded her intellect. About three weeks after the attack, she quietly breathed her last. Her surviving partner observes on the occasion, "I believe my reason would be quite overset, were it not for a little divine support." Yet afflictive as this dispensation evidently was, he had strength to say when her remains were committed to the house appointed for all living: "Thy will, O Lord, be done." Shortly after this mournful event, W. Allen and his nephew commenced their sorrowful and now solitary journey towards their native land. They arrived at Dover on the 18th of 10th month. This return must have been to him something like that of Naomi to the country of her people; yet he still found the consolations of religion a never failing support. Upon this occasion the following entry appears in his diary: 66 My loss is so great that nothing can afford me comfort, except some feeling of divine support. A measure of this was mercifully extended whilst I was on the sea. These words being sweetly impressed upon my mind, Fear not, for I am with thee, be not dismayed, for I am thy God."" And on reaching his own residence he observes: "I found my dear mother, daughter, and sister, with whom I had a truly affecting meeting. After tea we had a religious opportunity, in which, I trust, a precious degree of divine good overshadowed us, and I was almost ready to exclaim, When thou shuttest, none can open; and when thou openest, none can shut. Where the sceptre of thy love is stretched forth, even such a one as I, who scarcely dares to call himself thy servant, is emboldened to present his petition, that thou wouldst give him strength to bear his afflictions in a manner well pleasing to thee; to sanctify them, and make them the means of establishing him more firmly on the alone sure foundation.' |