Lu. Thou saidst, mother, that George Fox tried to turn people to the light of Christ in their own hearts: what does that mean?

Mo. The light of Christ in the heart is the manifestation of the spirit of truth, given to every man to profit withal, of whose operation you are all sensible, reproving you for sin, and giving you sweet peace when you are obedient to its teachings. To this inward monitor, George Fox desired to turn the attention of his hearers: he had been experimentally convinced of the insufficiency of human teaching, not under the influence of the Holy Ghost; and of the efficacy of that inward anointing, of which the apostle John speaks: "Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things." "The anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him." Here is an account which furnishes an interesting illustration of this important

doctrine-it was given by an ancient, worthy friend-read it, my dear Lucy.

Lu." And now, friends," said she, "I will tell you how I was first convinced. I was young at that time, and lived in Dorsetshire, when George Fox came to that county; and he having appointed a meeting, to which people generally flocked, I went among the rest; and in going along the road, this query arose in my mind: What is it that I feel which condemneth me when I do evil, and justifieth me when I do well-what is it? In this state I went to the meeting. It was a large gathering, and George Fox rose up with these words: Who art thou that queriest in thy mind-What is it that I feel, which condemneth me when I do evil, and justifieth me when I do well? I will tell thee what it is-lo! he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high place of the earth; the Lord, the God of Hosts is his name. It is he by his spirit that condemneth thee for evil, and justifieth

thee when thou doest well. Keep under its dictates, and it will be thy preserver to the end." To this narration the ancient Friend added, "It was the truth, the very truth, and I have never departed from it."

Mo. I trust, my precious children, that you are practical believers in this leading principle in religion, a principle on which, Friends deem it their duty in a particular manner to insist, because it is man's only preservation against sin. We are all furnished with this inward guide or monitor, who makes his voice known to us, and if faithfully obeyed and closely followed, will infallibly conduct us to true virtue and happiness, by leading into a real conformity with the will of God. These operations of the holy spirit in the soul, teach us what is right and what is wrong, in a perceptible or intelligible manner. Thus the Psalmist prayed: "O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles." The light and truth for which he thus prayed, could not be the written law, of which he was already in

possession, but the light of God's countenance, and the truth revealed by his spirit in the heart; and these, according to the views of the Psalmist, were at once perceptible and powerful, for they were to lead him in the way of righteousness, and to bring him. to the holy hill and tabernacle of God.

ED. Dear mother, this is a very satisfactory and interesting explanation.

Mo. Let us ever keep in view, that the unspeakable blessing of "the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, and which hath appeared unto all men, teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this present world;" is communicated to us through the mediation of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to the testimony of the evangelist John, respecting him. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,

full of grace and truth. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ."

Lu. How often, dear mother, has my heart been softened and my eyes overflowed with tears, when I have been reading to thee, the history of the crucifixion of our blessed Saviour.

Mo. The sufferings and death of Christ, is a subject of the deepest interest; and I greatly desire that you may be gradually prepared to understand, and participate in the redemption which is through his blood, both by a belief of the truth as recorded in the Scriptures, and the sanctification of his Spirit in your own hearts. He laid down his precious life a voluntary sacrifice upon the cross, for our sakes. He bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes we are healed. And if any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous. And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not