THE QUAKERS AND THEIR PRINCIPLES.
[To TDB EDITOR or THU “sesareree."1 Sin,—On the subjeot of "The Quakers and their Principles," the following extract from a sermon preached by Dean Stanley in Philadelphia, September 29th, 1878, may be of interest :—
"All honour to the efforts after peace which inspired the aims. of that Society of Friends to which this city ewes its existence,' and yet it is not without significance that the only authentic portrait of William Penn is that which represents him in his early. youth as a gallant soldier in complete armour, and with the motto, 'Peace is sought by war.' Peace, whether in religion or in politics, is the end, but it is often true that war and conflict must be the means. Michael the Archangel, the soldier of the heavenly hosts, is a true exemplar of Christian goodness, no less than the gentle Raphael or the gracious Gabriel.'
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