| Show TOMP OF THE HE vests picturesque FEATURE OP OF A QUAINT BRITISH PLACE pena place the As ah hem of the are areat a t a state ta to wo lie in a quit quiet talf callao st SL glim giles special letter latter N A little valley near the village of chalfont chal font st giles not tar far from london V Is an old quaker meetinghouse meeting house 4 with a grass grown church yard adjoining I 1 f I 1 this village Is the place in which milton took refuge when the plague was raging in london living or dead no member of the society of friends could wish to find himself in a spot more in harmony with with the aim simple simme tenets teneta ot of his creed it Is just such a building as was common in the now new world at the time when the religious refugees of britain crossed the seas in search of that liberty of conscience denied them in the old home on such rude wooden benches as still remain under that zed tiled roof no rule of life would be more seemly than that preached by george fox and than the simple gods acre which fronts aroas the meeting house there could be no litter fitter resting place in which to await in quiet confidence that day which will prove how far that creed was in harmony with absolute truth for several miles around the district Is rich in memories of the early pointed eit ret as his amuat st giles graT graveyard erard TUB TM dometer ho meTer those who are 9 best ben informed ly d deny any in england at least jt it Is generally regarded ded as conclusive that the ashes of the great quaker and state founder are undisturbed to in their narrow as mr dixon has faithfully described it it was recently suggested that penns s remains be transplanted to a memorial in the heart of amion to the old bailey which was the scene ene of his vindication of the right of a jury to render a verdict contrary to the dictation of a judge but thus tar far nothing hu has been done to disturb the quietude of his last resting place aa 1 I till I 1 I 1 1 R 1 I 1 THE OLD QU QUAKER A R MEETING in a nearby grove william penn was burled buried quakers near by was the peaceful home of the Penning penningtons tons in which thomas ellwood was living as tutor and from whence william penn was to take his first and most beloved wife the reason for this of so many friends within a small area was proba blythe same as that which drove the Covenant ers of scotland to seek refuge on the lonely moors today to day I 1 jordans Is sufficiently inaccessible and two centuries ago it must have been an ideal haven for suspected religionists religion ista I 1 more than two hundred years have elapsed since jordans passed into the possession of the society of friends it owes its name probably to a forgotten owner of the property tor for it was waa not from a jordan but from one william russell that in 1671 thomas thom ellwood and several others acquired the land on behalf of the society the idea of a meeting house seems to have been an afterthought it was as the burial place simply that jordans was originally purchased but the meeting house was not long in following for seventeen years later there is authentic record of its existence probably some generations have passed since regular meetings were held in this rude temple but twice every year on the fourth sunday in may and the first Thurs thursday daX in june sat gatherings are held to keep alive the continuity of quaker teaching within these walls but it la bec because aua of its graves and not on account of its meeting place that jordans attracts so many pilgrims year by year for a century and a half there was nothing to distinguish one heap from another here is the account which dixon one of penns most competent biographers wrote of his visit to the place in 1851 nothing could beless be less imposing than the grave yard at jordans the meeting house is like an old barn in appearance pe arance and the neld field in which the illustrious dead repose Is not even decently smoothed smoot hecL there we are no gravel walks no monuments no mournful ym zo no cheering sheering fl flowers owera there Is not mat even erga a stone to mark a spot or to record a name when I 1 visited it with vita my owr friend Granv nie penn esq ana vat great grandson of the state founder on the alth of january 04 his year yean we had wins come dija difficulty culty in determining the heap una nna under der which the great mans blies ue he mistakes have occurred beto nany years pilgrims were hown the wrong i W ith the ot of helping pilgrims to the right ettrina na ar i ejk red a grave ard azid of gaii 01 iw A y i T 1 lr f W f t sw S w 3 baard the braves to aay 46 hafl claland by to mat abere d now ew em s k WAX 5 wy wisp W WORDS orda ir notting is so had but scarab aih I 1 alj it oatt herrick thy fri friend d privately dyste lyl von GOBI mend him publicly mo oloa every one hm has a fair turn to hil ba ali 7 great as he pleases jeremy collier itis it Is easy finding reasons why other f folks eh bhoola 0 ua d bo be patient 4 eliot there is in no greater punishment thim than that of being abandoned to atell ell Que suel good nature and aad good food sense en abst tf ln join 0 to err to human to forgive dittne j POPS pope the smallest amal leat worm will wai turn being trodden on and doves dores will peck peak in safeguard of their brood shake ebeare human nature Is a so constituted that all see and judge better in the 0 of other men than in their own t terence good breeding breading is the result of aab good sense some good nature and a little self denial for the sake of othera chesterfield is a most if you are in the right it lessons lessen your triumph if in the wrong it adds shame ahmo to your defeat sterne A true man an never frets about his place lace in the world 1 but bat slides audes into it it by the gravitation gravit atio n of his 9 nature and owing swings a there as easily as a star E H capin it is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than 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