and when she remained at home her sympathies went with him, for though she always gave him up freely to travel on Truth's account, yet she had an abiding sense of the hard labor that he often had to perform in religious assemblies before his burdened spirit could obtain relief.

As a business man his course has been followed, as officeboy, farmer, merchant and secretary; and none who knew him in any of these stations could charge him with being slothful or indifferent to his duties. Neither could he have been called a hard task-master, nor have been regarded as despotic toward those who were in his employ. He looked upon wage-earners, however menial their employment might seem, as helpers rather than as servants; and he rejoiced in seeing these and all others, whom he could influence, in a condition to enjoy life and to get from it the very best that it is capable of yielding. The thought that all human beings have one Father was ever present with him in the discharge. of his duties, and regulated his treatment of those who, humanly speaking, were under his control.

He was also very considerate of the comfort of domestic animals, from the time when he first began to be responsible for their keeping: and in later years, when his official position gave him the power and furnished him with the opportunity to plead their cause, it did not change his feelings toward the brute creation, but only placed him in a larger field as their defender and guardian.

To say that he was a patriot would be stating a truism, rather than adding anything to what he himself has said. He loved his country and desired that it might be blessed with peace and prosperity. He also felt that we should be grateful for our civil rights, as well as for those which permit

us to worship without the trammel of established Church or priestly domination. On this subject, as upon all others on which he expressed a sentiment, he was candid and outspoken; for while honesty, courage and benevolence had abundant room in that heart, policy, hesitation and duplicity found no place. His words, like his actions, were without a mask, and thus bore testimony to the transparency of his character. When he opposed men or measures he did it openly, and, after having stated his position as well as his opposition, he met his opponents as friends, not as enemies, and by his frankness and cordiality, he would convince them that he parted from them and from the subject "with malice toward none, with charity for all."

As a public-spirited citizen, a philanthropist and a humane man, his reputation rests on the solid basis of merit, and during the last ten years of his life his efforts for the betterment of society might have permitted him, without arrogation, to express the sentiment so often quoted, "I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.”

It was, however, as a minister of the Gospel that he was most widely and most favorably known in the Society of Friends, and in this responsible station he occupied a position peculiar to himself. His early and full surrender having afforded the necessary preparation, he came forth when called; he deepened in spirituality as he trod the narrow way; he profited by experience; and, as the years rolled on, he gradually broadened out in Christian charity for all. While fully convinced that the faith of Friends is sound and Scriptural in its basis, and that it was the one for him to adopt, he did not condemn or judge harshly those who had been differently educated, but by word and by action

he plainly demonstrated that it is not only possible, but entirely consistent to be loyal to our own religious denomination without being uncharitable toward others-in short, to be a denominationalist without being a sectarian.

Although often called to go among those of other denominations, and to appoint meetings in their houses of worship, there is no account of his ever having given offense on these occasions. On the contrary, they were among his most favored opportunities, proving tendering to many hearts, solemnizing to large assemblies, and yielding to the laborer the precious reward of peace.

In common with the early Friends, he was a firm believer in the record of the Holy Scriptures, as well as in their spiritual application to mankind in the present day, and in all ages of the world. He also believed that the spiritual eye must be anointed before the inward meaning of these Sacred Writings can be understood so as to explain it to others for their edification. While very favorable to human learning, and desirous that all, in their youthful days, might have the opportunity to receive a liberal share of it, he was decidedly opposed to the application of intellectual analysis or scholarly acquirements to the deep things of the Spirit.

As he was no man's copy, neither did he call upon others to imitate him, but, with all the earnestness of Gospel authority, he did appeal to them to "hear and obey" the Inward Teacher, as by so doing they would experience preservation on their perilous journey through life, and at the end thereof be prepared for a happy eternity.

But the end crowns all: and the "peaceful" feeling that pervaded the mind of our dear friend when there came to him the presentation that his work was done, gave evidence

that an early and full surrender, followed by a long period of faithful service in the Master's cause, had been accepted; and that, without regrets or fears to disturb him, he was ready to hear the call and, in trustful faith, to adopt the language of one of the early Friends, "I am sick in body, but the Lord reigns gloriously in Zion. His power is over all his enemies. I have sweet peace with Him that is the Redeemer of Israel, and am now waiting for my Pilot to conduct me to my long home."

MEMORIAL OF SAMUEL J. LEVICK.

In conformity with the custom in our religious Society of placing on record, for the encouragement of survivors, memorials of deceased Friends who had in their day been conspicuous standard-bearers therein, we believe it right for us to prepare this simple testimony concerning our late esteemed friend, Samuel J. Levick.

He was the son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth W. Levick, members of the religious Society of Friends, and was born in Philadelphia, Eighth Month 30th, 1819. The guarded care and training of his parents were as a hedge of preservation to their children, and helped to fit them for usefulness in mature years.

From his infantile days Samuel was susceptible to the tender influences of the Heavenly Father's love, and being of a sensitive nature, his sympathies were enlisted for the poor, even in childhood. In early youth he became interested in the colored people living in the lower part of the city, mingling with them in their homes on First-day afternoons, and reading to them and instructing them. He afterwards procured a room, where others joined him in the work of collecting and teaching them such lessons as would advance and elevate them in life. He was a member of the Junior Anti-Slavery Society, and was interested in other associations having for their object the amelioration of the condition of the human family.

In the spring of 1841 he was married to Ellen, daughter