remains of the Afflictions of Christ, and in labouring for the good of the Church: after which I requested my Nurse to apply warmth to my feet, and I revived,' and the Next Night, feeling a weighty exercise of Spirit, and having a solid Friend2 seting up with me I requested him to write what I said, which he did, as follows da mo "4: 1: 1770, about five in the morning. I have seen in the "Light of the Lord, that the day is approaching, when the man "that is the most wise in human policies, shall be the greatest "fool; and the Arm that is mighty to support injustice shall be "broken to pieces: the Enemies of righteousness shall make a "terrible rattle, and shall mightily torment one another; for He "that is omnipotent is riseing up to judgment, and will plead "the cause of the Oppressed: and he commanded me to open the "vision." Near a week after this feeling my mind livingly opened I sent for a neighbour who at my request wrote as follows: 3 "The place of prayer is a precious habitation, for I now saw that "the prayers of the Saints was precious Incense: and a Trumpet "was given me, that I might sound fourth this Language; that the "Children might hear it, and be invited to gather to this precious "habitation, where the prayers of Saints as precious incense ariseth "up before the Throne of God & the Lamb I saw this habitation to In the Larger Account Book, written in by John Woolman himself upon his recovery, is the following memorandum, with a date that places the incident at this point: "3 of the 1 mo. 1770. In the Morning. I had Been for Ten Hours or more that I thought Death was upon me. I Once Closed my Eyes and waited to know if I might now be Delivered out of this Bodey: But I looked at the Church and I was moved for Her: and I was held Fast and perceived that I might Remain Some longer in the Bodey, in filling up that which Remains of the Afflictions of Christ, and in Speaking Some Words to the Church." This was the first draft of the paragraph. This is also first copied into the Larger Account Book, which has served so many purposes. It is in the handwriting of the "solid Friend," and ends with the signature of the witness;-"Pronounced by John Woolman and written by me, Caleb Carr." 65 The passage has been much edited. With this is a word or two-"In human policies men are wise to do Evil as exprest by the prophet." The text in Revelations, viii, 1, is thus quoted: "and the 7th. Seal was opened and for a Certain time there was Silence in Heaven. And I saw an Angel with a golden Censer & he offered with it incense, with the prayers of the Saints, and it rose up before the Throne." Later, a pen was drawn through the quotation, probably because of its inaccuracy. A week after this, was written the separate memorandum as to the use of silver vessels, which is given in full in the Introduction. "be safe, to be inwardly quiet, when there was great Stirings and "commotions in the world. "Prayer at this day in pure resignation is a precious place. The "trumpet is Sounded, the Call goes forth to the Church, that She "gather to the place of pure inward prayer; and her habitation is "safe." At this point, on page 221, ends the folio manuscript (A) of the Journal, in John Woolman's own hand. From this paragraph this text follows the original manuscripts of the Journal of the Voyage, and in England, now at Swarthmore College, Pa. These have been copied into the folio, which thus contains the complete narrative as used for publication by Joseph Crukshank. They are in the handwriting of John Woolman's great grandson, according to his own memorandum, which occurs here: "What follows in this book is copied from the original Manuscripts in John Woolman's own handwriting. Samuel Comfort." The space upon page 223, however, is taken up with John Woolman's autograph account of a dream, which has been given at length in the Introduction. Here also occur copies of the two letters which have been already quoted in their chronological connection, embodied heretofore in the Journal at this point solely because, for convenience, Woolman used the blank leaves which followed his Journal. The Journal of the Voyage is a small blue paper covered pamphlet, originally of forty six pages, but with insertions, some of them left blank. It is a handy pocket form, measuring four and a half by six and a half inches, and has been repaired and stitched together, although still largely in its original condition. Samuel Comfort's re-numbering of pages may be traced by the use of more modern ink. They correspond to the paging in John Comly's edition of 1837, in which he had Samuel Comfort's assistance.1 On the outside of the book is a note by the editors: "All in this book printed in England." Woolman himself notes "46 1 See Introduction. pages" and writes, "John Woolman's Journal of his Voiage to England, from 1. 5mo. 1772 to the 7th. 6mo." The second page contains a row of figures referring to the days of the week and the corresponding days of the calendar, beginning with “7th. day the 16th." The first forty six pages contain the Voyage, ending with the charge to Sophia Hume.110 1 The next twenty two, with the account of the English tour, have been added. Nine blank leaves follow, and the next twenty two pages contain memoranda, a copy of letter, three and a half pages of description, written "At the house of Thomas Priestman, &c.," notes for the Essays, written in England, and Aaron Smith's memorandum, &c. There are 108 pages altogether, eighteen of which are blank, stitched into the middle of the book. This is the manuscript from which the concluding pages of the Journal have been taken. A copy was made at York, after Woolman's death, and the original was then sent by the hand of Samuel Emlen, to his family in America. The copy is still at Almery Garth, York, the house where Woolman died. Through the kindness of the owner, the late Malcolm Spence, the manuscript, now in possession of his sister, has been photographed and placed at the editor's disposal for collation. The letter to Reuben Haines 51 embodies the text of these manuscript notes, and is a verbatim copy, with valuable additions, by William Tuke.68 1 See p. 303. |