as a testimony for him and his service in the church of Christ; wherein he hath been a worthy and blessed instrument in the hand of the Lord, both in his ministry and conversation, and hath always sought the prosperity of the blessed truth, and peace and concord in the church of Christ; and hath walked amongst us in all humility, godly sincerity, and true brotherly love, to our great refreshment and comfort. Who hath, with much labor and great travail, on all occasions endeavored the defence of truth against its opposers, and the preservation of true unity and good order in the church of Christ. So, in the unity of the one Eternal Spirit, which is the bond of true peace, we take our leave of him with earnest breathings and supplications to the great God, whom the winds and seas obey, that He would mercifully be pleased to go along with him, and conduct him by the angel of his divine presence to his desired port, and preserve him to the end of his days, and in the end that he may receive an immortal crown, and be bound up in the bundle of life amongst them that have turned many to righteousness, who shine. as the sun in the firmament of God's eternal power, forever and ever, amen."

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XXV.

HE Canterbury was three months on the voyage to Philadelphia. James Logan, in a letter to William Penn, Jr., the only surviving son of Gulielma Penn, gives an account of his father's reception. James Logan was William Penn's secretary as well as steadfast friend and wise counsellor. He was a high-toned gentleman, too unbending in his integrity to be universally popular. He had a fine mind, and was devoted to literary and scientific tastes and pursuits. He became Secretary of the Province, for some time President of the Council, and afterwards Chief Justice.

David Lloyd, who is referred to in the letter, was a Friend, a man of ability as a lawyer, of good private character, but a persistent disturber of the peace in the councils of the province, and, as the professed upholder of popular rights, was an unscrupulous leader of weaker minds in opposition to the proprietary and the best measures of the government.

Colonel Quarry was a member of the Church of England, the admiralty judge appointed by the Crown, and therefore independent of the proprietary. He was his pertinacious opponent for a long time. He disliked his views in regard to war, the use of oaths, and the position in Pennsylvania of the Established Church of England, and, as a leading member of a party which sympathized

with him, gave great annoyance to William Penn and his friends.

James Logan to William Penn, Jr.

"PHILADELPHIA, Seventh month, 25th, 1700. "The highest terms I could use would hardly give you an idea of the expectation and welcome that thy father received from the most of the honester party here. Friends generally concluded that after all their troubles and disappointments, this province now scarce wanted anything more to render it completely happy. The faction that had long contended to overthrow the settled constitution of the government received an universal damp, yet endeavored what mischief they could by speaking whispers, that the proprietary could not act as governor without the king's approbation, and taking an oath as obliged by act of Parliament; but that in a great measure soon blew over. Colonel Quarry, judge, and John Moore, advocate of the admiralty, the two ringleaders, went down to the water-side among the crowd to receive the Governor at his landing, who not seeming to regard the very submissive welcome they gave him, and taking notice of an old acquaintance that stood by them, expected nothing but almost as open hostility from the proprietary as they were at before with Colonel Markham, especially having heard that copies of Colonel Quarry's letters to the admiralty at home against the Governor were also brought over.

Directly from the wharf the Governor went to his deputy's, paid him a short formal visit, and from thence, with a crowd attending, to meeting, it being about three o'clock on First-day afternoon, where he spoke on a double

account to the people, and praying, concluded it; from thence to Edward Shippen's, where we lodged for about a month.

"For two or three days the Governor seemed to admire at Colonel Quarry's distance, and perceiving that he was not like to come pay a civil visit as might be expected, sent me to him with an inviting compliment, with which he presently complied, and entered into a very familiar conversation with the Governor, who endeavored to make it appear that he would treat all parties with equal civility and regard in this province that were not directly injurious to him; confessed he believed there was occasion given for the complaint that went home; blamed the mal-administration of affairs in some particulars relative to the king, and resolved to have a hearing of the whole matter before himself and council. The two persons chiefly struck at by Quarry was the Lieutenant-Governor, and David Lloyd, Attorney-General; a man very stiff in all his undertakings, of a sound judgment and a good lawyer, but extremely pertinacious and somewhat revengeful. He, at that time, was one of the council, and those mighty wrongs that had been put on the king coming to be debated there, David resolutely defended all that had been done, and too highly opposed the Governor's resolution of composing all by mildness and moderation, and reconciling all animosities by his own intervention, which he thought the only advisable expedient to put an end to those differences that had cost him so much trouble. This soon created some small misunderstanding. Several of the most noted Friends were involved more or less in David's business, and though troubled at his stiffness, yet wished him in

the right, because the most active enemy and assiduous counsellor against the other party, who on all occasions would be glad, they thought, of their utter ruin. His obstinacy the Governor could by no means brook; he could not but think there was more deference and consideration due to his character and station. The other knew not what it was to bend, he was engaged in the cause, and would stand or fall by it, offering to plead it at Westminster Hall. But the Governor, who was most sensible of the pulse of the court and affairs in general at home, knew this course would never take, and therefore was sometimes warm enough to inveigh highly against past proceedings, not sparing several in express words that were concerned in them, and laying open in large discourse what would be the consequence if they took not some more effectual ways to satisfy superiors at home, who, perhaps, would be very well pleased with any occasion, by whatsoever hand administered, to wrench the government out of the proprietor's hands and throw it on the king.

"Friends' love to the Governor was great and sincere; they had long mourned for his absence and passionately desired his return. He, they firmly believed, would compose all their difficulties and repair all that was amiss."

At a meeting of the council, William Penn said to them:

"FRIENDS:-Though this be a colony of nineteen years' standing, and not inferior to any of its age and establishing, yet we have much to do to make a free constitution and the courts of justice therein. There are in it some