USA > Indiana > Memorials of deceased friends who were members of Indiana Yearly Meeting : published by direction of the Yearly Meeting > Part 2
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9
22
JOSEPH CLOUD.
gracious to me; and that judgment I did rejoice to feel when I had trangressed; experience now having taught me, that through judgment sin was taken away. I can truly say, that I was willing to do the best I could in this as well as other matters; but the work that I was called to appeared to be of so great importance, that I was afraid that by some of my con- duct, the truth, or the cause of God, which was very near my life, might be evilly spoken of; but still my God called for obedience.
" One day as I sat in a meeting, my exercises re- turned with weight, and a few words of the goodness of the Lord to my soul rested heavily on my mind, which to deliver was a great cross to me; but my Master was merciful, and he helped me. How I came on my feet I hardly knew; but in much fear and trembling a few words fell from my lips. Now the peace that flowed in my soul is past my describing ; and I felt thankfulness of heart that I had been en- abled in some measure to fulfill my duty, there being so great a difference between feeling stillness and peace of soul-a love flowing in my heart to God and man, and that of feeling horror, vexation, and judg- ment, which I had felt before for cowardice. The work of the ministry being of so great concernment; the honor of God-the good of mankind-the peace and advancement of our own souls-seem all to be so nearly concerned, that those who do minister have need to be diligent in themselves to live near to God
1
23
JOSEPHI CLOUD.
by his spirit, that they may be favored with the mind of wisdom, to open to them the states of the people to whom they minister. When there is a leaning to our own wisdom or understanding in this important work, it brings death and darkness on the minds of the people, which is wounding to the cause in which we are engaged.
"Notwithstanding the peace and stillness which my soul possessed, together with a hearty resolution never to be disobedient again to so gracious a Lord and Master, when the time came that my Master called for obedience in the like concernment, the cross was very great to me ; but the remembrance of my former transgressions, accompanied with a fear of again trans- gressing against such a gracious and merciful God, were such that in much fear I stammered out a few sentences again, which afforded sweet consolation to my mind.
"In these exercises I can truly say that I was dis- posed to do the will of God according to the little knowledge received ; but for want of keeping enough in the true humility and watchfulness my zeal and love abated : in which state I was much lost to the presence of Him whom my soul had loved above all changeable things, so that I was brought to doubt when the Lord was pleased to afford my soul a ray of light; and a thought arose whether this was not of the enemy, to disturb my mind. But as my mind was favored, with a degree of stillness, I remembered that
1
الجوية بوشادية
24
JOSEPH CLOUD.
it made the like impressions as in the day of my first visitation; namely, to reprove for sin ; which merciful visitation I was made willing to close in with, and again to renew my covenant with God, who is a cove- nant-keeping God, and leaves none that dedicate the whole heart to him. But when other beloveds take too much place in the heart, his Holy Spirit withdraws from us, and leaves us in a state of darkness-which I have often felt, yet, magnified be his adorable good- ness, whose rod hath been my great preserver, that I am favored with a grain of faith, by which I have a heart to praise him for the continuation of his favors to my soul."
He does not state his age at the time of those ex- ercises, neither in what part of the country he then lived. It appears that he removed from Pennsylvania shortly after his marriage and settled within the limits of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting in North Carolina; whether he was living there at the time we know not. But continuing under the forming hand of Almighty Goodness, he grew in his gift, and became an able minister of the gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ ; eminently favored with the demonstration of the spirit and power to accompany his public testi- monies.
While a member of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, and between the years of 1794 and 1801 he was con- cerned to travel much; visiting, in gospel love, and with the concurrence of his friends at home, most of
1
25
JOSEPH CLOUD.
the meetings of Friends then on this continent, and very often holding meetings among those of other re- ligious denominations, frequently where Friends had never been before. In many of these, he was favored with power from on high to preach the gospel to the edification and tendering of many minds. In the year 1800, traveling in Truth's service in the State of Kentucky, and going from one place to another holding meetings, he came to Washington, in Mason county, where having a meeting, and hearing of a Friend who lived a few miles from the town (probably the only family of Friends living in that State), he went to see him ; and being informed of a few fami- lies of Friends living on the Little Miami River, in the Northwestern Territory, as it was then called, now the State of Ohio, he concluded he must visit those parts. The Friend at whose house he then was, ac- companied him as far as the town of Waynesville,* where our friend observes in the account he kept of his travels : " We had three solid, humbling, consoling meetings, wherein Truth arose to the tendering of many hearts. May the praise be ascribed to the Almighty Author of all our mercies !" These meet- ings, with some he held on his way hither, appear to
* The first meeting for worship settled within the limits of Indi- ana Yearly Meeting was at this place, and was called Miami, as also the first Preparative, Monthly, and Quarterly Meetings. The Monthly Meeting was first held in the Tenth month, 1803.
W -
26
JOSEPH CLOUD.
have been the first that were ever held by any Friend within the limits of Indiana Yearly Meeting ; no meet- ing at that time being settled in any part thereof or even held by indulgence.
In 1801 he obtained the concurrence of his friends to pay a religious visit to Friends and others in England, Ireland, etc., and embarked at New York for Liverpool, where he arrived on the 26th of the Third month, 1802. After visiting some meetings in England, he took passage for Ireland, and arrived at Dublin on the 27th of the Sixth month following. In attending the meetings there he speaks of having close work in some of them "in searching out the hidden works of dark- ness." Thence traveling to several places, he makes the following observations :
" There has taken place, in this part of the world, a libertine spirit, or something of deistical principles, and many have left the society and turned back to the gratifications of their own minds; this being the consequence of living in formality and not being ex- perienced in the faith that overcomes the world, or not enough abiding under the direction thereof, that when trials come, their foundation being on the sand, they totter, and sometimes fall."
Passing from one meeting to another, he frequently makes mention of " the hidden works of darkness ; the mystery of iniquity," etc. We think it right to make the following extracts from the accounts he left of his travels, more particularly on account of his being there
1
27
JOSEPH CLOUD.
very shortly after the separation of many of the mem- bers from our Society, in that country, in which there appears to be a striking similarity to what has latterly befallen the Society in many parts of the United States of America.
"Being at Garryroign," he says, "my mind was led to search out the mystery of iniquity in a very singu- lar manner; and to bring into view the deceptions of the enemy, in which the minds of mankind are de- ceived ; also to hold out to them the way and the means by which all might be brought back and re- stored into the simplicity of the Truth. A seed of infidelity hath taken place in Ireland, in which, to appearance, many valiants have fallen, or been swept away in the stream of separation or self-exaltation."
At Lurgan, he makes this observation :
" The state of society is very low in these parts, many being gone into more freedom than truth allows : having attained to such a degree of perfection in them- selves, that they say it is but a lifeless form from which they have separated themselves. The minis- ters and elders are the principal leaders in this busi- ness; by which a wonderful desolation hath taken place. 'Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.'-1 Cor. x, 12. I am well assured that had this been the case, there would not have been such a desolation among us, as a religious Society, in this part of the land; in which the enemy hath pre- vailed so far, as, with the sweep of his tail, to cast
28
JOSEPHI CLOUD.
down many who have been as stars in the firmament of Almighty Power.
" Being at Lisburn, and feeling a draft of mind to return to the Monthly Meeting held at Grange, which was twenty-six miles back, I attended thereto. It appeared to be a very searching time in which the works of darkness seemed to be brought into view and reproof was administered, as also encouragement to some, whose minds seemed to sink under the prev- alence of wrong things. A spirit of revolting hath taken place in this part of the world, in which many are taken and led away from the love of the brother- hood.
"Staying there on First-day, it proved to be a day of as close labor as I have most ever known. The abomination of desolation, and the deceit of the devil, propagated by the children of men, under sanction of the liberty of the spirit of God, are endeavoring to abolish all order or government in the church; by which many are deceived, and led to separate from the body of Friends."
After traveling about three months in Ireland, he sailed for Scotland, and continued in the discharge of his duty, until he had visited nearly all the meetings of Friends in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and also had many meetings with those not of our Society.
In some towns he felt drawn to declare the Truth, or preach in their public streets and markets; which
.
.
5
وط القالحاج
29
JOSEPH CLOUD.
as he attended to, he was favored with the Lord's helping hand to carry him through to his own peace, and the instruction and satisfaction of the people.
Having spent two years and some months in those countries, and feeling himself clear of the weight of exercise which had long rested on his mind, he em- barked for his native land, and arrived at New York in the Ninth month, 1804. After attending a few meetings in that city, he went to Philadelphia, and visited all the meetings in that city and some in the neighborhood, then attended Baltimore Yearly Meet- ing, also some meetings within its limits, on his way home, where he arrived in peace of mind in the Eleventh month following.
Hle again felt it his duty carly in the next year to visit some of the meetings in his own State (North Carolina), and also some in Virginia. Having the concurrence of his Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, he attended thereto, and returned home in the Eighth month, 1805. In the autumn of the same year, he removed and settled in the compass of this meeting, where he continued to reside the remainder of his use- ful life. He traveled no more in Truth's service, fur- ther than to fulfill the appointments which he was under in the church.
He was a man of good natural abilities, though very little improved by school education ; yet such was the depth of his religious experience, and attainments in the school of Christ, through the qualifying influence 4
L
30
JOSEPH CLOUD.
of the grace of God in his own heart, that he was fitted and prepared for much usefulness in the church; in which it may be said that he stood a faithful father and pillar, favored in a good decree with clearness in discerning spirits.
For several years of the latter part of his life he labored under much weakness of body, which gradu- ally increased upon him.
On Fourth-day of the week before his decease, he attended meeting for the last time and was enabled to bear a very lively public testimony therein.
He was confined to his bed about ten days, in which he appeared to be favored with a peaceful stillness, and quietly departed this life at his own house, in Warren county, in the State of Ohio, about three miles from Waynesville, on the 24th of the Seventh month, 1816, in the seventy-fifth year of his age; and was interred in Friends' burying-ground at this place.
In addition to the preceding testimony, we think it proper to state, for the sake of general information, that at the time of the decease of this our dear friend, there were so many among us as then in membership, to whom his plain and honest dealing had given of- fense, that it was not thought expedient, at that time, to offer any memorial. And it is worthy of remark, that most of these have since become the followers of Elias Hicks ; and have been disowned by us for openly seceding from the doctrines of the Christian religion,
1
.
1
1
-
1
ח
الا صلية الـ
31
JOSEPII CLOUD.
as uniformly professed and believed by the Society of Friends, from its rise to the present day; denying that the effects of the fall of our first parents ex- tended beyond themselves-the existence of a spirit- ual adversary separate from man-denying the divin- ity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ-discarding the doctrine of atonement-setting at nought the pro- pitiatory sacrifice which Christ made of himself with- out the gates of Jerusalem for the sins of the whole world-not owning him in his offices of Mediator, In- tercessor, and Advocate with the Father: these are doctrines which have been dear and precious with all pious Christians who have lived since that awful period when our Lord said, "It is finished !" when the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and rocks were rent, and graves were opened ; many of whom scaled with their blood their testimony to the truth of these, and their faith in Him who had thus condescended to be made a sin offering for them.
It is well remembered by some of us, that those offices of Christ, and the offering of himself a sacri- fice on Calvary's mount, was a theme which our departed friend, in his public testimonies among us, often dwelt upon with fervor; quoting, on these points, more particularly from the Epistle to the Hebrews.
32
CALEB HARVEY.
CALEB HARVEY.
Testimony of Springfield Monthly Meeting, Ohio, con- cerning CALEB HARVEY, deceased.
OUR beloved friend Caleb Harvey was born in Orange county and State of North Carolina, on the 21st of the Twelfth month, 1776, of religious parents, and who were members of the Society of Friends. Ilis father dying when he was but a child, his educa- tion, with that of several other children, devolved upon his mother ; by whose pious care he received a guarded education, and was trained to industry and useful business ; having entered into marriage, he soon after removed to the State of Ohio, and settled within the part which is now Clinton county, and was among the early settlers in this part of the western country.
lle was a man of an open and cheerful disposition of mind, endowed with a good understanding and en- gaging manners, which caused him to be extensively known and much esteemed; and having in a good degree witnessed an overcoming of the love of the world, and experienced a sanctification of spirit by the renewing and transforming operation of divine grace, he was through life enabled to render extensive and acceptible service in the church.
Ile was a diligent attender of meetings, weighty
ичего ждет
33
CALEB IIARVEY.
and exemplary therein ; as an overseer and an elder he was serviceable, discharging his duty with vigilance and zeal, and yet with tenderness; being solicitous to cherish the germs of life in the returning penitent, but sharp in reproving the refractory, and in warning the lukewarm, and in his labors was a firm supporter of our salutary discipline.
Ile was appointed a member of the Committee on Indian Civilization by Ohio Yearly Meeting soon after the commencement of that concern in said meeting, and upon the establishment of Indiana Yearly Meet- ing at Whitewater, in the year 1821, the subject of Indian civilization was introduced and a committee appointed to co-operate with Ohio and Baltimore Yearly Meetings: (their labors being directed more particularly to those of the Shawnee tribe on the re- servation at Waughpaughkonnetta within the char- tered limits of the State of Ohio), he was at this meeting again appointed a member of that commit- tee; he continued to labor in the prosecution of the concern with zeal and Christian philanthropy, often visiting Friends' establishment at Waughpaughkon- netta, to advise and assist in endeavoring to amelio- rate the condition of the Indians. Ile also corres- ponded with other Friends and with committees of the other Yearly Meetings by writing relative thereto, in all which he conducted himself in a manner as we be- lieve becoming his profession, and the cause in which the Society has been engaged, holding the sentiment
£
34
CALEB HARVEY.
that Indian civilization is not impracticable, if pur- sued with diligence and energy, especially if govern- ment should continue to those people a fostering care, and that indulgence which would enable benevolent societies engaged on their behalf to complete their views.
In the arduous labor of attending to the concerns of the general state of society, and in the duties of the Meeting for Sufferings many can bear testimony to his usefulness ; being a fellow-laborer in the impor- tant concerns in which Friends have been engaged, "carnestly to contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints," and to stand in defense of the Gospel.
Ilis last sickness took place the latter part of the Eleventh month, 1830, which at first was thought by his family and friends only to be a severe cold, but it proved to be a fever. About eight days before his departure, some friends called to see him, and were sitting quietly in the room. He remarked that amidst his bodily afflictions it was a comfort to his mind to feel a firm reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ as a Saviour that would never deceive him, and the nearer he approached an awful eternity the more firmly he felt an establishment in the faith and hope of the gospel ; and that Jesus Christ was the only Saviour. He then adverted to several suitable passages of Serip- turo proving his eternal divinity-his propitiatory sacri- fice upon the cross for the sins of the world, adding-
1
£
ابن الجوزاج ملالسلاحرا
البا طنة :٥٠٠١٦ جم
35
ANNA LINDLEY.
" That in that awful time of conflict, under which, without a change, his bodily constitution soon must sink, he felt him to be an all-sufficient Saviour ; and that he dare not make any separation between Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ the Saviour of the world."-John iv, 42. Acts iii, 6.
On the evening of the 12th day of the Twelfth month, 1830, he departed this life, laying down his head in peace, and, as we believe, entering into rest with the Lord.
1914053
ANNA LINDLEY.
A Testimony of Blue River Monthly Meeting of Friends, concerning ANNA LINDLEY, deceased.
SHE was born in Wayne county, North Carolina, the 7th day of the Fourth month, 1797. Her parents, Joseph and Sarah Arnold, were Friends in good es- teem. As she yielded obedience to divine instruction in her youthful days, she witnessed a growth and ad- vancement in the life of true religion ; and, through its powerful operations, became a useful and exemplary member in the church.
In the year 1824, she removed with her parents, and settled within the limits of this meeting. Soon after which, the doctrines of Elias Hicks were dissem- inated in these parts ; and on reading the first volume
L
1
36
ANNA LINDLEY.
of his sermons, she gave way to doubts concerning some of the essential doctrines of the Christian reli- gion, especially in regard to the divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and his propitiatory sacrifice on the cross for the sins of the world; which, as she afterward expressed, brought great darkness and deep distress over her mind. But as her prayers were of- fered up to the God and Father of all our sure mer- cies, Ile was pleased to show her the danger of such sentiments, and speak peace to her tried mind; for which she often expressed great thankfulness of heart. And when the separation took place in our meeting, she stood firm with Friends in the support of the doctrines of Christianity, and was very useful in dealing with those that went off in the separation.
In the Eighth month, 1826, she was married to Thomas Lindley, and entered into the cares of a fam- ily, and proved herself well qualified for such a charge; her deportment and conversation being grave and solid, yet affable and instructive, which much endeared her to her family and friends. She was a lover of the Holy Scriptures, and in the daily practice of reading a portion thereof to her family, convened for that purpose ; and near her close, expressed thankfulness that she had been faithful therein. Adding, "I have often felt the cross in it, but by attending thereto, I have expe- rienced peace of mind ; and I believe it has been one great means of preservation to me."
In the year 1830, she was attacked with a linger-
١٢٠
37
-
ANNA LINDLEY.
ing disease, which caused much bodily affliction dur- ing the remainder of her life, which she bore with resignation and Christian fortitude. And, notwith- standing her bodily infirmity, she frequently attended our meetings, expressing she never felt better than when assembled for divine worship, in which she some- times expressed a few words to the edification of her friends.
During her illness she often appeared in supplica- tion, and uttered many weighty expressions, which we believe may be useful to posterity-and which are in substance as follows :
When some Friends called to see her, she expressed, " What a great consolation, that I can now look to my Saviour as one that is not only man, but the Mighty God, also, who is able to save all that come unto Him with an everlasting salvation. And blessed be his holy name, I feel Him near in my present affliction." To her parents she said : "Several of our family are gone, and we have no reason to doubt their happiness ; I have only lived to a middle age, and believe I shall go next; yet I feel such sweet peace of mind, that 1 believe the change will be for the better, and I desire you to give me up freely, and not lament, but rather rejoice."
At another time she said, " I feel the prayers of my friends, sitting in silence around me, to the rejoie- ing of my heart." To her mother she said, " Thou has been a tender mother to me, for which I thank the
1
GUILLE m
=
38
ANNA LINDLEY.
Lord." A young Friend being about to take leave of her, she said, " Farewell ! I desire thee to walk in the ways of the Lord, for his yoke is easy and his burden light. I know the paths of youth are beset with many snares ; there are many ways to draw the ten- der mind from its Saviour. 'Be thou faithful in the little, and thou shalt be made ruler over much.' Re- member David's advice to his son Solomon : 'My son know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind : if thou seek him, he will be found of thec; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever !' My dear, I de- sire thou shouldst live in the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom."
Twenty-first of the Fifth month, 1832, suffering under extreme pain, she said she should not recover, and desired to be resigned to her Master's will. Twenty-second she seemed sensible her end was near; and desired that everything relating to her interment should be plain and simple. Twenty-third in the morning, after laying still some time, she broke forth in supplication, in the following manner : " My de- pendence is on thee, O glorious Father! if it be con- sistent with thy holy will, cut short thy work in mercy, and relieve this poor suffering body, that I may pass from works to rewards, though not my will but thine be done."
In the evening, several Friends being present, she was drawn in love toward them, and favored to give
T
39
ANNA LINDLEY.
much pertinent counsel, especially to the young peo- ple, saying, "It is a great relief to my mind, that I am favored with strength to express myself to my friends." After which she requested her step-daugh- ters to come and sit by her, saying, "My dear chil- dren, you have been good to me; and I have en- deavored to bring you up in plainness, and to reading the Holy Scriptures, in which I desire you to con- tinue. Do not be led away by the vain fashions of the world, as they cannot avail you anything in that awful day which is approaching ; but choose the Lord for your portion, and the God of Jacob for the lot of your inheritance."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.