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Cedars, 5th mo 29th 1884

Our meeting today was not large
but all present seemed to have a
pleasant time, though we all
regretted that so many of our members
were compelled to be absent.

The first piece read by M. S.
Hallowell was about Temperance.
and recommended the use of
hot milk in place of stimulants
in sickness.

E. G. Thomas gave the following
extract from H. W. Beecher's lecture
"There are many trials in life
which do not seem to come from unwisdom
or folly. They are silver arrows shot
from the bow of God and fixed
inextricably in the quiescence heart.
They are to be borne. They were not
meant like snow or water, to
melt as soon as they stick. But
the moment an ill can be
patiently borne, it is disarmed
of its poison though not of its
pain.

C. S. Moore read a sketch of
the last days of Thomas
Foulks of Swarthmore College.