Chinese books, &c. Notice of W. Gamble's labors in Cotton crop. Notice of the injury to the, in N. Carolina | Dress.
preparing type, &c., for, 365. 410. 415.
by a minute insect, 402.

Resolutions of the Presbyterian General Assem-Crab. On the use of powdered, as medicine in Russia,

bly reprobating recent violence against the,
on the Pacific coast, 407.

Christ by his light appears to every man.

Comments
on the fundamental doctrine that, 6. 86. 103.
109. 111. 127. 348. 356. 410. 415.
On the true ground of hope in, 49.
Dying testimony of William Williams to the
gospel of, 61.

On the self-denial involved in becoming like, 77.
came not to save men in, but from their sins, 97.
On the work of, in the world, before His visible
appearance in the flesh, 106.
The faith in the history of, outwardly, without
obeying his Light, a poisonous doctrine, 109.
the quickening spirit, 123.

is the author and finisher of our faith, and the
mediator, 156.

On the belief of Friends in regard to the spiritual
body and blood of, 223.

The headship of, in his church oct at naught by
a hired ministry, 230.

On ministering to, in the relief of suffering, 285.
The inward voice of, to be waited for and obeyed,
293.

Testimony to the divinity of, 363.

O! that people would receive, into their hearts,
374.
Christians are to avoid all “questionable” amusements,
26.

The cause of religion involved in the example
of, before the world, 302.

The early, disapproved of images, 389.
Christian mothers should make a stand in regard to
certain kinds of dress, 207.

Christmas. Reasons given by The American, of Wash-
ington, against the observance of, 173.
Christianity is not a historical belief only but obedience
to the Light, 109.

Christianized. On becoming thoroughly, 141.
Caprch. On the hope of a revival in the, 11.

Gifts of money often work injury to the, 412.
Church and state. Notice of wars, &c., arising from a
union of, 214.

Christy James of Ireland. Anecdote relating to, 140.
Churchman John. Anecdotes of, 348.
Choosing yet not choosing Dartled, 141.
gned by The Christian
Advocate for the non-attendance of, 14.
Clarkson Thomas. On the early efforts of, against
slavery, 92.

Cider. On the percentage of alcohol in, 222.
Clock. A curious, 399.

Cloths. Notice of an extensive collection of ancient
woollen and cotton, 271.

Coal mines. Improved method of blasting in, to pre-
vent explosions, 358.

Coan Titus. Extracts from a memorial volume of, pre-
pared by his widow, 236.

Cocoa-nut fibre. On the use of, as a protection to ma-
sonry, 46.

Cocoaine. On the properties and uses of, &c., 358.
Coggeshall Elizabeth. Incidents connected with the
ministry of, 67.

College morals. Reports in reference to, 231.

hazing discouraged at Princeton, Ñ. J., 238.
Collins Comfort. Remarkable testimony to the gospel
borne by, in advanced age, 61.
Collins Micajah. Memoirs of (continued from vol.
lviii. p. 410) 1. 9. 17. 25. 33. 41.

An account of the triumphant close of, 42.
Poetical tribute of respect to, written by a clergy-
man, 60.

Color blindness. Instance of, 13.

Colored people. Legal decisions on the rights of, in
New Jersey, 271.

Common sense. On the value of, 74.
Communion. On the true doctrine respecting the, 66.
Consumption. On the hygienic treatment of pulmo-
nary, 118.

Contentment. On a spurious, 68.
Conversation. On guarding well the tongue in, 141.
On the importance of being entirely sincere in
our, 404.

Coolies. Observations on the gentle and Christian-like
character of East Indian, 53. 68.
Cooper Richard, a colored Friend. Obituary notice of,
358.

Cope Samuel. Remarks on the character of the late, 45.
David. Anecdote of the late, 67. 148.

Coral islands of the Pacific. Observations on the, 26.
Corea. Notice of large lava-begs in, 118.

54.

Christian mothers should make a stand in refer-

ence to, 207.

Comments on temptations to which young girls
are exposed in the love of, 228.
Advice of Daniel Bowly to the young, to keep to
plainness of, 268.

A plea for simplicity and plainness in, 307.
Experience of a Methodist woman in assuming
a plainer, 308.

Advice of London Yearly Meeting, in 1747, in
regard to plainness of, 309.

Remorse of a dying girl in reference to, 310.
Drought. Notice of the effects of, in Java, 134.
Dusts. On the character and origin of the, observed on
certain oceans, 174.

On the dangers to health, from metallic, 182.
Duty. On the value of an exact performance of, 114.
On being faithful to small intimations of, 126.
On not being ashamed in the performance of,

205.

The calls of, often require courage to perform
them, 357.

Our highest, to do that which God gives us to
do, 397.

Ear-rings. The wearing of, a vestige of barbarism, 133.
Earth. Recent observations on the temperature of the,
at great depths, 61.

Notice of the inappreciable effect of meteors in
retarding the motion of the, 230.
Economist. A successful, 302.
Edgerton Joseph. Remarks of, on the necessity of
maintaining Yearly Meeting schools, under religious
concern, 116.

Education. What is? 293.
Editorial.-Comments on the silence of the General
Epistle of London Yearly Meeting of 1885 on the
fundamental doctrine of the Light of Christ, 6; Re-
marks in reference to the "Summary of Events," 7;
Agent appointed, 7. 111; Remarks on the blessedness
of experiencing the tendering visitations of Divine
grace, 14; On extending the circulation of "The

Dahl Endre. Biographical notice of, 108.
Davis Mary, of Dartmouth, Mass. Incidents connected
with the ministry of, 171.
Death. On the causes of sudden, 198.
Deaths.-Samuel Abbott, 96; Nathan Aaronson, 96;
Martha K. Bell, 23. 24. 131; Vincent Bowerman,
40; Franklin Henry Bell, 88; Ann E. Brown, 104;
William Bettle, 296; William H. Balderston, 368;
Ruth W. Bundy, 384; Joel Cook, 24; Phoebe Cron-
kite, 40; James M. Corse, M. D., 96; Benjamin J.
Crew, 144; Mifflin Cadwallader, 208; Aquilla Crew,
224; Druzilla Crew, 224; Sinah Cunard, 296; Robert
J. Cope, 384; Mercy Ann Cresson, 400; Evan Cooper,
416; Job Durnell, 8; Cornelius Douglass, 24; Harvey
Derbyshire, 296; Maria Leavens Ellsworth, 40;
Thomas D. Edgerton, 96; Joshua Embree, 112; Esther
H. Eldridge, 112; James Evans, 120. 128; William H.
England, 136; Meribah Evans, 232; Abner Eldridge,
408; James Edgar Edgerton, 336; Judith A. Futrell,
144; Jeremiah Foster, 176; Mary Fox, 208; Wil-
liam Garratt, 256; Anna S. Gruwell, 280; Ann E.
Gilbert, 328; Hannah Ann Griffith, 368; Thomas
C. Hopkins, 8; George Hughes, 8; Eli Hodgin, 24;
Sarah Haines, 40; Jane Hancock, 72; Ann B.
Hayes, 128; Jesse Hiatt, 128; Hannah Hutchinson,
192; Jane Hampton, 208; Elizabeth D. Hutchinson,
248; Anna W. Hastings, 288; Thomas M. Harvey, 312;
Deborah S. Hall, 416; Sarah S. Jones, 8; Robert Bar-Friend," 15; Remarks on the working of prohibitory
clay Jones, 328; Grace T. King 24: Rebecca W. Kay,
128; Rebecca Kaisan, 192; Mary Kaighn, 192; Eli
Karu, 204; Wilner P. Leeds, 32; David W. Lup-
ton, 56; Mehetabel J. Morris, 56; Mary Anna Ma-
comber, 160; Abigail Masters, 184; Mark Whitall
Miles, 192; Eliza A. E. Miles, 192; Ruth Maulsby,
216; Ann Marshall, 22; Elizabeth Macy, 312;
Asenath H. Mendenhall, 328; Martha V. Menden-
hall, 328; Isaac Moore, 368; Moses Mendenhall, 400;
William E. Newlin, 240; George Newhall, 256;
Amasa L. Negus, 264; Elton O. Newson, 376;
Asenath Peebles, 112; Ruth Parry, 152; Rebecca R.
Pusey, 184; Daniel Peckham, 208; Margaret Parker,
376; Henry Pyle, 416; Rachel E. Roberts, 88;
Samuel H. Roberts, 104; Elihu Roberts, 176; George
D. Reid, 312; Samuel B. Smith, 8; Julia Simkin,
48; Mary Stapler, 56; Lemuel Smith, 64; Mary E.
Spencer, 104; Susan B. Satterthwaite, 120; Gideon
G. Smith, 128; Lydia Shipley, 160; John Sharpless,
176; Mary K. Stanley, 272; Samuel Sheffield, 304;
Priscilla C. Sheppard, 344; William Tatnall, 200;
Elizabeth H. Thompson, 312; Elizabeth S. Thomas,
368; Elizabeth Thompson, 368; Lettice Thompson,
368; Lucy Wanzer, 80; Joel Wilson, 104; Clayton
Webb, 152; Sarah Webb, 152; Sarah L. Webster,
184; Louisa Willets, 200; Hannah F. Wood, 200;
Mary H. Whitall, 272; Rebecca Wistar, 288; Phoebe
P. Whitson, 360; Lydia Yearsley, 336.
Debt made visible, 278.

Deceivableness of unrighteousness. On the, 173.
Decoration day. Remarks on the incompatibility of
war with Christianity entitled, Thoughts for, 383.
Denmark. Notice of the discovery of small golden
boats of ancient manufacture in, 94.
Desert. On the, without water, 341.
Dewees Rebecca. Letters of, 180. 181.
Diamonds. On the difference in the hardness of, 6.
Difficulties. The overcoming of, a means of greater
strength, 157.

Dismal swamp of Virginia. Account of a recent visit
to the, 11.

Divorce laws of Penna. Notice of an effort to secure
more stringent, 263.
Divorces. An amendment to the Constitution advo-
cated to prevent, 415.

Dogs in Wyoming Territory. Notice of wild, 286.
Dream of Jeremiah Foster. A, 187.

A remarkable, of a little boy, 249.
Dreams. Instruction conveyed in, 20.
Dress. The testimony of plainness and simplicity in,
maintained by Mennonites, 151.

liquor laws in Iowa, 15; Remarks on the death and
character of the late Ulysses S. Grant, and the ex-
travagance displayed in outward tokens of mourning,
22; Remark: on the only place of safety for the Chris-
tian, 23; Renarks on the decease of Martha K. Bell,
23; Correction in reference to the death of Valentine
Meader, 23; Comments on the cause of spiritual cold-
ness and death in a meeting, 31; Remarks on a typo-
graphical error, 31; Notice of the recent visit of a
Friend to a remote settlement of Friends in O'Brien
County, Iowa, 38; Remarks on the laying down of
San José Monthly Meeting, Cal., by Honey Creek
Quarterly Meeting, and the unsoundness of members
of the latter meeting, 39; Comments on letters re-
cently received respecting the "Missionary Move-
ments" among Friends, 47; On the impartial enforce-
ment of the discipline among Friends in regard to
musical instruments, &c., 55; Remarks on the asper-
sion of the character of Friends by "The Christian
Worker," 63; Notice of Ohio Yearly Meeting Board-
ing School, 63; Comments on the recent action of the
Binns' body in Ohio, in refusing to reaffirm the doc-
trines of Friends on the subjects of Baptism and Com-
munion, 71; Account of the proceedings of Ohio
Yearly Meeting, 79; Correction of a date, 80; Com-
ments on the necessity of an open exposure of errors
among Friends, under the constrainings of gospel
love, 87; Notice of an appeal from Honey Creek
Quarterly Meeting to Iowa Yearly Meeting (larger
body), 87; Notice of pamphlet containing Acts re-
lating to Marriage, in force in Penna., 87; Comments
on some of the proceedings of the Western (larger
body) and Iowa (larger body) Yearly Meetings, 95;
Notice of "The Journal of Speculative Philosophy,"
95; Notice of Poems by Mary M. Miller, 95; Com-
ments on the proper conducting of meetings for dis-
cipline, 95; Comments on the doctrine of the uni-
versality of Divine grace, and its effects, 103; Cor-
rection of typographical errors, 103; Comments on an
attack on the doctrine of the Light of Christ, 111;)
Notice of remarks in a Methodist paper on hasty
utterances in meetings for worship, 111; Notice of
"Letters of a mother to a mother on childrens' teeth,"
119; Notice of letters received by the Editor, 119;
On the visitations of Divine grace, and the danger
there is of losing a good condition, 127; Comments
on the need at the present day of the advice given to
Friends by Stephen Crisp to beware of seducing
spirits, 135; Remarks on the murder of John Sharp-
less, 135; Remarks on bringing to public notice re-
ligious exercises and labors for the good of others,

Norway, 414.

Forests of the upper Amazon. Notice of water-paths
in the, 335.

Meeting, 399; Notice to subscribers in arrears, 399; Food. Unwholesome bread made of pine branches in
Remarks on practical difficulties in securing temper-
ance reform in New Jersey, 407; Remarks on the
death of Robert Smeal, Editor of The British Friend,
408; Notice of an appeal by the University of Pa. for
gifts of pamphlets, &c., 408; Reply to false charges
made by The Christian Worker respecting the holding
of Unitarian doctrines by Friends of Philadelphia
and "The Friend," 415.

Elders. On the appointment of, by Spiritual Chris-
tians in Russia, 390.

Electric lamps. Notice of the production and price of
carbon points for the, 189.

Electrical furnaces. On a new process for obtaining
aluminum, &c., by, 109. 270.
Electricity. On the dangers of, 5.

133.

Engineering. Notice of extreme accuracy in modern,

309.

143; Remarks on a communication from Joel Bean
respecting the charges against San José Monthly
Meeting, 143; Remarks on improving opportunities
in every day life for promoting the Truth, 151; Re-
marks on recent testimonies borne by several Yearly
Meeting against water-baptism, &c., 159; Reflections
on the iolent death of John Sharpless, 167; Notice
of a letter on the departure from Friends' principles
involv in the missionary movement," and re-
marks on becoming preachers of righteousness by
individual faithfulness, 175; Notice of a Pocket
Almanac for 1886, 175; On a proposal to allot the
Indian Reservations, and on the treatment of the In-
dians by the Government, 183; On the concern of
Friends in gard to the use of spirituous and intoxi-
cating drink among them, 190; Notice of "Early
Friends and Qutward Ordinances," by Thomas Kim- Masses of metals in houses a possible source of
ber, 191; Nothe of "A Brief Exposition," &c., of the
danger from lightning, 70.
doctrines of Friends, by Charles Perry, 191; Notice Suggestions in regard to the liability of certain
of the minute of the Meeting for Sufferings advising
trees to be struck by lightning, 126.
against the Womens' Foreign Missionary Association, A serious injury to a workman from, 190.
and comments on the principles involved, 198. 207. Elliott Nathan. Anecdotes of, 355.
335;
Notice of a circular of the Penna. Hospital re- Elmira Reformatory. Account of the, and its beneficial
specting a dispensary for mental disorders, 199; Com- effects, 74.
ments on an extract from the Life of Thomas à Encouragement. On the duty of extending proper,
Kempis, on taking credit for good works, 207; Notice
of "Religious Tests in Provincial Pennsylvania," by
C. J. Still, and the efforts of William Penn to abolish
them, 215 Notice of appeal on behalf of " the Female
Society of Philada. for the relief and employment of
the poor," 215; Notice of printed Selections from the
writings of William Penn, 215; Notice of "The posi-
tion of London and Dublin Yearly Meetings," &c., Epistle
eo. A. Milne (3rd edition), 215; Notice of
Floral Guide for 1886, 215; On the doctrine
iends respecting the spiritual body and blood of
st, 223; Notice of a proposed Local Option law
New Jersey, 223; On the views of the Society of
ends respecting the Sabbath, 231; Notice of "The
fession of Non-belief, issued by the Binns' Select
arly Meeting of Ohio, examined" by Charles El-
k, 239; Notice of a communication respecting
ssionary Associations, 239; Remarks on and ex-
cts from communications respecting temperance,
3; Remarks on recent public outrages against the
inese in this country, 247; Remarks on the practi-
nature of true religion, 255; Notice of a Scotch
ition of Barclay's Apology, 255; Notice of a cir-
lar proposing to raise money to pay for preaching,
d comments on the stumbling effects upon serious
quirers of such action by so-called "Friends," 263;
Notice of "The Baptism and the Supper of our Lord,"
263; Notice of a communication respecting the intro-
duction of two Local Option bills in the Legislature
of Ohio, 263; Remarks on a communication respect-
ing obituary notices, 271; Notice of "Early Physi- Evans Elizabeth. Incident connected with the minis-
cians of Philadelphia and its vicinity," by Dr. J. J. try of the late, 149.

England. On the proposed separation of church and
state in, 102. 127.

Observations in, during a ten weeks trip, 121.
129. 137. 145. 153.

to Titus recommended to be read by young
men. The, 277.

of London Yearly Meeting, in 1790, 291.
Episcopal Church. Disestablishment in England ad-
vocated by members of the, 1.27.

Discussion of peace principles, believed for the
first time, in the annual Congress of, 135.
Notice of recent "mission" meetings by, in New
York city, 167.

On the scandal to religion, by the sale of church
livings in the, 198.

The disestablishment of the, favored by many
members of Parliament, 239.
Eskimo. On the resemblance of the, to Chinese, 182.
Essay on the right authority and qualification for re-
ligious labor. Comments on a criticism of, 391.
Established church of Scotland. Proposal to make the
seats in places of worship of, free to all, 407.
Eye and the mind. Observations on the connection
between, 414.

Europe. A view of the religious condition of, 6.
The condition of, now described as one of arm-
ing and starving, 327.

Levick, 271; Remarks on the results of the recent Eyes. Remarks on mummy, 134.
conference in London respecting correspondence with Explosion of malt meal. Notice of, 198.

other Yearly Meetings, 279; Notice of a Memoir Explosive. Caustic lime used as a substitute for, 343.
of Mary Anna Longstreth," 279; Notice of practices

introduced into so-called "revival" meetings in some Faith. A true, controls the conduct, 133.
places, 287; Remarks on certain sound doctrinal

On the legal ground in the United States for the
observance of, as a day of rest, 143.

Protest against reading newspapers on the, 182.
The, not the Sabbath, 231.

On the, that worketh by love, 156.
views in lectures delivered by Joseph Cook in Boston, Falseness in every day life, 310.
295; Notice of the proposed holding of a Sanitary Farming in California, 316. 324.
Convention in Philada., 295; Account of the pro- Fault-finding often a measure of the worthlessness of a
ceedings of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 303;
man, 270.
Notice of "A History of Education in Pennsylvania," Female Society of Philada. for the relief and employ-
by Jas. P. Wickersham, 303. 310; Remarks on the ment of the poor. Appeal on behalf of the, 215.
interest manifested by younger Friends in the pro- Feudal and modern times. On the increased blessings
ceedings of the late Yearly Meeting, 319; On the at- of the present day, entitled, 21.
tendance of the Yearly Meeting by Friends from a Fidelity to conviction. The fruits of, 143.
distance, 319; Observations on the encouragement to First day of the week. Notice of new law prohibiting
trade labor in Vienna on the, 6.
Friends in their smaller meetings from the visits of
concerned members, 320; Remarks on rebuilding the
dwelling-house, &c., at Tunesassa, 320; Comments on
the reversal of Judge Proud foot's decision in refer-
ence to Friends' property in Canada, 327; Remarks
on recent strikes among workmen and on the Knights
of Labor, 343; True religion a practical work, 351;
Notice of recently published tracts, and remarks on Fires.
the service which may attend the distribution of re-
ligious publications, 359; Remarks on a protest lately
made against erecting statues of military men in
Philada, 359; On tampering with temptation, 367;
Notice of "The Old Testament Student," 368; Notice
of the proceedings of Dublin and London Yearly
Meetings, 375; Comments on the publication of Fish.
"Thoughts for Decoration day," 383; Comments on
a criticism of the Essay "On the right authority and
qualification for religious labor," 391; Notice of in-
structive paragraphs in a letter from a friend, 391; Fishery.
Notice of proceedings of New York Yearly Meeting,
392; Notice of the proceedings of Canada Yearly Food. Rose-pods used for, in Alaska, 358.

174.

Notice of the closing of liquor saloons in Phila.
on the, 343.

On the prevention of, by greater thoughtful-
ness, 270.

On the value of carbonic acid gas as an extin-
guisher of, particularly on vessels, 271.
Precautions to be observed in escaping from
burning buildings, 294.

On the danger of, from steam pipes, 302.
Notice of the sea-salmon caught in the Chesa-
peake bay, 61.

On the flying of the flying, 238.
Remarks on the cultivation of, 413.

On the injury to the shad, in certain places,

Fossilized wood. Notice of a vast accumulation of, in
Arizona, 366.

Fothergill Samuel. Extracts from, on the blessings of
| spiritual retirement, 4.

Fox George. On the source where the religious views
of, were derived, 284.

Maria, of Tottenham. Brief notice of the life
and religious labors of, 339.

On rightly understanding the Scriptures, 412.
France. Notice of the recent course of the Government
of, towards the Pope, 182.

Franklin Matthew. Account by, of the spiritual life
of Comfort Collins in very advanced age, 61.
Freedmen. Appeal on behalf of the, 148.

Free

Notice of Martha Schofield's labors among the,
at Aiken, S. C., 367.

Notice of the proceedings of Friends' Associa-
tion for the relief of, 367.

state of Congo. Account of the establishment of
Friends. Religious communications addressed to, 4.
11. 12. 13. 35. 36. 49. 58. 63. 66. 75. 90. 99.
114. 122. 123. 155. 173. 206. 213. 227. 242. 250.
277. 285. 301. 332. 346. 357.364.

On the state of the Society of, 30. 49. 87. 90. 159.
197. 213. 227. 228. 246. 250. 287. 346. 415.
Extract from Sarah [L.] Grubb, on the alarm-
ing state of the Society of, in England, in
1832, &c., 179. 189.

On the great responsibility resting on the Society
of, 4. 13.

Encouragement to, 51.

Comments on the silence of the London General

Epistle of 1885, on the fundamental doctrine
of obedience to the light of Christ, 2. 6.
Selections and reflections. respecting the princi-
ples and practices of, 4.

The doctrine of the light of Christ manifested to
every individual, fundamental to the Society
of, 6. 86. 103. 111. 135. 151. 157. 162. 206. 291.
356. 410.

On the fearful error of undertaking to deliver
the Society of, from its present low condition
by human wisdom, 12.

An exhortation to, by Christian Omundson, and
comments, 13.

Observations on the late spread of the principles
of, in Scotland, 30. 246.

On the causes of alarm to, respecting the Home
Mission movement, 37.

Minute of North Carolina Yearly Meeting against
the use of "ordinances" by, 38.

Minute of Baltimore Yearly Meeting against the
use of "ordinances" by, 143.
Comments on the above, 159. 196.

Notice of a new settlement of, in O'Brien Co.,
Iowa, 38.

Notice of the opening of a new meeting-house
by, at Paullina, Iowa, 415.

Hints to, relative to moderation, simplicity, and
contentment with little things, 44.
Testimony of John Smith of Marlborough, re-
specting, in the early settlement of Penna., 44.
Caln Quarterly Meeting of, Penna. Account of
a visit to, 45.

On the character and results of the "missionary
movement" among, 47. 70. 143. 159. 175. 198.
207. 335. 391.

On the impartial enforcement of the discipline
anong, in reference to musical instruments,
&c., 55.

On the doctrines of, respecting the communion,66.
On the danger to, of mixing in benevolent asso-
ciations, &c., with others, 67.

Result of faithfulness in a person convinced of
the principles of, 83.

On the doctrine of, respecting Christ's coming
both in flesh and spirit, 84.

On the necessity of the open exposure of error
among, in gospel love, 87.

On the doctrine of, in regard to ministry, 95. 205.
On the doctrine of, in regard to worship, 95. 148.
159. 301.

On the doctrine of, in regard to the Scriptures.
95. 138.

On the proper conducting of meeting
cipline of, 95.

The belief of, in the necessity of

God for the qualification to
prayer, 98.

1

Friends. On the advantage to, when isolated, of meet- Geology. Remarks upon, in connection with boulders, Health.
ing for Divine worship at home, 99.

A salutation of love to the aged members of the
Society of, 99.

Prediction of Joseph Hoag, delivered about 50
years ago, respecting, 100.

Notice of fossil fishes under trap at the Palisades,
Gentleman. Remarks on what
near New York, 342.
a, is
Gentleness. Try the force of, 412.

Prediction of Abigail Miller respecting the So-Germanium, a new metal. Notice of the discovery of,
not, 343.
ciety of, 228.

On the importance of maintaining schools for,
under religious concern, 116.

On the danger to, of an inordinate pursuit of
learning, 123.

On the importance of the guarded, religious edu-
cation of the children of, 127.

Western Quarterly Meeting of, Penna. Account
of a visit to, 138.

An address to, by Ruth Hustin (not a member),
139.

The reading of the Scriptures in meetings for
worship of, a disorganizing innovation, 142.
Notice of religious exercises in the Meeting for
respecting

Green sand of New Jersey. Observations on the origin,
&c., of the, 18.

Grubb Sarah. Part of a letter of, on religious experi-
ence, 5.

Sarah [L.] Remarks of, on the danger of an
inordinate pursuit of learning, 123.
Extracts from, on the alarming condition of the
Society of Friends in 1832, &c., 179. 189.
Guilt. Those who have experienced, and been re-
deemed therefrom, the fittest to preach a Saviour to
men, 260.

Guyon Jeanne Marie. Sketch of the life aad religious
character of 379. 387. 395. 402. 411.
Extract from the life of, 300.

Hall

Abigail W. Selections from the diary of, 369.
377. 385. 393. 401. 409.

Testimony of Goshen Monthly Meeting, Pa.,
Hallowell John. Extract from a testimony concern-
concerning, 369.
Happy. Those only who live to God
ing, 27.
Harkness David. Brief biographical notice of, 267.
are,
Hastings H. L. Notice of the imprisonment of, in
365.
Hat honor. Remarks on improving opportunities to
Boston, for preaching, 343.
Haverford College. Notice of the report of, for 1885,
explain the testimony of Friends against, 151.

206.

Hazing discountenanced at Lafayette College, Penna.,
271.

Head and heart religion. On, 90.
Healy Christopher. Incident connected with the
ministry of, 67.

Account of a religious visit of, to Hannah
Heathen. Remarks on the Christian-like character
Williams' school, 202.
of certain so-called, 53.

Caution expressed by John Churchman respect-
ing the neglect of week day meetings by, 365. | Health.
Account of the first settlement of, near Newton,
N. J., 371.

The religion of, instituted by Christ himself, 405.
Encouraging belief of the late Joseph Snowdon
in regard to the Society of, 406.
Unsound doctrines among, the result of a disre-
gard of the light of Christ, 410.

in N. Eastern N. Carolina. Remarks on visit-
ing, 410.

Remarks on recent misrepresentations of, 415.
Friends Institute. Annual report of, 206.
Friends Institute lectures. Notice of, 183.
Funerals. Sensible views with reference to, being the
directions of Judge A. H. Dunlevy, 147.

Holy Spirit. Remarkable instance of the operation | Intemperance. Resolutions of "Temperance Associa- Jews. Account of the early settlement of the, in Rome,
of the, in an Italian peasant, 371.
tion of Friends of Philadelphia" in favor of
local option law, 151.

I. Essay entitled, 299.

Icelanders in America. Notice of, 6..

Image worship and statue rearing. On, 389.

Images resorted to during eruptions of Etna and Ve-
suvius, 415.

Imagination. On restraining the, from wandering in
forbidden fields, 165.

Immoral prints. Notice of movements for the sup-
pression of, in France and England, 54.

India. Remarks on the unselfish and honest character
of the natives of, 68.

On the causes of the mutiny in, in 1857, 68.
Notice of progress among the natives of, 127.
Notice of the great mortality in, by famine, in
1876 and 1877, 250.

Notice of Pundita Ramabai's efforts to edu-
cate the women of, 262.

Account of native Christian believers in, 284.
Human sacrifices still made in, 295.

Notice of efforts in, to counteract Christian
teachings, 375.

Notice of a proposed association for supplying
medical aid to the women of, 383.
Incidents and reflections, 20. 27. 43.
Indian. Simile of an, respecting the Saviour, 54.
Indians of the upper Amazon. Account of the, 22.

Notice of the 16th annual report of the "Asso-
ciated Executive Committee of Friends" re-
lating to, 46.

Care of Friends in the early settlement of Penn-
sylvania not to sell rum to the, 78.

The reservations of the, are not prisons, 55,
Illustration of the way in which treaties with
the, have been made, 79.

Notice of an industrial school for the help of
the Cherokee, in North Carolina, 167.
Encouraging account of, educated at Hampton,
Va., 182.

On a proposal to allot the lands of the, and the
treatment of the, by the United States, 183.
Notice of a "city of refuge" among the Chero-
kees, 205.

On the policy to be pursued by the United
States towards the, 238. 310.

Notice of the late destruction by fire of school
buildings for, at Tunesassa, 247. 263.
Remarks on rebuilding the school, &c., for, at
Tunesassa, 320.

Reply to the charge of extravagance by the
United States Government in providing for
the, 310.

On the obligation of the United States to pro-
tect the reservations of the, 351.
Notice of schools for the East Cherokee, of North
Carolina, 351.

Notice of sweating houses among the, 358.
Statements respecting the progress and condi-
tion of the, in the Indian Territory, 375.
Brief statement respecting the injustice prac-
tised upon the, by the United States, 383.
Appeal for the proper treatment of, by Govern-
ment agents, from Presbyterians in Canada.
399.

Circular letter of chiefs of the Sioux, against
disposing of their land, 414.

Plea of, for their lands in the Indian Territory,
414.

Indian Territory. The leasing of lands in the, to cat-
tle men, illegal, 31.

Insanity. On the causes and prevention of, 174.
Insane. Notice of the Friends' Asylum for the, near
Frankford, 351.

Institute for Colored Youth. Notice of the, 287.
Intemperance. On the effect of prohibitory liquor
laws in Iowa, 15.

Remarks on the introduction of temperance
school books in different States, 38.

Notice of the efforts to secure a local option
law in Atlanta, Ga., 167.

Observations on the effects of cider in causing,
among Indians, 175.

Beneficial results in Millville, N. J., of prohibi-
tion, 182.

On the progress and results of "local option" in
Canada, 190.

Address of the German Missionary Society to
the people of Germany respecting the liquor
trade, 198.

Statistics of crime, due to, 206.

Notice of proposed tactics of saloon keepers to
prevent interference with their business, 214.
Comments on the results of prohibition in
Georgia, 214.

Notice of a proposed local option law in New
Jersey, 223.

Notice of the action of the Danish Medical As-
sociation in reference to, 231.
Remarks of Titus Coon upon, in the Sandwich
Islands, 236.

Notice of the increase of total abstainers in the
English House of Commons, 254.
The licensing of the sale of liquor perpetuates
the corruption of the public conscience, 255.
Notice of proposed determined measures in
France against strong alcoholic liquors, 263.
Notice of increase of drunkenness among the
Basutos, 271.

Remarks on the late expenditure in Iceland for
drink, 278.

Statistics of the cost of intoxicating drinks in
Great Britain and Ireland, 279.
Effect of the suggestion of one man in prevent-
ing, 292.

Refusal of Schumacher, the oatmeal maker, to
sell grain to distillers, 309.

Notice of a local option law in Mississippi, 310.
Notice of Roman Catholic decrees against in-
toxicating liquors, 319.

No reliance can be placed on the word of a
drunkard, 327.

Notice of the closing of liquor saloons on the
First-day of the week in Philadelphia, 343.
Why Governor Geary did not drink intoxicat-
ing beverages, 348.

Notice of a popular movement against, in the
north of Europe, 351.

Prohibition of the liquor business adopted in
Rhode Island, 351.

Notice of a proposed prohibitory amendment to
the Constitution of the United States, 367.
Notice of the encouraging results of the treat-
ment of disease without alcohol, 367.
Remarks on expressions of John B. Gough in
relation to, and the danger of tampering with
temptation, 367.

Incidents connected with a recent election in
Richmond, Va., 378.

Notice of progress of the temperance movement
in N. Carolina, 407.

Remarks on practical difficulties in securing]
temperance reform in New Jersey, 407.
Items, 6. 14. 22. 30. 38. 54. 62. 70. 78. 86. 94. 102. 110.
118. 127. 134. 142. 151. 158. 167. 175. 182. 190. 198.
206. 214. 222. 230. 238. 246. 254. 262. 271. 278. 286.
294. 302. 310. 318. 327. 335. 343. 351. 359. 367. 375.
383. 391. 399. 407. 414.
Individual faithfulness. On becoming preachers of
righteousness by, 175.

Injustice. Notice of a case of, and comments, 378.
Inwardness of spirit before the Lord, a rebuke to a
chaffy spirit, 101.

Italy. On the extensive demoralizing influence of
lotteries in, 215.

On the large export of eggs from, 262.
On the dangers of, drawn from the example of Infidelity. The weakness of, 350.
two clergymen, 55.

The consumption of liquors a cause of hard Jackson Hannah. Letter of, to the Second-day morn-
times to the people of this country, 62.

ing's meeting in Philadelphia in 1794, 122.

by natives of, in, 190.

Comparison of the price of the privilege of sell- Japan. Notice of the preaching of Christian doctrines
ing beer and of food at a late fair, 71.
Early efforts of Anthony Benezet and Dr. Rush
against the use of ardent spirits, 92.
Cardinal Manning's argument for local option
laws, 119.

Japanese congregation in San Francisco. Notice of a,

Notice of proposed regulation of the drink traffic
in Russia, 127.

Fidelity to conviction respecting, of the son of
a brewer, 143.

111.

Jefferis Martha. Letter of, to a young Friend, 149.
Jews. Notice of Christians among the, of Southern
Russia, 46.

On the details of the Talmudical law of the, 349.
Women admitted to membership in synagogues
of, in New York, 375.

380.

Jordan Richard. Testimony of a person not a Friend
to the powerful ministry of, 35.

Abstract of a communication of, addressed to
Friends, 75.

Anecdote of, illustrating the need of watchful-
ness, 149.

Anecdotes of, 349. 354.

Request of, in connection with his abhorrence
of slavery, 354.

Justification not imputed to those who disobey the
Light of Christ, 109.

On the necessity of repentance previous to, 115.
and sanctification distinguished but not divided,

133.

by faith. The doctrine of Friends in regard to,
stated by R. Barclay, 221.

Keeling or Cocos Islands. Observations on the, 26,
34. 42. 50.

Keep out of the whirlwind. Essay entitled, 211.
Remarks on the above, 246.
Knights of labor. Remarks on the recent strikes in
connection with the, 343.
Knowledge. No royal road to, 71.

Remarks of W. E. Gladstone on the futility of
all human, 132.

Knowles David F. and Jemima. Biographical notice
of, 397.
Knox Vicessimus. Extracts from "Christian Philoso-
phy," by, and comments, 333. 340.

Labor troubles. Comments on the, 294.

On applying the golden rule in the settlement
of, 294. 412.
Lampblack. Notice of the spontaneous combustion of,
54.
Landslides. Notice of remarkable, 350.
Language. On the importance of the maintenance by
Friends of their testimony to plainness of, 300.
Remarks on falseness in every day, 310.
Leisure hours. What may be accomplished by im-
proving, 398.

Let us seek to know the Lord more fully, 285.
Leper girls. Account of three, 28.
Leprosy in the Sandwich Islands. Notice of, 334.
Letter of Hannah Jackson to the Second-day morn-
ing's meeting in 1794, 122.

Martha Jefferis to a young Friend, 149.
Mary Passmore, giving an account of a visit to
John Phillips, 154.
Rebecca Dewees, 180.
Hugh D. Vail, 203.
Benjamin Hoyle, 212.
Anthony Benezet, 218,

Joseph Snowdon. Extracts from, 406.
Liberty of conscience does not consist in imposing in-
dividual views against the judgment of the body,

38.

Library. Notice of the annual report of Friends' Free,
319.

Lick observatory. Notice of the favorable site of the,
78.

Life. Extract entitled, Some certainties in, 43.

On the disposition of mankind to seek for a
resting place in this, 46.

On the powerful influence for good or evil, on
others, of our daily, 397.

Many opportunities for the exercise of virtue
prevented in domestic, 404.
Life story. Extract entitled, A, 156.
Light of Christ. On the fundamental doctrine of, as
believed by Friends, 6, 111, 135, 162.
Testimony of William Penn to the, 86. 157.206.
Justification not imputed to those who disobey
the, 109.

necessary to our redemption, 155.

"Live it down." Remarks on clearing the character,
entitled, 172.

Literature. The sale of impure, prohibited in New

Hampshire, 94.

Notice of a league for the suppression of im-

moral, in Pittsburg, 255.

Proposed bill against obscene, in New Jersey,

278.

Murder following the perusal of dime novels,
383.

Little thing. Extract entitled, A, 229.
Living is dying, 316.

Lottery. Remarks on the demoralizing character of
the Louisiana, 22.

Light. Incandescent platina used for a, 246.
Lime. Caustic, used as a substitute for explosives, 343.

Little Scotch Granite. Anecdote of a troublesome boy, Ministry.
entitled, 283.

Lodging place for wayfaring men. Notice of a, in the
East, 270.

London. On the struggle for employment in, 53.
Love strengthened by sadness, 358.
Loving salutation. A, 35.

Macomber Elizabeth. Brief biographical notice of,
267.

Macomber Caleb. Anecdote of, 163.

Man. Prof. Huxley's statement of the proper weight
of, 326.

Magnetism. Observations on the injurious effects of,
on artificial incubation, 61.

Marshes. Notice of the draining of the Pinsk, 166.
Martyrdom of three young converts of the Nyanza
Mission, 159.

Manuscripts. Notice of the discovery of valuable an-
cient, 294.

Masonry antagonistic to Quakerism, 6.

Massachusetts. Former church customs in, 295.
Marble. Notice of the discovery in Algeria, &c., of
quarries of, formerly worked by the Romans, 222.
Marriage. Remarks of Judge Deady on the impor-
tance of publicity in forming, 271.
Marriages. Ellis C. Willits to Mary E. Patterson, 88
William Biddle, Jr., to Caroline C. Scattergood, 88
Alfred C. Elkinton to Abby Walton, 96; John
Whitall Nicholson to Eliza E. Stokes, 104; Joseph
L. Bailey to Anna H. Warrington, 104; Calvin
Newlin to Lenora P. Haworth, 112; Arthur B.
Maxwell to Rachel I. Kersey, 120; Thomas Thomas-
son to Mary E. Hodgin, 152; John H. Ballinger to
Mary T. Rogers, 192; Isaac Hall to Phebe T. Hatton,
208; Edwin K. Cooper to Ella S. Wills, 208;
Samuel Mason to Katharine E. Stokes, 240; Alfred
Embree to Emma M. Hammel, 240; John Pollard
to Janet Henderson, 280; Gilbert McGrew to Eliza
Hall, 320; Elwood Comfort to Semira L. Vail, 392.
Married couple. Letter of Benjamin Hoyle to a newly,

212.

Maternal influence, 310.

Maxims from a dark age. Good, 261.
Melrose Abbey. Brief account of, 380.
Mennonites. Notice of the emigration of, from Rus-
sia, to avoid conscription, 115.

Testimony of, to plainness and simplicity of
dress, maintaained by, 151.

Caution of, against an injudicious praise of the
ministry, 302.

Meader Martha. Biographical notice of, 315.
Meader Phoebe. Biographical notice of, 314.
Meader Valentine. Biographical notes and anecdotes
concerning, 2.

Remarks in reference to the above, 23.
Meaning what you say. Extract entitled, 404.
Meeting-houses. Notice of the enlargement of, be-
longing to Friends. 47, 135.

Metals. Remarkable effects produced by impurities
in, 302.

Several rare, found in clay at Hainstadt, Ger-
many, 415.

Meteors. Notes on the expected appearance of, in the
Eleventh Month, 1885, 110.
Meteorites. Notice of two, 6.

Notice of the firing of a vessel by, 415.
Methodists. Rule of German, respecting marriage of
ministers on trial, 78.

Discipline of, respecting appointments of preach-
ers, 86.

Remarks of a bishop of, on the dangers of a
"fashionable church," 103.

Explanation of a rule of, against needless self-
indulgence, 103.

Statistics of the cost of missions of, 143.
Mice. Notice of a plague of, 294.
Microscope. A remarkably small engraving for the,

286.

Mifflin Lloyd. Anecdote of the late, 18.

Military manners and customs of the present and pre-
vious ages. On the murderous, 58. 65. 76. 82.
Miller Abigail. Prediction of, respecting the Society
of Friends, and comments, 228.

Milk. The flow of, from cows, increased by kind

treatment, 197.

On a method of preserving, 318.

Mineral wool. On the production and use of, 61.
Minister. The faith of a, revived, 413.
Ministry. Remarks on the system of a hireling, 28.

Anecdote connected with the, of Elizabeth |
Coggeshall, 67.

On the, of Richard Jordan, 75.

On the doctrines of Friends in regard to, 95.
205.

On the character of the, of early Friends, 97.
On the, of the apostles, 118.

Advice of Thomas Scattergood to one engaged
in the, 125.

Notice of incidents accompanying the, of Joseph
Hoag, 163. 259. 323.

of Hannah Rhoads. Incident connected with
the, 163. 176.

of Mary Davis. Incident connected with the,
171.

The doctrine of Friends in regard to the, stated
by William Penn, 205.

Incident in the, of Hannah A. Battey, 243.
Notice of the powerful, of an illiterate Friend,
300.

Caution against injudicious praise of the, 302.
Silence in meetings for worship, much to be
preferred to on unsanctified, 347.

of the early Friends. On the character of the,
351.

No schools for a trained, in the apostles' days,
362.

On the powerful, of a sanctified life, 397.

A hireling, exposed and opposed, 412.
"Mission." On the use of the word, and its introduc-
tion among the Roman Catholics, 159.
Missionary movements. Remarks of a member of
another society in reference to, 28.
interfered with by the French, in the South
Seas, 102.

Objections of Friends to, 103.

On the sources of financial contributions to-
wards, 375.

Notice of the resignation of membership among
Friends, of one who had joined in, 391.
Montefiore Moses. Remarks on religious sentiments
in connection with the death of, 111. 151.
Money. The love of, leading to ruinous practices to
mercantile salesmen, 198.

Montana. Statistics of temperature in, 277.
Morality. Remarks on a false, 52.

The cherry ant, 118; Ballooning spiders, 122;
Crickets, 122; On the usefulness of insectivorous
spiders, 126; Field mice fishing, 126; The beds or
nests of the chub, 126; Lace used by a bird in build-
ing a nest, 127; The star-fish, 134; Buffalo birds of
Java, 134; Nest of the weaver bird, 134; Collecting
edible birds' nests in Borneo, 142; Sagacity of a
cat-bird, 150; On the poison of the honey bee, 158;
On the rearing of ostriches, 158; The cardinal gross-
beak, 158; A tame Siamang ape, 167; The owl as
an enemy to birds, 174; The tree-toad as a barome-
ter, 189; Burrowing spiders, 189; The song sparrow,
194; The Carolina wren, 194; A fresh-water sponge
from Mexico, 198; On the changes produced by cul-
tivation of the soil upon the increase of wild animals
in N. Y. and Penna., 210; The winter wren, 213;
The golden-crested kinglet, 213; The crested tit-
mouse, 213; A useful acarus, 214; A fish-globe, 214;
Galls and gall-flies, 218; White-throated sparrow,
219; Meadow lark, 219; The screech owl, 220;
Blue birds and English sparrows, 222; Seals in
fresh water lakes, 230; Social life of Arctic birds,
230; The flying fish, 238; Tropical fire-flies, 238;
Curious birds' nests, 238; The Saras crane, 242;
White scavenger vulture. 242; How ineects breathe,
245; The eider-duck. 246; The tiger, 250; Blind
mosquitoes, 254; The elephant, 258; Moles as soil
makers, 262; The manis of Ceylon, 266; The orang-
utan, 266; Sympathy among birds, 270; The clam,
274; The English song-thrush, 278; The Razor
shell, 282; The edible mussel, 282; Phosphores-
cence, 286; Barnacles, 290; Crabs, 290; The lady
crab, 298; California woodpecker, 302; The natica,
261, 267, 306; The scallop, 306; The cat-bird, 309;
The slipper shell, 314: Boring molluscs, 314, 346;
The swift-footed sand crab, 314; The bee, 318; The
hermit thrush, 318; The king crab, 322; Sponges,
322; Polyps, 330; Sea gulls, 338; Soft-shelled tur-
tles, 342; Intelligence of a gorilla, 342; The teredo,
346; The foraging ants of Brazil, 350; Serpulas,
354; Cilia of the lower animals, 361; The circula-
tion of molluscs, &c., 362; The butterfly of the milk
weed, 382; Bluebirds and wrens, 382; A peculiar
beetle, 399; Spiders and spider showers, 406.
Naturalist in Timor-Lout and Timor. Experience of
a, 139. 147.

More Hannah. Selections from the life and corres- Nebulæ not all clusters of stars, 102.
pondence of, 220. 226. 234. 244. 252. 259. 268. 273. Need of watchfulness. The, 4.

281. 289. 297.305. 313. 321. 329. 337. 345. 353. 361. Negroes. Self-sacrifice of two Senegal, 308.
Moravians. On the testimony of the, in former times New Jersey. Remarks on the geological character,

against war, 36.

Comments on the above; 131.

Morning. Remarks of Daniel Webster on the beauties
of the, 126.

Mosquitoes. On the dense swarms of, in Alaska, 363.
Moslems praying for rain in Syria. Account of, 51.
Mother. Touching acknowledgment of the obliga-
tion of a son to a, when too late, 357.
Mott Elizabeth. A testimony of Rhode Island Monthly
Meeting concerning, 130.

Mountain. On the heighth of Clingman's Dome, 286.
Mountain adventure. A, 107.

Mourning apparel. Plea against the use of, 359.
Mushrooms. The poisonous character of certain, de-
veloped by age. 150.

Music. Remarks on the incongruity of church, with
pure worship, 125. 301.

Notice of the protest of a congregation of Pres-
byterians against instrumental, in their places
of worship, 343.

Mustard plaster that will not blister. A, 222.

Nantucket as seen by a stranger, 165.
Napoleon. The career of, made instrumental in the
Divine hand for good, 166.
National wrong-doing. On the payment of, 166.
Natural gas. Observations on the use of, for heating
purposes near Pittsburg, Pa., 98.

&c., of, 170.

Newton John. Remark of, on diminishing human
misery, 194.
New York. Notice of a benevolent movement for the
help of sick children in, 22.

Notice of an movement in, against legislative
enactments in favor of any creed, &c., 343.
Newsboy. Instructive incident connected with a, 229.
Newspapers. Protest against reading, on the First-
day of the week, 182.

The great bulk of matter in the, below the level
of refined conversation, 255.
Newton, N. J. Account of the first settlement of
Friends near, 371.

Notes of a Southern trip, 378. 386. 394. 402. 410.
Novels. Remarks of John Newton upon, 281.
Norway. Notice of a religiously-minded people in,
seeking light, 302.

Oaths. A Judge's statement of the uselessness of, 119.
Comments on, as involving a religious test, 198.
Incident connected with "kissing the book," in
judicial, 207.

Notice of a treatise on, 319.

Oasis.
Obituary notices. Remarks on the preparation of, 271.
On the service to others of suitable, 307.
Obscenity. A bill for the punishment of, in New
Jersey, 278.

Proposed formation of a new, by Russians,
near the Oxus River, 270.

Natural History. The wood-thrush as a songster, 1;
Summer food of Esquimaux dogs, 5; Earth-worms,
5; Turtle eggs on the Amazon, 6; Anecdotes of dogs, Ocean. On the effect of gravitation in heaping up the
13; The Paradise fish and its nest; Gigantic flowers, waters of the, along the continents, 375.

14; Incident connected with a wren's nest, 21; De- Offering rewards. Remarks on the practice of, as en-
fences of the lower animals, 29; The frigate bird, couraging dishonesty, 18.

34; The Tropic bird, 34; The white tern, 34; The Oh, ye mothers. Remarks on the spoiling of children,
chaetodon, 34; Coral island crabs, 34; A wren's entitled, 29.

nest. 37; The cocoa-nut crab, 42; The Baltimore Oleomargarine. On the process of making, 262.
oriole, 46; The house wren, 61; The English spar-"One thing is needful," 6.

Memorial against the cultivation of, in China,
383.

row, 61;
Notice of a sudden appearance of great Opium. Notice of a protest of missionaries against
numbers of crabs, 70; The cat-bird, 75; Monkeys in
the traffic in, with China, 54.
India, 78; The fire-ant of Brazil, 78; The thread-
worm, 86; Canary bird dying of remorse, 94; The
trading rat, 102; Spider aeronauts, 106; Argus Oranges. Frozen, said not to be unwholesome, 254.
pheasants of Sumatra, 110; The mocking bird, 118; Oriental governments. On the characteristics of, 10.