A QUAKER'S LETTER TO HIS WATCHMAKER.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 106, 21 December 1878, Page 3

A QUAKER'S LETTER TO HIS WATCHMAKER.

I herewith send thee my pocket clock which standeth-in need of thy friendly correction. The last time he was at thy school he was in no. way reformed, ii-->r in the least benefitted thereby, fori perceive by the index of his mind that he is a-liar, and the truth is not in him.; at other times he waxeth sluggish, notwithstanding I frequently urge, him ; when he should be on duty, I find him slumbering. Examine him, therefore, and prove # him, I .beseech thee, thoroughly, that thou mayest, being well acquainted with his inward frame and disposition, draw him from the error of his way, and show him the path wherein he should go. It grieves me to think that his body is foul and. the whole mass corrupted. Cleanse him, therefore, from all pollution, that » he may vibrate and circulate according to thy care, ."and I will pay for his board as thou requirest. I entreat thee, friend John, to demean thyself on this occasion with judgment, according to the gift which is in -thee, and prove thee a workman, and when thou layest thy correcting hand upon him, let it be without a passion, lest, thou should'st drive him to destruction. Do thou regulate his motion for a time to come by the motion of the light that ruleth the day, and when thou findest him corrected from the error of his ways, then do thou send him home with a, just bill of charges drawn out in the spirit of/moderation, and it shall be sent to thee iu the root of all evil.