Chapter XXII: An Undisturbed Meeting

_'It was impossible to ignore the
Quaker because he would not be
ignored. If you close his
meeting-house he holds it in the
street; if you stone him out of
the city in the evening, he is
there in the morning with his
bleeding wounds still upon him....
You may break the earthen vessel,
but the spirit is invincible and
that you cannot kill.'--JOHN
WILHELM ROWNTREE._

_'Interior calmness means interior
and exterior strength.'--J. RENDEL
HARRIS._

_'Be nothing terrified at their
threats of banishment, for they
cannot banish you from the coasts
and sanctuary of the Living
God.'--MARGARET FOX._

_'Grant us grace to rest from all
sinful deeds and thoughts, to
surrender ourselves wholly unto
Thee, to keep our souls still
before Thee like a still lake;
that so the beams of Thy love may
be mirrored therein, and may
kindle in our hearts the beams of
faith, and love, and prayer. May
we, through such stillness and
hope, find strength and gladness
in Thee O God, now, and for
evermore.'--JOACHIM EMBDEN, 1595._

_'For the soul that is close to GOD_
_In the folded wings of prayer,_
_Passion no more can vex,_
_Infinite peace is there.'_
_EDWIN HATCH._