They believed in and inculcated the utmost plainness and simplicity; nothing for show, nothing for ornament, nothing for pleasure. The construction and interior arrangements of their meeting houses were the simplest possible. Believing that no one was authorized to speak in a religious assembly except as on each particular occasion he was moved thereto by an immediate divine inward impulse, they have no pulpits. A row of benches slightly elevated above the rest is appropriated to the more venerable members, and especially to those who oftenest feel this divine impulse to address their brethren. The men sit upon one side of the house, the women upon the other. They enter, and without uncovering their heads take their seats in silence. Men and women are alike entitled to speak if they feel impelled thereto. If no one feels this impulse, each, when he or she sees fit, arises and departs in silence. They have no ceremonies, no liturgy, no stated form of prayer, and no regular preaching. It is said that in some places they have thus met for several years in succession without any one speaking a word.-The founders of the society did not profess to have discovered new truth or to aim at the establishment of a new creed. They sought to effect a reform in manners rather than in belief.

They desired to persuade men to live in the way in which they conceived that the primitive Christians lived. They professed their belief in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity as they were generally understood among Protestant Christians. Hence their members were not and are not required to subscribe to any articles or specific declaration of faith. The forms in which they prefer to have the Christian doctrines stated must bo sought, in the writings of their most approved authors, and in the minutes and epistles of their yearly meeting. In the words of one of these documents, they believe that "every man coming into the world is endued with a measure of the light, grace, and spirit of Christ, by winch, as it, is attended to, he is enabled to distinguish good from evil, and to correct the disorderly passions and corrupt propensities of his nature; and that without the spirit inwardly revealed, man can do nothing to the glory of God, or to effect his own salvation." The following statement, of their doctrines, discipline, and organization was prepared under the authority of the Philadelphia yearly meeting, and presents them as they are maintained by that portion of them who claim to be the orthodox representatives of the original founders:They believe in one God, the creator and upholder of all things; and in his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things; and in the Holy Spirit, which proeeedeth from the Father and the Son: one God, blessed for ever.

In treating of the Three that bear record in heaven, they prefer keeping to the language of Holy Scripture, which sometimes induced their opponents to accuse them of unsoundness. This was the case in the controversy which led to the writing of William penn's 'Sandy Foundation Shaken.' Ho says the question between him and his op-poser was, ' whether we owned one Godhead subsisting in three distinct and separate persons.' The latter words penn argued against as unscriptural, but to prevent a misconstruction of his views, says: ' Mistake me not, we never have denied a Father, Word, and Spirit, which are one; but men's inventions;' and at different periods of his life he strenuously repelled the charge of Socinianism as regarded himself and the society. The same Applies to his argument respecting the doctrine of Christ's satisfaction; for while he rejects the school terms in which bis antagonist dressed it, he quotes numerous passages of Scripture proving that our Lord Jesus Christ, in bis suffering and death, was a most acceptable sacrifice and propitiation for the sins of mankind.

They own and believe in Jesus Christ, who was conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of the Virgin Mary, in whom we have redemption and pardon through his blood, even the remission of our sins; that he was a most satisfactory sacrifice for the sins of the world, being crucified without the gates of Jerusalem, rose from the dead the third day, ascended into heaven, and now sitteth at the right hand of Cod, our holy mediator, intercessor, and advocate with the Father. They have uniformly believed that he is true Cod and perfect man in wonderful union, and that the forgiveness of sins which any partake of is only by virtue of his sacrifice. That the Holy Spirit whom Christ said he would send leads and guides his followers into all truth; that a manifestation of this Spirit is given to every man to profit withal, which convicts of sin, and, as it is obeyed, gives power to overcome and forsake it; that it enables savingly to understand the Holy Scriptures, and gives the living experience of those things winch belong to the soul's salvation. Man was created in the image of God, capable of understanding and obeying the divine law, and of holding communion with his Maker. Through transgression he fell and lost this heavenly state.

His posterity come into the world in the image of the fallen earthly man, and until renewed by the regenerating power of Christ Jesus, they are dead to the spiritual life in which Adam originally stood, and subject to the power of Satan; and their imaginations, words, and deeds are evil. Man therefore in this state can know nothing aright respecting God; bis thoughts and conceptions of spiritual things being unprofitable, until he is renewed and quickened by the Holy Spirit. What was lost in Adam is made up in Christ; and the guilt of Adam's sin is not imputed to any until they make it their own by transgression. There will be a resurrection of the righteous and the wicked, the one to eternal life and blessedness, the other to everlasting misery; and God will judge the world by Christ Jesus. That the Holy Scriptures were written by divine inspiration, and contain a declaration of all the fundamental doctrines and principles relating to eternal life and salvation; and that whatsoever doctrine or practice is contrary to them, is to be rejected as false.