The Society of Friends Vindicated Author:George Wood Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: yearly meeting of Philadelphia, which assembles on the third Monday of the fourth month, or April. The other, to the yearly meeting which assembles there on the ... more »second Monday of that month. The bill of interpleader was intended to bring before the court, the two persons, Hendrickson and Shotwell, each claiming to be the treasurer of this school. Hendrickson, my client, being appointed by the preparative meeting commonly called " Orthodox," Shotwell, by the preparative meeting commonly called " Hicksite." I use these terms, by which the two parties are generally known, merely for the purpose of designation, and without any view to disparagement. The question to be considered and decided, is, which is the true preparative meeting to which this property belongs. They cannot both be, for it belongs to one. It is admitted on all hands, that Joseph Hendrickson, though the obligee at law, holds the bond and mortgage in equity as such treasurer, subject to the trust. Who is truly the treasurer 1 Which is the true preparative meeting, to which this fund is attached? What preparative meeting is it, whose indigent members are entitled to be educated out of this fund? We contend that the preparative meeting called " Orthodox," is the true preparative meeting identified with the preparative meeting existing at Crosswicks, at the time this school fund was raised —that the other is not the true preparative meeting, and for two reasons—first, because they have departed from the fundamental doctrines of this religious society; and secondly, because they have departed from the discipline, rule, and government of this church, and have set up for themselves a new and distinct government, separately organized. Before I proceed to a consideration of the doctrines of this society, allow me t...« less