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hed London together. [26] Sewel's _History of the Quakers_. [27] Sewel's _History of the Quakers_. XVII. LITTLE JAMES AND HIS JOURNEYS _O, how beautiful is the spring in a barren field, where barrenness and deadness fly away. As the spring comes on, the winter casts her coat and the summer is nigh. O, wait to see and read these things within. You that have been as barren and dead and dry without sap; unto you the Sun of Righteousness is risen with healing in his wings and begins to shine in your coasts.... O, mind the secret sprigs and tender plants. Now you are called to dress the garden. Let not the weeds and wild plants remain. Peevishness is a weed; anger is a weed; self-love and self-will are weeds; pride is a wild plant; covetousness is a wild plant; lightness and vanity are wild plants, and lust is the root of all. And these things have had a room in your gardens, and have been tall and strong; and truth, innocence, and equity have been left out, and could not be found, until the Sun of Righteousness arose and searched out that which was lost. Therefore, stand not idle, but come into the vineyard and work. Your work shall be to watch and keep out the fowls, unclean beasts, wild bears and subtle foxes. And he that is the Husbandman will pluck up the wild plants and weeds, and make defence about the vines. He will tell you what to do. He who is Father of the vineyard will be nigh you. And what is not clear to you, wait for the fulfilling.--JAMES PARNELL. (Epistle to Friends from prison.)_ XVII. LITTLE JAMES AND HIS JOURNEYS 'Be willing that Self shall suffer for the Truth, and not the Truth for Self.' JAMES PARNELL. Tramping! Tramping! Tramping! An endless journey along the white, dusty highroad it seemed to little James
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