reat
cathedral, or quiet meeting-house, but also (perhaps nearest and
closest of all) in the silence of our own hearts, we shall surely find
in truth and with thankfulness that_

GOD IS HIDDEN HERE.

HISTORICAL NOTES

HISTORICAL NOTES

NOTE.--The References throughout are to the Cambridge Edition of
George Fox's Journal, except where otherwise stated. The spelling has
been modernised and the extracts occasionally abridged.

'STIFF AS A TREE, PURE AS A BELL.'

Historical; described as closely as possible from George Fox's own
words in his Journal, vol. ii. pp. 94, 100-104.

'PURE FOY, MA JOYE.'

Historical. See George Fox's Journal (Ellwood Edition), pp. 1-17. See
also Sewel's 'History of the Quakers,' and 'Beginnings of Quakerism,'
by W.C. Braithwaite. See 'George Fox,' by Thomas Hodgkin (Leaders of
Religion Series), for description of Fenny Drayton village, manor
house, church, and neighbourhood.

See also W. Penn's Preface to George Fox's Journal (Ellwood Edition),
pp. xxiv and xxv, for details of parentage, childhood, and youth.

'THE ANGEL OF BEVERLEY.'

This is a purely imaginary story, written for a ten-year-old listener
who begged for 'more of a story about him when he was young.' The
connection of a member of the Purefoy family with the 'Great Lady of
Beverley' has no foundation in fact. On visiting Fenny Drayton, since
writing the story, I find, however, that there were a brother and
sister Edward and Joyce Purefoy, who lived a few years earlier than
the date of this tale. They may still be seen in marble on a tomb in
the North Aisle with their father, the Colonel Purefoy of that day,
who does wear a ruff as described in the story. It is not impossible
that the Colonel Purefoy of George Fox's Journal may also have had a
son and daughter of the same names as described in my account, but I
have no warrant for supposing this and am anxious that this imaginary
tale should not be supposed to possess the same kind of authenticity
as most of the other stories. Priest Stephens' remark about George
Fox, and the scenes in Beverley Minster and at Justice Hotham's house,
are, however, historical.

'TAMING THE TIGER.'

Historical. See George Fox's Journal (Ellwood Edition), pp. 27, 28,
31-48, 335, for the different incidents.

'THE MAN IN LEATHER BREECHES.'

Expanded, with imaginary incidents and consequences, from a few
paragraphs in George Fox's Journal, i. 20