UNDER NOTE II.—­UNIFORMITY OF NUMBER.

“A nation, by the reparation of the wrongs which it has done, achieves a triumph more glorious than any field of blood can ever give.”—­Adams cor. “The English nation, from whom we descended, have been gaining their liberties inch by inch.”—­Webster cor. “If a Yearly Meeting should undertake to alter its fundamental doctrines, is there any power in the society to prevent it from doing so?”—­Foster’s Rep. cor. “There is[537] a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.”—­Bible cor. “There is[537] a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.”—­Id. “He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel:  the Lord their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them.”—­Id. “My people have forgotten me, they have burnt incense to vanity.”—­Id. “When a quarterly meeting has come to a judgement respecting any difference, relative to any monthly meeting belonging to it” &c.—­Discip. cor. “The number of such compositions is every day increasing, and it appears to be limited only by the pleasure or the convenience of writers.”—­Booth cor. “The Church of Christ has the same power now as ever, and is led by the same spirit into the same practices.”—­Barclay cor. “The army, whom their chief had thus abandoned, pursued meanwhile their miserable march.”  Or thus:  “The army, which its chief had thus abandoned, pursued meanwhile its miserable march.”—­Lockhart cor.

CORRECTIONS UNDER RULE XII; OF PRONOUNS.

ANTECEDENTS CONNECTED BY AND.

“Discontent and sorrow manifested themselves in his countenance.”—­Brown’s Inst., p. 146.  “Both conversation and public speaking became more simple and plain, such as we now find them.”—­Blair cor. “Idleness and ignorance, if they be suffered to proceed, &c.”—­Johnson and Priestley cor. “Avoid questions and strife:  they show a busy and contentious disposition.”—­Penn cor. “To receive the gifts and benefits of God with thanksgiving, and witness them blessed and sanctified to us by the word and prayer, is owned by us.”—­Barclay cor. “Both minister and magistrate are compelled to choose between their duty and their reputation.”—­Junius cor. “All the sincerity, truth, and faithfulness, or disposition of heart or conscience to approve them, found among rational creatures, necessarily originate from God.”—­Rev. J. Brown cor. “Your levity and heedlessness, if they continue, will prevent all substantial improvement.”—­Brown’s