But with all her religious humility her pride was great, and her sensitiveness to any discourtesy very keen.  She may not have felt anger against Elder Evans.  We can imagine, on the contrary, that her heart was filled with pity for him, but a pity largely mixed with contempt; and it is certain that the Society was made, in her view, responsible for his conduct.  Every slight she had ever received in it came back to her exaggerated; all her dissatisfaction with its principles of action doubled; the grief she had always felt at its indifference to the doctrine of the atonement, and its neglect to preach “Jesus Christ and him crucified,” of which she had often complained, was intensified, and her first impulse was to quit the Society, as she determined to quit Philadelphia, for ever.

Angelina was greatly shocked when she learned of the treatment her sister had received, but the words, “I will break your bonds and set you free,” came immediately to her mind, and so comforted her that her grief and indignation were turned to joy.  She had long felt that, kind as Catherine Morris had always been, her strict orthodox principles, which she severely enforced in her household, circumscribed Sarah’s liberty of thought and action, and operated powerfully in preventing her from rising out of her depressed and discouraged state.  But though the question had often revolved itself in her mind, and even been discussed between her and her sister, neither had been able to see how Sarah could ever leave Catherine, bound to her as she was by such strong ties of gratitude, and feeling herself so necessary to Catherine’s comfort.  But now the way was made clear, and certainly no true friend of Sarah could expect her to remain longer in Philadelphia.

It is surprising that Sarah had not discovered many years earlier that the attempt must be futile to engraft a scion of the Charleston aristocracy upon the rugged stock of Quaker orthodoxy.

She went to Burlington, to the house of a dear friend who knew of all her trials, and there she remained for several weeks.

Angelina had finished her “Appeal,” and, only two days before she heard of the Evans incident, wrote to Sarah to inform her of the fact.  This letter is dated “Aug. 1st, 1836.”

After a few affectionate inquiries, she says:  “I have just finished my ‘Appeal to Southern Women.’  It has furnished work for two weeks.  How much I wish I could have thee here, if it were only for three or four hours, that we might read it over together before I send it to Elizur Wright.  I read it to Margaret, and she says it carries its own evidence with it; still, I should value thy judgment very much if I could have it, but a private opportunity offers to-morrow, and I think I had better send it.  It must go just as I sent my letter to W.L.G., with fervent prayers that the Lord would do just as he pleased with it.  I believe He directed and helped me to write it, and now I feel as if I had nothing to