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"The modest Meeting House of which I write,
There on a flat topped hill's commanding height,
The Meeting House where Friends once used to meet...
Now fronting South, a gentle slope extends
Just to the road. ...
In sight a farm home still mute the view,...
And farther off the higher hills arise
In massive form to meet beholding eyes." |
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| Martha
JOHN's Sampler |
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"Made In The 18th
Year Of Her Age
In The Year 1787"
A genealogical record preserved in needlework.
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Under the pen of Eliza John, the history
of the John Family becomes the concern of all members of the family.
..In sketching her own life, [she] gives a true and accurate reflection
of' her day and her people. She is typical Quaker---God-fearing and
God-loving. She had a firm faith in the Life after Death, and she
was never frivolous or foolish, although she often enjoyed the simple
pleasures which came to those serious minded Quaker folk. Life was
real and often grim, especially to one who knew full well what her
fate would be. Eliza John knew that she was the victim of the dread
disease of cancer. Even as she tried to find a cure, she must have
realized that the end was near, as the pain grew ever more acute.
The conflict between her strong soul and her failing body is told
briefly but surely in the last word of her Diary---"trouble". |
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The
JOHN Family in the American Revolution
About
Uwchlan and Lionville
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