TO JOHN BARTRAM. 57 



of a church establishment. These good people flatter themselves 

 with following the doctrines of Jesus Christ, in that simplicity with 

 which they were delivered. A happier system could not have 

 been devised for the use of mankind. It appears to be entirely 

 free from those ornaments and political additions which each 

 country and each government hath fashioned after its own 

 manners. 



At the door of this meeting-house I had been invited to spend 

 some days at the houses of some respectable farmers in the neigh- 

 bourhood. The reception I met with everywhere, insensibly led 

 me to spend two months among these good people ; and I must say 

 they were the golden days of my riper years. I never shall forget 

 the gratitude I owe them for the innumerable kindnesses they 

 heaped on me : it was to the letter you gave me, that I am in- 

 debted for the extensive acquaintance I now have throughout 

 Pennsylvania. I must defer thanking you as I ought, until I see 

 you again. Before that time comes, I may perhaps entertain you 

 with more curious anecdotes than this letter affords. Farewell. 



Iw N Al TZ. 



