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DIVINE PROTECTION 
 
 THROUGH 
 
 EXTRAORDINARY DANGERS, 
 
 DURING THE 
 
 IRISH REBELLIOJi IN 1798. 
 
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DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 The Saviour of men frequently inculcated on 
 his followers the duty of avoiding an over-anxious 
 and distrustful disposition, and of confiding in the 
 protecting and preserving care of our Heavenly 
 Father. "Are not five sparrows sold for two 
 farthings," said he, "and not one of them is for- 
 gotten before God," — " one of them shall not fall 
 on the ground without your Father. But the very 
 hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye 
 not, therefore, ye are of more value than many 
 sparrows." 
 
 It would be difficult to find language to convey 
 in a more touching or striking manner the minute- 
 ness of that watchful care which a beneficient Pro- 
 vidence is continually exercising over his children 
 even in their temporal affairs ; and we believe that 
 a firm belief in the doctrine, and a humble and 
 yeverent sense of its importance duly impressed on 
 
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 the mind, would not only act as an incitement to 
 watchfulness unto prayer, but greatly mitigate the 
 sorrows and trials of life. Those who cordially 
 embrace the belief and daily live in it, will be led 
 to renounce a dependence on their own skill and 
 wisdom for the direction of their steps through life, 
 and earnestly to seek and wait for the guidance of 
 the Holy Spirit, which leadeth into all truth and 
 out of every evil way. 
 
 Many are the instances in which those thus en- 
 gaged have experienced the happy effects of fol- 
 lowing the unfoldings of the Divine Light even in 
 very small things; when, if they had pursued the 
 course which worldly wisdom had dictated, the 
 consequences, would have been afflicting. Our 
 vision is very limited and imperfect, and our 
 judgments of men and things exceedingly liable 
 to error; and while it becomes such a frail and 
 unworthy creature as man to speak cautiously and 
 with deep humility of divine direction, it is none 
 the less his duty to be daily striving for it, in 
 abasedness of soul, as an unspeakable and un- 
 merited favor, vouchsafed, in great condescension, 
 to the sincere seeker. 
 
 The following narrative, written by Dinah W. 
 Gofl', gives some account of the dangers and trials 
 to which her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Goflf, 
 and their family, were subjected during the fear- 
 
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 ful pcenes of the Irish Rebellion, in 1198. These 
 Friends, relying on the irracious, protecting care 
 of the Almighty for deliverance from lawless men, 
 refused either to take up arms in their own de- 
 fence, or to quit the perilous post of duty. 
 
 The christian disposition of meekness and for- 
 bearance, strengthened by a holy courage and firm- 
 ness, proved in this instance, as in many others, 
 the means, under the divine blessing, of safety 
 amid circumstances of extraordinary trial. On the 
 other hand, the declaration of our Lord and Sa- 
 viour is often, fulfilled, that they who take the 
 sword shall perish by it. The wrathful and vio- 
 lent, whether individuals or nations, frequently 
 bring destruction on themselves, while the gentle 
 and inoffensive dwell in security and peace. 
 The account commences thus, viz : — 
 It has often occurred to me that I ought to 
 kave some little memorial of the preservation ex- 
 tended by our Heavenly Father to my beloved pa- 
 rents and the family, as well as of the remarkable 
 faith and patience with which they were favored, 
 under circumstances of a very peculiar and dis- 
 tressing character. 
 
 It was about the middle of the Fifth month, 
 1798, that the county of Wexford, in Ireland, 
 became a scene of open rebellion, headed by 
 
 B H , a Protestant, and two Roman Ca- 
 
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 tholic Priests, John Murphy and Philip Koche.* 
 The aims of the insurgents were various ; some 
 were more cruelly disposed than others ; all deter- 
 mined to liberate themselves by force of arms from 
 the unequal yoke, as they believed it, of the Brit- 
 ish government, and to become a free people ; some 
 to bring all Ireland to Catholicism, &c. 
 
 " About ten days before the rebellion broke out, 
 a Roman Catholic, who resided near, called on 
 my father, and desired to speak to him in private. 
 He then informed him that the county would, in 
 the course of a few days, be in a state of general 
 insurrection. My father replied that he could not 
 credit it, for that he had frequently heard such 
 rumors. The person assured him that he knew 
 certainly it would be so, and that he had procured 
 a vessel, now lying at Duncannon, to convey him- 
 self and family to Wales ; and that, as a friend, he 
 gladly oflfered accommodation to our household. 
 My father thanked him for this act of friendship, 
 but said that it felt to him a matter of great import- 
 ance to remove from the position allotted him by 
 Providence, yet that he would consider of it, and 
 consult his wife. After having endeavored to seek 
 
 * Murphy was chief instigator to cruelty and murder ; 
 he pretended to catch the flying bullets of the royalist 
 troops, but was at length killed by a cannon ball. Roche, 
 though more humane, was finally hung. 
 
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 best wisdom, my dear parents concluded that it 
 was right for them to remain at liome, placing their 
 dependence and confidence in Him who alone can 
 protect, and who has promised to preserve those 
 that put their trust in him. 
 
 The estate and spacious mansion, called Hore- 
 town, occupied by my parents, Jacob and Elizabeth 
 Goff, and the family, w(;re situated about ten miles 
 from each of the towns of Wexford and New Ross. 
 The rebels formed two camps, at Carrickburn and 
 Corbitt Hill, one on each side of the house, at 
 distances of two and five miles from it. This 
 central position caused a constant demand on us 
 for provisions, with which the insurgents were 
 daily supplied, and they often said that they spared 
 the lives of the family for that purpose. 
 
 A day or two after the commencement of the 
 rebellion, two carts were brought to our door, and 
 the cellars emptied of all the salt provisions, beer, 
 cider, &c., which ware taken off to the camp. Four- 
 teen beautiful horses were turned out of my father's 
 stables, and mounted in the yard by two or more 
 of the rebels on each. Some, which had not been 
 trained, resisted by plunging ; but their riders soon 
 subdued them, running their pikes into them, and 
 otherwise using great cruelty. Much of our cattle 
 they also took off, and orders were sent each week 
 from the camp at Carrickburn, to have a cow and 
 
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 some sheep killed, which were sent for at stated 
 times. 
 
 Soon after the general rising and arming of the 
 people in the county of Wexford,* we were roused 
 one morning by the sound of cannon at a distance, 
 and quickly heard that there had been an engage- 
 ment at a place called '' The Three Rocks," on the 
 mountains of Forth, near Wexford, between the 
 yeomanry and the rebels. After a severe conflict, 
 the former were put to flight, with great loss of life ; 
 sixty or seventy were buried in one grave. 
 
 Two of my cousins named Heatly, whose mother 
 had married out of our society, were oflBcers in that 
 corps, and escaped to our house under cover of the 
 darkness of night. On their arrival, they found 
 that their father and mother, and seven or eight 
 children had been turned out of their comfortable 
 home, and had also fled for refuge to my father's, 
 where they were affectionately received. We had all 
 retired to rest when these young oflBcers arrived. 
 
 * Keightley remarks : " It was in the county of Wex- 
 ford that the rebellion really raged — a county which 
 would probably have remained at rest, had not the peo- 
 ple been goaded into rebellion by the cruelties inflicted 
 by the military and the self-styled loyalists. It was here 
 only that priests appeared among the rebels, and that 
 murders on a large scale were perpetrated by them." — 
 Hist, of England., vol. iii. 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION, 9 
 
 The thankfulness of their parents, who had never 
 expected to see them again, passes all description : 
 they were much affected, and immediately returned 
 thanks, on the bended knee, for the preservation of 
 their children. For some days, the two young men 
 remained in the house, hiding from room to room, 
 sometimes under the beds, as there was a frequent 
 search for arms and Orangemen by the rebels. 
 Some of the chiefs of these, having information of 
 their being with us, called, demanding them to sur- 
 render, and offering them the United Irishmen's 
 Oath. This, however, they resolutely refused, say- 
 ing they had taken the oath of allegiance to their 
 sovereign but a few days before, and would never 
 perjure themselves. On this, one of the rebels laid 
 his hand on his sword, and in great irritation said, 
 " were it not for the respect they had for Mr. Goff, 
 and that they did not wish to spill blood in his 
 hall, their lives should be the forfeit of their 
 refusal." At length, my cousins left our house at 
 night, intending to make their way to Ross, and 
 took shelter in the cottage of an old Roman Catholic 
 nurse employed by the family ; but by her they 
 w^ere betrayed, and handed over to the rebels, who 
 took them prisoners to the camp. The lives of 
 these interesting young men were, however, remark- 
 ably preserved, after they had endured much hard- 
 ship in prison. 
 
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 Two Roman Catholic iiien-sorvaiitri, belonging to 
 our family and lodging in the house, were compelled 
 to join the rebels to save their lives : and were 
 armed with pikes — the first we had seen. On my 
 dear mother's hearing of their having brought these 
 weapons, she sent to let them know she could not 
 allow anything of the kind to be brought into her 
 house ; so each night they left them outside the door. 
 They behaved quietly and respectfully throughout, 
 generally returning home at the close of the day. 
 
 The rebels set fire to the houses of many Prot- 
 estants ; and in the morning after the general 
 rising, a Roman Catholic family, seven in number, 
 came from Enniscorthy, apparently in great dis- 
 tress, saying they left the town on fire. They 
 received shelter and hospitable entertainment from 
 my dear parents, and remained with us the whole 
 time. My mother often remarked, with reference 
 to her large family, that provisions from day to day 
 were so wonderfully granted that it seemed, like 
 the cruise of oil and the barrel of meal, never-failing. 
 
 About twenty persons surrounded our dinner 
 table each day, beside those in the kitchen, four of 
 whom were members of our Society ; which my 
 mother considered a great advantage at that awful 
 period. She frequently said that " hind's feet " 
 appeared to be given her, in being enabled with 
 extraordinary ease to get through the numerous 
 
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 household duties that then devolved upon her. 
 Thus the gracious promise was verified in her 
 experience : — "As thy days so shall thy strength be." 
 
 A rebel once inquired of her, " Madam, do you 
 think we shall gain the day?" Feeling it to be a 
 serious question, after a pause, she replied, "The 
 Almighty only knows." He answered, "You are 
 right, madam ; have a good heart ; not a hoAr of 
 your head shall be hurt ; but when this business is 
 over, the Quakers are all to be driven down into 
 Connaught, where the land is worth about two- 
 pence an acre, and you will have to till tJiat, and 
 live on it as you can." My mother smiled and said, 
 "Give us a good portion, for we have a large 
 family." 
 
 Hannah and Arabella (afterwards Fennell), with 
 Dinah W. Goff, aged about thirty, nineteen and 
 fourteen, were the only daughters at home at this 
 time. The former two usually walked three miles 
 on First-days to the meeting-house a.t Forrest, 
 accompanied by two of the w^omen-servants, though 
 they met with many interruptions on the way. 
 
 One day some of the people said, as they passed 
 the Roman Catholic chapel, "How they dare us 
 by going through the streets! If they persist, they 
 shall be taken and dragged to the altar of the 
 chapel, and suffer the penalty of their obstinacy." 
 But my sisters passed quietly on. On one of these 
 
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 occasions, they remarked that a strange clog accom- 
 panied them ; it followed them for some miles, and 
 when they got safe home, could not be induced to 
 enter the house, but went away. This circum- 
 stance, though simple, seemed remarkable at the 
 time. I fully believe that their minds were not 
 resting on outward help, but on that Omnipotent 
 arm which was mercifully underneath to sustain. 
 They were enabled regularly to pursue their wa}', 
 and to unite with the few Friends that were per- 
 mitted to meet, remarking those opportunities as 
 being peculiarly solemn. Our dear parents would 
 gladly have joined them, but were unable, from the 
 infirmities of age, to walk so far, and had no horses 
 left to draw a carriage. 
 
 The family were always assembled for the 
 purpose of reading the Scriptures, after the fatigues 
 of the day were over ; and one evening, a priest 
 coming in, as he often did at other times, perhaps 
 to see what we were doing, remarked on the 
 quietude which prevailed. My mother said it was 
 usually the case when the hurry of household cares 
 had ceased. He said he came with good news — 
 that we were now all of one religion the world 
 over. My mother then inquired what it w^as, as 
 she believed there was only one true religion. He 
 replied, that an edict from the Pope had arrived, 
 and that it proclaimed the universal Roman 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 13 
 
 Catholic religion, adding that it was high time for 
 her to put up the cross. She asked what he meant 
 by the cross. He said, " Put up the outward sign 
 on yourself and your children." She answered, 
 That they should never do ; but she was thankful 
 in believing that her heavenly Father was enabling 
 her to bear the cross, and that she trusted He 
 might be pleased to continue to do so to the end. 
 I was standing near him at the time, when he put 
 his arms round me, and said, '' My dear child, we 
 shall have you all to ourselves ;" and, placing his 
 hand on my father's shoulder, he said, " Mr. GoC, you 
 shall be one of our head senators." This unhappy 
 man, we afterwards heard, lost his life in attacking 
 a Protestant gentleman, on whose kindness and 
 hospitality he had thrown himself, when his own 
 house was burnt down by the English troops. To 
 us he was uniformly kind, and we thought his 
 attention might, under Providence, have had some 
 influence on the minds of the rebels. 
 
 Many hundreds were daily on our lawn, and our 
 business was to hand them food as they demanded 
 it. Their fatigue and the heat of summer being 
 exhausting, large tubs of milk and water were 
 placed at the hall and back doors, with great quan- 
 tities of bread and cheese. The servants were 
 frequently obliged to stay up all night to bake 
 bread for them, and my mother and sisters often 
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14 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 made their hands bleed in cutting the bread and 
 cheese : if not cut up, they would carry ofi* whole 
 loaves and cheeses at the ends of their pikes. 
 They took carving-knives and others of large size 
 from the pantry to fasten on poles, thus converting 
 them into destructive weapons : on seeing which, 
 my mother had the remainder carefully locked up 
 after the meals. At times, they gave us dreadful 
 details of their own cruelty, and of the agonies of 
 the sufferers, to the great distress of my sisters and 
 myself One day after a battle, they related many 
 such acts. I was handing them food at the time, 
 and could not refrain from bursting into tears, 
 throwing down what I had in my hand, and 
 running away into the house. 
 
 We were greatly struck by observing that, how- 
 ever outrageously a party might come, there were 
 g(;nerally some among them who were disposed to 
 promote peace. Such would say, "You ought not 
 to treat them so — the poor ladies who have been 
 up all night making bread for you with their own 
 hands.'' One morning a most violent party 
 advanced, yelling and swearing hideously, like 
 savages intent on rapine, so that we fully believed 
 they had formed some wicked design ; but tv»x) 
 young men, who looked sorrowful and alarmed on 
 our behalf, though perfect strangers, came forward, 
 requestiii^^ we mijrht all withdraw and shut the 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 15 
 
 door, as they could not but dread the consequences 
 if the party were allowed to enter the house. The 
 young men stationed themselves on the steps of 
 the hall-door, drew their great cavalry swords, and, 
 flourishing them, declared that no one should pass ; 
 pleading for us in the most kind and energetic 
 manner — " Why v^ould you injure Mr. Goff and his 
 family, who are doing all they can, feeding and 
 providing for you ?" After a long struggle, the 
 company relinquished their evil purpose. The 
 young men were quite overcome with the exertion 
 and heat: my father warmly thanked them, and 
 gave them silk handkerchiefs to wipe their faces, 
 inquiring their names — one of them was called 
 
 Dennis of Gorey. On that occasion, many 
 
 wicked-looking women were outside, evidently 
 waiting for plunder ; and, when disappointed, they 
 made frightful faces, and shook their hands at us 
 as we stood at the windows. One of them was 
 heard to say when they withdrew, " You are a set 
 of chicken-hearted fellows !" 
 
 A severe conflict took place at Enniscorthy, the 
 garrison being forced to surrender,- and many 
 hundreds, as we were told, left dead in the streets. 
 Two days after it, our Quarterly Meeting for 
 Leinster province was, in usual course, held there ; 
 and was attended by David Sands from America, a 
 valued minister of our Society, who was then 
 
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 traveling through Ireland, with Abrahiuii Jackson 
 as his companion. As they passed through Ennis- 
 corthy, the latter had to alight and assist in 
 removing the dead bodies, which still lay in the 
 streets, from before the wheels of the carriage. 
 The meeting, though small, was said to have been 
 remarkably solemn, as it well might be, and also 
 much favored : many other Friends with ourselves 
 were deprived of the means of attending, by the 
 want of horses which the rebels had taken. 
 
 A barn, about a mile and a half from us, 
 belonging to a gentleman who lived at Scullabogue, 
 was used as a prison, in which about two hundred 
 and fifty persons, chiefly Protestants, were confined 
 — men, women, and children, some being infants in 
 their mothers' arms. There they remained from 
 Sixth until Third-day, without receiving any food, 
 except some sheaves of wheat occasionally thrown 
 in, that the rebels might have the amusement of 
 seeing them scramble for the grains. On the day 
 of the battle of New Ross, sixty or more of them 
 were brought out on the lawn, and ofiTered, one by 
 one, life and liberty if they would change their 
 religious profession ; but they all refused. Some, 
 after being half tortured to death, answered, " No ; 
 give me more powder and ball first." 
 
 [The cases of two prisoners, who were brothers, 
 named John and Samuel Jones, are particularly 
 
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 touching. On their refusal to turn Catholics, they 
 were offered tlieir lives if they would say that they 
 were Friends. This they did not feel at liberty to 
 do, not being in membership, although Friends in 
 principle. John was first executed, while Samuel, 
 who was kindly supported by his wife, quoted 
 the text, "He that loseth his life for my sake, 
 shall find it." He bore his martyrdom with 
 firmness, and was put to death after being shot 
 at five times.] The wife, with admirable fortitude 
 stood between them when they were shot, and 
 held up a hand of each. She then implored the 
 murderers to take her life also ; but they re- 
 fused, saying, " They would not dishonoi; the 
 Virgin Mary by killing a woman." I saw her 
 afterwards in deep affliction passing our gate, as 
 she sat in a cart with the remains of her husband 
 and brother. On the same day, — viz. the 4th oi 
 Sixth month, — the barn was set on fire, and all the 
 other prisoners (said to be one hundred and eighty^ 
 four) were consumed. Some of the poor women 
 put their infants out through the windows, hoping 
 to save them ; but the ruflBans took them up on 
 their pikes, and threw them back into the flames. 
 I saw the smoke of the barn, and cannot now forget 
 the strong and dreadful effluvium which was wafted 
 from it to our lawn.* 
 
 * Yet Keightley remarks — " We fear, if a fair balance 
 
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18 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 In the engagement at New Ross the insurgents 
 were defeated. This was an awful scene of conflict 
 and bloodshed, continuing with but little cessation 
 for nearly twelve hours. It is stated that two 
 thousand persons were killed. The king's troops 
 retreated twice, and the town was in the hands of 
 the rebels, when a reinforcement was understood to 
 have come up and put them to flight. Some 
 asserted that no reinforcement arrived, and that the 
 assailing multitude fled when there were none to 
 pursue them. General Johnson, who commanded 
 the royalists, said that the success of that day was 
 to be attributed to Providence, and was not the 
 work of man. Several Friends of New Ross had 
 previously retired to Waterford ; others who 
 remained were remarkably preserved, though the 
 town was set on fire in different quarters. 
 
 Previously to the burning of the barn, a company 
 came one day with two horses, saying they had 
 orders to take my dear father and our cousin, 
 J. Heatly, to the camp — the latter being the father 
 of the two young officers before-mentioned. It was 
 nearly noon when they came and seized their two 
 victims ; and my mother having gone to give some 
 
 were struck of the bloodshed, the cruelties, and the other 
 enormities committed during these unhappy times, that 
 the preponderance would be greatly on the side of the 
 royalists." 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 19 
 
 orders in the kitchen, I ran to call her, saying they 
 were forcing my father on horseback. On this she 
 came out, and pressing through tlie dense crowd on 
 the lawn, asked them peremptorily, " What are you 
 doing with my husband ?" On their saying they 
 were going to take him to the camp, she said, in 
 the same tone, " You shall not take my husband, 
 for he is in poor health ; and if you put him in 
 prison, I think he could not live many weeks : he 
 will be here for you at any time you wish, as he 
 cannot leave his house." They were then silent, 
 and quietly relinquished their design. My mother 
 remarked, " We have got what you call protections 
 from the generals." These were sent for, and read 
 aloud, to this effect : — " Let no one molest Mr. Goff 
 or his family, they being hostages to the united 
 army. Signed in the camp of Carrickburn by two 
 generals, Harvey and Roche." These documents 
 had been previously sent without any request made 
 by the family. The party were then satisfied, as 
 related to my father : all entreaty was, however, 
 unavailing with respect to my cousin, J. Heatly, 
 who was taken away on horseback, amid the 
 shrieks and cries of his afflicted wife and children. 
 We afterwards heard that they soon made him 
 dismount, and walk ten miles to Wexford. They 
 then put him on board a prison-ship on the river 
 Slaney, where he remained until the insurgents 
 
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 were totally defeated. He witnessed many of his 
 acquaintances and fellow-sufferers — said to be to the 
 number of ninety-seven in all — taken out of the 
 same ship and put to death, with very cruel circum- 
 stances, on the Wexford Bridge ; but he and a friend 
 of his had a remarkable escape. The prisoners 
 were called out by two and two ; and when it came 
 to his and his friend's turn, he made some excuses 
 for delay. The rebels continued calling for them 
 from the deck of the vessel, with their bayonets 
 pointed down towards them ; but they still delayed 
 going. At this juncture, a rumor reached their 
 guards that the English army were marching into 
 the town ; and this report throwing them into a 
 state of terror, the lives of the two prisoners were 
 saved. It proved, however, to be only a few 
 yeomen, boldly preceded by an officer of the corps, 
 which bad been defeated in the engagement on the 
 mountains of Forth. The rebels took flight in all 
 directions, and Wexford was left in possession of the 
 English, to the great joy of the loyal inhabitants, 
 who had suffered many privations and cruelties. 
 
 John Heatly often related the circumstance 
 afterwards, saying that Providence had in an 
 extraordinary manner saved his life. He had been 
 many years in the navy. His house, Rock View, 
 was occupied for some time by the rebels, who left 
 it a complete wreck. 
 
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 A party, who assumed the rank of officers in the 
 rebel army, came to our house one day, and 
 directed to have dinner prepared immediately. On 
 my mother's requesting the servant to lay the tables 
 in the hall, they indignantly asked, " Is it there you 
 are going to give us our dinner ? Show us into the 
 best parlor in the house." But on my mother 
 assuring them that she had seen noblemen sitting 
 in that hall, they became calm and satisfied. They 
 then asked for spirits and wine, saying they would 
 have some ; and when my mother told them that 
 there were none in the house, they were greatly 
 irritated, still saying they must have some. On 
 being spoken to by my mother in the singular 
 number, they desired her not to say thee and thou 
 to them, as if she were speaking to a dog ; and on 
 her again saying " thou" to one of them, he flour- 
 ished his sword over her head, and said, haughtily, 
 " No more of your theeing and thouing to me." 
 They ate their dinner, however, and went ofif peace- 
 ably. 
 
 We were now informed that orders had been 
 given to take my dear father's life, and my mother 
 was most particular in keejoing us all close together 
 around him, saying that if it were permitted that 
 our lives should be taken, we might be enabled to 
 support and encourage each other, or else all go 
 together I One day, about noon, a large company 
 
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 appeared on the lawn, carrying a black flag, which 
 we well knew to be the signal for death. My dear 
 father advanced to meet them as usual, with his 
 open, benevolent countenance, and my mother, 
 turning to me, said, with her sweet, placid smile, 
 " Perhaps my stiff stays may prevent my dying 
 easily." On which the Roman Catholic who had 
 taken refuge with us, said, " Have faith in God, 
 madam ; I hope they will not hurt yo^i :" she 
 quickly pushed forward and joined my dear father, 
 who was surrounded by a large party. He 
 observed to them, he feared they might injure each 
 other, as their muskets were prepared for firing ; 
 when one of them replied, " Let those who are 
 afraid keep out of the way." My mother distinctly 
 heard one of them say, "■ Why don't you begin V 
 and each seemed looking to the other to commence 
 the work of death. Some of them presently mut- 
 tered, "We cannot." At this critical moment, some 
 women came in great agitation through the crowd, 
 clinging to their husbands, and dragging them 
 away. Thus a higher Power evidently appeared 
 to frustrate the intentions of the murderers, and 
 my beloved father was again graciously delivered. 
 One man said there was " no use in taking Mr. 
 Goflf's life ;" but his two sons, if there, should soon 
 be killed, and then the estate would be theirs. 
 One morning a most outrageous party advanced 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 23 
 
 towards the house, yelling and roaring like savages, 
 evidently with some wicked design ; but two young 
 men who looked serious again interposed in our 
 behalf, and would not allow them to enter. Thus 
 were the words of David fulfilled: "The wrath of 
 man shall praise thee; the remainder of wrath thou 
 wilt restrain." 
 
 A 3^oung man, who, with his mother, kept a 
 neighboring public house, used at that time often 
 to walk into our drawing-room, lay his sword on 
 the table, and amuse me and my young cousin by 
 giving us his finely decorated hat to admire. One 
 afternoon he tried to prevail on us two to go with 
 him to the camp, saying it was an interesting sight, 
 such as we might never have an opportunity again 
 to see. We were then sixteen and fourteen years 
 of age ; and on my saying I did not think my 
 mother would permit us to go, he desired us not to 
 tell her, and promised to bring us safely back. 
 My mother, ever watchful, was at this moment 
 crossing the hall ; and seeing us together, she came 
 forward and inquired what he was saying. When 
 we told her, she asked him how he dared to request 
 the children to go to such a place ? She then rea- 
 soned with us on the impropriety of listening to 
 such invitations, saying she should never have 
 expected to see us again if we had once gone. 
 
 Three or four hundred English troops, accom- 
 
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 panied by Hompesch's German hussars, at length 
 landed at Duncannon Fort ; this was announced 
 by the firing of cannon early in the morning. On 
 my mother's entering my room, I expressed much 
 pleasure at the intelligence, when she replied : 
 "My dear, we must rejoice with trembling; having 
 much to dread from their being strangers, and we 
 know not what may be permitted; we have only 
 to place our trust and confidence in Him who hath 
 hitherto preserved us!" This little army formed 
 an encampment on my late uncle Caesar Sutton's 
 lawn at Longgraguo, about two miles from us. 
 The next day, whilst we were sitting at dinner, 
 one of the servants said the rebel forces were 
 coming from Wexford in thousands, intending to 
 surround the English encampment. The royal 
 troops, commanded by General Moore, having had 
 previous information, were, however, on the alert, 
 and met them on the road near our house. We 
 counted twenty-four pieces of cannon belonging to 
 the rebels, which passed our entrance. A dreadful 
 scene, partly in our view, was now enacted, and 
 lasted for three hours. The firing was awful ! 
 Having closed the doors and windows in the lower 
 part of the house as much as possible, we all retired 
 to an upper room, and there remained in a state of 
 fearful suspense. It was a terrible sight, and deep- 
 ly affected us, the cannon balls falling thickly about 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 25 
 
 the house. On one of ray sisters raising tlie win- 
 dow to look out, a ball whizzed by her head; and 
 this, with many others, we afterwards found. At 
 length, seeing the poor, deluded people running in 
 all directions, we learned that they were routed. 
 
 Two soon came to the house to have their wounds 
 dressed, which my sister Arabella did as well as 
 she could ; one had a ball in the cap of his knee, 
 and both bled profusely. They expressed much 
 thankfulness, and hoped they might soon be able 
 again to fight for their freedom. A fine young 
 man coming, who had received a severe wound in 
 his side and shoulder, my dear mother used means 
 to relieve him, and dressed him comfortably in 
 clean linen, while he frequently exclaimed, " Do, 
 ma'am, try to stop the blood. I don't mind the 
 pain, so that I may but fight for my liberty.'' Ob- 
 serving him in danger from the great injury, she 
 spoke to him in a very serious strain, and also re- 
 commended his going to the Wexford Infirmary. 
 We heard afterwards that he died on the way a 
 few hours after he left us. This battle was at 
 Goff's Bridge, on the 20th of Sixth month. Several 
 hundreds of the insurgents were killed, but not 
 many of the military. 
 
 Soon after the firing had ceased, wo observed 
 two of the cavalry moving slowly and suspiciously 
 up our avenue ; on which mv father went down to 
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26 DIVINE PROTECTION, 
 
 the hall door, and advanced with a smiling counte- 
 nance and extended arms to meet them. One, who 
 was a German, at once embraced him, saying, in 
 broken English, " You be Friend — no enemy, no 
 enemy ;" and gave him the kiss of peace ; adding, 
 "We have Friends in Germany." We got them 
 ea-ffs, milk, bread, &c., to refresh them, after the 
 excessive fatigue and excitement which it was 
 obvious they had suffered. 
 
 The evening before this engagement, one of my 
 sisters, passing through the servants' hall, observed 
 the coachman leaning on his arm, apparently much 
 distressed. When she requested to know the cause, 
 he hesitated and said he could not tell her ; but on 
 her entreating him, and adding that she should like 
 to know the worst, he said that he had heard it 
 planned at the camp, that, if they conquered the 
 royalists, we were all to be murdered, and the gene- 
 rals were to take possession of our house. He then 
 added, weeping, "Oh, our plans are too wicked for 
 the Lord to prosper them!" My sister remarked 
 that we trusted in a Power stronger than man, and 
 able to protect us in the midst of danger ; or to 
 that eflfect 
 
 During the night following this battle, our house 
 was surrounded by Hompesch's cavalry, who slept 
 on the lawn wrapped up in their grey coats. The 
 next morning twenty or thirty of the oflBcers break- 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 27 
 
 fasted with us, and told us that we had had a mar- 
 vellous escape on the previous day ; the cannon 
 having been placed on the bridge, and pointed 
 against the house to batter it down ; even the 
 match was lighted, when a gentleman, who knew 
 my father and us, came forward, and told them the 
 house was "inhabited by a loyal Quaker and his 
 family." They had previously supposed it must 
 be a rendezvous of rebels, and feared, from its 
 commanding position, that they themselves might 
 have been fired upon from it. Some of the offi- 
 cers, being refreshed by their meal, even shed 
 tears when they reflected on the danger we had 
 been in. 
 
 My cousins, Richard and Ann Golf, of Hope- 
 field, near Horetown, had been observed by *' the 
 Vnited Men " to persevere in walking to Forrest 
 Meeting, whilst the country was in a state of re- 
 bellion ; and were apprised that, if they continued 
 this practice, and refused to unite in the Roman 
 Catholic forms of worship, they should be put to 
 death, and their house burned. This threat brought 
 them under deep mental exercise, accompanied with 
 fervent prayers that they might be enabled to come 
 to a right decision ; and, collecting their large family 
 together, in humble confidence that best direction 
 might be mercifully afforded, after a season of 
 solemn retirement, they laid the matter before their 
 
28 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 children. On this memorable occasion, the noble 
 and intrepid language of Fade Groff, their eldest 
 son, then about seventeen years of age, is worthy 
 of being recorded. "Father," said he, "rejoice 
 that we are found worthy to suffer." His parents 
 were deeply affected, and their minds becaijie so 
 much strengthened, that next morning, rising before 
 daybreak, they all proceeded to the meeting, and 
 were enabled to continue to attend Divine worship 
 without molestation ; expressing thankfulness in 
 thus being permitted to accomplish what they con- 
 sidered their religious duty. 
 
 David Sands and his companion attended that 
 meeting, and, returning to Horetown, were joyfully 
 received by us: my dear mother saying that his 
 visit reminded her of the good Samaritan pouring 
 oil into our wounded minds. The three families 
 now occupying our house all assembled with him 
 on this solemn occasion, and his communication 
 was truly impressive and consoling, inducing ten- 
 derness in all present. He first alluded to the deep 
 trials we had suffered ; then to the infinite mercy 
 which had brought the family through them; and 
 afterwards offered a solemn tribute of thanksgiving 
 and praise to the great Preserver of men, whose 
 power had been so remarkably displayed for our 
 protection, when surrounded by danger on every 
 hand. It was. indeed, a memorable visit, for which 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 29 
 
 thankfulness prevailed to Him from whom all con- 
 solation is derived. The Roman Catholic family- 
 had never before heard these plain truths so 
 declared, nor witnessed anything of the kind ; but 
 they all united in prayer on their knees, and the 
 mother said : " I never heard such a minister as 
 that gentleman ; he must be an angel from Heaven 
 sent to you!" 
 
 The rebellion was now at an end ; but, though 
 peace and order were partially restored to our 
 afflicted country, yet the sad consequences still re- 
 mained ; not only houses in ruins, burned and torn 
 in pieces by both armies, were to be seen in all 
 directions, but many of the rebels who were out- 
 lawed, took up their abode in caverns in the wood 
 of Killoughran, and sallied forth by night to com- 
 mit depredations on such of the peaceable inhabi- 
 tants as had returned to their dilapidated dwellings. 
 Twice they visited us, and on these occasions our 
 sufferings were greater than on any during the 
 rebellion. My father had been urged to accept the 
 nightly services of a guard of yeomanry, but al- 
 ways positively refused. 
 
 On the first night, having all retired to rest, we 
 were aroused by a terrific knocking with muskets 
 at the hall door. My dear father raised his cham- 
 ber window, and requested them to wait a few 
 minutes, and he would open the door ; but they con- 
 3* 
 
30 DIVINE PROTECTIOX. 
 
 tiiiued knocking still louder, and swearing most 
 awfully until he went down. On his opening the 
 door, they seized him, and instantly rushed up to 
 his room, breaking a mahogany desk and book- 
 case to pieces with their muskets, and demanding 
 money. My father handed them twenty guineas, 
 which was all he had in the house ; but they per- 
 sisted in asking for more, and swore, in a most 
 profane manner, that if he did not give them more, 
 they would take his life. I slept with a little niece 
 in a room inside his, and we were entreated by my 
 sister A. not to rise, as we should be of no use. I 
 endeavored to comply with her request, and re- 
 main quiet, till I heard a dreadful scuffle, and my 
 father's voice exclaiming, " Don't murder me !" I 
 could then no longer keep still, but opened the 
 door, and saw one of the men, dressed in scarlet 
 regimentals, with full uniform, epaulettes, &c., 
 rushing towards my father with a drawn sword in 
 his hand. My sister intercepted it by throwing 
 her arms around my father's neck, when the point 
 of the sword touched her side, but not so as to injure 
 her. In the struggle the candle went out, and 
 they called most violently for light. The horror 
 which I felt at this awful moment can scarcely be 
 expressed. My sister went dow^n towards the 
 kitchen, and found a man standing at the foot of 
 the first flight of stairs ; she asked him to light the 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 31 
 
 candle ; when he said she might go down, and he 
 would stand guard, and not allow any one to pass. 
 This he performed faithfully, and she returned in 
 safety. I could not, after this, leave the party, but 
 followed them through the house. The dreadful 
 language they used, some of which was addressed 
 to my sisters, impresses me with horror to this day. 
 Money seemed the sole object of their visit that 
 night, as they repeatedly said, "Give me more 
 money, I tell you ;" assuring my father that, if he 
 did not give them more, they would murder him. 
 They even said from minute to minute, while they 
 held a pistol to his forehead, " Now you're just 
 gone." They then forced him to kneel down, re- 
 peating the same words, and presenting the pistol. 
 Seeing his situation, I threw myself on my knees 
 on the floor, and clung with my arms round him ; 
 when the ruffians pushed me away, saying, " You'll 
 be killed if you stop there." But my father drew 
 me towards him more closely, saying, " She would 
 rather be hurt if I am." They snapped the pistol 
 several times, which perhaps was not charged, as it 
 did not go off. When they found there was no 
 more money, they de&isted, asking for watches, 
 which were given them ; and at length they went 
 away, after eating and drinking all they could ob- 
 tain, and charging my father to have more money 
 for them the next time, or they declared they would 
 
32 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 have his life. So saying, one of them, who ap- 
 peared in a great rage, and had a cavalry sword in 
 his hand, cut at the handrail of the hall stairs, the 
 mark of which still remains. 
 
 About a fortnight afterwards, before the famih' 
 withdrew to rest, my father had a presentiment that 
 the robbers might come again that night, and sat 
 up later than usual. About midnight they arrived, 
 knocking furiously as before, and fully prepared to 
 plunder the house. They soon emptied the draw- 
 ers, and took all the wearing apparel they could 
 get, that did not betray the costume of Friends ; 
 so that we were deprived of nearly all our clothes. 
 On perceiving that they were taking all, my mother 
 begged one shirt and one pair of stockings for my 
 father, which they threw at her face in the rudest 
 manner, using dreadful language. They behaved 
 most violently, and, spreading quilts and sheets 
 on the floor, filled them with all sorts of clothing 
 they could get; they then called for victuals to eat 
 and drink, desiring my sister to drink their health, 
 putting the cup of small beer to her lips, and bid- 
 ding her " wish long life and success to the babes 
 of the wood," as they called themselves. This she 
 steadfastly refused. They then declared they would 
 come again in two weeks, and take us all to live 
 with them in the wood, '' and to cut bread and but- 
 ter for the babes." Their behavior was so insulting, 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 33 
 
 and my dear parents were so fearful of these threats 
 being realized, that they determined on sending us 
 young females to my cousins Goflf and Neville, who 
 were then merchants in Ross; and there we re- 
 mained for some weeks, until tranquillity was res- 
 tored to the country. 
 
 After the robbers had finished their repast, they 
 threatened to take my father's life, behaving very 
 outrageously, and saying they nmst take him to 
 their main guard at a little distance, and murder 
 him there, as they did not like to do it in his own 
 house. They then led him out, and we all at- 
 tempted to follow; but they pushed my mother 
 back, saying that she should not come — it would 
 be too painful a sight for her to see her husband 
 murdered, which they certainly would do. It was 
 very dark, but my sister Arabella positively re- 
 fused to leave her father, and they allowed her to 
 accompany him. Whilst crossing the lawn, the 
 root of a beech-tree, projecting above the path, 
 caused him to stumble ; he then sat down, and 
 said, if they were determined to take his life, they 
 might as well do it there. My dear sis^r stood by 
 in a state of awful suspense. They rudely asked 
 him if he had anything to say, telling him his time 
 was come. On hearing this, he remained quite 
 silent, and they, not understanding it, hurried him 
 to speak; when he said, he prayed that the Al- 
 
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 mighty might be merciful to liim, and be pleased 
 to forgive him his trespasses and sins, and also to 
 forgive them, as he did sincerely. They said that 
 was a good wish, and inquired if he had anything 
 more to say. He requested them to be tender to- 
 wards his wife and children ; on which they said, 
 "Good night, Mr. Goff; we only wanted to rattle 
 the mocuses out of you," — meaning guineas. 
 
 When they took my father forcibly out of the 
 house, my mother, though much distressed, was 
 favored with her usual quietude and composure 
 of mind, trusting in the Lord, who had been 
 pleased to support her through many deep trials, 
 and then forsook her not. So strong was her con- 
 fidence, that she even called to the servant for 
 some warm water, to prepare a little negus for my 
 dear father against his return ; when I said, '' It is 
 not likely we shall ever see my father again alive, 
 for they are going to murder him :" on which she 
 replied, with firmness : "I have faith to believe 
 they will never be permitted to take his life." In 
 about a quarter of an hour, my valued and tender 
 parent returned, pale and exhausted ; and throw- 
 ing himself on the sofa, said : " This work will finish 
 me ; I cannot hold out much longer :" which 
 proved to be the case. 
 
 Remarkable also was the protecting care vouch- 
 safed to my uncle Joshua Wilson (my mother's 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION 35 
 
 brother,) whose residence at Mount Prospect, near 
 Rathangan, was forcibly entered by a party of 
 rebels. One night, after the family had retired to 
 rest, they were aroused by a tremendous volley of 
 musketry, which at once shattered the hall door ; 
 and a loud cry was raised, of " Arms, money, or 
 life !" with most awful swearing. My uncle went 
 hastily down in his dressing-gown, followed by his 
 wife, who heard them exclaim: "You are a dead 
 man !" and seeing one of the men present a pistol 
 at my uncle's head, she rushed between him and 
 the ruffian, exclaiming : '' Thou shalt not, and 
 darest not, take my husband's life, or touch him ; 
 for the arm of the Almighty is stronger than thou 
 art!" The man appeared confounded, and let the 
 pistol drop from his powerless hand ; it was very 
 remarkable, that the whole party left the house soon 
 after, without doing. any further injury. 
 
 Many w^ere the heart-rending sufferings that 
 some families endured, being turned out of their 
 peaceful homes, and spending many nights in the 
 fields and ditches. Others, who still remained in 
 their houses, were wonderfully favored with faith 
 and patience under great privations, conscientiously 
 adhering to the revealed law of their God, and thus 
 experiencing, to their humbling admiration, the 
 name of the Lord to be " a strong tower." in which 
 the righteous find safety. On taking a retrospect 
 
36 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 of this awful period, and of the strength of mina 
 evinced by my beloved parents, sisters, and others, 
 my heart overflows with living praise and thanks- 
 giving to the Father of mercies, and God of all con- 
 solation, who was, indeed, " strength in weakness, 
 riches in poverty, and a very present helper in the 
 time of need." 
 
 The repeated shocks and trials, which my hon- 
 ored father endured during these fearful times, 
 were too great for his strength of body; and on 
 the 23d of Twelfth month, in the same year, 1198, 
 surrounded by many of his family, he gently and 
 peacefully breathed his last, being then in his sixty- 
 third year. Our merciful Saviour sweetly sus- 
 tained him in faith and confidence ; his almighty 
 arm being underneath to comfort and support him 
 whilst passing through the valley of the shadow of 
 death. He never expressed -a murmur; but, in 
 humble Christian patience and acquiescence with 
 the Divine will, often evinced his thankfulness for 
 the mercies received. To one of my sisters, whom 
 he observed weeping a short time before his death, 
 he said : "Do not shed a tear for me, my dear ; 
 but rather rejoice and be thankful that the Al- 
 mighty has been pleased to permit me to die in 
 peace, with my dear family around me ; and not 
 by the hands of wicked and unreasonable men." 
 He took my hand affectionately, and said : " My 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 37 
 
 dear child, I must leave you all ;" and, after a 
 pause, added : " Keep near to the Lord, and he 
 will be a Father and a Friend to thee, when I am 
 no more." 
 
 Horetown now passed to my eldest brother, Wil- 
 liam Goff, and my beloved mother removed to 
 Dublin. She survived her affectionate husband 
 nineteen years, and died in that city in the seventy- 
 eighth year of her age, in perfect peace. For several 
 years she was in the station of an elder. She al- 
 ways endeavored to rule her own house well, and 
 was accounted worthy of double honor, and much 
 beloved by her many descendants. Sixty children, 
 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, were living 
 at the period of her decease, in the year 1817. 
 
 She was granddaughter of Thomas Wilson, an 
 account of whose religious labors is published with 
 James Dickinson's. Her last illness was short, being 
 caused by a paralytic seizure, of which she had 
 previously had several. On the morning before 
 the seizure, she entered the drawing-room with an 
 expression of countenance remarkably solemn, and, 
 kneeling down at my side, engaged in fervent vocal 
 supplication for her numerous family, that the bless- 
 ing of the Most High might rest on them, and that 
 He might be pleased to continue with her to the 
 end. Many consoling expressions she uttered, and 
 when near the close, she said to me : " May the 
 
38 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 blessing of the everlasting hills surround thee, my 
 dear child, when I am gone." She was perfectly 
 conscious to the last, and sweetly resigned to her 
 divine Master's will. 
 
 It is comforting to have a well-grounded hope, 
 that, through the mediation and redeeming love of 
 our blessed Saviour, the spirits of both my beloved 
 parents have entered into the mansions prepared 
 for the faithful ; and that they are, through un- 
 merited mercy, united to the just of all generations, 
 " who have washed their robes, and made them 
 white in the blood of the Lamb ;" to whom be glory 
 and honor, for ever and ever ! 
 
 Thus have I cause to commemorate the great 
 goodness and mercy extended by our heavenly Fa- 
 ther to his unworthy creatures throughout a season 
 of inexpressible trial and distress. May his gra- 
 cious dealings never be forgotten by one who feels 
 undeserving of the least of all his mercies, and who, 
 in taking a retrospective view, can gratefully adopt 
 the language, " Bless the' Lord, O my soul, and 
 forget not all his benefits!" 
 
 I am the only one now remaining of twenty-two 
 children, and ever felt much attachment to my pa- 
 rents, whose pious and watchful care over their 
 large family, in our early years, lives in my heart 
 as a sweet memorial, calling for gratitude to Him 
 who gives us pious friends. This feeling, I believe. 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 39 
 
 was cherished by all the rest of their children, 
 uow, I humbly trust, through unmerited mercy 
 and redeeming love, united to them in that happy 
 state, where all trials and sorrows are at an end, and 
 where all is joy unspeakable and full of glory. 
 
 The foregoing has been written from memory, 
 after a lapse of nearly fifty-nine years, the affecting 
 events being still vivid in my recollection. 
 
 Dinah Wilson Goff. 
 
 Penzance, Cornwall, 12th mo. 23d, 185G. 
 
 A sum of money was raised by government to 
 compensate the sufferers in property, and a portion 
 of it was offered to Jacob Goff, with others, in con- 
 sideration of the great loss and damage he sus- 
 tained ; but, as a member of the society of Friends, 
 and not taking up arms in defence of government, 
 he felt that he could not accept it. 
 
 It is worthy of commemoration and cause of 
 humble thankfulness to the Preserver of men, that 
 amidst the carnage and destruction which frequently 
 prevailed in some parts of Ireland, during this re- 
 bellion, and notwithstanding the jeopardy in which 
 some Friends stood every hour, and that they had 
 frequently to pass among violent and enraged men, 
 in going to, and returning from, their religious 
 meetings — which, with very few exceptions, were 
 constantly kept up — the lives of Friends were so 
 
40 DIVINE PROTECTION. 
 
 signally preserved, that no member of the society 
 was put to death, except one young man. That an 
 exception should be made of one young man, is a 
 remarkable occurrence ; and it is interesting to in- 
 quire under what circumstances the death of this 
 individual took place. Sometimes an apparent ex- 
 ception confirms the law; and it will be found that 
 this very instance is a case of this kind. The 
 young man alluded to, apprehending that his life 
 was in danger, and that he could find no means of 
 defence, took up the resolution accordingly, to put 
 on a military uniform, and to associate with armed 
 men. He told his connections that they would all 
 be murdered, if they remained in such a defenceless 
 state in the country, and taking with him some 
 papers of consequence, he fled to a neighboring gar- 
 rison town. But it so happened, that the very town 
 he cliose as a place of refuge, was attacked and 
 taken by the insurgents ; and, from the most credit- 
 al)le information that can be collected, it appears 
 that when the contest was over, and he was wan- 
 tonly firing out of a window upon them, the door 
 of the house was forced open by the enraged enemy ; 
 and, in terror of his life, he sought to conceal him- 
 self in an upper chamber, where he was soon dis- 
 covered and put to death.* 
 
 *Sucii ii6 desire to obtain further inforiuation on the 
 
DIVINE PROTECTION. 41 
 
 deep sufferings and memorable deliverances of Friends, 
 more generally at that distressing period, will find them 
 related in a small interesting volume, published in 1825, 
 and entitled, "The Principles of Peace, Exemplified in y 
 the Conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland, during 
 the Kebellion of the year 1798." By Thomas Hancock, 
 M. D. Tract No. 46, of the series published by the Tract 
 Association of Friends, is, for the most part, an abridg- 
 ment of the volume just referred to. It can be had at 
 their Depository, No. 304 Arch Street, Philadelphia. 
 
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