Atlee, Edwin A. Letter to Elias Atlee.

Title

Atlee, Edwin A. Letter to Elias Atlee.

Creator

Atlee, Edwin A

Contributor

Elias Atlee

Description

Handwritten letter from Edwin A. Atlee to Elias Atlee, n.d. Atlee writes respectfully and in effusive Biblical language to an older man (possibly Elias Hicks) praising his life and affirming the importance of bringing truths to the Quaker community.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

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Identifier

25

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

   My very Dear Brother
                                      It is in me at this time
to salute thee in the love of the everlasting gospel
a small measure of which I am favoured to expe=
=rience, through the unmerited mercy of the she
=pherd of Israel, who careth for his little ones, who
are scatter’d in this dark and gloomy day, and is
raising up the precious [Seed?] into dominion among=
=st us the People called Quakers after the night
of Apostacy, even amongst us who make the
greatest Profession, and yet in the general have
suffer’d the God of this world so to blind the
spiritual Eye, as not to see when good cometh,
and even to resist and gainsay it as did the
Scribes and Pharisees and traditional hypocrites,
of old, my soul rejoiceth with trembling that,
for the Fathers Sake, we are not forsaken, and
for His Glorious name sake never - never shall
be. think me not presumptious [sic] when
I say my soul is nit [sic] with thine, as that
of Jonathan to David's; I am aware

(Page 2)

that bonds, and afflictions await me
in every place, but in the strength
of Gehovah [sic] (the name by which
he will now work deliverance) I
trust I shall stand.   Feel me near
thee, dear Elias, in the indissoluble Bond
and let thy breathings be for my
preservation, The time for temperiseing [sic]
is past is past, Truth must be preached,
even if it disturbes the false Peace and
Rest in which so many amongst us
have sheltered themselves, The Sword
must first come, and my secret breat=
=hings are, that I may not be spared
until Judgment be brought unto
compleet [sic] victory. I have long been
in a great measure, a Traditionalist, and
hesistate not to confess it, but the Lord
who looketh at the heart, hath temper^d^[sic]
his Righteous Judgments with mercy,
    The eye salve of the kingdom hath
a second time appear’d, and Oh. that in
meekness, deep humility and self-renun=

(Page 3)

=ciation it may be kept single
     This language of the Prophet Habba=
=kuk I feel at times the language
of my spirit, O Lord how long shall
I cry and thou wilt not hear even
cry out unto thee of violance [sic] and thou
wilt not see, Why doest thou show me
inequity and cause me to behold griev=
=eance [sic]! for spoiling and violance [sic] are before
me and there are that raise up strife
and contention, Thereforethe law is
slack’d and judgment doth never go forth
for the wicked doth compass about the
righteous, therefore wrong judgment proceedeth
    notwithstanding the door of hope seem’s
opening even in the valley of Achor, and
I look with the eye of faith for fields
and vinyards [sic] from thence. Thou hast
many who love thee for thy Work’s sake
and may the God of Jacob strengthen thy
hands and teach thy fingers to fight the
good fight of faith now in the evening
of thy days! that the Everlasting Joy
may be thy reward in death and in

(Page 4)

the Resurrection, prays thy friend
and younger brother
                                Edwin A Atlee

Tags

Personal; Quakers

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Atlee, Edwin A, “Atlee, Edwin A. Letter to Elias Atlee.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed January 30, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/2327.

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