The numbers of those
again, which are settled in the southern, or central, or other parts of
the county, are attached to that, which has been fixed upon in the
southern, or central, or other divisions of it, for the same reason. The
different congregations in the northern division of the county appoint,
each of them, a set of deputies once a month, which deputies are of both
sexes, to repair to the meeting-house, which has been thus assigned
them. The different congregations in the southern, central, or other
divisions, appoint also, each of them, others, to repair to that, which
has been assigned them in like manner. These deputies are all of them
previously instructed in the matters, belonging to the congregations,
which they respectively represent.
[Footnote 21: This was the ancient method, when the society was numerous
in every county of the kingdom, and the principle is still followed
according to existing circumstances.]
At length the day arrives for the monthly meeting. The deputies make
ready to execute the duties committed to their trust. They repair, each
sett of them, to their respective places of meeting. Here a number of
Quakers, of different ages and of both sexes, from their different
divisions, repair also.
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