from  the  various  churches  in  America,  and  some  from
Europe,  nobly  contended  for  the  "  faitli  once  dehvered
to  the  saints,"  and  earnestly  sought  to  restore  the  er-
ring, and  to  guard  the  unwary — by  "  manifestation  of
the  Truth."  But  the  development  of  what  had  long
been  worming  itself  into  the  foundation  and  bulwarks
of  the  Society,  produced  a  state  of  things  which  left  but
little  hope  that  the  breach  could  be  healed.  At  this
juncture  Stephen  Grellet  felt  it  to  be  required  of  him,
in  the  love  of  Christ,  to  pay  a  general  visit  to  Friends
in  the  compass  of  his  own  Yearly  IMeeting.  On  his
return  home  from  this  engagement,  Avhich  occupied
about  five  months,  he  takes  the  following  review  of  the
service : —

Ninth  month,  1827.  I  have  just  returned  from  a  very
trying  engagement  throughout  this  Yearly  Meeting,  except
this  State,  New  Jersey,  which  I  visited  last  year.  It  was
a  duty  that  pressed  on  my  mind,  and,  during  the  last  few
months,  I  felt  it  in  a  manner  so  imperative  that  I  could  not
understand  the  nature  of  the  attending  impressions.  ''Now
or  never !"  seemed  to  be  the  language  proclaimed  in  my  ear.
