0 TESTIMONY OF NEW-YORK MONTHLY MEETING, CONCERNING THOMAS HAWXHURST. NEW YORK: JAMES EGBERT, PRINTER, 374 PEARL STREET, A TESTIMONY Of New-York Monthly Meeting concerning our beloved friend, THOMAS HAWXHURST, deceased. From the rise of our Religious Society it has been the practice of Friends to commemorate the lives of the righteous, by holding up their example for the benefit of survivors. In reviewing the labors of those faithful servants of the Most High who devoted their time and their talents to the advancement of the Messiah's kingdom, much comfort and encouragement have been experienced. Under this impression it is thought right to place upon record some account of the gospel labors, and distinctive traits in the character of our late beloved friend, Thomas Hawxhurst, the subject of the present memoir. He was born in the township of Oyster Bay, Queen's County, N. Y. in the year 1752. His parents were members of our Religious Society. In speaking of them he remarks, "I descended of honest and well inclined parents, professors of the principles of Friends"-" and who endeavoured to guard their children from the many allurements and temptations by which they were encompassed." From the memorandums of our dear friend, it appears that "at an early period of life, he was sensible of the tendering impressions of Divine love." |