Fox exhorted his friends to firmness

and ‘himself remained in London, to share with their sufferings. Soon after his recovery from a severe illne he sailed for Barb a does, where he exerted himself greatly in the interests of religion and humanity. It was while in this island that Fox drew up a statement of his own and his friends’ belief in all the great doctrines of —— ay a statement clearly disproving t eir alleged sympathy with Socinian tenets. After a considerable time spent in Barb a does, Jamaica, and the North American continent, he returned to England in 1673. Here further persecutions awaited him. He underwent 14 months’ imprisonment, and was at length liberated by the Court of King’s Bench on account of the errors in his indictment. In 1677, in company with Penn and Barclay, who had joined the Society about 10 years before, he paid a visit to Holland and some parts of Germany, where his services seem to have been well received. The last 15 years of his life were tranquil as regards personal molestation, but he continued to be actively engaged in various ways in promoting the welfare of his brethren. Their persecutions continued throughout the reign of Charles II., and it was not until the first year of William and Mary that a bill was pa ed which nullified the Conventicle Acts, and allowed the Friends to make a solemn declaration in lieu of taking the oaths, and Fox had the gratification of seeing the public worship of the Society legally recognized before his death. He died in London, Jan. 13, 1690.