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Beyond Penn's Treaty

Journal of Joshua Evans

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seemed to be surrounded in such a manner with mountains as -
though there would be no way. Here it was hinted to mind, "Look not
outwardly, but to the Lord, & the Path:" I then felt more easy, scarcely
daring for a while to raise my head, or look about me. The Road -
also continued difficult the next day, but I was favour'd with a sweet
calm: -- I thought perhaps many of my friends were in another
way toiling themselves, in trying to get riches, & leave their Children
rich, and I struggling along thus might migh come to die out-
wardly poor: But my mind was touched on this wise; Thy Riches
come another way; if thou art faithful, thy reward shall be sure,
and sufficient.

10th

We crossed the River Susque-
-hanna near Unedilly

: Enquiring for a friend's house we had heard of:
it being also near night, and receiving no account of him, it seemed a
discouraging circumstance in a wilderness place; But going a little further on
we obtained lodging; & were informed he lived about fifteen Miles dis-
tant. --- The following day about noon, we reached to Green Halls:
Having now travelled near 160 Miles through a remarkable road
for difficulties. I have no cause to murmur, feeling the Lord to be near
as a kind Master.

On the

On the 12th. we had a Meeting

at this house; and
in the afternoon another in a School-house, which were consider-
able gatherings, and might be called Seasons wherein divine Good-
ness was dispensed; The solid & quiet Sitting of the People, was
comforting to me to behold. --- 13th. Had a Meeting at Zeb.n Smith's
by the Unedilly River, among a People who were much unac-
quainted with friends. There was an appearance of much tender-
ness in these Meetings: and my heart was affected on hearing of the
Cries of some of the Poor for want of bread; It seems they have an
extortionate