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Beyond Penn's Treaty

The Bank of Faith and Works United

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while he stamped earnestly with his feet at the white
preachers, whom he said, are Friendly to us, till they get
our trees, and lands, and then they are no more our friends;
but the Quakers are good people, and do not serve us so;
I love the Quakers, nipping my hands almost together,
until I was actually afraid of him, his visage was so hor-
rible, while he stamped on the ground at the white preach-
ers, whom he would not let come near him. I kneeled
down in the midst of them in fervent supplication, while
they sat on seats all round in the place where they offer
their yearly sacrifice. A large pole was standing up,
on which they fix a white dog, night the top, and then
dance round it, imploring the Good Spirit to give them a
plentiful crop of corn, from that which is just before put
into the ground; rendering Him their thanks for His bless-
ing upon the past crop the preceding summer. They have
another white dog which they roast, and eat at the same
time, of their sacrifice, that are instead of lambs. The
ardour of my soul was great for them, that they might
worship the Eternal Spirit, through the medium of His
Only Begotten Son. The text I spoke from was, Alas,
my brother! which was opened to me, by the Revealing
Light, so far, as to enable me to testify to them, that I be-
lieved they were of Jeroboam’s house, who were Israel’s
seed, that were carried away captives by Shalmaneser,
king of Assyria, and so were come thither to keep their
sacrifices, which were to typify Jesus the Son of God, who
was offered up for them, and would call them back again
into their own land, that should flow with milk and honey,
and they should all be taught of God, who would be a
Righteous King unto them, and join them to Judah, from
whom they were separated for rebellion. I also signified,
that their forefathers were carried away by Shalmaneser
captives, because they worshipped two Golden calves,
which my Interpreter said was made of “Yellow money,”
that they might understand the better: for he was a good
Indian, who was a religious man, and of the Tuskerow
nation
, and spoke English well, as also Indian: but there