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FRIENDS' INTELLIGENCER.

"TAKE FAST HOLD OF INSTRUCTION; LET HER NOT GO; KEEP HER; FOR SHE IS THY LIFE."

VOL. XLI.

PHILADELPHIA, SECOND MONTH 16, 1884.

No. 1.

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as many other secondary offences being pun-
ishable with death, made executions terribly
frequent. In the First month of the year
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Here came Elizabeth Fry, then at the age of 33, accompanied only by a female relative. A picture of the terrible scene was impressed upon her tender and sensitive heart, never to be effaced. She could do nothing at this time except to supply some of the most destitute with clothes. Retiring from the scene,