THE ANNUAL MONITOR FOR 1890, OR OBITUARY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS In Great Britain and Ireland, FOR THE YEAR 1889. LONDON: SOLD BY SAMUEL HARRIS & Co., 5, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT; AND BY MARY SESSIONS, 15, Low OUSEGATE, YORK; ALSO BY JOHN GOUGH, 10, MARKET BUILDINGS, DUBLIN ; WILLIAM ROBINSON, WEST BANK, SCARBOROUGH. 1889. PREFACE. IN offering to its many readers another volume of the Annual Monitor, it may be permitted once more to refer to a criticism that has often found expression respecting it, to the effect that the memorial notices found on its pages are sometimes too one-sided, and, dwelling almost or quite exclusively on the favourable aspects of character, are too often more eulogistic than circumstances warrant, and tend rather to the discouragement of some, who find the attainment of anything approaching to perfection far beyond their reach. Under the circumstances which inevitably attend the preparation of the memoirs it is probable that there may have been, and may still be, ground for such criticism; yet I cannot but believe that the discouragement, if it be so, afforded by this little Annual, has been far outweighed by its lessons of encouragement, in the memorials of the many who, whilst very conscious of infirmity and of many failures, have yet proved, and rejoiced to testify to, the allsufficiency of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ for every need of those whose hope and trust are in Him. May the new volume abundantly serve this same good purpose. It has been cheering to receive of late an increasing number of expressions of much appreciation of the value of the book. The statement made in the last year's volume, of the large decrease in its circulation, was followed by so increased a demand that, to my regret, I was unable to supply many of the later applicants; a circumstance which I trust may not occur again. My friend Joseph Green, of Stansted Montfitchet, has in preparation an Index of the in formation contained in the Annual Monitor from |