But, in later years, in Rochester he was an attentive listener to Rev.William Henry Channing.
The effect of all this on Susan is the question of interest.

No doubt she early weighed the comparative moral effects of coats cut with capes and those cut without, of purely Quaker conjugal love and that deteriorated with Baptist affection.

Susan had an earnest soul and a conscience tending to morbidity; but a strong, well-balanced body and simple family life soothed her too active moral nature and gave the world, instead of a religious fanatic, a sincere, concentrated worker.
Every household art was taught her by her mother, and so great was her ability that the duty demanding especial care was always given into her hands.

But ever, amid school and household tasks, her day-dream was that, in time, she might be a "high-seat" Quaker.

Each Sunday, up to the time of the third disobedience, Mr.Anthony went to the Quaker meeting house, some thirteen miles from home, his wife and children usually accompanying him, though, as non-members, they were rigidly excluded from all business discussions.