The Quakers, in consequence of the vast power they have over their members by means of their discipline, lay a great stress upon the latter.

They consider their prohibitions, when duly watched and enforced, as so many _barriers against vice_ or _preservatives of virtue_.

Hence they are the grand component parts of their moral education, and hence I shall chiefly consider them in the chapters, which are now to follow upon this subject.
MORAL EDUCATION OF THE QUAKERS.
CHAP.I.
_Moral Education of the Quakers--amusements necessary for youth--Quakers distinguish between the useful and the hurtful--the latter specified and forbidden._ When the blooming spring sheds abroad its benign influence, man feels it equally with the rest of created nature.

The blood circulates more freely, and a new current of life seems to be diffused, in his veins.
The aged man is enlivened, and the sick man feels himself refreshed.
Good spirits and cheerful countenances succeed.

But as the year changes in its seasons, and rolls round to its end, the tide seems to slacken, and the current of feeling to return to its former level.
But this is not the case with the young.