Pedestrianism

APPENDIX. 281 hiflf>eeliags werewarm, yet his passions were subdued by- strictdiscipline; and thepractical observanceof the rules of moral duty, strengthened and invigoratedevery virtuous sentiment. Cheerful, yet serene> he withstood the shocks of adversity withfortitude andfirmness. Everactive and indefatigable,he composedone of his bestworks within the walls of a prison; and, in all situations,he was constantly occupiedwith what he conceived to be for the good of mankind. Considering the shortness of his life, and the time he employed in travelling, it is astonishing that he could writeso muchand so well. Buthis workshave out­ lived him; and,in three volumes,t,he scattered opinionsof the society to which he belonged, arecollected, arranged, and exhibited to the whole world in elegant uniformity; and throughout Europe and America, " The Apology for True Christian Divinity" is to be found in the libraries of the wise andthe learned*. T he Apologisthad nine children, andwas succeeded by his second son, Robert; the first son, David, having died on a voyage to EastJersey, at the age of fifteen. After the family of Ury hadembraced the tenetsof the amiable society of F riends it, is not to be expected that it could make any conspicuousfigure in the transactions of the times. The pursuitsof the Quakers being solely directed * The above account of the Apologist was drawn up bythe author for theEdinburgh Eucyclopsedia,where itis published, N n to