A Map of the Paths of Life

18 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. A MAP OF THE PATHS OF LIFE. (See Frontispiece.) This Quaker allegory, on lines suggesting John Bunyan, was presented to the Friends' Historical Association by our late friend and member, Henry B. Abbott, of Philadelphia. It has been ascribed to George Dillwyn (1738-1820). As he and his wife, Sarah (Hill) Dillwyn had no child, it is more likely to have been the work of his brother William, (1743-1824). William Dillwyn possessed the pen and pencil of an artist. His beautiful copperplate hand is in evidence on many official Quaker documents, and a plan and sketch of the old meeting house in Burlington is in possession of Burlington Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. George and William Dillwyn were sons of John (1693-1748) and Susanna Painter Dillwyn. Sarah, wife of George, was daughter of Dr. Richard Hill, of Madeira. He was an eminent preacher. William married, 1st. Sarah Logan, daughter of John Smith, Jr. and granddaughter of James Logan of Stenton. Their only child, Susanna (1769-1819), married Samuel Emlen, Jr. William married 2nd., Sarah, daughter of Lewis Weston, of Walthamstow, England, where he remained a resident for the rest of his life. There was much intercourse between the relatives on each side of the Atlantic. These lighter touches, while instructive in themselves, are also of value in that they show us glimpses of the social life of a bygone day. There are many bright letters, verses and more serious poems and sketches by eminent worthies, which are in possession of our members ; is it not as much a duty as it would be a pleasure to allow these to see the light of day once more? Amelia Mott Gummere. A DESCRIPTION OF A MAP OF THE PATHS OF LIFE IN A LETTER FROM PARENTAL CARE HALL. Dear Children: As you are about leaving my house to enter on the Paths of Life, and if my days are lengthened to many years I cannot always be with you, I therefore desire you to attend to the Sketch I have made of the various A MAP OF THE PATHS OF LIFE19 paths to Happiness ; that being generally the pursuit of everyone, though many miss attaining it, even in old age, by not taking heed to their steps. Even those who set out well in life, and walk by Direction Gate to Love Learning Garden, are not always safe. Particular care should be taken to avoid Novel Flower Bed, which leads to Levity Walks, etc., and many who get there forget to return, but meeting gay company on the Green, pass on to Vanity Fair. Even those who avoid Novel Flower Bed, get into Knowledge Pasture, and produce some fruits from Ingenuous Orchard and reach Promotion Mount; but stopping at Flatterer's Haunt or Gull Inn, they frequently get to Bragington, and so on to Vanity Fair. In passing through Prudent Walks, we should visit Alarm Tower to be enabled to tread with safety the paths that lead to the Temple of Fame. Many a young tradesman has arrived at the Temple and yet missed of Esteem Hall by not keeping a guard over his appetite he has gone to Feasting Hall and from there to other difficult situations, and though many are in Perplexity Parish, they will go to Decoy Theatre, and Spend-thrift Ordinary, which leads to Gamblers' Hotel, over Winning Down, by Loosing Vale, by Needy Maze, to Misery Square. Thus some who set out well in life, have got into Knaves Lure, and in great danger of going to Forgers' Hole, to Detection Crevice, and to the great grief of their parents and friends, they have been brought into Conviction Court, sent to Dungeon Bottom, and narrowly escaped going to Gallows' Hill. Thus we see it requires watchfulness, even at the Temple of Fame, to arrive at the Temple of Honor, but to arrive at Happy Old Age Hall, we must go over many Noble Deeds Plains, and frequently take refreshments in Devotion Grove, etc. Some who have passed from Love Learning Garden over Manly Hill to Many Friends City have been so off their guard in passing through Temptation Gateway, as...