Observations on the Sermons of Elias Hicks / In Several Letters to Him; With Some Introductory Remarks, Addressed to the Junior Members of the Society of Friends.

A series of letters directed to younger members of the Society of Friends critiques a contemporary ministry and its printed discourses, arguing that unchecked enthusiasm and claims of private revelation threaten the society’s discipline. The author examines how ambition and imagination can supplant humble ministry, warns that weakening eldership undermines communal oversight, and traces the social consequences of fanaticism. He urges disciplined humility, attendance at meetings for discipline, deference to experienced elders, and restraint in public deliberations as means to preserve order, unity, and sound religious practice.