... University is an equal opportunity university. Contents LETTER I.—ON THE QUAKERS ...................................................................... ......................................................... 6 LETTER II.—ON THE QUAKERS ...................................................................... ....................................................... 10 LETTER III.—ON THE QUAKERS ...................................................................... ....................................................... 12 LETTER IV .—ON THE QUAKERS ...................................................................... ...om which they are here reprinted. H.M. LETTERS ON ENGLAND LETTER I.—ON THE QUAKERS I WAS OF OPINION that the doctrine and history of so ex- traordina... ...s. T o acquaint myself with them I made a visit to one of the most eminent Quakers in England, who, after having traded thirty years, had the wisdom t... ...havoc which is the occasion of those public rejoicings.” LETTER II.—ON THE QUAKERS S UCH WAS THE SUBSTANCE of the conversation I had with this very si... ...surprised to see him come the Sunday following and take me with him to the Quakers’ meeting. There are several of these in London, but that which he c... ... the most considerable particulars I learnt concerning the doctrine of the Quakers. In my next letter I shall acquaint you with their history, which y...

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...in the place of power. – The Governor Bradstreet the old patentee, who hung the Quakers, was now almost ninety; and ill qualified for the new servic...

...therings of the Riverside Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, the Quakers. Riverside Meeting could not really be called a church. It had no m... ...erienced I later realized was typical in mystical religious movements, and Quakers are historically a part of the mainstream tradition of religious my... ...not only of 2. The term “Quaker Meeting” refers both to an organization of Quakers and to a specific gathering of Quakers for some purpose, such as wo... ...God and had lost all faith in organized religion, though I stayed with the Quakers for about eighteen years. Eventually I found myself teaching at the... ...iploma in psychoanalysis. About this time I severed my connection with the Quakers. I was discovering that the attainment of “oneness,” which is what ... ... classic expression of this approach. Kindred feelings are found among the Quakers in the West and in Zen in the East. All three regard discussion of ... ...red by many who otherwise find them- selves at the opposite pole to Buber, Quakers, and Zen, namely, those who voice the “Evangelical Christian” empha... ...l systems and which defies any attempt at intellectual definition. Zen and Quakers typify this meaning. For others, “religion” means first and foremos... ... whom believe in God and others who do not. In the Christian tradition the Quakers rank as mystics, as do the Sufis in Islam and at one time members o...

...ody, that St. Paul warned us about, and the practices of the Puritans and Quakers in early America have made it almost impossible to call urination, ... ...‘t seem to be many who adhere to this approach. A few, like the Amish and Quakers, would certainly qualify. 344 ―In John's version of th... ...IENTIOUS OBJECTORS ―Conscientious objectors are against all wars. The Quakers have a long standing aversion to all wars. Sometimes they are exem... ...evers are peaceful. Many are tolerant and non-violent people. Look at the Quakers and the Amish. Look at the Mormons.‖ —―The true believers, t...

... home, not far from the post office, I rented a room. The Burkes, who are Quakers, a family of two, put themselves out for me, and gave me an upstai...

...attacked and corrupted. The Mormons had to flee to the deserts of Utah. The Quakers had to hold secret meetings in friend’s houses. The Puritans ...

...stian minister. He was also interested in and had sympathies towards other religious teachings and movement such as the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). (Introduction by Nicholas J. Bridgewater)...

...ERICA . To the Representatives of the Religious Society of the People called Quakers, or to so many of them as were concerned in publishing the late p... ...e piece, entitled “THE ANCIENT TESTIMONY and PRlNCIPLES of the People called QUAKERS renewed, with Re spect to the KING and GOVERNMENT, and touch in... ...authority for so doing, put yourselves in the place of the whole body of the Quakers, so, the writer of this, in order to be on an equal rank with you... ...e testify unto all men, that we do not com plain against you because ye are Quakers, but because ye pretend to be and are NOT Quakers. Alas! it seems...

...o the Society of Friends, or, as the world and the world’s law calls them, Quakers. A strong and useful iron-grey galloway showed, by its sleek and go... ...a’s father, who, connecting himself by mar- riage with a wealthy family of Quakers in Lancashire, en- gaged successfully in various branches of commer... ...sh, disappeared with a celerity which seemed to astonish the good-humoured Quakers, who kept loading my plate with supplies, as if desirous of seeing ... ...ed that me should return to the house through her brother’s farm. ‘Even we Quakers, as we are called, have our little pride,’ she said; ‘and my brothe... ...een neighbouring more than was needful among some of the pestilent sect of Quakers—a people who own neither priest nor king, nor civil magistrate, nor... ...er ye can safely to your soul’s weal remain longer among these Papists and Quakers—these defections on the right hand, and failings away on the left; ... ...ry quiet, began to feel abominably dull. It was, as thou say’st, as if the Quakers had put the sun in their pock- ets—all around was soft and mild, an... ...t the thoughts of the reception which a fiddler was likely to get from the Quakers at Mount Sharon. I chucked him from me, not sorry that his mirth ha... ... should direct him, and I sent little Benjie with an apology to the worthy Quakers. As we parted in different directions, the good woman said, ‘Oh, si...

...al state. The bridegrooms sat to gether in a corner, rigidly silent, like Quakers whom the spirit moveth not, being still in the odd predicament of b...

... however, not only the first twelve had returned, but a multitude of other Quakers had come to rebuke the rulers and to preach against the priests and... ...lties of the persecutor to naught. He went on to relate that, in 1659, two Quakers, named William Robinson and Marmaduke Stephen son, were hanged at B... ...o be shed, under pretence of religion, in any part of his do minions. The Quakers in England told him what had been done to their brethren in Massach...

...s appeared in the guise of Presbyterians, Anabaptists, Inde pendents, and Quakers, according as any of these were most in credit; so, since the fashi...

...s, both good and evil. He was likewise a bitter persecutor; as witness the Quakers, who have remembered him in their histories, and relate an incident... ... ture would permit! playing at going to church, perchance, or at scourging Quakers, or taking scalps in a sham fight with the Indians, or scaring one ...

... was wrong. Who were to blame I know not. I should have mentioned that the Quakers had at that time also a burying-ground set apart to their use, and ... ... the very next day of the plague, and was carried, one of the first in the Quakers’ dead-cart, to their new burying-ground. I might have thronged this...

...ists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quakers, and the Quakers Episcopalians, and the Episcopalians Mil lerites ...

...norance of the nature of the Christian churches. With the exception of the Quakers and a few Russian sects, no Christian sect or church has ever repud...

...cardinal text is the instruction to “turn the other cheek.” Often they are Quakers. If they are consistent they are vegetarians and wear Lederlos boot...

...hink for themselves, one running off to the Indepen- dents, and one to the Quakers and Shakers, and one to the Fifth Monarchy men, and you, Steadfast ...

...orge Fox’s making to himself a suit of Leather. This man, the first of the Quakers, and by trade a Shoemaker, was one of those, to whom, under ruder o...