61. Thomas Buxton Member of the society of friends and became involved in the Quaker campaign for social reform. Elected to the House of Commons and worked for changes in the criminal law, prison reform and the abolition of the slave trade. (17861845) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfowell.htm

Thomas Fowell To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email Thomas Fowell Buxton was born at Castle Hedingham, Essex in 1786. His mother was a member of the Society of Friends and she introduced him to the famous Quaker family, the Gurneys from Norwich . Thomas became a close friend of, Joseph Gurney and his sister, Elizabeth Fry . Although a member of the Church of England , Buxton began attending meetings of the Society of Friends with the Gurney family. After studying at Trinity College, Dublin, Buxton married Joseph's sister, Hannah Gurney in 1807. Buxton became involved in the Quaker campaign for social reform. This included raising money for the weavers in

62. Joining The Religious Society Of Friends Joining the Religious society of friends. The Religious society of friends is better known for its peace testimony than for anything else. http://www.hitchin.plus.com/Quakers/Joining.htm

Joining the Religious Society of Friends Meeting for Worship is open to all, but not everyone present at Meeting is a member of the Religious Society of Friends. Eventually most attenders begin to consider if and when they should apply for membership. This page deals with some of the questions which may arise. It is one person's view, and other people would probably emphasise different points, but as a whole it has the approval of the Elders of Lewes Meeting. How the present practice developed Until this century, new members were generally the children of Quakers, acquiring their membership as 'birthright' Friends. This is no longer possible, but there are still many Friends who were born into the Society. Parents may still, if they wish, apply to have a child (aged less than sixteen years) admitted into membership. On reaching the age of sixteen the child may then write to the Monthly Meeting Clerk to indicate a personal acceptance. Friends are aware that many such young people will prefer to defer such a decision, and many who as teenagers show little interest in the Society return to it in their twenties, thirties, or later. Those joining from outside were 'convinced' Friends. The procedure for joining was simple. The applicant wrote a letter to the Clerk of the Monthly Meeting which then appointed two Friends to visit, and their report was the basis for the decision as to whether they should be accepted. The procedures for application, for visiting, and the decision-making of the Monthly Meeting will be described in more detail later.

63. Quakers In Scotland - Home Religious society of friends (Quakers) the website of Scotland General Meeting. Quakerism is a non-credal religion, with Christian http://quakerscotland.gn.apc.org/

QUAKERS IN SCOTLAND Who are the Quakers? Organization in Scotland Links to Quaker sites Coming events ... GM reports Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - the website o f Scotland General Meeting Quakerism is a non-credal religion, with Christian roots, whose worship is based on silence and listening to the spirit. Quakers practise truth, equality and simplicity and pursue paths leading to peace. Find a Quaker meeting in Scotland SEARCH this website (New) For an enquirer's pack about Quakers, please contact: Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL Scotland, UK Or follow the links ............. Quaker Meetings in Scotland Britain Yearly Meeting Friends World Committee for Consultation Northern Friends Peace Board About Quaker ways: First Visit to a Quaker Meeting Quaker Weddings Quaker Funerals Quaker Business Meetings ... A page about peace (a North American friend's page); and one from Quaker Peace and Social Witness (UK) Other things Voltaire on Quakers and on oaths About this website Joe Latham, who created and maintained this website, died on October 24th 2003. He was interested in many things (

64. Friends Tract Association An association of members of the society of friends with a special sense of unity in the concern for distribution of sound Quaker literature. Several tracts are online and may be reprinted without further permission. http://www.tractassociation.org/

Friends Tract Association Introduction Page The Tract Association Website provides both a frames and non-frames version. Please choose between these options by clicking on the appropriate link below. TAF Frames Version including Graphics and Dynamic HTML Text version without frames Today is Fourth-Day. Sixth Month 2, 2004. But By Christ I am the door. (John 10:9) No one comes out of darkness, but by Christ, the light; no one comes out of death, and from under the prince of death, the power of it, but by Christ, the life. So he is the way to God. No one comes out of unrighteousness, but by Christ the righteous; no one comes out of the wisdom below, but by Christ, who is the wisdom of God, which is from above. And no one comes out of error and evil, but by Christ, the truth. So He is the door, and the way to God Almighty. (George Fox) Quotes are taken from Mind The Heavenly Treasure

65. WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL Cathedral Life The society of friends of Westminster Cathedral This group was founded in 1977 to promote the Catholic faith and support the Cathedral and her http://www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/clife/clife_friends.html

HOME CATHEDRAL LIFE MUSIC EVENTS ... Cathedral Life The Society of Friends of Westminster Cathedral This group was founded in 1977 to promote the Catholic faith and support the Cathedral and her mission. It raises funds to support the Cathedral especially for the maintenance of the music. The principle object of the Society is to support the activities of Westminster Cathedral. Funds are raised to further this objective by means of a number of events. Some of these events can be found at the bottom of this page. But membership of the Friends is about much more than attending events. It is also about sustaining this great House of God and ensuring it will be here for future generations. It's about preserving Westminster Cathedral as a place of prayer and peace, where others can find hope and forgiveness. It's about ensuring it continues to be a centre of musical excellence, a historical treasure, and a focal point for the community. It's about becoming a part of the Cathedral family. What are the 'Friends of Westminster Cathedral'?

66. Mary Lloyd Was a traveling minister for the society of friends, an active member of the Temperance Society. Set up a Provident Society to encourage the poor to save for the future. (17951865) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RElloyd.htm

Mary Lloyd To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email Mary Honeychurch , was born at Falmouth in 1795. At the age of twenty-eight she married Samuel Lloyd, the owner of a colliery and iron foundry near Birmingham . The couple had ten children between 1824 and 1839. Despite this large family, Mary Lloyd found time to become a travelling minister for the Society of Friends . Mary was an active member of the Temperance Society and set up a Provident Society to encourage the poor to save for the future. The campaign against slavery was her main concern. Mary was secretary of the Birmingham Female Society (1825-36) and later she was treasurer of the movement (1845-1861). Mary Lloyd died in 1865. Available from Amazon Books (order below) Enter keywords...

67. MSN Encarta - Friends, Society Of Friends, Society of. Friends, Society of (in full Religious society of friends), designation of a body of Christians more commonly known as Quakers. http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761562519/Friends_Society_of.html

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68. NYG&B: Records Of The Society Of Friends (Quakers), New York Yearly Meeting Records of the society of friends (Quakers), New York Yearly Meeting. by Suzanne McVetty, CG. The History of the society of friends in America. 2 vols. http://www.nygbs.org/info/articles/Quaker_Yearly_Meeting.html

Records of the Society of Friends (Quakers), New York Yearly Meeting by Suzanne McVetty, C.G. Originally published in , Fall 1997 The Quaker movement began in England in the 1650s and soon spread to the New World. In 1657 the first Quaker missionaries from England arrived in New Amsterdam aboard the Woodhouse . They quickly attracted supporters in the English towns on Long Island: Flushing, Hempstead, Newtown, and Gravesend, as well as in Oyster Bay beyond the jurisdiction of the Dutch. Meetings for worship were at first held informally at someone's home or in the countryside. It was not until 1672 that George Fox and his associates brought the business meeting structure to New York Friends. The Society of Friends is organized around the Yearly Meeting which is divided into Half-Yearly or Quarterly Meetings, which are made up of Monthly Meetings. The Monthly Meeting in turn consists of Preparative Meetings which prepare business for the Monthly Meeting. The site of the Monthly Meeting rotates among the Preparative Meetings on a regular schedule. It is at the Monthly Meeting level that the records meaningful for genealogists are kept. The earliest reliable New York minutes are those of Flushing Monthly Meeting. This meeting was part of New England Yearly Meeting, centered in Rhode Island, until 1695 when New York Yearly Meeting was established. New York Yearly Meeting would grow to cover all of New York State, some Meetings in Canada, Vermont, Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, and at least one in northern Pennsylvania.

69. Friends (Quaker) Worship, By Bill Samuel - QuakerInfo.com History and description of the approach to worship of the Religious society of friends (Quakers). http://www.quakerinfo.com/quak_wor.shtml

Your online source for information about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Home Articles Forum Feedback ... Calendar of Yearly Meetings Search Bill Samuel's Web Sites Bill Samuel Webservant QuakerInfo.com var site="sm1QuakerInfo" Friends (Quaker) Worship by Bill Samuel Originally published April 1, 2000 at Suite101.com The early Friends felt that the churches' worship was not true worship. George Fox wrote, "For teachings, churches, and worships that have been set up by man's earthly understanding, knowledge, and will must be thrown down with the power of the Lord God." ( To Friends in the Ministry (1656) Friends had a distinctive worship, which Isaac Penington writes of: Our worship is a deep exercise of our spirits before the Lord, which doth not consist in an exercising the natural part or natural mind, either to hear or speak words, or in praying according to what we, of ourselves, can apprehend or comprehend concerning our needs; but we wait, in silence of the fleshly part, to hear with the new ear, what God shall please to speak inwardly in our own hearts; or outwardly through others, who speak with the new tongue, which he unlooseth, and teacheth to speak; and we pray in the Spirit, and with the new understanding, as God pleaseth to quicken, draw forth, and open our hearts towards himself. Thus our minds being gathered into the measure, or gift of grace, which is by Jesus Christ; here we appear before our God, and here our God, and his Christ, is witnessed in the midst of us.

70. Katharine Glasier A Christian Socialist who once said that to her, socialism was the economic expression of Christianity . Member of the society of friends. (18671950) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wglasier.htm

Katharine Glasier To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email Katharine Conway , the daughter of the Samuel Conway and Amy Curling, was born on 25th September, 1867. Her father was a Congregational parson in Ongar, Essex, but when Katharine was a child the family moved to Walthamstow. The Conways held progressive views and Katharine received an education equivalent to that of her brothers. After being educated at home by her mother until the age of ten, Katharine went to the Hackney Downs High School for Girls. Amy Conway died in 1881 after giving birth to her seventh child. This was a devastating blow as Katharine was very close to her mother. The situation was made worse by her father's decision to remarry a woman that Katharine did not like. At the age of nineteen, Katharine began her studies at

71. Society Of Friends - Encyclopedia Article About Society Of Friends. Free Access, encyclopedia article about society of friends. society of friends in Free online English dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia. society of friends. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Society of Friends

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Society of Friends Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The Religious Society of Friends , commonly known as Quakers or Friends , is a religious community founded in England England (In Detail) Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) Official language None, English is de facto Capital London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK Unification 9th Century by Egbert of Wessex Currency Pound Sterling Time zone UTC+0 National anthems Unofficial: God Save the Queen Land of Hope and Glory Jerusalem Click the link for more information. during the 17th century (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th Century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of Spain and Portugal declined. Events Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterised as the Scientific revolution. Click the link for more information.

72. Religious Society Of Friends - Encyclopedia Article About Religious Society Of F encyclopedia article about Religious society of friends. Religious society of friends in Free online English dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Religious Society of Friends

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Religious Society of Friends Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition The Religious Society of Friends , commonly known as Quakers or Friends , is a religious community founded in England England (In Detail) Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (God and my right) Official language None, English is de facto Capital London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK Unification 9th Century by Egbert of Wessex Currency Pound Sterling Time zone UTC+0 National anthems Unofficial: God Save the Queen Land of Hope and Glory Jerusalem Click the link for more information. during the 17th century (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th Century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of Spain and Portugal declined. Events Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterised as the Scientific revolution. Click the link for more information.

73. Friends (Quakers) And Peace, By Bill Samuel - QuakerInfo.com of the peace testimony of the Religious society of friends (Quakers)....... http://www.quakerinfo.com/quak_pce.shtml

Your online source for information about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Home Articles Forum Feedback ... Calendar of Yearly Meetings Search Bill Samuel's Web Sites Bill Samuel Webservant QuakerInfo.com var site="sm1QuakerInfo" Friends (Quakers) and Peace by Bill Samuel Originally published May 1, 1999 at Suite101.com One of the things probably best known about Quakers is that we have a testimony against participation in war, which we call the peace testimony . As the Quaker movement was developing, Christian bodies did not generally take a pacifist stance. Friends themselves took a little while to become clear about it as a movement. In the very early years of the movement in the mid-seventeenth century in Britain, some Friends served in Cromwell's army. As late as 1659, prominent Friend Isaac Penington wrote a paper To the Parliament, the Army, and all the Well-affected in the Nation, who have been faithful to the Good Old Cause , in which he said the army had been "glorious Instruments in the hand of God." Development of the Peace Testimony Although the peace testimony was not a clear testimony of the movement as a whole at first, it does seem to have been clear early on to George Fox, generally called the founder of Quakerism. In his

74. OhioKIDS! - Ohio History Central - Path To Statehood - Groups - Society Of Frien The society of friends, more commonly known as the Quakers, came to Ohio beginning in the late 1700s and the early 1800s. The first http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/path/groups/societyfr.shtml

- Browse By : - LETTER TOPIC BY KEYWORD: The Society of Friends, more commonly known as the Quakers, came to Ohio beginning in the late 1700s and the early 1800s. The first Quaker to arrive in Ohio was George Harlan in 1795. By 1800, approximately eight hundred Quaker families called Ohio home. The number of families had more than doubled by 1814. The Friends originally settled in eastern and southern Ohio and established Mt. Pleasant, Alliance, Salem, Lisbon, and several other communities in the state. The Ohio Quakers' yearly meeting took place in Mt. Pleasant. There, the Friends built a meeting house that could hold approximately two thousand people. The Quakers played a major role in nineteenth-century reform movements, including temperance, the women's rights movement, and abolition. Due to the Quakers' dislike of slavery, many African Americans who ran away from their masters in the South settled in Ohio. Active participants in the Underground Railroad, the Friends hid the runaways until they reached safety. In 1817, Quaker Charles Osborn, a resident of Mt. Pleasant, published the first anti-slavery newspaper, The Philanthropist, in the United States. In 1821, Benjamin Lundy, the "father of Abolitionism," began to publish his newspaper, the Genius of Universal Emancipation, in Mt. Pleasant as well. The Quakers also treated Native Americans in Ohio with kindness. Rather than trying to convert the Indians to Christianity, the Friends first tried to teach them English and how to farm. The Quakers even formed a school in

75. Organization Of The Society Of Friends - Suite101.com Information on the organizational structure of the Religious society of friends (Quakers). Organization of the society of friends. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/quakerism/79513

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76. Friends (Quakers) And The Bible - QuakerInfo.com Historical and current attitudes in the Religious society of friends (Quakers) towards the Bible. http://www.quakerinfo.com/quak_bib.shtml

Your online source for information about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Home Articles Forum Feedback ... Calendar of Yearly Meetings Search Bill Samuel's Web Sites Bill Samuel Webservant QuakerInfo.com var site="sm1QuakerInfo" Friends (Quakers) and the Bible by Bill Samuel Originally published October 1, 1998 at Suite101.com From the early days of the Religious Society of Friends in the 17th century, the Quaker approach towards the Bible has confused many and been controversial. It doesn't neatly fit the usual theological categories. Some charged that Quakers denied the authority of scripture, but Friends vigorously defended against that charge. Barclay on the Scriptures Most early Friends were not theologically trained. Robert Barclay was the notable exception. He wrote the premier theological work of early Friends, commonly known today simply as Barclay's Apology . As was the custom with theological works of that day, it was written in Latin and first published in 1676 as . In 1678, it was published in English as An Apology For the True Christian Divinity, As the same is held forth, and preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers

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78. State College Friends Meeting (Quakers) The State College Friends Meeting is a Monthly Meeting (local congregation) of the Religious society of friends (Quakers). Visitors are always welcome. http://www.bym-rsf.org/scfm/

State College Friends Meeting 611 E. Prospect Ave. State College, PA 16801 "Meet together and know one another in that which is eternal." - George Fox The State College Friends Meeting is a Monthly Meeting (local congregation) of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Visitors are always welcome. We worship Sundays at 11 a.m.; programs for adults start at 9:45 a.m. First Day School for children is 10:45 a.m. In addition, most Sundays there is an early worship at 8:30 a.m. How to find us Visiting the Meeting How we worship What we believe ... Calendar State College Friends Meeting 611 East Prospect Avenue State College, PA 16801 Phone: (814) 237-7051 Last modified: August 18, 2001 Send suggestions for this web site to tar@psu.edu

79. Friends (Quakers) And Women, By Bill Samuel - QuakerInfo.com The attitude of the Religious society of friends (Quakers) towards the ministry of women. Also contains a listing of some Quaker women who have become well known for their ministry. http://www.quakerinfo.com/quakwomn.shtml

Your online source for information about the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Home Articles Forum Feedback ... Calendar of Yearly Meetings Search Bill Samuel's Web Sites Bill Samuel Webservant QuakerInfo.com var site="sm1QuakerInfo" Friends (Quakers) and Women by Bill Samuel Originally published August 1, 1998 at Suite101.com At the beginning of the Friends movement in the 17th century, Friends were controversial for a number of reasons. One of the major ones was the belief of Friends that ministry came through women as well as men. In the early years of the Friends movement, there were a number of Friends traveling in the ministry often called the "Valiant Sixty" (there were actually more than 60 of them). These Friends evangelized Great Britain, Jamaica, what is now the United States, and a number of other places. There were women as well as men in this work. Friends in those years were often beaten and jailed for their witness. In a few cases, they were even executed. Perhaps the most famous Quaker martyr was Mary Dyer . In Boston, a law was passed in 1658 banishing Quakers under "pain of death." When Mary Dyer learned that two of her friends were jailed in Boston, she went to visit them in 1659 and was thrown in jail. She and her friends were released, but assured they would be executed if they returned. Less than a month later, she returned to Boston. She was imprisoned, saw her two friends hanged, and was to be executed herself, but was reprieved at the last moment with the rope around her neck. Still not deterred, she returned yet again and was hung on June 1, 1660.

80. About The Religious Society Of Friends About The Religious society of friends. The Religious Society of The society of friends has no formal creed. Over the years Friends http://www.bym-rsf.org/rsf.html

About The Religious Society of Friends The Religious Society of Friends holds as the basis of its faith the belief that God endows each human being with a measure of the Divine Spirit. The gift of God's presence and the light of God's truth have been available to all people in all ages. Friends find this manifestation of God exemplified in Jesus of Nazareth. The Divine Spirit became so wholly Jesus' own that his teaching, example and sacrificial life reveal the will of God to humanity. As within ourselves we become conscious of the same Spirit (the "Inward Light" or the "Christ Within"), and as we submit ourselves to its leadings, we also are enabled to live in conformity to the will of God. Love, the outworking of the Divine Spirit, is the most potent influence that can be applied in human affairs, and this application of love to the whole of life is seen by the Society of Friends as the core of the Christian gospel. The immanence of God implies that all persons are children of the Divine and brothers and sisters one of another. All have the capacity to discern spiritual truth, and to hold direct communion with God. No mediator, rite, or outward sacrament is a necessary condition of worship. Inspiration and guidance may be realized through meeting with others in group worship where vision is made clearer by the shared experience of those present. The Society of Friends has no formal creed. Over the years Friends have made many attempts to set down the nature of their faith. Some of these statements, like the letter of George Fox to the Governor of Barbados in the 17th century or the Richmond Declaration drawn up by one group of Friends in the late 19th, have been grounded in Christian orthodoxy. Others, like the writings of Isaac Penington in the 17th century or of Thomas Kelly in the 20th, have a close kinship with the insights of mystics of many ages and many religious traditions. None speaks for all Friends or for all times. We are a religious fellowship based on common religious ideals and experiences rather than on creed or liturgy.

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