The Friends Society on Worship and Ministry
The article outlines Quaker views by Fox and Barclay on worship as inner divine communion, ministry as inspired proclamation, and rejection of a formal priestly class. It notes that calling comes from within, not ordination, with protection for those who earn a living while serving. Accessory preaching remains permissible within worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Fox
Swan
England
Barclay
America
Merctrs
Alec
Eee
Connection
Frien
General Center
B ‘Wilbur
North
Fittesuth Street
Philadelphia
Early Quaker Monthly Meetings Shaped Discipline and Unity
The article traces the rise of Quaker monthly meetings from 1667, outlining George Fox’s push to establish five monthly meetings in London and the 1668 Canons and Institutes guiding conduct. It notes unity as yielding both ways, the shift from discipline to formalized rules, and describes the unique Quaker marriage rite and its legal reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends
Swannington
Léscestershire
Lbuton
Bedfordshire
Skipton
Yorkshire
George ‘Fox
Fox
London
Ruth
Boaz
Last exchange hints at Jones’s death in heat
Hix recalls Jones disliking the city as hot and Dix notes Jones is dead. The exchange implies a fatal outcome connected to the area, with terse hints about his current state and whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hix
Jones
Dix
Ig’ Rege
aAttila
Vera
Gebhardt
Illinois
J. K. Dickinson
Henry
Dan -Horrom
Backache Relief Credited to Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A letter from Mrs. One Woodall of Mor IF claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her backache and general weakness after two years of pain. She says she can now do all her work without backache and praises the medicine while inviting others to write for confidential advice from Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dre Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Emale
Woodall
Lydia E.pinkham
Tol Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Masa
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Rockies
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Smith
OS Re
Gavings Bank
Friends’ General Conference Advancement Committee
Stent W. Wilbur
North Fifteent Street
Philadelphiaa
Chicago
LEWIS
Hunter
Bercheron Society
Honte
Papal
Quinn
Nora
Ortey
ROYAL
Americ
Esther
L. F. Hartzell
Princeton
Lec
Stallion Reg. Board
Ed Porch
Barney Melian’s
Vincent Schursert
Home
Frank Balenser
Henry Bonshire
John Divelbiss
Whitefield
Til
State of Illinois
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