Another feature of Quakerism which comes from its Reformation origins is a suspicion of, or hostility towards, the outward expression of religion in ritual,...
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Jan 4, 1999 10:36 pm
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...the distinction between silence and stillness. Silence is simply a preparation for being still, the means of worship, not the worship itself. John Punshon,...
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Jan 5, 1999 3:15 pm
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I do not know why supposedly religious people are embarrassed at the thought of being born again, I was, except that Quakerism, the faith of my adoption,...
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Jan 5, 1999 6:23 pm
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Moreover when the Lord sent me forth into the world, he forbade me to put off my hat to any, high or low; and I was required to 'thee' and 'thou' all men and...
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Jan 16, 1999 3:29 pm
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I saw at this time that if I was honest in declaring that which truth opened in me, I could not please all men; and I labored to be content in the way of my...
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Jan 18, 1999 4:17 pm
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It is not Christianity but priestcraft that has subjected woman as we find her. Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) ... eGroup home:...
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Jan 19, 1999 5:23 pm
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"We have been so long pinning our faith on other peoples' sleeves that we ought to begin examining these things daily, ourselves, to see whether they are so;...
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Jan 22, 1999 3:37 am
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I have been challenged by Friends who worship with a pastor, hymns, and planned service to consider that it may be "unprogrammed" Friends who are most dogmatic...
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Jan 24, 1999 4:31 pm
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Now it is called light, especially by us of this society who profess to be Christians. This is the foundation which George Fox came out upon - he directed...
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Feb 6, 1999 9:33 pm
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A religion is spiritual if every outward word and act is a genuine expression of an inward state. Howard Brinton ... eGroup home:...
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Feb 9, 1999 4:01 am
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The differences of sentiment whic exist in the church...have respect, not to the question whether the Holy Spirt does or does not operate on the heart of man,...
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Feb 15, 1999 3:57 am
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No longer are they to depend on the teaching of their fellow-creatures; for the anointing which they have received of Christ abides in them, and teaches them...
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Feb 15, 1999 2:45 pm
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I felt that everywhere teh emphasis on garb and speech and Quaker badges of plainness was excessive. It seemed to me a bondage and a burden, a load and a...
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Feb 16, 1999 12:45 am
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And with an even mind, they can at all times measure the uneven world. They can rest fixed in the midst of all its uncertainties, as becomes those who have an...
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Mar 1, 1999 7:43 pm
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Prayer for others is a form of petitional prayer that makes deep demands on the faith of an individualistic generation that has so largely lost its sense of...
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Mar 2, 1999 4:39 pm
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Pacifism is not a theory; it is a way of life. It is something you are and do... Rufus Jones ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/quaker-thought Free...
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Mar 8, 1999 3:27 pm
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Saints are not made for haloes and inward thrills. The true saint is a good mother, a good neighbor, a good constructive force in society, a fragrance and a...
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Mar 17, 1999 5:46 pm
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In hours of loss and sorrow, when the spurious props fail us, we are more apt to find our way back to the real refuge. Rufus Jones ... eGroup home:...
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Mar 22, 1999 2:57 pm
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If times of inward retirement were so essential to Jesus, who perpetually lived and moved in God's presence, how much more important they should be to us,...
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Apr 10, 1999 6:37 pm
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While Quakers like to think of themselves as nonconformist, there is a special kind of Quaker conformity hinted at in the previous paragraph. There is an...
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Apr 15, 1999 2:57 pm
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The lion will never lay down with the lamb on a "lets pretend" basis, and perhaps too much of what we do as Quakers is "lets pretend". Elise Boulding ... ...
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Apr 16, 1999 3:44 am
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I don't look for great heights in my prayer life, but I do look for and experience connectedness with God. Elise Boulding "One Small Plot of Heaven" ... ...
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May 6, 1999 7:37 am
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Only by our suffering can we overcome prejudices bred in millions of people by the inability of Christians to speak to their times. -- Emil Fuchs (1949) ... ...
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May 9, 1999 1:58 pm
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To know and love God directly is to come to know what we are. DS - Prayer and Worship ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/quaker-thought ...
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May 16, 1999 8:27 pm
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A true mystic believes that all men have, as he himself is couscous of having, an inward life, into which as into a secret chamber, he can retreat at will. ...
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May 19, 1999 1:10 pm
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Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentalities for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a...
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May 19, 1999 1:11 pm
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But as important as contemplation may be to work, the reverse is equally true. Steere ... eGroups.com home: http://www.egroups.com/group/quaker-thought ...
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May 21, 1999 10:41 pm
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A world has happened since yesterday and has left its traces on each body and mind. Elise Boulding - One Small Plot of Heaven ... eGroups.com home:...
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May 29, 1999 8:16 pm
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Nurturing the processes of peace... It takes the skills of arbitration, mediation, and conflict resolution in the context of the practice of community, of...
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Jun 1, 1999 1:25 am
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Silence is also a component of creative thought. A certain part of the brain must be put to rest so that intuition can speak to us with its own language which...
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