Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive FriendsPennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends, 1891 - Quakers |
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... church is the strongest influence in the coun- try . The church must be on the side of freedom to effect the peaceful abolition of slavery . We have held our anti- slavery meetings and the church does not come to us . We must carry our ...
... church is the strongest influence in the coun- try . The church must be on the side of freedom to effect the peaceful abolition of slavery . We have held our anti- slavery meetings and the church does not come to us . We must carry our ...
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... Church , in New England , as these Pennsylvania Friends had parted from their moorings , through his interest in human freedom . They now met on a common ground , -belief in religious liberty . A meeting dedicating the new house was ...
... Church , in New England , as these Pennsylvania Friends had parted from their moorings , through his interest in human freedom . They now met on a common ground , -belief in religious liberty . A meeting dedicating the new house was ...
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... Church of the Spirit in all denominations . The men under the ban are its forerunners , assailed by those who seem un- aware of how often it is the letter which kills . It seems strange , passing strange , to us , who are in a way ...
... Church of the Spirit in all denominations . The men under the ban are its forerunners , assailed by those who seem un- aware of how often it is the letter which kills . It seems strange , passing strange , to us , who are in a way ...
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... church membership is not necessarily an indication of religion , any more than the special claim to the possession of a sound ethical philosophy is necessarily a guarantee of good conduct . Carlyle says , voicing what every person knows ...
... church membership is not necessarily an indication of religion , any more than the special claim to the possession of a sound ethical philosophy is necessarily a guarantee of good conduct . Carlyle says , voicing what every person knows ...
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... church in good standing does a dis- honest or unjust thing , as if such membership were proof positive of a man's uprightness and fair dealing . It is in no sense a crucial test , as the facts warrant me in saying . See your man in some ...
... church in good standing does a dis- honest or unjust thing , as if such membership were proof positive of a man's uprightness and fair dealing . It is in no sense a crucial test , as the facts warrant me in saying . See your man in some ...
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Page 21 - IF I have faltered more or less In my great task of happiness; If I have moved among my race And shown no glorious morning face ; If beams from happy human eyes Have moved me not ; if morning skies, Books, and my food, and summer rain Knocked on my sullen heart in vain : — Lord, thy most pointed pleasure take And stab my spirit broad awake...
Page 41 - For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Page 36 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand, And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear, When hanging on th' accursed tree ; And hopes her guilt was there.
Page 34 - As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
Page 18 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 22 - Of the men o' the South? What whets the knife For the Union's life? — Hark to the answer: Slavery!
Page 41 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Page 36 - Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere.
Page 43 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian. Whose portal we call Death.