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An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends, in Some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion
An Exposition of the Faith of the Religious Society of Friends in Some of the Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Religion Author:Thomas Evans Subtitle: To Which Is Prefixed a Brief Account of the Rise of the Society General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1848 Original Publisher: For sale at Friends' Book Store Subjects: Society of Friends Religion / Christianity / Quaker Religion / Christianity / Denominations Notes: This is a black and white OCR re... more »print of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR SUFFERINGS. At a Meeting of ihe Representatives of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the eastern parts of Maryland and Virginia, held in Philadelphia the 1'Jih of the 10th month, 1827 -- The Committee, to whose consideration was referred the preparing or collecting into one view, such a brief exposition of the fundamental principles held by us, as might evince to candid, unprejudiced minds, that they are Ihe genuine doctrines of the Christian religion, promulgated by our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, and his Apostles; having examined a compilation from the writings of our primitive Friends, illustrative of those principles which they held and laboured to spread in the world, and which we as a religious body have always professed and most surely believed; the work, after careful attention, was approved; and the author, Thomas Evans, is at liberty to publish it: it being hoped that it will be beneficial, not only to the members of our own Society, but to such others as are desirous of correct informaiion, and a clear understanding of the coincidence of sentiment and unity of lailh, which has continually subsisted in and among our worthy predecessors, and the faithful members of our Religious Society, down to the present day. Extract from the Minutes. JONATHAN EVAiNS, Clerk. The f...« less