How they became Friends

by Howard H. Brinton

Pamphlet, 1961

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Available

Call number

CP 114/1

Tags

Quaker history, convincement, outreach, mysticism, missions, membership

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Publication

Pendle Hill (1961)

Subjects

Society of Friends Membership

ISBN

0875741142 / 9780875741147

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Brinton writes a very interesting account of how early Friends were "convinced" and how early meetings started, as interested people were invited to a silent meeting. It was the silent meeting that reached them, he says, rather than any theological explanations or preaching. He explains that it is
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 by this same experience that people come to Friends today.
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CP 114/1

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