20.01 Inazo Nitobe, Selection from Inazo Nitobe’s writings, 1936, p159.
20.02 Job Scott, Journal, New York, 1797, p8; 1843 London edn, p7.
20.03 John Greenleaf Whittier, ‘The brewing of soma’, first published in The Atlantic monthly, vol29 (1872), p473; repr in the numerous edns of his collected works.
20.04 Joseph John Armistead, Ten years near the Arctic circle, 1913, p176.
20.05 Jo Vellacott, ‘Women, peace and power’, in Pam McAllister, ed, Reweaving the web of life: feminism and nonviolence, 1982, p34.
20.06 Letter from Philip Rack, The Friend, vol137 (1979), p863.
20.07 Susan Lawrence, ‘Living adventurously’, The Friend, vol142 (1984), p1013.
20.08 Mary F Smith, ‘The place of prayer in life’ in Gerald K Hibbert, ed, Studies in Quaker thought and practice, part 2, 2nd edn, 1936, pp25-26. The extract is not printed in the 1st edn.
20.09 Donald Court, Leading a double life, 1970, pp16-17. From an address to a gathering of elders at London Yearly Meeting 1970, first printed as ‘Coping with our double lives’ in The Friend, vol128 (1970), pp1109-1110.
20.10 John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, p160 (entry for 1770).
20.11 ‘Advice to his children’, 1699, ch2, §27, William Penn, A collection of the works, 1726, vol1, p899; Select works, 1782, vol5, p448.
20.12 Anne Hosking, in Leila Ward, comp, An exercise of the spirit: Quakers and prayer, 1984, p3.
20.13 Joan Fitch, The present tense: ‘Talking to our time’. A discussion paper for Quakers, 1980, pp32-33.
20.14 Letter from Margaret Glover, The Friend, vol147 (1989), p830.
20.15 Gerald Littleboy, ‘Service: an interpretation for Quakers’, 1945, London YM Proc, 1946, p52.
20.16 Lorna M Marsden, ‘The Quaker faith as evocation’, an address at Canterbury, 14 June 1986, repr in The prepared heart: an anthology of the writings of Lorna M Marsden, 1988, p98.
20.17 Chris Lawson, ‘Quaker testimonies and development education’ in QPS Committee on Sharing World Resources, Quaker approaches to development, 1987, p57; 2nd edn, 1988, p55.
20.18 John Punshon, Encounter with silence: reflections from the Quaker tradition, 1987, pp44-45.
20.19 Epistle of London YM 1909, London YM Proc, 1909, p167.
20.20 Harvey Gillman, A light that is shining: an introduction to the Quakers, 1988, p5; 2nd edn, 1997, p12.
20.21 ‘And in the day when my God lift my feet out of the pit, was this given forth’ in James Nayler, To the life of God in all, 1659, p7, repr in James Nayler, A collection of sundry books, epistles and papers, 1716, pxlix.
20.22 William Charles Braithwaite, The second period of Quakerism, 1919, pp552-553. Luke Cock’s Weeping Cross sermon at York as printed here is slightly modified after comparison with various manuscripts in LSF.
20.23 George Fox, A collection of...epistles, 1698, epistle 227 (1663), p99.
20.24 Questions & counsel, §4, 1988.
20.25 Industry and the Social Order Conference, 1958, Preparatory document no 5, Christian responsibility and material possessions, [1958], p5.
20.26 Kathleen Lonsdale, ‘Explanation, experience and experiment’, a talk given on BBC radio in 1967, printed in Quakers talk to sixth formers, 1970, pp39-40, and repr in The Christian life – lived experimentally: an anthology of the writings of Kathleen Lonsdale, selected by James Hough, 1976, pp17-18.
20.27 North Carolina YM (Conservative), Faith & practice, 1983, p7.
20.28 Epistle of YM 1691, repr in Epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London…from 1681 to 1857, 1858, vol1, p55. The passage is considerably abridged and omissions are not indicated in the text.
20.29 William Penn, No cross, no crown, modern English edn, rev and ed by Ronald Selleck, 1981, pp84-85; not in 1st edn, 1669, but in 2nd edn, 1682, part 1, ch11, §9; repr in William Penn, A collection of the works, 1726, vol1, p334; Select works, 1782, vol2, p135.
20.30 ‘An epistle to Friends’, dated Swarthmore, 4th month [June], 1698, printed in Margaret Fox, A brief collection of remarkable passages relating to...Margaret Fell, 1710, p535.
20.31 From manuscript Portfolio 25/66 in LSF. The passage is considerably abridged and omissions are not indicated in the text.
20.32 ‘A plea for the poor’, ch2, John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, pp239-240.
20.33 ibid, p240.
20.34 Michael Lee, ‘Inflation and personal responsibilities’, in Jim Platts & David Eversley, eds, Public resources and private lives, 1976, p220.
20.35 L Hugh Doncaster, ‘Simplicity’, in Jim Platts & David Eversley, eds, Public resources and private lives, 1976, pp233-234.
20.36 Thomas R Kelly, A testament of devotion, 1941 edn, p110; 1979 edn, p101.
20.37 Minutes of Hardshaw MM, 17 ix [Nov] 1691, deposited in Manchester Central Library.
20.38 Epistle of YM 1751, repr in Epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London…from 1681 to 1857, 1858, vol1, p273. Quotation from I Thess 5: 22.
20.39 T. Edmund Harvey, Moderation or abstinence, 1931, pp16-17.
20.40 Drafted by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.41 Baltimore YM, Faith & practice, 1988, pp17-18.
20.42 George Fox, A collection of...epistles, 1698, epistle 10 (1652), p11.
20.43 Query 15, 1964.
20.44 Kenneth C Barnes, The future of the Society of Friends, 1972, pp26-27.
20.45 QPS, ‘Integrity and truthfulness in Quaker work’, background document for guidance of QPS workers, unpublished, 1992.
20.46 John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, p51 (entry for 1756).
20.47 ‘A plea for the poor’, ch6, John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, pp247-248.
20.48 Drafted by 1967 Revision Committee.
20.49 George Fox, Journal, ed J L Nickalls, 1952, p463 (entry for 1664).
20.50 North Carolina YM (Conservative), Faith & practice, 1983, pp7-8. The extract as printed is abridged and omissions are not indicated in the text.
20.51 Drafted by 1967 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.52 Drafted by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.53 Drafted by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.54 Drafted by 1959 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.55 ‘A plea for the poor’, ch7, John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, p249.
20.56 Drafted by 1925 and amended by 1959 and 1994 Revision Committees. This extract and 20.59 are based on a paper prepared by the Committee on Social Questions and issued by Yearly Meeting 1910 as ‘The stewardship of wealth’ (see London YM Proc, 1910, pp158-160).
20.57 Part of minute 9 of Young Friends Central Committee, January 1980, London YM Proc, 1980, p9.
20.58 Epistle of YM 1858, YM Proc, 1858, pp25-26.
20.59 Drafted by 1925 and amended by 1959 and 1994 Revision Committees.
20.60 Drafted by 1925 and slightly amended by 1959 Revision Committee: based on an extract of the 1911 Revision
Committee and part of the YM epistle of 1872 (see YM Proc, 1872, p28).
20.61 Drafted by 1959 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.62 Baltimore YM, Faith & practice, 1988, p18.
20.63 Shipley N Brayshaw, Unemployment and plenty (Swarthmore lecture), 1933, p45.
20.64 Drafted by 1959 Revision Committee.
20.65 Drafted by 1967 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.66 Drafted by 1782 and amended by 1911, 1959 and 1994 Revision Committees.
20.67 George Fox, A collection of...epistles, 1698, epistle 131 (1656), p102.
20.68 Sue Norris, ‘The meeting never stops’, The Friend, vol141 (1983), p171.
20.69 Kathleen Lonsdale, Is peace possible?, 1957, p120, repr in The Christian life – lived experimentally: an anthology of the writings of Kathleen Lonsdale, selected by James Hough, 1976, p43.
20.70 Epistle of YM 1692, repr in Epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London…from 1681 to 1857, 1858, vol1, p65.
20.71 Mary Lou Leavitt, ‘Conflict resolution’, Gifts and discoveries: phase 2A, 1988, unit 2, background paper 3, pp1-3. The passage is taken from an address to Ireland Yearly Meeting 1986, and as printed is abridged; omissions are not indicated in the text.
20.72 Drafted by 1833 Revision Committee.
20.73 Drafted by 1833 Revision Committee.
20.74 Drafted by 1994 Revision Committee.
20.75 Alison Sharman [Leonard], ‘Women in search of truth’, The Friend, vol144 (1986), p1392.
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