Bulletin of Friends' Historical Society of Philadelphia, Volumes 11-15Friends Historical Association, 1926 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Accot acct affairs America Answd Armistead Bond Bristol brother Bulletin Camb Carlisle Charge Charles Charles Read County Cowman daughter died Divine early Edward Shippen Elizabeth Emlen England father favour Fishbourn frª Friend Phila George Fox Gummere Hannah Logan's Courtship hath Haverford College Historical Association Historical Society Hoskins Indians Interest Isaac Norris James Logan John John Fothergill John Woolman Joseph Junr Justice-town Lett letter Library Lloyd Logan Correspondence Logan to Thomas London Love marriage married Mary meeting house mentioned Money Morris Nantucket natural p'sent Paymt Penn and Logan Pennsylvania Penquite Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia M. M. present Quaker Quaker history quarto recevd reference Religion reviewed Robert Samuel Sarah Logan Stavanger Stenton Story to James Story's thee thine things Thomas Story thou hast thou wilt tion Truth wife William Penn writing wrote Yearly Meeting
Popular passages
Page 26 - We the Subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage, and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our Power, at the Risque of our Lives and Fortunes, with ARMS oppose the Hostile Proceedings of the British Fleets and Armies against the United American COLONIES.
Page 15 - Churches, . . . and we met together often, and waited upon the Lord in pure silence, from our own words and all men's words, and hearkned to the voice of the Lord, and felt his word in our hearts...
Page 16 - No; this is to me an hour of the greatest joy I ever had in this world: no ear can hear, no tongue can utter, and no heart can understand, the sweet incomes or influence, and the refreshings of the Spirit of the Lord, which now I feel".
Page 15 - Lord in silence, as often we did for many hours together, ... we received often the pouring down of the spirit upon us, ... and our hearts were made glad and our tongues loosed and our mouths opened, and we spake with new tongues, as the Lord gave us utterance and as his spirit led us...
Page 5 - Infirmities, from Publick Business. We press'd him to leave his Retirement, and prevailed with him to assist once more on our Account at your Councils. We hope, notwithstanding his Age, and the Effects of a Fit of Sickness, which we understand has hurt his Constitution, that he may yet continue...
Page 8 - Friends here are well, and great and marvellous is the work of the Lord in this family, where several have been exercised and yet are in fasting. Bridget Fell fasted twelve days, Isabel hath fasted about seven and is to fast nine, little Mary hath fasted five, and a little maid that is a servant in the house called Mabby hath fasted twenty. And one, Mary Atkinson, of Cartmel, hath fasted above twenty and two more in this family are exercised in the same thing.
Page 5 - I have built a library-room, and endowed it for ever witti £35 sterling per annum for a librarian ; he to advance £18 yearly to buy books. ' The room, books, and salary, I cannot value at less than £2000, solely designed for the use of the public, in order to prevail on them (having such assistance) to acquaint themselves with literature.
Page 2 - For thy own services I shall allow thee what is just and reasonable, either by commission or a salary. But my dependence is on thy care and honesty. Serve me faithfully as thou expects a blessing from God or my favor, and I shall support thee to my utmost, as Thy true friend, WILL.
Page 77 - ... the crowd gazed up at him with tearful eyes, as Elisha at the ascending prophet. His voice, never, perhaps, surpassed in its music and pathos, flowed on until the candle which he held in his hand burned away and went out in . its socket...
Page 15 - God, and broughtus out of the captivity and bondage of the world, and put an end to sin and death, and all this was by and through and in the light of Christ within us* (Epistle to the Reader, prefixed to Fox's Great Ati&tery).