Articles in Quaker Periodicals

Articles in Quaker Periodicals By Lyman W. Riley University of Pennsylvania Library The American Friend Elwood Cronk writes of "George Fox the Younger," an early Friends minister who was the junior of the founder of Quakerism not in years but "in the truth." His collected writings were published in 1662, about the time of his death.—Dec. 31, 1953, pp. 411-412, 418. The Friend (London) "Friends' First Coronation" by Henry J. Cadbury describes various effects on Friends of the coronation of Charles II in 1661. Many were suffering imprisonment at the time; it was an appropriate occasion, therefore , to petition for religious freedom.—June 26, 1953, pp. 603-604. ". . . As Long As Thou Canst" by Joan Hewitt presents the evidence for two different stories of how William Penn gave up the wearing of his sword when he became a Friend; she concludes that the evidence for neither is conclusive.—July 3, 1953, p. 628. "A Quakeress at the 1821 Cotonation Procession" was Katharine Fry, eldest daughter of Elizabeth Fry. George W. Edwards presents, in summary and direct quotation, her account of the royal procession.—July 3, 1953, pp. 635-636. Friends Intelligencer "Emerson's Praise of Quakerism," according to Letter from the Past No. 137, was balanced with considerable criticism. His was too independent a mind to be shaped by others' views, although he found much to sympathize with in Quakerism.—May 23, 1953, pp. 283-284. Charles E. Nelson in "The Hicksite Separation and the West" notes that the issues causing the separation in both East and West were the same; the Society of Friends, unlike most other religious groups on the frontier, insulated itself from the social influences there and so remained small. Had Friends proved more adaptable, their early presence on the frontier plus their effective organization might have led to a great increase in membership.—June 20, 1953, pp. 336-338. Letter from the Past No. 138 concerns itself with some "Monster Petitions" of 1659 in England. Over 22,000 signatures were obtained for an appeal to Parliament to outlaw tithes and thus allow religious groups freedom to maintain themselves. This movement was organized and pushed largely by Friends.—June 20, 1953, pp. 340-341. An article by Robert M. Crane, "Milton and Ellwood," reviews the relationship between the poet John Milton and Thomas Ellwood, a Quaker who was also a poet. Ellwood spent some time with Milton as a student and reader. In his autobiography he tells of suggesting to Milton the writing of Paradise Regained, sequel to Paradise Lost.—Aug. 1, 1953, pp. 413-415. 60 Articles in Quaker Periodicals61 The "Quaker via Hell Gate" was Robert Stage who, according to an early account, took that route with other Friends journeying from New York to Flushing in l66l. Stage (or Stake or Stack) was presumably a Maryland Friend who suffered considerably for his religious testimonies (Letter from the Past No. 139)·—Aug. 22, 1953, pp. 455-456. Carl W. Andrews, Jr., in "William Penn Chooses a Secretary" gives a brief characterization of James Logan who, despite a close relationship to his employer, presented a marked contrast to him in almost all respects, not the least in his Quakerism.—Sept. 5, 1953, pp. 480-482. Letter from the Past No. 140, noting the inauguration of Nathan Pusey as President of Harvard University, tells also of "America's First Pusey," who was Caleb, a Quaker settler near Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1681. He was mill proprietor, surveyor, Assemblyman, and writer, as well as a weighty member of Chester Monthly Meeting.—Oct. 10, 1953, pp. 549-550. ...