Articles in Quaker Periodicals

ArticlesinQuakerPeriodicals By Edwin B. Bronner TL· Friend "Friends in the South-West," an anonymous article, reprinted from London Yearly Meeting's Documents in Advance for the 1970 yearly meeting in Exeter, tells of the history of Friends in that part of England.—July 24 and 31, 1970, pp. 866, 867, 893, 894. Friends Journal Letter from the Past, Number 244, "Render Unto Caesar," discusses the payment of war taxes in Quaker history.—March 1, 1970, pp. 127-128. Letter from the Past, Number 245, "The Validity of Quaker Marriage," comments upon traditional Friends weddinge, going back to a legal decision in I661.-April 15, 1970, pp. 225-226. Howard Brinton in "Whitman and Quakerism," discusses the early influence of Elias Hicks and his later relationship with the family of Hannah Whitall Smith.-May 1, 1970, pp. 255-256. Letter from the Past, Number 246, "So Teach Us to Number Our Days," summarizes the commemoration of the beginnings of yearly meetings, and the way Friends determine the age of the various bodies.—August 1/15, 1970, p. 417. Friends Quarterly In "... All Manner of Human Frailty" Edward H. Milligan discusses the new Christian Faith and Practice, illustrating many of his points with little-known episodes in Quaker discipline from history.—January, 1970, pp. 443-447. The essay "William Penn and John Woolman," adapted from a paper read by Edwin B. Bronner at Jordans for the 250th anniversary of Penn's death, discusses the way Penn is regarded today, and describes current study of and publishing about him.—April, 1970, pp. 511-518. In "Old Quaker Dalton," John T. Marsh has added another appreciation of the career of the noted chemist, John Dalton, to the other materials published recently.—April, 1970, pp. 519-532. "Evolution in Quaker Overseas Service in the Twentieth Century," by Bernard G. Lawson, continues the exploration of the outreach of British Friends stimulated by the centennial of the Friends Foreign Mission Association in 1968.— July, 1970, pp. 544-552. Journal of tL· Friends Historical Society (All entries are from Vol. 52, No. 2, 1969) 127 128QUAKER HISTORY William H. Marwick, in his presidential address, "Quakers in Victorian Scotland," discusses Scottish Quakers in the broader context of the religious environment of the nineteenth century.—pp. 67-77. Stephen Frick, in "The Quaker Deputation to Russia: January-February 1854," analyzes the effort to avert the Crimean War.—pp. 78-96. David J. Hall has printed some "Membership Statistics of the Society of Friends, 1800-1850."-pp. 97-100. "Early Friends' Testimony against Carnal Weapons," by Alfred W. Braithwaite , supports the position that early Quakers did have a peace testimony.— pp. 101-105. Eric J. Evans, in "Our Faithful Testimony . . ." studies the Quaker opposition to tithes from 1690 to 1730.—pp. 106-121. "Public Friends Report to London Yearly Meeting on their Missions to America, 1693-1763," by G. J. Willauer, reflects considerable research in the manuscript materials in Friends House Library.—pp. 122-130. In "John Philley in Turkey," William Ashford Kelly continues his earlier study of the seventeenth-century visit of Philley to the Sultan of Turkey.— pp. 131-134. Quaker Life "Indiana Yearly Meeting To Assemble in 1970 Sesqui-Centennial Sessions," by Mary Zimmerman, tells some of the histojy of this important yearly meeting founded in 1821,—August, 1970, pp. 248-249. ...