Articles in Quaker Periodicals

ARTICLES IN QUAKER PERIODICALS By Frederick B. Tolles and Dorothy G. Harris The American Friend "Historical Value of Quaker Records" by Caroline Dunn is a reminder to Friends of the unusual usefulness of their records to the church historian, the social and intellectual historian, the genealogist, the local antiquarian, the sociologist, and the student of social reform.—September 19, 1946, p. 365; October 3, 1946, p. 387. The Canadian Friend A brief report by countries on the life and work of European Friends during the war years is to be found in Leslie Shaffer's article "European Friends Meet at the Blue Idol." This was the first meeting of the European Section of the Friends World Committee for Consultation since 1939.—July, 1946, pp. 5-8. "Golden Anniversary of Wooler Friends" by Edith Valentine tells briefly of the gathering of Friends to celebrate the building of the meetinghouse at Wooler, Canada. This was formerly known as Cold Creek meeting.—July, 1946, pp. 8-9. "The History of Beaconsfield Meeting House" (1876-1946) recounts the early history of the meeting in an article prepared by Jessie Walker.— September, 1946, pp. 10-11. The Friend (London) In "Pacific Ackworth Is Four Years Old," the story of the origin and development of this young California project in Quaker education is told. Parents believing in the reality of human brotherhood and the value of a cooperative community in the prevention of war have banded together to try to create such an educational community for their children.— October 11, 1946, pp. 816-817. T. Edmund Harvey reviews Geoffrey Nuttall's The Holy Spirit in Puritan Faith and Experience in an article entitled, "Links Between Early Puritans and Friends."—October 18, 1946, pp. 835-837. The moving experience of the first reassembly in six years of the Executive Committee of the German Yearly Meeting is described in an article entitled "German Friends Re-Assemble."—November 1, 1946, pp. 881-883. In "A Relief Centenary: Friends and the Irish Famine," Isabel Grubb tells of the work of Friends in 1846 and 1847 in helping to relieve suffering in Ireland, and compares Quaker relief methods then and now.— December 13, 1946, pp. 1035-1037. 89 90 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION "J. J. Gurney, 1788-1847" is an appraisal of the character and influence of the notable nineteenth-century English Friend, written by B. C. in the regular column of "Commentary."—January 17, 1947, pp. 46-47. The Friend (Philadelphia) "An Outline History of Concord Quarterly Meeting" by Howard H. Brinton chronicles the shifting tides of migration, cityward and countryward , which have affected the life of this Quarterly Meeting (known until 1800 as Chester Quarter).—November 7, 1946, pp. 149-150. The Friend of Australia and New Zealand Stanley Gregory in "The Quaker Centre" gives an encouraging account of the life and objectives of the Quaker centers during the last quarter century. As one expression of Friends' concern for international understanding , they are likely to become increasingly important avenues for Quaker service.—December 20, 1946, pp. 1-2. Friends Intelligencer "General Conference Friends and Indians" by Robert Reeves Solenberger reviews the relations of Hicksite Friends with the Seneca Indians of New York and with various tribes in Nebraska during the nineteenth century.—January 18, 1947, pp. 28-29. "Light on John Dickinson" by Frederick B. Tolles quotes from letterbooks of James Bringhurst at the Friends Historical Library to show that Dickinson's children were responsible for his adoption of the plain language and his regular attendance at Friends Meeting in his old age.— February 1, 1947, p. 56. The Friends' Quarterly (with which is incorporated The Friends' Quarterly Examiner) "Quakerism: A Religion of the Spirit: A Study in Origins" by Gerald K. Hibbert is a review article based upon G. F. Nuttall's The Holy Spirit 'in Puritan Faith and Experience; Nuttall's revelation of the connection between Quakerism and radical Puritanism, it is suggested, should help Friends to arrive at an adequate doctrine of the Holy Spirit in its relationship to the Bible and the historic Christ.—January, 1947, pp. 6-14. Alfred Braithwaite pays tribute to the rare qualities of a recently deceased Friend in "Margaret...