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The Annual Monitor For 1860 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1859

The Annual Monitor For 1860 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1859

Alexander, William

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Biographies GeneralGenealogy & HeraldryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9354440509
ISBN13: 9789354440502
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Faith, memory, and quiet courage meet in this moving record of a religious community facing the realities of mortality. Every life here speaks quietly. The Annual Monitor for 1860 gathers the obituary notices of members of the Society of Friends across Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1859, forming a distinctive quaker obituary collection that reads as a religious biography anthology in miniature. In these restrained yet affecting memorials, the texture of Victorian religious life emerges: steadfast conscience, simplicity, family ties, and a deep trust in the Inner Light at the hour of death. Here, quaker lives and deaths are recorded with unadorned clarity and quiet feeling. Compiled under the care of William Alexander, this historical memorial volume stands at the crossroads of society of friends history and social history, capturing how 19th century Quakers in Britain lived, worshipped, suffered, and died. For those tracing quaker genealogy research, it offers invaluable name-rich material; for a reference for religious historians, it illuminates the character of the Victorian Britain religious community through authentic contemporary testimony. The Annual Monitor 1860 edition also appeals to reflective readers who value quaker memorial writings as devotional reading, as well as to collectors of classic nonconformist literature and students of spiritual biography. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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