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The Annual Monitor For 1881 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1880

The Annual Monitor For 1881 Or, Obituary Of The Members Of The Society Of Friends In Great Britain And Ireland For The Year 1880

Alexander, William

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGenealogy & HeraldryGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9354441742
ISBN13: 9789354441745
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind the plain language of obituary notices lie stories of conviction, sacrifice and quiet courage. The Annual Monitor for 1881, recording the deaths of Friends in 1880 across Great Britain and Ireland, gathers these farewells into a quaker obituary collection rooted in faith. These quiet lives still speak. Each entry offers a brief yet vivid glimpse into homes, meeting-houses and journeys in nineteenth century Great Britain and Victorian era Ireland, where work, family and worship were held in careful balance. Edited by William Alexander, this sober yet humane religious memorial volume stands as a distinctive victorian biography anthology, tracing quaker death and faith through concise british quaker biographies that reveal character more than circumstance. As a quaker history primary source it illuminates society of friends history from within, preserving turns of phrase, concerns and spiritual sensibilities often lost in broader surveys. For family historians, the carefully recorded names, places and relations make the Annual Monitor quaker obituaries an invaluable quaker genealogy reference book; for general readers, the restraint and tenderness of these notices open a window onto conscience-led lives. 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. Carefully prepared for modern readability while honouring the original, this classic quaker literature volume invites both reflective readers and serious collectors to handle, and to cherish, the spiritual record of a community that shaped modern social conscience far beyond its numbers.

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