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Piety Promoted, In A Collection Of Dying Sayings Of Many Of The People Called Quakers (Volume Iv)

Piety Promoted, In A Collection Of Dying Sayings Of Many Of The People Called Quakers (Volume Iv)

William Evans

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Religious BiographiesGeneral ChristianityGeneral United States History

ISBN10: 9354507042
ISBN13: 9789354507045
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 482
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the threshold of death, the early Friends spoke with rare clarity. Their faith was not theory; it was lived to the end. Listen to their last words. Piety Promoted, Volume IV gathers a deathbed sayings collection from many of the people called Quakers, shaped as a quaker devotional anthology and a christian spiritual biography in miniature. In brief testimonies and remembered counsel, themes of piety and holy living, steadfast conscience, and peace in suffering emerge without ornament. These quaker testimonies on death suit unhurried daily devotional readings, yet they also reward the quaker study group seeking the texture of early friends ministry. Rooted in 17th century quakers and early modern england, the volume stands beside friends church history and the wider stream of george fox writings as a record of how a movement understood holiness, community, and the final passage. Compiled by William Evans, it reflects the Friends preference for plain speech and inward grace rather than ceremony. Readers interested in christian spiritual biography will find portraits of ordinary men and women, rendered at their most honest, when reputations fall away and only truth remains in the hush. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For the casual reader, it offers concise, bracing meditations; for classic-literature collectors, it is a sober, enduring witness from the formative years of the Society of Friends.

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