A Portraiture of the Christian Profession and Practice of the Society of Friends
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Excerpt from A Portraiture of the Christian Profession and Practice of the Society of Friends: Embracing a View of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Beligious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character of That Religious Society In offering to the Public this third edition of Clarkson´s Portraiture, the Editor deems it unnecessary to say much in recommendation of the work, as the fact of his undertaking a reprint evinces his personal value for it. It will be admitted that its appearance is improved; and whilst he has deemed it his duty to notice any alterations that may have taken place in the discipline of the Society, in other respects his labours have been confined to curtailment, with such slight verbal alterations as in no way interfere with the Author´s meaning. Increased acquaintance with the work has tended to raise his estimate of its value, and he can the more confidently recommend it to a wider circulation, believing it eminently calculated for conveying correct and authentic information respecting the Society both to its own younger members and others. While it may be admitted that our Author has supplied a truthful Portraiture of Friends as they were half a century ago, it will doubtless be objected that such a lapse of time may have produced certain changes of principle. This the Editor cannot for a moment admit. Nonconformity with the spirit and fashion of the world is with Friends an unvarying gospel principle, and that its adoption should produce a certain amount of exterior uniformity is cause for neither surprise nor regret; a much more striking uniformity being the result of the stringent enforcement of fashion. The fundamental doctrines of Christianity are, as formerly, held by Friends, in common with other Christian denominations, while their distinguishing principles are as dear to them as ever. It is the especial object of our Author to prove that these principles are based upon the authority of Scripture. An erroneous opinion has of late years been general, that Friends are a decreasing body; the fact being that both in this country, and more especially in America, there is a considerable increase of numbers, while many of their views are silently gaining ground: this may be mainly attributed to their greater diligence and earnestness in efforts for the good of others, and for the spread of the gospel at home and abroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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