Sources for Quotes – Illinois Yearly Meeting

Concerning This Book of Faith and Practice

“Dearly beloved Friends…”: Abram R. Barclay, ed.; Letters, &c. of Early Friends; Harvey and Darton, London; 1841; p. 282.

Meeting for Worship

“So Friends, when you come together to wait upon God, come orderly…” Abram R. Barclay, ed.; Letters, &c. of Early Friends; Harvey and Darton, London; 1841; pp. 365–366.

“For when I came into the silent assemblies of God’s people…”: Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same is Preached and Held Forth by the People Called in Scorn Quakers, vol.2 of Truth Triumphant through the Spiritual Warfare, Christian Labours, and Writings, of that Able and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Robert Barclay,; Benjamin C. Stanton, New York; 1831; p. 357.

“Whatever a man does or says or thinks in matters pertaining to divine worship…”: Dean Freiday, ‘Barclay’s Reply to Arnoldus’, Quaker History vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 20–32; 1979; p. 32.

“In the Quaker practice of group worship on the basis of silence…”: Thomas Kelly; ‘The Gathered Meeting’; The Eternal Promise, pp. 43–55; Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana; 2006; p. 43.

The Light Within and Its Religious Implications

“Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul…”: Thomas R. Kelly; A Testament of Devotion; Harper and Brothers, New York; 1941; p. 3.

“…now friends deale plainly with yourselves…”: Elsa F. Glines. ed.; Undaunted Zeal: The Letters of Margaret Fell; Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana; 2003; p. 212.

“By this light it hath pleased the Lord to_give me the distinction of things inwardly…”: Isaac Penington; ‘Some Experiences, Which It Hath Pleased the Lord to Give Me, Concerning His Way, His Truth, His Church and People, Against Whom the Gates of Hell Cannot Prevail’; The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, 3rd edition, vol. 4, pp. 532–539; James Phillips, London; 1784; p. 532.

“We can just let go and contemplate the painful reality…”: William Taber; Four Doors to Meeting for Worship, Pendle Hill Pamphlet #306; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 1992; p. 20.

“This I told them was their first step to peace”: George Fox; A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; p. 148.

“Give over thine own willing…”: Isaac Penington; ‘Some Directions to the Panting Soul, Which Hath Been Long Travelling in the Letter, but Hath Not Yet Been Acquainted with the Power, Nor Hardly so Much as Entered into the Ministration of the Endless Life (Which is the Ministration of the Gospel) That It May Feel the Spring, and Come to Drink There of the Living Waters’, The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, 3rd edition, vol. 2, pp. 235–246; James Phillips, London; 1784; p. 241.

“Since there is but one Light and one Truth…”: Howard Brinton; Friends for 300 Years; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 1952; p. 106.

“The natural Mind is active about the Things of this Life…”: John Woolman; A Journal of the Life, Gospel-Labours, and Christian Experiences, of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, The Works of John Woolman, pp. 1–228; James Phillips, London; 1775; pp. 209–210.

“The ﬁrst gleam of light…”: Caroline Fox; Memories of Old Friends; Smith, Elder & Co., London; 1882; p. xxii.

“And then [George Fox] went on, and opened the scriptures…”: Margaret Fell Fox, ‘The Testimony of Margaret Fox, concerning her late husband, George Fox: together with a brief account of some of his travels, sufferings, and hardships endured for the truth’s sake’, A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; pp. 49-58.

“…[B]e patterns, be examples in all countries…”: George Fox; A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; pp. 288–289.

“The worship, preaching, praying, and singing, which we plead for…”: Robert Barclay; An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same is Held Forth and Preached by the People Called in Scorn Quakers, vol. 2 of Truth Triumphant through the Spiritual Warfare, Christian Labours, and Writings, of that Able and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Robert Barclay; Benjamin C. Stanton, New York; 1831; p. 408.

“Humanity and Purity, Bowels and Holiness…”: William Penn; ‘The New Athenians No Noble Bereans’, A Collection of the Works of William Penn, vol. 2; pp. 792–807; J. Sowle, London; 1726; p. 797.

“For by our works we must be tried…”: Marcus T.C. Gould; The Quaker: Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends, vol. 1; Marcus T.C. Gould, Philadelphia; 1827; p. 62.

“And, dear friends, be faithful in what you know…”: James Nayler; ‘A Discovery of the Wisdom from Beneath, and the Wisdom from Above’, A Collection of Sundry Books, Epistles and Papers Written by James Nayler : With an Impartial Relation of the Most Remarkable Transactions Relating to his Life; B.C. Stanton, Cincinnati; 1829; p. 105.

“The deepest spiritual insights are wordless”: Betty Clegg; The Eloquence of Silence, Jonathan Plummer Lecture; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1982; p. 13.

“primitive Christianity revived”: William Penn; Primitive Christianity Revived in the Faith and Practice of the People Called Quakers; T. Sowle, London; 1696.

“But as I had forsaken the priests…”: George Fox; A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; p. 74.

“What is the sum and substance of the true religion?”: Isaac Penington; ‘A Weighty Question Propounded To The King, And Both Houses Of Parliament’, The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, 3rd edition, vol. 2, pp. 391–399; James Phillips, London; 1784; p. 394.

“Here is light, here is life, here is righteousness…”: Isaac Penington; ‘The Seed of God, and of his Kingdom, treated and testified of according to the Scriptures of Truth, and according to True Experience, felt in the Heart from the God of Truth’, The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, 3rd edition, vol. 4, pp. 417–438; James Phillips, London; 1784; p. 438

“This I saw in the pure openings of the light …”: George Fox, A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; p. 89.

“Our experience of the divine-human relationship is that it is constant and eternal…”: Lloyd Lee Wilson; Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order; Quaker Press of Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 2001; p. 34.

“There is a Principle which is pure…” John Woolman, ‘Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes’, Part II, The Journal and Essays of John Woolman, pp. 348–381; The MacMillan Company, New York; 1922; p. 380.

“The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are every where of one Religion…”: William Penn; ‘Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections And Maxims, Relating To the Conduct of Humane Life’, Collection of the Works of William Penn, vol. 1, pp. 818–858; J. Soule, London, 1726; p. 842.

“I was then carried in spirit to the mines…”: John Woolman; The Journal of John Woolman and A Plea for the Poor; The Citadel Press, Seacaucus, New Jersey; 1975; pp. 214–215.

“Friends have made an honest effort ”: Rufus Jones; The Faith and Practice of the Quakers; Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana; undated; p. 85.

“The whole of life is a sacrament”: May Kendall; ‘On Sacraments’, Present Day Papers, vol. 5, no. 47, pp. 132–141; 1902; p. 132.

“Gradually I began to understand what Friends meant by God being present in every person…”: Deborah Saunders; ‘Send Me’, Friends Journal vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 15–17; 1998; pp. 15–16.

“Working in pediatrics provides one with limitless opportunities for spiritual growth…”: Nancy Duncan; Journeys with Bodies and Souls, Jonathan Plummer Lecture; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 2016; pp. 10–11.

“[B]e faithful in your Testimonies of Light and Life…”: George Fox; ‘To Friends in Barbadoes’, A Collection of Many Select and Christian Epistles, vol. 2; T. Sowle, London; 1698; p. 353.

Testimonies

“Let your ‘yea’ be yea and your ‘nay’ be nay…”: The Gospel According to Matthew 5:37, Revised Standard Version.

“The Inner Light does not lead men to do what is right in their own eyes…”: Ellen S. Bosanquet; The Inward Light; Friends Book Center, London; 1927; p. 8.

“We…utterly deny…all outward wars and strife…”: ‘A declaration from the harmless innocent people of God, called Quakers’, in George Fox, A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of The Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; pp. 421–422.

“…a peace culture is a culture that promotes peaceable diversity”: Elise Boulding; Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History; Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, New York; 2000; p. 1.

“Life is meant to be lived from a Center…”: Thomas Kelly; A Testament of Devotion; Harper, New York; 1941; p. 99.

“The increase of business became my burden…”: John Woolman; Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman; Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana; 1989; p. 53.

“The power and spirit of God gives liberty to all…”: George Fox; Works of George Fox, vol. 8; New Foundation Publications, George Fox Fund, State College, Pennsylvania; 1991; p. 97.

“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them…”: Paul’s First Epistle to the Corinthians 12:4–6, Revised Standard Version.

“It is time for all of us to be living witnesses of our testimony of equality…”: Vanessa Julye; The Seed Cracked Open: Growing Beyond Racism; Quaker Press of Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 2006; p. 25.

“Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness…”: John Barclay; Letters of Isaac Penington: an eminent minister of the gospel in the Society of Friends, which he joined about the year 1658: the greater part not before published; John & Arthur Arch, London; 1828; pp. 168-169.

“We are an imperfect human community…”: Lloyd Lee Wilson; Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 1996; p. 40.

“O that we who declare against wars…”: John Woolman; ‘A Plea for the Poor’, The Journal of John Woolman and A Plea for the Poor; The Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey; 1975; p. 241.

“We are called to live in right relationship with all Creation…”: Quaker Earthcare Vision and Witness, http://www.quakerearthcare.org/article/quaker-earthcare-vision-witness.

“Early Friends described themselves as persons who had undergone a radical transformation…”: Lloyd Lee Wilson; Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order; Quaker Press of Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 2001; p. 163.

“I don’t regard the testimonies as rules to walk by but ideals to aim for…”: Kathleen Douglas, New Zealand Friends Newsletter; 2000; p. 4.

Religious Education

“Monthly meetings have a continuing responsibility to foster understanding…”: Faith and Practice; Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; 2013; p. 203.

“Religious Education…is on the right track if it recognizes that the source of religion is within us as a native endowment…”: Jean Toomer; An Interpretation of Friends Worship; The Committee of Religious Education of Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 1947; p. 5.

Friends’ Manner of Decision-Making

“So Friends are not to meet like a company of people about town or parish business…”: George Fox; A Collection of Many Select and Christian Epistles, vol. II; Marcus Gould and Isaac Hopper; 1831; p. 70.

“When I try to think of decisions made in business meetings that were more important than the process by which they were made…”: Barry Morley; Beyond Consensus: Salvaging the Sense of the Meeting; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 1993; p. 23.

“The basis upon which we hold our meetings for business…is that this is God’s world…”: Thomas S. Brown; When Friends Attend to Business; Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; undated; unpaginated.

“Question: What if I do not presently see that service in a thing…”: William Penn; ‘A Brief Examination and State of Liberty Spiritual’, The Political Writings of William Penn, pp. 272–288; Liberty Fund, Indianapolis; 2002; p. 282.

“The unity we seek depends on the willingness of us all to seek the truth in each other’s utterances…”: Quaker Faith and Practice, 3rd ed., §3.06; Britain Yearly Meeting, London; 2005; unpaginated.

“The faith of Friends is that there is a right order…”: Marty Walton; The Meeting Experience: Practicing Quakerism in Community. Argenta Friends Press, Argenta, British Columbia; 1997; p. 29.

Clearness and Support Committees

“The clearness committee is, at its heart, about the mystery of personhood…”: Valerie Brown; Coming to Light: Cultivating Spiritual Discernment through the Quaker Clearness Committee; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 2017; p. 27.

“The discipline of asking honest, open questions is at the heart of the clearness committee.”: Parker Palmer; A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life; Wiley, San Francisco; 2004; p. 139.

“Clearness Committee members ‘turn to inward attentiveness…’”: Valerie Brown; Coming to Light: Cultivating Spiritual Discernment through the Quaker Clearness Committee; Pendle Hill Publications, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; 2017; p. 19.

Membership

Membership queries: adapted from A Guide to Clearness Committees on Membership by Lake Forest Monthly Meeting, Lake Forest, Illinois.

Marriage

“Marriage being an ordinance affecting all the relations of life…”: Rules of Discipline and Advices of Illinois Yearly Meeting of Friends; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1892; p. 53.

Traditional wording of marriage vows: The Book of Discipline of the Religious Society of Friends; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1927; p. 102.

Non-traditional wording for vows: modified from Faith and Practice; Southeastern Yearly Meeting, Winter Park, Florida; 2005; p. 6.

Traditional wording for certificate: from Rules of Discipline and Advices of Illinois Yearly Meeting; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1878; pp. 57–58.

“marriage is recognized to be not an easy bond, but a high calling…”: William Wistar Comfort; Just Among Friends: The Quaker Way of Life; The Macmillan Co., New York; 1941; p. 49.

“Clearness committees for divorce could serve the same purposes as clearness committees for marriage”: Bob Blood, ‘Divorce in Friends Meeting’, Friends Journal, vol. 18, no. 18, 1972; pp. 574–575.

Queries on separation and divorce: adapted from New England Yearly Meeting Care and Counsel Committee; Living with Oneself and Others, 4th ed.; 2001; pp. 40–44.

Recognizing Spiritual Gifts and Leadings

“All Friends are called into a ministry sooner or later…”: Lloyd Lee Wilson; Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order, reprint edition; Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 2001; p. 73.

“We do believe and affirm that some are more particularly called…”: Robert Barclay; An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same is Held forth and Preached by the People, in Scorn, Called Quakers, 13th edition; William Irwin, Manchester; 1869; p. 202.

Pastoral Care

“members one of another”: Epistle to the Romans 12:5, Revised Standard Version.

“The spiritual welfare of a meeting is greatly helped if its social life is vigorous…”: Quaker Faith and Practice, 3rd ed., §10.17; Britain Yearly Meeting, London; 1995; unpaginated.

“I have come to know that one essential ingredient is to recognize that we are not responsible for fixing the situation.”: Arlene Kelly; ‘The Ministry of Pastoral Care’, Pastoral Care Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–4; Family Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; Philadelphia; 1993; p. 2.

Preparing for and Responding to Injury, Illness, Death, and Bereavement

“Death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity”: William Penn; ‘Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections And Maxims, Relating To the Conduct of Humane Life’, Collection of the Works of William Penn, vol. 1, pp. 817–858; J. Soule, London; 1726; p. 841.

“Quakers do have something very special to offer the dying and the bereaved…”: Diana Lampen; Facing Death; Quaker Home Service, London; 1979; pp. 22–27.

“Death often faces us with the most difficult questions…”: Faith and Practice; North Pacific Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Corvallis, Oregon; 1993; p. 99.

“Life, then, is a gift of time.”: Elizabeth Watson; Guests of My Life; Celo Press, Burnsville, North Carolina; 1979; p. 168.

Sexuality and Gender Identity

“The mystery of sex continues to be greater than our capacity to comprehend it…”: Mary Calderone; Friends and Womenkind; Friends General Conference, Philadelphia; 1973; p. 9.

“Illinois Yearly Meeting is aware that there is great diversity…”: The Minutes and Accompanying Documents, Illinois Yearly Meeting, Religous Society of Friends, 1974, July 31st to August 4th, Sessions in the Meeting House Near McNabb, Illinois, p. 3.

Addiction, Substance Abuse, and Gambling

“Friends,—Whatever ye are addicted to…”: George Fox; A Collection Of Many Select And Christian Epistles, Letters And Testimonies, Written On Sundry Occasions, By That Ancient, Eminent, Faithful Friend, And Minister Of Christ Jesus, George Fox, vol. 7 of Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; pp. 20–21.

“An early passage in George Fox’s journal describes …”: George Fox; A Journal or Historical Account of The Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labor of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, vol. 1 of Works of George Fox; Marcus Gould, Philadelphia; 1831; pp. 68–69.

“For those trapped in substance abuse…”: Faith and Practice of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Sandy Springs, Maryland; 1988; p. 15.

Friends and the State

“While we recognize the need of law and order…”: Rules of Discipline and Advices of Illinois Yearly Meeting of Friends; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1878, p. 11.

“Continuous resistance in nonviolent form breaks through the paralyzing peace…”: Michael G. Long; I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters; City Lights Books, San Francisco; 2012; p. 228.

True Godliness don’t turn men out of the World…”: William Penn; No Cross, No Crown, 2nd ed.; Mark Swaner, London; 1682; p. 82.

“Remember your responsibility as citizens…”: Advices and Queries Addressed to the Meetings and Members of the Religious Society of Friends, and to Those Who Meet with Them in Public Worship; London Yearly Meeting, London; 1964; p. 15.

“…and we are not for Names, nor for Men, nor for Titles of Government…”: Edward Burrough; A Declaration from the People Called Quakers, To the Present Distracted and Broken Nation of England; [no publisher indicated], London; 1659; pp. 11–12.

“While we recognize a need to restrain those whose dangerous behavior is a threat…”: Faith and Practice: The Book of Discipline of the New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends; New York Yearly Meeting, New York; 1996; pp. 39–40.

“No man is ever utterly lost, and however deep he is sunk in evil…”: Harold Loukes; The Discovery of Quakerism; George G. Harrap & Co., London; 1960; p.118.

Do not swear at all”: The Gospel According to Matthew 5:34–37, Revised Standard Version.

“Civil disobedience means open, considerate, non-violent defiance of some law…”: Lawrence S. Apsey and Karen Eppler; Transforming Power for Peace, 4th ed.; Alternatives to Violence Project and Quaker Press of FGC, Philadelphia; 2001; p. 65.

“…will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward weapons…”: A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Ancient, Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, Thomas Northcott, London; 1696; p. 234.

“Vital religious experience can provide the power to overcome the world”: Barrington Dunbar; ‘Black Power’s Challenge to Quaker Power’, Friends Journal vol. 14, no. 18, 1968; p. 460.

Organization and Structure of Meetings

“The Quarterly Meeting is designed to bring together for inspiration and counsel…”: Book of Discipline of the Religious Society of Friends; Illinois Yearly Meeting, McNabb, Illinois; 1927; p.111.

History of Illinois Yearly Meeting

“Father started alone…”: ‘Autobiography of Abel Mills’, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society vol. 19, no. 1–2, pp. 94–239; 1926; pp. 110–111.

“The Ohio River was very low…”: Autobiography of Abel Mills’, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society vol. 19, no. 1–2, pp. 94–239; 1926; pp. 115–116.

“We have no doctrinal creed…”: Minutes and Accompanying Documents of Illinois Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends, Held at Clear Creek, Putnam Co., Ill., Ninth Month, 1885, p. 81.

“A most dramatic event occurred…”: The Minutes and Accompanying Documents, Illinois Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, Held in the Meeting House Near McNabb, Illinois, August 12 to 15, 1943, p. 10.

“for sharing, worship and concerns, with a de-emphasizing of business…”: The Minutes and Accompanying Documents, Illinois Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, 1970, August 19 to 23, Sessions in the Meetinghouse Near McNabb, Illinois, p. 3.

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