2.01 Drafted by 1967 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
2.02 Caroline E Stephen, Quaker strongholds, 1890, pp11-13; 1923 edn, pp3-4.
2.03 George Gorman, The amazing fact of Quaker worship (Swarthmore lecture), 1973, p149.
2.04 Memoirs of...Daniel Wheeler, 1842, p71 (entry for 4 ix 1818).
2.05 Ellis Pugh, Annerch ir Cymru iw galw oddiwrth y llawer o bethau at yr un peth..., [undated], p99; translated as
A salutation to the Britains, to call them from the many things, to the one thing needful..., 1732, pp191-192.
2.06 Ruth Fawell, Courage to grow, 1987, p6.
2.07 Thomas F Green, Preparation for growth (Swarthmore lecture), 1952, p17; 1989 edn, p14.
2.08 Unidentified contributor to Quaker Women’s Group, Bringing the invisible into the light (Swarthmore lecture), 1986, p51.
2.09 Robert Davis, ‘Worship and ministry’, in Gerald K Hibbert, ed, Studies in Quaker thought and practice, pt 2, 1933, p49.
2.10 Thomas R Kelly, A testament of devotion, 1941, pp29-30; 1949 edn, p27.
2.11 Drafted by 1925 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
2.12 Pierre Lacout, God is silence, translated from the French by John Kay, 1970, pp9, 26; 1985 edn, pp8, 18; 1993 edn, pp20, 41.
2.13 William Penn, Fruits of a father’s love, 1726, ch 2, §27, pp47-48; repr as ‘The advice of William Penn to his children’ in William Penn, A collection of the works, 1726, vol 1, p899; Select works, 1782, vol 5, p448.
2.14 Epistle of Yearly Meeting 1884, YM Proc, 1884, p38; the last sentence is from the epistle of Yearly Meeting 1886, YM Proc, 1886, p33.
2.15 Letter of 4 vii 1895 to ‘a correspondent’, in John Bellows: letters and memoir, 1904, p261.
2.16 Rufus M Jones, ‘The spiritual message of the Religious Society of Friends’, in Friends World Conference 1937, Report of Commission I, p13.
2.17 Unpublished writing by Rachel Needham, 1987.
2.18 Letter of George Fox to lady Claypole, 1658, in George Fox, Journal, ed J L Nickalls, 1952, p346.
2.19 Joseph Besse, A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers, 1753, vol 2, pp217-218.
2.20 Query 6, 1964.
2.21 Elfrida Vipont Foulds, The candle of the Lord (Pendle Hill pamphlet 248), 1983, p13.
2.22 Thomas R Kelly, A testament of devotion, 1941, pp38-39; 1949 edn, pp33-34.
2.23 Harold Loukes, Quaker findings, 1967, p40.
2.24 William Littleboy, The meaning and practice of prayer, 1937, pp7-9; repr from The Friend, vol 95 (1937), p202, of an address found among William Littleboy’s papers.
2.25 ‘More like marriage’ in Louie Horne, A shining-place: poems, 1987, p6.
2.26 Diana Lampen, Facing death, 1979, pp34-35.
2.27 ‘Anna’, in An exercise of the spirit: Quakers and prayer, comp Leila Ward, 1984, p20.
2.28 Elisabeth Holmgaard, ‘Be still and know that I am God’: thoughts on prayer, 1984, p17.
2.29 Thomas F Green, Preparation for growth (Swarthmore lecture), 1952, p31; 1989 edn, p18.
2.30 Caroline E Stephen, Quaker strongholds, 1890, pp67-68; 1923 edn, pp55-56.
2.31 T Edmund Harvey, Along the road of prayer, 1929, p26.
2.32 Douglas Steere, Prayer and worship, 1938, p17.
2.33 Jack Dobbs, The desert and the marketplace, 1984, p6; first given as a talk to Devon & Cornwall GM, 1982; the reference is to Isaiah 35:7.
2.34 William Littleboy, The meaning and practice of prayer, 1937, p10 (see note to 2.24).
2.35 George Fox, A collection of...epistles, 1698, epistle 149, ‘To Friends, to know one another in the Light’ (1657), p115.
2.36 Thomas R Kelly, The eternal promise, 1966, p34; 1988 edn, pp44-45. The passage is translated from Thomas Kelly, Das Ewige in seiner Gegenwärtigkeit und zeitlichen Führung (Richard L Cary Vorlesung), 1938, pp25-26.
2.37 Unpublished writing by John Punshon, 1987.
2.38 Adapted by 1994 Revision Committee from ‘Some thoughts from the weekend gathering on fundamental elements of Quakerism’ in Young Quaker, vol32 no2 (Feb 1986), p6.
2.39 Caroline E Stephen, Light arising, 1908, pp68-69.
2.40 Thomas R Kelly, The gathered meeting, 1940; repr in Thomas R Kelly, The eternal promise, 1966, p79; 1988 edn, p94.
2.41 Letter of Alexander Parker to Friends, 14 xi 1659 [January 1660], printed in Thomas Salthouse & Alexander Parker, A manifestation of divine love..., 1660, pp15-17; repr in Abram Rawlinson Barclay, ed, Letters, &c, of early friends, 1841, pp365-366.
2.42 Advices II, ¶1, 1964.
2.43 Epistle of YM 1765, repr in Epistles from the Yearly Meeting of Friends held in London…from 1681 to 1857, 1858, vol 1, p338.
2.44 Minute of Berks & Oxon Quarterly Meeting Ministry & Extension Committee, 20 iii 1948; the extract is taken direct from the manuscript minute book.
2.45 Minute of Berks & Oxon QM Ministry & Extension Committee, 3 v 1947; the extract is taken direct from the manuscript minute book.
2.46 Drafted by 1959 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
2.47 Thomas R Bodine, ‘Does punctuality matter?’, The Friend, vol 138 (1980), p277.
2.48 Isaac Penington, Letters, ed John Barclay, 1828, pp5-6; 3rd edn, 1844, pp6-7 (letter III, to Bridget Atley, undated).
2.49 Thomas F Green, Preparation for growth (Swarthmore lecture), 1952, pp29-30; 1989 edn, pp24-25.
2.50 Unpublished letter from Anne Hosking in response to an inquiring parent.
2.51 [Dorothy Marshall], in What do you do in meeting for worship?: twenty-seven responses by members and attenders of Newcastle upon Tyne...meeting, 1989, p1; first published 1987.
2.52 John William Graham, The faith of a Quaker, 1920, p245.
2.53 John Edward Southall, The power of stillness, [c1900]; this passage is part of the pamphlet often separately repr under the title Silence.
2.54 Tayeko Yamanouchi, Ways of worship, 1980; written as a background paper for the 1979 Triennial Meeting of Friends World Committee for Consultation and printed in Friends world news, no 113 (1979/1980), p13.
2.55 Advices II, ¶2, 1964.
2.56 Margaret Hope Bacon, Mothers of feminism, 1986, p32. The quotation is from ‘The life of Jane Hoskens’ in Friends’ library, Philadelphia, vol1, 1837, p463.
2.57 John Woolman, The journal and major essays, ed Phillips P Moulton, 1971, p31.
2.58 ‘A Friend’ [Elisabeth Salisbury], ‘On first rising to minister’, Quaker monthly, vol47 (1968), p98.
2.59 Samuel Bownas, A description of the qualifications necessary to a gospel minister, 1750, p107; 1989 edn, pp98-99.
2.60 Adapted by 1994 Revision Committee from ‘Some thoughts from the weekend gathering on fundamental elements of Quakerism’ in Young Quaker, vol32 no2 (Feb 1986), p6.
2.61 An account of the gospel labours of...John Churchman, 1780, p32, probably referring to early 1734.
2.62 Caroline E Stephen, Quaker strongholds, 1890, pp55-56; 1923 edn, p46.
2.63 Adapted by 1994 Revision Committee from ‘Some thoughts from the weekend gathering on fundamental elements of Quakerism’ in Young Quaker, vol32 (1986) no 2, p6.
2.64 L Violet Holdsworth, Silent worship, the way of wonder (Swarthmore lecture), 1919, pp77-78.
2.65 Robert Hewison, ‘In the life’, The Friend, vol 123 (1965), p547.
2.66 Marrianne McMullen, ‘Lessons in ministry’, Friendly woman, vol 8 no 1 (Winter 1987), p4.
2.67 Drafted by 1967 and amended by 1994 Revision Committee.
2.68 Ormerod Greenwood, ‘Tripping’, The Friend, vol 138 (1980), p962.
2.69 A Neave Brayshaw, The Quakers, their story and message, 1921, p103; 1953 edn, p275.
2.70 Douglas Steere, On speaking out of the silence (Pendle Hill pamphlet 182), 1972, p11.
2.71 Drafted by 1925 and amended by 1959 Revision Committee.
2.72 William Penn, preface (1694) to George Fox, Journal, ed J L Nickalls, 1952, pp xliii-xliv. Penn’s preface was also issued as A brief account of the rise and progress...of the Quakers, 1694.
2.73 George Fox, Something concerning silent meetings, [1657], repr in Gospel truth demonstrated, 1706, p103.
2.74 George Gorman, The amazing fact of Quaker worship (Swarthmore lecture), 1973, p141.
2.75 Jean Brown, Held by a thread (Sunderland P Gardner lecture), 1984, p16.
2.76 Anne Hosking, ‘A child’s gift of worship’, Friends quarterly, vol 23 (1983-1985), pp226-227.
2.77 Jack Dobbs, The desert and the market place, 1984, p2 and see note to 2.33.
2.78 Joan Mary Fry, ‘Thoughts of a British Friend’, Friends world news, no 23 (Spring 1947), p9.
2.79 Jo Farrow, ‘On keeping a journal’, Gifts and discoveries: phase 1, 1986, unit 1, background paper 2, pp1-2.
2.80 Kathy Tweet, in Kathy Tweet & Jean Brown, ‘A place to stand’, Journal of Woodbrooke College, no2 (Winter 1992/3), pp9-10.
2.81 Damaris Parker-Rhodes, The way out is the way in, 1985, pp122-123.
2.82 Alec Davison, ‘Meetings for learning’, Friends quarterly, vol 23 (1983-1985), p102.
2.83 London Yearly Meeting 1905, Letter to isolated members; the second and fourth sentences were drafted by the 1911 Revision Committee. The extract as printed is considerably abridged and omissions are not indicated in the text. The document is not printed in London YM Proc, but for reference to the concern see London YM Proc, 1905, pp30, 71.
2.84 David W Robson, Amateur Christians, 1971, p21.
2.85 John Punshon, Encounter with silence: reflections from the Quaker tradition, 1987, p95.
2.86 Query 8, 1964.
2.87 Edward Burrough, ‘A testimony concerning the beginning of the work of the Lord’ (1662), printed in Abram Rawlinson Barclay, ed, Letters, &c, of early Friends, 1841, p305. The passage is considerably abridged and omissions are not indicated in the text.
2.88 London Yearly Meeting, To Lima with love: the response...to the World Council of Churches document ‘Baptism, eucharist and ministry’, 1987, as approved by London Yearly Meeting 1986, p3.
2.89 Epistle of London YM, 1984, London YM Proc, 1984, p267.
2.90 John Punshon, Encounter with silence: reflections from the Quaker tradition, 1987, p98.
2.91 Minute 14 of London Yearly Meeting 1936, London YM Proc, 1936, p300.
2.92 Paul Anderson, ‘An experience of transforming love’, in World Gathering of Young Friends, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1985, Let our lives speak: visioning a future for Friends, 1986, pp62, 64.
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