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In the course of his life, Elias Hicks (1748-1830) penned hundreds
of letters, while writing only one book. The Journal of Elias Hicks
is a record of service to the Religious Society of Friends,
revealing a man repeatedly called by God to travel among and
minister to Quakers in North America. In the Journal, he describes
the hundreds of Quaker meetings he visited, scores of public
meetings he conducted, and gives some account of his life as a Long
Island farmer. Complementing the framework in the Journal, Hicks'
letters flesh out details of his life and his beliefs. They reveal
a thoughtful man of deep devotion - a man devoted to his wife and
family, to his neighbors and friends, to the Religious Society of
Friends, but more than anything else, a man simply, humbly, and
steadfastly devoted to God. Some of his letters recount the trials
of a traveling minister in the early 19th century. Others lay out
his understanding of what it means to live faithfully as a Quaker
in those times of conflict and change. Most controversially, some
put forward his theological beliefs and the scriptural basis for
them. Paul Buckley has compiled and transcribed a selection of
Elias Hicks' letters and essays from the original manuscripts. To
assist the reader, he has added footnotes and scriptural citations
to the text, as well as appendices explaining Quaker terms and
structures, definitions of archaic and unfamiliar words and
phrases, and biographical sketches. This is a book for anyone who
cares about the Society of Friends and wonders how it became what
it is today.
In the course of his life, Elias Hicks (1748-1830) penned hundreds
of letters, while writing only one book. The Journal of Elias Hicks
is a record of service to the Religious Society of Friends,
revealing a man repeatedly called by God to travel among and
minister to Quakers in North America. In the Journal, he describes
the hundreds of Quaker meetings he visited, scores of public
meetings he conducted, and gives some account of his life as a Long
Island farmer.Complementing the framework in the Journal, Hicks'
letters flesh out details of his life and his beliefs. They reveal
a thoughtful man of deep devotion - a man devoted to his wife and
family, to his neighbors and friends, to the Religious Society of
Friends, but more than anything else, a man simply, humbly, and
steadfastly devoted to God.Some of his letters recount the trials
of a traveling minister in the early 19th century. Others lay out
his understanding of what it means to live faithfully as a Quaker
in those times of conflict and change. Most controversially, some
put forward his theological beliefs and the scriptural basis for
them.Paul Buckley has compiled and transcribed a selection of Elias
Hicks' letters and essays from the original manuscripts. To assist
the reader, he has added footnotes and scriptural citations to the
text, as well as appendices explaining Quaker terms and structures,
definitions of archaic and unfamiliar words and phrases, and
biographical sketches.This is a book for anyone who cares about the
Society of Friends and wonders how it became what it is today.
Title: A series of extemporaneous discourses.Author: Elias
HicksPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph
Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana,
1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and
other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to
the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of
discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the
U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans,
slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana
offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01476100CollectionID:
CTRG95-B72PublicationDate: 18250101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Collation: iv, 322 p.; 22 cm
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