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Abington Friends Meeting

Abington Friends Meeting Abington Friends Meeting House Richard Wall's House ABINGTON FRIENDS MEETING By Horace Mather Lippincott* ANYONE approaching Abington Meeting House will admire the "brotherhood of venerable trees" and recall perhaps that "the groves were God's first temples." Lightning and great age have taken many of our trees but we still have a number of oaks of the primeval forest which saw the laying of the cornerstone of Abington Meeting House in the seventeenth century. We can find strength and inspiration from these sturdy trees that have watched over us so long. The history of Abington Friends Meeting properly begins in England where William Penn was spreading his attractive broadsides to gain colonists for his "Holy Experiment" in The seventeenth century was a period of theological discussion and of bitter religious controversy. Many Protestant sects arose in England to oppose Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Church. In 1647 George Fox emerged from this confusion to preach the faith that became known as Quakerism, whose central tenet was direct revelation. He said that he heard Pennsylvania. much about Christ but he wanted to find Christ. He sought not to teach, he said, but to bring men to their Teacher. He asserted http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association Friends Historical Association

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Abington Friends Meeting House Richard Wall's House ABINGTON FRIENDS MEETING By Horace Mather Lippincott* ANYONE approaching Abington Meeting House will admire the "brotherhood of venerable trees" and recall perhaps that "the groves were God's first temples." Lightning and great age have taken many of our trees but we still have a number of oaks of the primeval forest which saw the laying of the cornerstone of Abington Meeting House in the seventeenth century. We can find strength and inspiration from these sturdy trees that have watched over us so long. The history of Abington Friends Meeting properly begins in England where William Penn was spreading his attractive broadsides to gain colonists for his "Holy Experiment" in The seventeenth century was a period of theological discussion and of bitter religious controversy. Many Protestant sects arose in England to oppose Roman Catholicism and the Anglican Church. In 1647 George Fox emerged from this confusion to preach the faith that became known as Quakerism, whose central tenet was direct revelation. He said that he heard Pennsylvania. much about Christ but he wanted to find Christ. He sought not to teach, he said, but to bring men to their Teacher. He asserted

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Bulletin of Friends' Historical Association – Friends Historical Association

Published: Apr 4, 1951

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