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Observations on the Sermons of Elias Hicks / In Several Letters to Him; With Some Introductory Remarks, Addressed to the Junior Members of the Society of Friends.

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By Robert Waln
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A series of letters directed to younger members of the Society of Friends critiques a contemporary ministry and its printed discourses, arguing that unchecked enthusiasm and claims of private revelation threaten the society’s discipline. The author examines how ambition and imagination can supplant humble ministry, warns that weakening eldership undermines communal oversight, and traces the social consequences of fanaticism. He urges disciplined humility, attendance at meetings for discipline, deference to experienced elders, and restraint in public deliberations as means to preserve order, unity, and sound religious practice.

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Title: Observations on the Sermons of Elias Hicks

Author: Robert Waln

Release date: October 11, 2018 [eBook #58078]

Language: English

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OBSERVATIONS ON THE SERMONS OF ELIAS HICKS

IN
SEVERAL LETTERS TO HIM;
WITH
SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS,
ADDRESSED TO THE
JUNIOR MEMBERS
OF THE
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
BY A DEMI-QUAKER.
Robert Waln
"To expect that we should be informed of the divine economy with the
same distinctness as of our own duty, would be a piece of arrogance
above ordinary."—Burgh.
"Dim, as the borrowed beams of moon and stars
To lonely, weary, wandering travellers,
Is reason to the soul: and as on high,
Those rolling fires discover but the sky,
Not light us here: so reason's glimmering ray
Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way,
But guide us upward to a better day."—Dryden.

PHILADELPHIA 1826.