Compilations

Compilations

A few of our books were not written by a single person, but are collections of writings or letters from several different authors. Some of these books were compiled and published long ago by early Friends, and some were compiled more recently by the editors of this website.

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This book was first edited and printed by William Backhouse and James Janson, two members of the Society of Friends, in the year 1813. It is unique among the publications of Friends in that it does not originate from the pen of a Quaker, but is rather a compilation of excerpts written by Francis Fenelon, Jeanne Guyon (both of France), and Michael de Molinos (of Spain), who each lived and died as (persecuted) members of the Roman Catholic Church. Early Quakers were a decidedly Protestant society, having found good cause to part with the church of Rome in many particular points of doctrine and practice. But with respect to a great many fundamental doctrines and realities relating to the inward nature, experience, and effect of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ—particularly regarding the necessity of experiencing His life in us, and the death of self on the cross—it seems impossible to deny that these three authors and early Friends spoke with one voice, and by one Spirit.

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Guide to True Peace
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Guide to
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Guide to True Peace

A collection of excerpts from the writings of Francis Fenelon, Jeanne Guyon, and Michael de Molinos, edited and published in 1813 by William Backhouse and James Janson, members of the Society of Friends, with the intention of demonstrating how “true worship can be acceptably performed, and how inward, spiritual prayer can be rightly attained.”

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As a thin sapling, over the course of time, becomes a thick and immovable tree, so the fallen and sinful nature of man, left to govern itself, quickly grows stiff and hardened in all sorts of evils. How important, therefore, is it “for a man to bear the yoke in their youth,” (Lam. 3:27) that is, to learn and submit to the restraining and transforming power of the cross when the heart is still young and tender. “Sowing Seeds of Righteousness” is a collection of letters and short treatises written by ten early Friends that offers invaluable counsel to both parents and children on this critical subject.

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Sowing Seeds of Righteousness
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Sowing Seeds
of Righteousness

Letters of Advice to
Children and Parents

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Sowing Seeds of Righteousness

A collection of letters and treatises written by early members of the Society of Friends offering words of godly wisdom, counsel, and experience to both parents and children.

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This short booklet, originally entitled A Brief Apology In Behalf of the People in Derision called Quakers, was published in 1702 by William Chandler, Alexander Pyot, Joseph Hodges, along with some other Friends, who had been falsely calumniated by other congregations in their area. Many doctrinal works have been published by Friends to explain and defend their doctrinal stances on a variety of points (See particularly the Apology of Robert Barclay, The Original and Present State of Man, by Joseph Phipps, and the Complete works of Isaac Penington). But perhaps no publication of the Society of Friends has so clearly and succinctly described their beliefs on such a wide variety of subjects, nor defended them with such clarity and candor, using a multitude of Scripture citations.

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Truth Defended
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Truth Defended

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Truth Defended

A succinct but thorough explanation of the principles and practices of Friends in the 1600’s, written by Alexander Pyot, William Chandler, and Joseph Hodges on a wide variety of doctrinal subjects, in response to calumnies and accusations that were commonly leveled against the society by other professing of Christians.

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This book contains the stories of ten men and women who knew the transforming work of “Truth in the inward parts.” Amidst a sea of Christian practice and profession, these believers would settle for nothing less than the light, power, and righteousness of Christ reigning in their purified vessels. They not only found the Pearl of great price by His own inward appearing, but they then sold all to buy this treasure, counting all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus their Lord. (Compiled and edited by Jason R. Henderson)

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Truth in the Inward Parts, Vol. I
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Truth in the
Inward Parts

Vol. I

The Work of God in the
Souls of Ten Early Quakers

Volume I

Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. I

This book contains the autobiographical accounts of ten men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)

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This book contains the stories of nine men and women who knew the transforming work of “Truth in the inward parts.” Amidst a sea of Christian practice and profession, these believers would settle for nothing less than the light, power, and righteousness of Christ reigning in their purified vessels. They not only found the Pearl of great price by His own inward appearing, but they then sold all to buy this treasure, counting all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus their Lord. (Compiled and edited by Jason R. Henderson)

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Truth in the Inward Parts, Vol. II
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Truth in the
Inward Parts

Vol. II

The Work of God in the
Souls of Nine Early Quakers

Volume II

Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. II

This book contains the autobiographical accounts of nine men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)

  • 324 pages
  • journal, letters
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This book contains the stories of nine men and women who knew the transforming work of “Truth in the inward parts.” Amidst a sea of Christian practice and profession, these believers would settle for nothing less than the light, power, and righteousness of Christ reigning in their purified vessels. They not only found the Pearl of great price by His own inward appearing, but they then sold all to buy this treasure, counting all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus their Lord. (Compiled and edited by Jason R. Henderson)

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Truth in the Inward Parts, Vol. III
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Truth in the
Inward Parts

Vol. III

The Work of God in the
Souls of Nine Early Quakers

Volume III

Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. III

This book contains the autobiographical accounts of nine men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)

  • 322 pages
  • journal, letters
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The full title of this work is, “Examples of Youthful Piety, Principally Intended for the Instruction of Young Persons.” This inspiring publication gathers together all of the spiritual experiences and dying testimonies of children from the four volumes of Piety Promoted, also adding many others not previously published. The testimonies in this work—taken from young persons between the ages of six and twenty-five—span a period of about 200 years and are a united and powerful confirmation of the importance of Solomon’s exhortation: “Remember now your creator in the days of your youth.”

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Examples of Youthful Piety
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Examples of
Youthful Piety

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Examples of Youthful Piety

This inspiring publication gathers together all of the spiritual experiences and dying testimonies of children from the four volumes of Piety Promoted, also adding many others not previously published. The testimonies in this work span a period of about 200 years, and are taken from young persons between the ages of six and twenty-five.

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The early history of the religious Society of Friends is replete with instances of faithful and devoted servants of Christ Jesus, who labored abundantly and with great success in the work of the Gospel, and after enduring a fight of afflictions from the intolerant and persecuting spirit of the age, finished their race with joy, in the full assurance that the gospel they had embraced, and for which they deeply suffered, was not a cunningly devised fable but substantial and ever enduring truth. “Memoirs of the Godly” is a collection of twenty-three memoirs, briefly describing the lives, sufferings, and peaceful deaths of some of these worthy followers of Jesus Christ.

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Memoirs of the Godly
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Memoirs of the Godly

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Memoirs of the Godly

A collection of twenty-three memoirs presenting brief accounts of the lives, sufferings, and peaceful deaths of many notable members of the early Society of Friends, such as William Leddra, who suffered martyrdom in Boston, John Audland and John Camm.

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The full title of this work is, “Piety Promoted in a Collection of the Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers; With a Brief Account of Some of Their Labors in the Gospel, and Sufferings for the Same.” These four volumes extend over a period of more than one hundred and seventy years, and contain concise accounts of the godly lives and remarkable deaths of more than six hundred persons. Among these there is found a great variety in age, condition in life, station in the Church, and growth in spiritual knowledge and experience; but they all agree in a united testimony to the blessed effects of Christ’s reign in the soul, and to the consolation and support it furnishes on a death bed.

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Piety Promoted, Vol. I
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Piety Promoted

Volume I

Piety Promoted, Vol. I

Volume I of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 204 early Friends, including James Parnell, Edward Burrough, Francis Howgill, George Fox, Stephen Crisp, William Dewsbury, John Crook, and the four Quakers executed in Massachusetts.

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The full title of this work is, “Piety Promoted in a Collection of the Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers; With a Brief Account of Some of Their Labors in the Gospel, and Sufferings for the Same.” These four volumes extend over a period of more than one hundred and seventy years, and contain concise accounts of the godly lives and remarkable deaths of more than six hundred persons. Among these there is found a great variety in age, condition in life, station in the Church, and growth in spiritual knowledge and experience; but they all agree in a united testimony to the blessed effects of Christ’s reign in the soul, and to the consolation and support it furnishes on a death bed.

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Piety Promoted, Vol. II
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Piety Promoted

Volume II

Piety Promoted, Vol. II

Volume II of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 171 early Friends, including Deborah Bell, Sarah Stephenson, John Fothergill, Daniel Stanton, Thomas Wilson, William Crouch, George Whitehead, and Thomas Aldam.

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The full title of this work is, “Piety Promoted in a Collection of the Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers; With a Brief Account of Some of Their Labors in the Gospel, and Sufferings for the Same.” These four volumes extend over a period of more than one hundred and seventy years, and contain concise accounts of the godly lives and remarkable deaths of more than six hundred persons. Among these there is found a great variety in age, condition in life, station in the Church, and growth in spiritual knowledge and experience; but they all agree in a united testimony to the blessed effects of Christ’s reign in the soul, and to the consolation and support it furnishes on a death bed.

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Piety Promoted, Vol. III
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Piety Promoted

Volume III

Piety Promoted, Vol. III

Volume III of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 146 early Friends, including John Woolman, Samuel Fothergill, Margaret Fox, Joseph Oxley, Sarah Grubb, Samuel Emlen, Esther Tuke, William Savery, Mary Peisley Neale, and Deborah Darby.

  • 399 pages
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The full title of this work is, “Piety Promoted in a Collection of the Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers; With a Brief Account of Some of Their Labors in the Gospel, and Sufferings for the Same.” These four volumes extend over a period of more than one hundred and seventy years, and contain concise accounts of the godly lives and remarkable deaths of more than six hundred persons. Among these there is found a great variety in age, condition in life, station in the Church, and growth in spiritual knowledge and experience; but they all agree in a united testimony to the blessed effects of Christ’s reign in the soul, and to the consolation and support it furnishes on a death bed.

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Piety Promoted, Vol. IV
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Piety Promoted

Volume IV

Piety Promoted, Vol. IV

Volume IV of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 141 early Friends, including Henry Tuke, Joseph Gurney Bevan, John Kendall, Jane Pearson, Mary Dudley, Ann Crowley, Thomas Chalkley, Israel Pemberton, and John Churchman.

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