A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books: Or Books Written by Members of the Society of Friends, Commonly Called Quakers, from Their First Rise to the Present Time, Interspersed with Critical Remarks, and Occasional Biographical Notices ...

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Joseph Smith, 1867 - Quakers
 

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Page 157 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Page 614 - A Call from Death to Life, and Out of the Dark wayes and Worships of the World where the Seed is held in Bondage under the Merchants of Babylon, written by Marmaduke Stephenson ; Who (together with another dear Servant of the Lord called William Robinson) hath (since the Writing hereof) suffered Death, for bearing Witnesse to the same Truth, amongst the Professors of Bostons Jurisdiction in New England.
Page 427 - The History of Pennsylvania, in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province, under the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the Year 1742, with an Introduction, respecting The Life of W.
Page 456 - The Address of the Trustees and Treasurer of the Friendly Association for regaining and preserving Peace with the Indians by Pacific Measures.
Page 30 - And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Page 41 - London : Printed and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster. ... " ... ... 8vo. 1700. 2^ Note. — Geo. Keith in his "Plain Discovery...
Page 731 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years. But wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 198 - INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH READER: or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Poetry; calculated to improve the younger Classes of Learners in Reading; and to imbue their minds with the love of virtue. To which are added, Rules and Observations for assisting Children to read with Propriety.
Page 710 - A Collection of Memorials Concerning Divers Deceased Ministers and Others of the People Called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Parts Adjacent, from Nearly the First Settlement Thereof to the Year 1787, with Some of the Last Expressions and Exhortations of Many of Them; also an Alphabetical Index.
Page 274 - Several Conferences between some of the principal People amongst the QUAKERS in PENNSYLVANIA, and the Deputies from the six Indian Nations, in Alliance with Britain ; In order to reclaim their Brethren the Delaware Indians from their Defection, and put a stop to their Barbarities and Hostilities.