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The Friend is a weekly Quaker magazine published in London, UK. It is the only Quaker weekly in the world, and has been published continuously since 1843. It began as a monthly and in January 1892 became a weekly. [1] It is one of the oldest continuously published publications in the world still in operation.
Friends Journal is a monthly Quaker magazine that combines first-person narrative, reportage, poetry, and news. [1] Friends Journal began publishing in 1827 and 1844 with the founding of The Friend (Orthodox, 1827—1955) and The Friends Intelligencer (Hicksite, 1844—1955).
Friends Journal; The Friend (Quaker magazine) Friends Association for Higher Education; Friends Foreign Mission Association (1868–1927) Friends General Conference; Friends Service Council (1927–1978) Friends' Ambulance Unit; Fund for Reconciliation and Development
Conservative Friends women have traditionally practiced headcovering as taught in 1 Corinthians 11:2–10 by wearing a "scarf, bonnet, or cap" and "wear long-sleeved, long dresses". [7] Conservative Friends also maintain the type of business meeting which was in use among all branches of Friends until the middle of the twentieth century.
James Backhouse, botanist and missionary for the Quaker church in Australia. Daniel Wheeler was a British Quaker who made missionaries efforts in Russia, the South Pacific, and North America. John Yeardley was born in Yorkshire, England. He joined the Quakers in 1806 and started preaching in 1815.
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to quake "before the authority of God ...
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Henry Stanley Newman (25 April 1837 – 23 October 1912) was a grocer, Quaker philanthropist, and author. He founded Leominster Orphan Homes, was active in the Religious Society of Friends, and edited The Friend publication for 20 years.