Synopsis
Title: An exposition of the faith of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in the fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion.Author: Thomas EvansPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP04548300CollectionID: CTRG03-B999PublicationDate: 18280101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Authorities quoted, or referred to, in this work."--p. [vii]-viii. Includes index.Collation: xxxvi, 324 p.; 23 cm
Présentation de l'éditeur
At a Meeting of the Representatives of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delavtare, and the eastern parts OF Maryland and Virginia, held in Philadelphia, the 19 th of the 10 th month, 1827. The Committee, to whose consideration was referred the preparing or co Uectuig into one view, such a hrief exposition of the Fundamental Principles held by us, as might evince to candid, unprejudiced minds, that they are the genuine doctrines of the Christian religion, promulgated by our Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, and his apostles ;having examined a Compilation from the writings of our primitive Friends, illustrative of those Principles wh ch they held, and laboured to spread in the world, and which we, as a religious body, have always professed and most surely believed ;the work, after careful attention, was approved ;and the author, Thomas Evans, is at liberty to publish it :it being hoped, that it will be beneficial, not only to the members of our own Society, but to such others as are desirous of correct information, and a clear understanding of the coincidence of sentiment and unity of faith, which has continually subsisted in and among our worthy predecessors, and the faithful members of our Religious Society, down to the present day. o Extract from the Minutes. JONATHAN EVANS, Clerk.
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