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Print by Maggie Nelson
Now after I had received that opening from the Lord that to be bred at Oxford or Cambridge was not sufficient to fit a man to be a minister of Christ, I regarded the priests less and looked more after the dissenting people... As I had forsaken all the priests, so I left the separate preachers also, and those called the most experienced people; for I saw there was none among them all that could speak to my condition. And when all my hopes in them and in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, nor could tell what to do, then, oh then, I heard a voice which said, ‘There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition’, and when I heard it my heart did leap for joy. Then the Lord did let me see why there was none upon the earth that could speak to my condition, namely, that I might give him all the glory... Thus, when God doth work who shall let [i.e. hinder] it? And this I knew experimentally.
From George Fox’s Journal, 1647.
Etching of George Fox by Robert Spence (1871–1964).
#genealogyphotoaday for the 6th was #school. This was my elementary school. We called it “grammar school.” It was begun by Elizabeth Curtis Dresser in 1913. It was just a few blocks from the historic Bowne House, where John Bowne defied the colonial Dutch government and provided safe haven for the local Quaker community. Foxwood was named for Society of Friends (Quaker) founder George Fox and for the woods that surrounded the property when the school was founded. The school went through High School during the 1930s and 40s but only went to 8th grade by the time I attended. The school was closed in June 1961 when health concerns forced Mrs. Dresser to sell the property. A developer bought the property, tearing down this building and erecting apartment buildings in its place. The new buildings were named Foxwood Apartments. I was in the last graduating class. #flushingqueens #georgefox #societyoffriends #quakers #elizabethcurtisdresser #foxwoodschool (at Flushing, Queens, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE0oeJFJhPy/?igshid=1wkprxwpmcgsk
Great song/vid! :) https://youtu.be/X5BjpysuIHM #doffhat #hat #jonwatts #quaker #respect #authority #egalitarianism #equality #oneGod #growingintoGod #johnrmabry #christian #mysticism #georgefox #blackforgecoffeehouse #pittsburgh (at Black Forge Coffee House)