"I asked my guide how it was possible the judicious part of them could suffer such incoherent prating? "We are obliged," said he, "to suffer it, because no one knows, when a brother rises up to hold forth, whether he will be moved by the spirit or by folly. In this uncertainty, we listen patiently to every one. We even allow our women to speak in public; two or three of them are often inspired at the same time, and then a most charming noise is heard in the Lord's house." "You have no priests, then?" said I. "No, no, friend," replied the Quaker; "heaven make us thankful!" Then opening one of the books of their sect, he read the following words in an emphatic tone: "'God forbid we should presume to ordain any one to receive the Holy Spirit on the Lord's day, in exclusion to the rest of the faithful!'"
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Further account of his conversations with Andrew Pit.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quakers
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Quakers
30 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Quakers →
Related Quotes
"Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life ma…"
"The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set…"
"I was suddenly arrested by what seemed to be an awful voice proclaiming the words, "Eternity! Eternity! Eternity!" It…"
"Mysticism has been for the most part sporadic. It has found an exponent now here, now there, but it has shown little …"
"There has always been in the Society of Friends a group of persons pledged unswervingly to the ideal. To those who fo…"
"There is one great God and power that has made the world and all things therein, to whom you and I and all people owe…"
"Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law…"
"We never swear, not even in a court of justice; being of opinion, that the name of the Most High ought not to be pros…"
"It was three hundred years ago, in October 1656, that George Fox had a memorable interview with Oliver Cromwell, Lord…"
"Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. Un…"