"Curismian Lire, Farm anp Taovont. Being the First Part of the Book.. of Christian Discipline of the Religious Society of Friends in Great. Britain. 'The Friends' Bookshop. Cloth, 2s. net.
The title of this little book gives to the general reader; no sufficient idea either of its value or of its scope. It is a rich mine for the student of. religious psychology, for it contains nothing that is not gold; and in its numerous firsthand accounts of the approach of many different minds to an, identical Reality it bears remarkable witness to the unity of all spiritual truth. "Oh, how sweet and pleasant," said Isaac Penington, "is it to the truly spiritual eva to see several sorts of believers, every one learning their own lesson, performing their own peculiar service, and knowing, owning and loving one another in their several places'—~ and this vision, though it cannot yet be enjoyed in respect of all the official churches, seems to come nearer as we read this volume and enter into the spirit that informs The publication of a Book of Discipline" by the Society of Friends dates from the year 1783. Many changes and additions were made to subsequent editions; the last in 1883. The present issue is in substance ai new book, though carrying. forward the traditions embodied in the old. It sets forth a collective vielv- of Quaker lifo and thought, largely by means of first-hand documents giving the spiritual experiences of prominent Friends. To these are added extracts showing the point of view of the Society, as to the nature of God. creeds, scriptures, anid church, the "way of life," and so forth.
Practican Mzn as Mystics.
The whole gives a remarkable impression of lofty spirituality, and shows clearly how the essential experiences of the mystics have been realised in the lives of humble and practical men and women; how simple yet vital these experiences are, and how completely independent of the abnormal
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