Just Among Friends—in 1806: Part II
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JUST AMONG FRIENDS—IN 1806: PART II73 JUST AMONG FRIENDS—IN 1806: PART II By Robert J. Leach CLARKSON states that the second strongest factor preserving the Quaker way of life was the official Discipline of the Society. The Discipline had evolved as a rule to walk by in the earliest years, and had been codified by 1806 into a rigid set of regulations. It was then understood to serve the function of counteracting the infirmity of human nature, rather than representing the collective inward guidance, as it had once done. Clarkson , says that for the sake of enforcing the Discipline, monthly meetings, or rather "monthly courts," had been established . Apparently the most important business of these legalistic meetings for business was to provide a machinery for admonishing , dealing with, and disowning offenders. The Quaker ideal was that every Christian watch over every other, and act when a reclamation of a wanderer seemed prudent. This involved visiting and laboring with the Friend who
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JUST AMONG FRIENDS—IN 1806: PART II73 JUST AMONG FRIENDS—IN 1806: PART II By Robert J. Leach CLARKSON states that the second strongest factor preserving the Quaker way of life was the official Discipline of the Society. The Discipline had evolved as a rule to walk by in the earliest years, and had been codified by 1806 into a rigid set of regulations. It was then understood to serve the function of counteracting the infirmity of human nature, rather than representing the collective inward guidance, as it had once done. Clarkson , says that for the sake of enforcing the Discipline, monthly meetings, or rather "monthly courts," had been established . Apparently the most important business of these legalistic meetings for business was to provide a machinery for admonishing , dealing with, and disowning offenders. The Quaker ideal was that every Christian watch over every other, and act when a reclamation of a wanderer seemed prudent. This involved visiting and laboring with the Friend who
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