distinguish Quaker Faith and Practice BibleHistory The QuakerBible , officially A new and literal translation of all the books of the Old and New Testament with notes critical and explanatory , is the 1764 translation of the Christian Bible into English by Anthony Purver 1702 1777 , a Religious Society of Friends Quaker . The translation was published in two Volumes in London by W. Richardson and S. Clark in 1764, but is not generally regarded as successful. Comparison with the New English Bible In 1970, following the publication of the New English Bible , Harold A. Guy wrote an article printed ... in 1970 ref An Eighteenth Century New English Bible , discussing Purver s Bible translation. Guy makes ... both Purver s Bible and the New English Bible endured long gestation periods, that is where any ... single handed compared to the New English Bible which involved a large number of academics. Failing ... the Bible at his own expense. The two volumes sold for four Guinea British coin guineas . There is no evidence of any volume of sales. This was in contrast to the New English Bible, which was backed ... version the New English Bible was launched with nationwide publicity. In 1764, the Purver version ... James Version . The New English Bible followed on from a number of versions, notably the Revised Standard Version . Despite the fact that the Purver bible had no other competitors as an alternative to the King James Version, the bible was not successful and although Purver prepared a second edition, it failed to see the light of day. The New English Bible in contrast, whilst receiving widespread criticism, has gone on to a second edition as the Revised English Bible . Despite the failed ... was acquainted with Purver s version remarks A Quaker Translation. Often ungrammatical and unintelligible ... Reflist English Bible translation navbox Category 1764 books Category Quakerism Category English Bible translations ... more details
Quaker Hill may refer to Places Quaker Hill, Connecticut , a village Quaker Hill, Delaware Quaker Hill, Indiana Quaker Hill, New York , a community See also Quaker Hill Historic District disambiguation disambig ... more details
Image Gutenberg Bible.jpg 340px thumb The Gutenberg Bible , the first printed bible Dablink For other uses, see Bible disambiguation . br The Holy Bible redirects here. For the album, see The Holy Bible album . pp semi protected small yes Bible related The Bible from Koine Greek Greek lang grc ta biblia the books , sometimes referred to as the Holy Bible , is the various collections of sacred scripture of the various branches of Judaism and Christianity . The Bible, in its various editions .... Author Russell&btnG Search&tbm bks&tbo 1&aq f&aqi &aql &oq Google Link ref There is no single Bible ... , accepts only five. The 24 texts of the Hebrew Bible are divided into 39 books in Christian Old Testament s, and complete Christian Bible s range from the 66 books of the Protestantism Protestant canon to the 81 books in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Ethiopian Orthodox Bible ... The Jewish Bible, or Tanakh , is divided into three parts 1 the five books of the Torah teaching or law ... . ref Halpern, B. the First Historians The Hebrew Bible. Harper & Row, 1988, quoted in Smith, Mark ... Co. 2nd ed., 2002. ISBN 978 0802839725, p.14 ref The Christian Bible sometimes known as the Holy Bible is divided into two parts. The first is called the Old Testament , containing the minimum ... Bible, but arranged in a different order Jewish Scripture ends with the people of Israel restored ... Jewish Bible is a Septuagint Greek translation , also dating to the 4th century. The oldest complete manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible the Masoretic text date from the Middle Ages. ref Cite book ... Gospel accounts and letters of apostles into a Christian Bible which became known as the New Testament . The Old and New Testaments together are commonly referred to as The Holy Bible lang grc ... Protestant s hold only the books of the Hebrew Bible to be canonical Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox ... File Family bible.jpg thumb upright left An American family Bible dating to 1859. The English word ... more details
Quaker State may refer to Pennsylvania , which is colloquially known as the Quaker State The Quaker State Corporation , a manufacturer of motor oil and other lubricants as of 2006 known as SOPUS Products Quaker State make of oil , made by Pennzoil Disambig ... more details
Quaker Meeting may refer to Monthly meeting or Area meeting in the UK , the basic organisational unit in the Religious Society of Friends Quakers Preparative meeting or Preparatory meeting Local meeting in the UK , a common basic local worship group in the Religious Society of Friends Meeting for worship , a Quaker religious practice somewhat akin to a church service Quaker Meeting child s game , a children s game Friends meeting house Quaker Meeting House , where Quaker Meetings for worship often take place disambig ... more details
Quaker is a reference to the Religious Society of Friends , a religious community. Quaker could also refer to People The Quaker Poet , a nickname for John Greenleaf Whittier 1807 1892 , and sometimes also for Bernard Barton 1784 1849 see List of Quakers Places The Quaker State , a nickname for Pennsylvania Quaker, Indiana or Quaker Point , a small town in Vermillion County, Indiana Quakers Hill, New South Wales , a suburb in Sydney, Australia Companies Quaker Oats Company , a U.S. food company Quaker State Corporation , a former motor oil manufacturer Plants & animals Quaker Butterfly , Neopithecops zalmora Quaker Parrot, also known as the Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Quaker lady disambiguation , name given to several flowers Sport Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Earlham College Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Guilford College Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Salem, Ohio Quakers, the nickname for the athletic teams of Orchard Park, NY Quakers, the nickname of Darlington F.C. in the north of England and many other businesses in Darlington Others An unripe or poorly roasted coffee bean, the number of which is often used to judge the quality of a batch of coffee, see coffee roasting An Ecuador ian beverage, made from oat s hence the name, a reference to the Quaker Oats Company , fruit juice typically naranjilla , pineapple , or orange , sugar and spices See also Quake disambiguation Quackers, a puppet who appeared with Ray Alan disambig nl Quaker fr Quaker homonymie ... more details
Quaker school may refer to list of Friends schools , a school which provides an education based on the beliefs and testimonies of the Religious Society of Friends Quakers Quaker School Burlington , one such establishment in Burlington, New Jersey and on the National Register of Historic Places disambig ... more details
Quaker or Quaker Point is an extinct town in Vermillion Township, Vermillion County, Indiana Vermillion Township , Vermillion County, Indiana Vermillion County , Indiana , United States . The post office at Quaker was established in 1894 and discontinued in 1914. ref Helbock, Richard W. United States Post Offices, Volume V The Ohio Valley 2002 Scappoose, Oregon La Posta Publications, p. 154 ref Geography Quaker is located at coord 39 51 48 N 87 31 40 W city 39.863250, 87.527860 . References reflist External links Geolinks US streetscale 39.863250 87.527860 Category Ghost towns in Indiana Category Vermillion County, Indiana ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Quaker Meetinghouse nrhp type image caption location Adams, Massachusetts lat degrees 42 lat minutes 37 lat seconds 38 lat direction N long degrees 73 long minutes 7 long seconds 34 long direction W locmapin Massachusetts area built 1781 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added August 17, 1976 governing body Private refnum 76000236 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref Quaker Meetinghouse is an historic Quaker church at Maple Street Cemetery in Adams, Massachusetts . The meetinghouse was built in 1781 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. References reflist Registered Historic Places Category Quaker meeting houses in Massachusetts Category Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts Category Churches in Berkshire County, Massachusetts BerkshireMA NRHP stub ... more details
The Wiktionary Clerk clerk of a Quaker meeting is a critical role for the conduct of Quaker affairs. The clerk conducts the Quaker Decision making among Friends meeting for business or committee meeting in the spirit of worship. In that role, the clerk is responsible for creating the Agenda meeting agenda , Facilitator facilitating the conduct of the meeting. Some meetings may also expect the clerk to create and record minutes . Friends record minutes differently than businesses generally do, as each minute is written, the clerk asks the meeting if they accept the minute. If attenders accept the minute, they will nod their heads or say approve or I hope so in Britain Yearly Meeting Britain , see Religious Society of Friends Quaker terminology Quaker terminology , otherwise they may object. There may be further discussion, then the clerk may rework the minute, and ask for acceptance again. In some Quaker groups, the role of facilitating the meeting is separate from the creation and taking of minutes. In this case, the meeting facilitator is known as the presiding clerk or simply clerk , while the one responsible for minutes is called a recording clerk . The meeting s clerk may also be expected to perform other duties like receive correspondence for the meeting. In addition, many large Quaker business meetings such as Yearly Meeting business sessions have a reading clerk for reading text to the meeting, and an Epistle Quaker epistle clerk for handling correspondence. At least in New York and New England Yearly Meeting sessions, the presiding clerk allows for a few seconds of group ... loop radio broadcasting system. In Quaker meetings, there are committees and temporary working groups ... title Before the Meeting A Handbook for Clerks publisher Quaker Home Service date 1994 location ... of the Meeting Quaker business meetings and their Clerks publisher Quaker Home Service date 1983 location ... Meeting s Quaker Faith and Practice , Chapter 3, 12 Religious Society of Friends Category Quakerism ... more details
Quaker is a central department of Britain Yearly Meeting the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Quakers in Britain ref name Quaker Life cite web url http www.quaker.org.uk Templates Internal.asp?NodeID 166972&int1stParentNodeID 89723&int2ndParentNodeID 90648&int3rdParentNodeID 89730&int4thParentNodeID 166972 title Quakers in Britain Quaker Life last Britain Yearly Meeting publisher Britain Yearly Meeting accessdate 2009 06 15 ref , the national organisation of Quakers in England, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Its work is to develop the spiritual life of Quakers in Britain, and the running of Quaker Meetings within Britain. Its work is divided into six main areas, namely faith and practice diversity and inclusion children and young people meeting house staff outreach pastoral care . This department complements the work of Quaker Peace and Social Witness Quaker Life mainly being an inward looking department mainly working for members of the Yearly Meeting whilst Quaker Peace and Social Witness is an outward looking department, mainly working for peace and social action outside of the Yearly Meeting membership. There is a permanent secretariat who work in the central offices of Britain Yearly Meeting at Friends House in London. Their work is governed by the Quaker Life Central Committee , which is a central committee of Britain Yearly Meeting . Ultimately, their work is governed by Britain Yearly Meeting , which meets once a year, and in between sittings of Britain Yearly Meeting , by Meeting for Sufferings . History Friends Home Mission Committee was set up by London Yearly Meeting in 1882, to promote the growth of home mission work ... of name again, to Quaker Home Service . The function of Quaker Home Service was to support ... title Quaker Faith and Practice date 1995 edition 1st Edition chapter 8 05 isbn 0852452691 ... , with most of the work of Quaker Home Service being taken on by a new central committee called Quaker ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Quaker poll is a particular method for making decisions or for clarifying ... of Friends Quakers , but that s at least misleading in that the Quaker poll is a form of consensus ... making among Friends Quaker decision making is fundamentally religious. Often, a deliberative ... is probably the best result in that case, but normal voting would not achieve it. In a Quaker poll ... each rating. Often the chart is made on a display during the actual voting, though a Quaker poll ... with the least on this 1,2,3 scale summed total were selected, the Quaker poll would be exactly equivalent to range voting on a 3 point scale. Do Quakers use, or did they invent the Quaker poll ? How did the name arise? original research section date March 2011 I contacted two Quaker experts at Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore colleges, respectively. These are Quaker colleges and Swarthmore s library contains historical records of a large number of Quaker meetings from all over the northeastern USA. One of my experts has clerked at many Quaker meetings himself, as well as being highly familiar ... to use their names. Both experts said they d never experienced nor heard of a Quaker poll being used in a Quaker meeting, nor ever seen such a chart. One then noted that Quaker has been used in a number of ways such as Quaker Oats which actually have little or nothing to do with the Religious Society of Friends and this might be another example of that. Quaker poll is found in at least two ... some are genuinely related to the RSOF, while others have little or no relation include Quaker gun fake wooden gun , Quaker Meeting House, Quaker Parakeet and Quaker Parrot type of bird , Quaker bonnets type of hat , Quaker Girl title of a musical comedy , Quaker ladies type of flowering plant , and Quaker ..., which is at least in spirit similar to what the Quaker poll is trying to do, so in that sense ... Democracy i by T.Seeley, Princeton Univ. Press 2010 concerns a Quaker group trying to decide ... more details
The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Religious Society of Friends Quakerism from the 17th century up to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House at Kendal , Cumbria , England . The design was heavily influenced by the Bayeux Tapestry , and includes similar design choices, including three horizontal divisions within panels, embroidered outlines for faces and hands, and solid infilling of clothing, which is embroidered in the Bayeux Technique. 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries worked on the panels between 1981 and 1989. The Tapestry is worked in crewel embroidery . In addition to using four historic and well known stitches Split Stitch , Stem Stitch , Chain Stitch , and Peking Knot , Wynn Wilson invented a new corded stitch, known as Quaker Stitch , to allow for tight curves on the lettering. Each panel measures 25 inches wide by 21 inches tall. List of the panels The Prism Title Panel George Fox s convincement A1 James Nayler s call to ministry A2 James Parnell Meetings for Sufferers A3 Richard Sellar A4 The good ship Woodhouse A5 John Woolman A6 Conscientious objector ... B4 Stephen Grellet B5 Woodbrooke, Selly Oak, Birmingham B6 Service Overseas B7 Quaker Peace Action caravan ... C6 Quaker schools C7 Quaker wedding Marriage C8 Pilgrimages C9 Children and Young People C10 The Leaveners C11 George Fox at Lichfield , Pendle Hill D1 Quaker Testimony of Simplicity Simplicity D2 Personal Devotion D3 Coalbrookdale D4 Innocent Trades D5 Quaker merchants D6 Railways D7 Quaker Botanist s D8 Quaker Doctors D9 Quaker Scientists D10 Industrial Welfare D11 Query 19 D12 Scott Bader Commonwealth ... Mary Hughes E9 Unemployment E10 Friends Provident Friends Provident Institution E11 William Allen Quaker ..., Anne, The Quaker Tapestry ISBN 0 245 60017 5 External links http www.quaker tapestry.co.uk Quaker ... region GB display title Category Embroidery Category Quakerism Quaker Tapestry Category Tapestries ... more details
Infobox skyscraper building name Quaker Square image Image QuakerSquareNE.JPG thumb right Quaker Square 250px location 135 S Broadway St, University of Akron , Akron , Ohio , USA roof floor count use Student Residence Hotel construction period 1932 opening 1980 architect developer Infobox nrhp name Quaker Oats Cereal Factory embed yes nrhp type image caption location 120 E. Mill St., Akron, Ohio lat degrees 41 lat minutes 4 lat seconds 52 lat direction N long degrees 81 long minutes 30 long seconds 54 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Ohio built 1886 architecture added December 8, 1978 area convert 4 acre governing body Private refnum 78002195 ref name nris NRISref version 2009a ref Refimprove date December 2007 Image QuakerSquareNE.JPG thumb right Quaker Square Quaker Square is a mall located in downtown Akron, Ohio , which is the result of the renovation of the Quaker Oats mill, silos, and factory which originally operated there. The complex is currently a hotel and a dormitory for the University of Akron . History Quaker Oats built 36 grain silos in 1932. Each silo was 120 feet tall and 24 feet in diameter, and together they housed 1,500,000 bushels of grain. http www.quakersquare.com quakerhistory.html Quaker Oats terminated production in Akron in 1970. The entire complex is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . http www.quakersquare.com quakerhistory.html ... thumb left The Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron formally known as The Crowne Plaza Quaker ... of silos and is famed for its 196 completely round rooms. Source Quaker Chronicle promotional sheet ... Dining Room was constructed with the beams and columns of the factory building. Source Quaker Chronicle promotional sheet available at the hotel. The Quaker Square General Store offers oatmeal cookies, pie baking classes for children, and nostalgic candy. Source Quaker Chronicle promotional sheet available ... for downtown visitors and tourists. Quaker Square s stores are staying open and the leases of 16 ... more details
Orphan date October 2009 Mergeto Young Friends General Meeting date October 2009 Young Quaker YQ is a monthly magazine produced by Young Friends General Meeting , providing a forum for religious, social, environmental and other issues. It lists national and international events as well as changes of address and other notices. Because it is the magazine of Young Friends General Meeting, Young Quaker is primarily aimed at people between the ages of 18 and 30. The magazine is also read by young people under 18. The magazine is printed on recycled paper by The Birches Printers, Willenhall , West Midlands county West Midlands . It is sold predominantly on a subscription only basis and there are subscribers across the United Kingdom UK , United States US and Europe . Individual copies are sold from the Quaker Bookshop, Friends House, London . In 2005 subscriptions increased by some 15 , while the average length of the magazine was 24 pages. History Young Quaker was started in 1922, a natural development from the Young Friends movement which started around 1910. It stopped after a couple of years and resurfaced in the mid 1930s as a quarterly European publication. It went to ground again and then came back in the 1940s during the second world war as a London news sheet for young Friends. In 1956 production began regularly and the magazine is now in approximately the 51st year of continuous production. A full archive of these issues can be found in the library at Friends House. Editing the magazine The magazine is edited over a weekend by two editors out of five, who piece together the contributions and advertisements with their own thoughts and ideas to form the final magazine, which is usually between 24 and 32 pages. A 36 page issue has been produced, as have editions of less ... Since January 2006, Young Quaker has also had its own website. The website contains several elements ... www.yfgm.quaker.org.uk pages Young Quaker The Young Quaker page on the YFGM website Category Quakerism ... more details
Image Quakergirl.jpg right thumb 400px Scene from The Quaker Girl The Quaker Girl is a Edwardian musical comedy in three acts with a book by James T. Tanner , lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank , and music by Lionel Monckton . In its story, The Quaker Girl contrasts dour Quaker morality with Parisienne high fashion. The protagonist, Prudence, is thrown out of her house by her quaker parents for drinking a glass of champagne. Later, in Paris, her grey dress and bonnet become the height of fashion. The musical opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 5 November 1910 and ran for an extremely successful 536 performances. It starred Gertie Millar and C. Hayden Coffin . Phyllis Dare starred in the Paris production in 1911. It then opened at the Park Theatre on Broadway theatre Broadway on 23 ... 2010 ref Roles Image Millar and Coyne in The quaker girl.jpg right thumb 250px Millar Prudence and Coyne Tony Prudence Pym, A Quaker Girl Gertie Millar Tony Chute, Naval Attache to U.S. Embassy, Paris ... Jeremiah, The Quaker s Manservant James Blakely Madame Blum, of Maison Blum, Paris Monsieur Duhamel ..., A Parisian Actress Phyllis LeGrand Nathaniel Pym, A Quaker Rachel Pym, A Quaker Jarge, Town Crier Synopsis Nathaniel and Rachel Pym are the prim and proper pair rulers of an early 19th century Quaker ... to one another. Madame Blum, struck by Prudence s charmingly simple grey Quaker ... and Tony Chute A Quaker Girl Prudence A bad boy and a good girl Prudence and Tony Tip Toe Princess ...?parent id 1037761&word Photos of The Quaker Girl http www.divine art.com CD rev24110.htm Reviews of the recording of Monckton works, including The Quaker Girl http www.stagebeauty.net th ... York http www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com shows q quaker girl.htm Guide to Musical Theatre The Quaker Girl http www.ibdb.com production.php?id 7373 The Quaker Girl at the Internet Broadway Database DEFAULTSORT Quaker Girl, The Category 1910 musicals Quaker Girl, The Category West End musicals Category ... more details
Quaker epistle in the 17th Century, the Religious Society of Friends Quaker movement revived the Gospel use of the word epistle to mean an advisory or admonitory letter, sent to a group of people, sometimes termed a general epistle ref For examples of the titles of these 17th Century Quaker epistles, search on epistle in the http quaker.adlibsoft.com tw2tdy455ey11bzka1cir345 Default.aspx catalogue of the Religious Society of Friends Library, London. ref . The text of a short epistle, written by Isaac Penington Quaker Isaac Penington in 1667 is in wikisource On love, meekness, and watching over each other Wikisource . The term is still in use for letters sent by Yearly Meeting s in session to all other Yearly Meetings ref http www.quaker.org.uk past ym minutes and epistles Page with links to recent epistles sent by BYM Britain Yearly Meeting ref ref http www.quaker.org.uk files ymg 2009 epistles and testimonies.pdf Epistles received by Britain Yearly Meeting from other Yearly Meetings, printed as part of Documents in Advance of Yearly Meeting 2009 pdf file. ref ref http quakerepistles.wordpress.com about Blog of Epistles received by The Friend Quaker magazine . ref ref http www.quaker.org.uk yearly meeting 2010 epistle Epistle To Friends everywhere sent from Britain Yearly Meeting 2010. ref References Reflist Further reading To Friends everywhere reflections on the epistle in the life of London Yearly Meeting by Edward H. Milligan . In The Friends quarterly Vol.22 no.11 July 1982 p. 724 736. External links http fwccamericas.org find friends Epistles.shtml Epistles in English from Yearly Meetings in the Americas http fwccamericas.org find friends Epistles sp.shtml Epistles in Spanish from Yearly Meetings in the Americas Ep stolas de las Juntas Anuales Category Quakerism ... more details
The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement between three liberal arts colleges, Bryn Mawr College , Haverford College , Swarthmore College , and one research university, the University of Pennsylvania , in the greater Philadelphia area. The arrangement allows for their students to enroll in courses at the other schools of the Consortium. The name stems from the historic influence of Quakers in the Philadelphia region and in the founding and administration of the Consortium s member schools. The three liberal arts colleges facilitate transportation between their respective campuses with free shuttle services. No such service is offered between the liberal arts colleges and Penn. Students wishing to get to Penn must drive or take the SEPTA Paoli Thorndale Line or Media Elwyn Line trains to Philadelphia. Some programs at the liberal arts colleges subsidize these SEPTA fares. More information http www.college.upenn.edu curriculum quaker consortium.html Information on Quaker Consortium for Penn students http www.brynmawr.edu transportation Information on Tri Co transportation http www.trico.haverford.edu cgi bin courseguide cgi bin search.cgi Shared course directory for Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore http www.upenn.edu registrar Course directory for Penn coord missing Pennsylvania Category Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania Category Universities and colleges affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends ... more details
Quaker weddings are the traditional ceremony of marriage within the Religious Society of Friends . Quaker marriage in history After the local meeting had approved the couple s intention, an announcement would be made and posted in the market on market day. After this the wedding could take place. Outsiders sometimes criticized Quaker couples for living in adultery because they married each other without priests or ministers. George Fox , founder of the Society of Friends, and Margaret Fell married using a modification of this procedure in 1669. Citation needed date November 2007 Two years later, when Fox was in Barbados, he sent out another epistle. In this epistle, Fox advocated giving women ... s roles expanded. Citation needed date November 2007 Quaker marriage today When a couple decide to get ... but may include helping schedule the date, finding premarital counseling, making the Quaker marriage ... that they are married, the Quaker wedding certificate signed by witnesses at the ceremony is sufficient ... special roles in the wedding other than that of bride and groom. The couple then signs the Quaker ... language . Law Quaker marriage has been subject of special law in England and Wales from ... of the night although in practice Quaker marriages take place in a place where there is a regular ... to Quaker weddings in England and Wales is based around Section 47 of the Marriage Act 1949 Marriages ... 3879 Quaker marriages in England and Wales have two marriage certificates Quaker marriage certificate ... of the Religious Society of Friends . Quaker civil marriage certificate this is the certificate ... marital contract External links http www.quakerweb.org.uk qfp qfpchapter16.html Quaker marriage procedure in Britain Yearly Meeting http www.quaker.ca Publications discipline chapters9 12.html Quaker ... Quaker Wedding.aspx?p 1 What is an unprogrammed Quaker wedding? from Beliefnet.com Religious Society of Friends DEFAULTSORT Quaker Wedding Category Quakerism Category Weddings by religion Category ... more details
Image Quaker Gun2.jpg thumb Quaker Gun near Centreville, Virginia, in March 1862, after the Confederate withdrawal A Quaker Gun is a Military deception deception tactic that was commonly used in warfare during the 18th and 19th centuries. Although resembling an actual cannon , the Quaker Gun was simply a wooden log, usually painted black, used to deceive an enemy. Misleading the enemy as to the strength of an emplacement was an effective delaying tactic. The name derives from the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers , who have traditionally held a religious opposition to war and violence in the Peace Testimony and used fact date December 2010 these false weapons to intimidate possible foes without breaching their pacifistic vows. The original Quaker Gun trick During the American War of Independence , after nearly a year of brutal backcountry conflict between American Colonel William Washington and the fierce British commander Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton , Colonel Washington had retreated to North Carolina in October 1780. Ordered to return to lead an irregular force of colonial ... of 1780 publisher National Park Service accessdate January 7, 2009 ref This so called Quaker ... revolution Usage during the American Civil War File QuakerGunPortHudson1863.jpg thumb 250px Quaker ... Farragut s two vessels passed by Port Hudson, the Union chose to never attack from the river again. Quaker ... accessdate January 7, 2009 ref Perhaps the most famous use of Quaker Guns was by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston who placed Quaker Guns in his field works around Centreville, Virginia in March ... as though reinforcements were arriving. They set up dummy Quaker Guns along the defensive earthworks ... away undetected... Citation needed date September 2010 Quaker Guns were also used to bolster numerous ... than they were. Wooden cannon Unlike a Quaker gun, a Wooden cannon is a functional weapon, albeit ... cu quero fr Quaker Gun ... more details
Religious Society of Friends Quakers use the term Query to refer to a question or series of questions used for reflection and in spiritual exercises. Friends have used Queries as tools for offering spiritual challenges to the community for much of their history. Queries often take the form of a collection of themed questions that are read at the beginning of a time of worship or reflection. Many yearly meeting s maintain a set of basic queries in their books of Faith and Practice to provide guidance on certain issues over time. Individuals often offer queries from time to time to provide a spiritual challenge to their local community of Friends. External links Examples of Queries http voices.quakers.org.au wp content uploads 2008 04 quaker voices in c21 14 04 2008super.pdf Australia Yearly Meeting Questions for all Quakers 2008 .pdf http www.bym rsf.org quakers pubs FaithNPractice newqueries.shtml Baltimore Yearly Meeting s queries. Also included are proposed queries from the Faith and Practice revision committee http www.quakerweb.org.uk qfp qfp1 02.html Britain Yearly Meeting Advices and Queries and http www.quakerweb.org.uk qfp qfp1 01.html introductory material, including 1656 statement http www.pym.org publish fnp Philadelphia Yearly Meeting s Faith and Practice , which contains a set of queries Religious Society of Friends Category Quakerism quaker stub ... more details
Taxobox name Common Quaker image Orthosia.cerasi.7105.jpg image width 240px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Noctuidae genus Orthosia species O. cerasi binomial Orthosia cerasi binomial authority Johan Christian Fabricius Fabricius , 1775 Image Rundfl gel K tzcheneule Orthosia cerasi Raupe 1 HS.jpg 222 px thumb left center Orthosia cerasi br small Fabricius, 1775 small center The Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi is a moth of the family Noctuidae . Some authors prefer the synonym Orthosia stabilis small Michael Denis Denis & Ignaz Schifferm ller Schifferm ller 1775 small . It is distributed throughout Europe and is also found in Turkey , Israel , Transcaucasia and eastern Siberia . This is a variable species, the ground colour of the forewings ranging from greyish to orangey brown, sometimes with a broad dark band. The most distinctive features are two large glossary of Lepidopteran terms stigma ta, each edged by a narrow pale line, with a similarly coloured subterminal line. The hindwings are drab grey or brown. The wingspan is 34 40 mm. This moth flies at night in March and April ref flight season and is attracted to light and sugar. The larva is bright green with yellow markings and feeds on various tree s and shrub s including Malus apple , buckthorn , elm , oak , pear , poplar and willow as well as various Prunus species. The species overwinters as a pupa . Note flight season The flight season refers to the British Isles . This may vary in other parts of the range. References Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 Reprinted 1991 Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984 Hadeninae stub Category Orthosia Category Animals described in 1775 de Rundfl gel K tzcheneule hu Orthosia cerasi nl Tweestreepvoorjaarsuil no Tverrlinjet seljefly ... more details
Quaker Hill Historic District may refer to Quaker Hill Historic District Waterford, Connecticut , listed on the NRHP in Connecticut Quaker Hill Historic District Wilmington, Delaware , listed on the NRHP in Delaware See also Quaker Hill disambiguation disambig ... more details
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