Compilations
Compilations
A few of our books were not written by a single person, but are collections of writings or letters from several different authors. Some of these books were compiled and published long ago by early Friends, and some were compiled more recently by the editors of this website.
All Compilations (12)
Guide to
True Peace
Guide to True Peace
A collection of excerpts from the writings of Francis Fenelon, Jeanne Guyon, and Michael de Molinos, edited and published in 1813 by William Backhouse and James Janson, members of the Society of Friends, with the intention of demonstrating how “true worship can be acceptably performed, and how inward, spiritual prayer can be rightly attained.”
- 102 pages
- spiritual life
- Audio Book
- 808 Downloads
Sowing Seeds
of Righteousness
Letters of Advice to
Children and Parents
Sowing Seeds of Righteousness
A collection of letters and treatises written by early members of the Society of Friends offering words of godly wisdom, counsel, and experience to both parents and children.
- 111 pages
- spiritual life
- Audio Book
- 350 Downloads
Truth Defended
Truth Defended
A succinct but thorough explanation of the principles and practices of Friends in the 1600’s, written by Alexander Pyot, William Chandler, and Joseph Hodges on a wide variety of doctrinal subjects, in response to calumnies and accusations that were commonly leveled against the society by other professing of Christians.
- 80 pages
- doctrinal
- Audio Book
- 917 Downloads
Truth in the
Inward Parts
Vol. I
The Work of God in the
Souls of Ten Early Quakers
Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. I
This book contains the autobiographical accounts of ten men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)
- 253 pages
- journal
- Audio Book
- 1305 Downloads
Truth in the
Inward Parts
Vol. II
The Work of God in the
Souls of Nine Early Quakers
Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. II
This book contains the autobiographical accounts of nine men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)
- 324 pages
- journal, letters
- Audio Book
- 676 Downloads
Truth in the
Inward Parts
Vol. III
The Work of God in the
Souls of Nine Early Quakers
Truth in the Inward Parts — Vol. III
This book contains the autobiographical accounts of nine men and women who experienced the transforming power of “Truth in the inward parts.” (Psalm 51:6)
- 322 pages
- journal, letters
- Audio Book
- 173 Downloads
Examples of
Youthful Piety
Examples of Youthful Piety
This inspiring publication gathers together all of the spiritual experiences and dying testimonies of children from the four volumes of Piety Promoted, also adding many others not previously published. The testimonies in this work span a period of about 200 years, and are taken from young persons between the ages of six and twenty-five.
- 330 pages
- spiritual life
- 80 Downloads
Memoirs of the Godly
Memoirs of the Godly
A collection of twenty-three memoirs presenting brief accounts of the lives, sufferings, and peaceful deaths of many notable members of the early Society of Friends, such as William Leddra, who suffered martyrdom in Boston, John Audland and John Camm.
- 168 pages
- spiritual life
- 285 Downloads
Piety Promoted
Piety Promoted, Vol. I
Volume I of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 204 early Friends, including James Parnell, Edward Burrough, Francis Howgill, George Fox, Stephen Crisp, William Dewsbury, John Crook, and the four Quakers executed in Massachusetts.
- 411 pages
- spiritual life
- 161 Downloads
Piety Promoted
Piety Promoted, Vol. II
Volume II of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 171 early Friends, including Deborah Bell, Sarah Stephenson, John Fothergill, Daniel Stanton, Thomas Wilson, William Crouch, George Whitehead, and Thomas Aldam.
- 396 pages
- spiritual life
- 56 Downloads
Piety Promoted
Piety Promoted, Vol. III
Volume III of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 146 early Friends, including John Woolman, Samuel Fothergill, Margaret Fox, Joseph Oxley, Sarah Grubb, Samuel Emlen, Esther Tuke, William Savery, Mary Peisley Neale, and Deborah Darby.
- 399 pages
- spiritual life
- 53 Downloads
Piety Promoted
Piety Promoted, Vol. IV
Volume IV of Piety Promoted contains short testimonies and the dying sayings of 141 early Friends, including Henry Tuke, Joseph Gurney Bevan, John Kendall, Jane Pearson, Mary Dudley, Ann Crowley, Thomas Chalkley, Israel Pemberton, and John Churchman.
- 414 pages
- spiritual life
- 48 Downloads