Let the Seed Grow in You and Be in You

“Oh! love truth and its Testimony, whether its Witness be to you, or against you, love it, that into my Mother’s house you all may come, and into the Chamber of her that conceived me, where you may embrace, and be embraced of my dearly beloved one, Love is his Name, Love is his Nature, Love is his life.”

— Sarah Blackborow, 1658
English Quaker minister

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Paul Buckley is a member of Clear Creek Friends Meeting in Richmond, Indiana. For the last 40 years, he has traveled extensively among North American Friends offering a variety of workshops, seminars, retreats, and short courses. He has published books and articles on Quaker history, faith, and practice. His most recent publication is a Pendle Hill pamphlet, Teach Us to Pray.

On Wednesday afternoons for the last five years, he has sent a Midweek Meditation (a short Quaker quote) by email to a couple hundred Friends around the world. To be added to the distribution list, send him an email (bucklpa@earlham.edu).

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  • Sarah Blackborow

    Sarah Blackborow was an English author of religious tracts, which strongly influenced Quaker thinking on social problems and the theological position of women. She was one of several prominent female activists in the early decades of the Society of Friends, notable also for originating a scheme to distribute aid to London prisoners.

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