The Cardinal Doctrine of Quakerism

“Nothing, I believe, can really teach us the nature and meaning of inspiration but personal experience of it. That we may all have such experience if we will but attend to the Divine influences in our own hearts, is the cardinal doctrine of Quakerism.”

— Caroline Stephen, 1890
Quaker philanthropist and writer

Today’s Invitation

Attend to the Divine influences in your own heart.

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  • Caroline Emelia Stephen (8 December 1834 – 7 April 1909), also known as Milly Stephen, was a British philanthropist and Quaker writer. Her niece was Virginia Woolf.

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