We bear our testimony against all strife

“We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity; it is our desire that others’ feet may walk in the same, and do deny and bear our testimony against all strife, and wars, and contentions….”

— Margaret Fell, 1660
Cofounder of the Religious Society of Friends

Today’s Invitation

Follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity.

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  • Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox (1614 – 23 April 1702) was a founder of the Religious Society of Friends. Known popularly as the "mother of Quakerism," she is considered one of the Valiant Sixty early Quaker preachers and missionaries. She married George Fox in 1669.

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