I felt a secret power among them

“When I came into the silent assemblies of God’s people, I felt a secret power among them, which touched my heart, and as I gave way unto it, I found the evil weakening in me, and the good raised up, and so I became thus knit and united unto them.”

— Robert Barclay, 1676
Early Quaker theologian

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Give way unto the secret power which touches your heart.

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  • Robert Barclay (1648-1690) was a Scottish Quaker writer who was imprisoned for his ministry. He traveled with George Fox, William Penn, and George Keith to Holland and Germany, where they promoted the beliefs of Friends. His Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1678) became a standard statement of Quaker doctrines.

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