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The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion

The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion

The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion
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The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion

The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion

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The Eternal Promise: A contemporary Quaker classic and a sequel to A Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly with foreword by Howard Macy

The Eternal Promise includes two of Thomas Kelly’s classic essays, “The Gathered Meeting” and “Hasten unto God.” Published in this edition is an essay, “Have you Ever Seen a Miracle?”
of which Douglas Steere writes, “It is Thomas Kelly at his absolute best and will pierce the hearts of ever so many readers.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780944350621
Publisher: Friends United Press
Publication date: 12/01/2016
Edition description: 3rd ed.
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 259,248
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941) was a graduate of Wilmington and Haverford Colleges. He received a Bachelor of Divinity and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Hartford Theological Seminary and taught at Wilmington, Earlham, and Haverford Colleges.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Howard Macy vii
Editor's Preface xvi
Part One: Religion for this Distraught World 1
American Christianity 2
Christians and Decided Christians 4
Excerpts from the Richard Cary Lecture 6
Religion for this Distraught World 19
Where Are the Signs of Hope? 21
Part Two: The Publishers of Truth 27
The Quaker Discovery 28
Quakers and Symbolism 39
The Gathered Meeting 47
The Publishers of Truth 62
Part Three: Room for the Infinite 67
Room for the Infinite 68
Secret Seekers 70
Reflections 75
Hasten unto God 77
Part Four: Life in the Eternal Now 91
Have You Ever Seen a Miracle? 92
Children of the Light 106
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