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Charles A. Nelson , A. M., Waltham, past, present and its industries, with an historical sketch of Watertown from its settlement in 1630 to the incorporation of Waltham, January 15, 1739. | 1 | 1 | Browse | Search |
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Fox, George 1624-1691
Founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers; born in Drayton, Leicestershire, England, in July, 1624.
His father, a Presbyterian, was too poor to give his son an education beyond reading and writing.
The son, who
George Fox. was grave and contemplative in temperament, was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and made the Scriptures his constant study.
The doctrines he afterwards taught were gradually fashioned in his mind, and believing himself to be called to disseminate them, he abandoned his trade at the age of nineteen, and began his spiritual work, leading a wandering life for some years, living in the woods, and practising rigid self-denial.
He first appeared as a preacher at Manchester, in 1648, and he was imprisoned as a disturber of the peace.
Then he travelled over England, meeting the same fate everywhere, but gaining many followers.
He warmly advocated all the Christian virtues, simplicity in worship, and in manner of living.
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