THE
MESSAGE AND MISSION
OF QUAKERISM [1]

FOREWORD [3]

The two addresses which compose thisbook were delivered at the Five YearsMeeting of the Society of Friends held inIndianapolis, Indiana, from October 15thto 22nd, 1912. They were listened to withprofound interest and appreciation, andwere approved by a Minute which alsoordered their publication, in order that thewider group of Friends, and all others whoare interested in the message and mission ofa religion of this type, might have the opportunityto read them. It is a plain dutyof any religious body to put its truths intocirculation, and to reinterpret again andagain the vital principles by which itsmembers live and work. Here in this littlebook will be found in convenient form afresh and illuminating expression of thetruths, principles and ideals of present-dayQuakerism and some of the practical problemsconfronting the modern world whichthe application of these truths, principles[4] and ideals might solve. The reader willdiscover that the writers live in theTwentieth Century and that they are“speaking to the condition” of the age.

Rufus M. Jones.

Haverford, Pennsylvania
12th mo. 9th, 1912