A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 by Thomas Clarkson
page 3 of 278 (01%)
page 3 of 278 (01%)
|
Occupations--Agriculture declining among the Quakers--Causes and
disadvantages of this decline. CHAPTER IV. SECT. I.--_Trade--Quakers view trade as a moral question--Prohibit a variety of trades and dealings on this account--various other wholesome regulations concerning it._ SECT. II.--_But though the Quakers thus prohibit many trades, they are found in some which are considered objectionable by the world--These specified and examined._ CHAPTER V. _Settlement of differences--Abstain from duels-and also from law--Have recourse to arbitration--Their rules concerning arbitration--An account of an Arbitration Society at Newcastle upon Tyne, on Quaker-principles._ CHAPTER VI. SECT. I.--_Poor--No beggars among the Quakers--Manner of relieving and providing for the poor._ SECT. II.--_Education of the children of the poor provided for--Observations on the number of the Quaker-poor--and on their character._ |
|