Contains seven sources from six writers spanning three centuries in order share the changes and the variety, and yet the deep underlying unity embedded in the spirituality of Quakers.

Reprinted 2005. This would appear to be the same text from Steere as an earlier title from 1984.

Rufus Jones, on reflections after losing his son (11 years old), having been widowed 4 years earlier.
“When my sorrow was at its most acute stage I was walking along a great city highway [Birmingham], when suddenly I saw a little child come out of a great gate, which swung to and fastened behind her. She wanted to go to her home behind the gate, but it would not open. She pounded in vain with her little fist. She rattled the gate. Then she wailed as though her heart would break. The cry brought the mother. She caught the child in her arms and kissed away the tears. “Didn’t you know I would come? It is all right now.”. All of a sudden, I saw with my spirit that that there was love behind my shut gate.
Yes, “where this is so much love, there must be more.”
An extract (page 274)

A brief, accessible selection of the writings of six major Quaker figures. ( )

A concise introduction to six members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) who wrote about their faith. Their unabridged work is widely available; accessible, easy-to-understand selections from their writings have been anthologized by the editor.