George Fox Day | Naming the Days

George Fox (born in 1624, dying on January 13, 1691), the founding father of the Quaker motion, was a trailblazer who opened up a brand new path for religious seekers. Born in England, he obtained little schooling and was apprenticed to a leather-based maker. After a mystical expertise, Fox shared his imaginative and prescient with different “Mates.” His teachings about heeding the inside voice, residing merely, and opposing warfare have been scorned by fellow Christians. Fox spent over six years in varied prisons and but he managed to convey hundreds into his “Society of Mates.”

To Identify This Day . . .

Religious Practices

Discover some methods which you can incarnate George Fox’s legacy in your life:

• Discover that means in group silence.
• Take heed to your inside voice.
• Oppose warfare and violence.
• Cherish simplicity.
• Honor the beliefs of others.
• Observe your conscience.
• Inform the reality.
• Uncover your mission.
• Let your life communicate.
• Search for the sunshine in each particular person.

Quotes

Replicate upon this quote from George Fox.

“Maintain quick the hope
which anchors the soul,
which is bound and steadfast,
that you could be float above the world’s sea.
To your anchor holds certain and steadfast within the backside,
let the winds, storms, and raging waves rise by no means so excessive.
And your star is mounted, by which you’ll steer
to the everlasting land of relaxation and Commonwealth of God.”
— from Working towards Peace by Catherine Whitmire