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George Fox: An Address Delivered to the Society of Friends contains Spurgeon’s address on November 6, 1866 to the Society of Friends. George Fox was the founder of the Society of Friends and lived through the English Civil War. Spurgeon acknowledges not only the theological influence of Fox, but also the lasting impact of the Quakers in social matters.

that he could scarcely have consorted with any then existing Christian denomination. Be those views right or wrong, he would have been a dishonest man to suppress them; and if he received them, as he believed he did, from God, if he had not held them and proclaimed them he would have been a traitor to his trust. If he could not be faithful in visible communion with others, what could he do but walk with God, and before men walk alone? George Fox had a very clear perception that Christ’s kingdom could
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