Conservative Friend

An Outreach of Stillwater Monthly Meeting of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends

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The Conservative Friend is an official and authorized hard-copy quarterly newsletter of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, and is not affiliated with this website.  We present the material printed there as part of our message that knowledge of the faith and practice of Conservative Friends is important for those traversing the highways and byways of the world.  For a hardcopy subscription to this very worthwhile publication, please contact the editor.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Number 32, May 2008
  • Prayer, by Alistair Lomax
  • The Lord's Prayer, by Paul Thompson
  • Inward and Outward Prayer, by Robert Barclay
  • Living in the Light of Christ Requires Prayer, by Arthur Berk
  • Lead Us Not Into Tempting God, by Ralph Hill
  • Speaking of Christ in Liberal Meetings, by Ken Jacobsen
  • Lilies in Triumph--A Song of Resurrection, by Paul Thompson
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Number 31, February 2008
  • Charity--A Fruit, by D. Raye Hodgeson
  • The Fruit of Peace, by Robert Hopper
  • Unity in Business--Another Fruit, by Susan Smith
  • Being a People of God, Here and Now, by Conrad Lindes and Robert Hopper
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TABLE OF CONTENTS  Number 30, November 2007

  • Concluding Minute, Ohio Yearly meeting 2007, by Seth Hinshaw, Ohio yearly meeting Clerk
  • Prayer, by Raye Hodgson
  • Prayer in the Life of Ohio Yearly Meeting, by John Benson
  • On the Beatitudes, by Arthur Berk
  • A Prayer From the Old Testament
  • Review: "George Fox and the Book of Revelation," by Robert Hopper
  • Friends and Sacraments, by James Eblin
  • A Prayer for My Heart
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TABLE OF CONTENTS     Number 29, August 2007
  • Conservative Friends Gather Near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by Mary Ann Savage and family
  • Quakercamp at Stillwater, Adapted from the Quakercamp Epistle to Friends Everywhere
  • The Scriptures as Understood and Used by Conservative Friends, by John Smith
  • Eldering as a Spiritual Gift, by Katharine Jacobsen
  • Being a Member of the Meeting, by Fran Taber
  • To the Flock of God, by George Fox
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TABLE OF CONTENTS     Number 28, May 2007
  • Daily Witness, by Malie Sellers
  • Tradition, Culture, and Witness, by Joseph Conwill
  • CFC Discusses the Witness of Friends' Testimonies, byMax Hansen
  • Early Friends' Witness, by Arthur Berk
  • Reports from Friends Gathering in Jesus Christ Worship Group, by Robert Hopper
  • The Apple of His Eye, by Hazel Ramsey
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TABLE OF CONTENTS        Number 27, February 2007
  • The Joy of Repentance, by Seth Hinshaw
  • The Faith and Tradition of Conservative Friends, Part 2, by Nurya Love Parrish
  • Christian Friends Conference, Western Region, by Max Hansen
  • The Power of the Lord, by Arthur Berk
  • From Ripley Christian Quaker, U.K., by Mike Wakefield
  • Forgiveness, by Phoebe Hall
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TABLE OF CONTENTS        Number 26, November 2006
  • Concluding Minute, Ohio Yearly Meeting 2006, by Seth Hinshaw, OYM Clerk
  • The Faith and Tradition of Conservative Friends, Part 1, by Nurya Love Parrish
  • A Sparrow Alone (Psalm 102), by Hazel Ramsey
  • What is Truth? by Roberts Hopper
  • Reports from Two Young Worship Groups
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TABLE OF CONTENTS        Number 25, August 2006
  • General Gathering of Conservative Friends, 2006, by Robert Hopper and Phil Helms
  • Christian Peacemaking, by Arthur Berk
  • The Lamb's War Today, by Jack Smith
  • Joseph Hoag's Vision, by Patrick BurnsThe Lord at Work, by John Weathers
  • Statement of London Yearly Meeting, 1906
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The Conservative Friend is published four times a year under the care of the Wider Fellowship of Conservative Friends Committee of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, Barnesville, Ohio 43713.  For more information about Ohio Yearly Meeting, visit .
  • Editor:  Susan Smith, 3876 Hopkins Gap Road, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 (email preferred:  tufiyaat@aol.com)
  • Treasurer: Elvina Krekler, 1187 State Highway 250, Adena, OH 43901
  • WFCC Committee Convenor, Nancy Hawkins, 5190 Kirk Road, Columbiana, OH  44408
The editor welcomes articles for publication, those written recently as well as excerpts from earlier Friends' writings.  Subscriptions are funded through readers' contributions and an appropriation from Ohio Yearly Meeting.