‘From the top, rather than “a great people to be gathered”, it was impossible to see any people at all, being in a raincloud and a howling gale.' Photo: courtesy of Dilys Cluer
Eye - 16 February 2024
From A great people? to Well-loved phrases
A great people?
A Friend from Scarborough shared a story of seeking a sight.
Dilys Cluer told Eye: ‘Reading about the 400th anniversary this year, I thought about George Fox and remembered that in 2022 I ensured that my husband and I followed in his footsteps by climbing Pendle Hill before we got too old (then aged seventy-five and eighty-three).
‘We were less fortunate with the weather – from the top, rather than “a great people to be gathered” [Quaker faith & practice 19.06], it was impossible to see any people at all, being in a raincloud and a howling gale. On the way down, however, the clouds parted and we could see fields and villages (though not as far as “Lancashire sea”).’
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Well-loved phrases
Eye invites you to contemplate well-loved phrases from Quaker texts by picking up a pen or pencil and colouring, doodling… whatever moves you! This week, the phrase is from Quaker faith & practice 29.19.
