A close-up of the crossword grid for this week's puzzle. Photo: The Friend.
Eye - 28 March 2025
Eye dives into how the Peace Testimony has manifested in Friends’ lives, from personal relationships to the international stage, in crossword form!
A puzzle full of peace
The Peace Testimony is one of the core expressions of our Quaker faith, grounded in our belief that there is that of God in everyone. Let’s dive into how it has manifested in Friends’ lives, from personal relationships to the international stage.
Across
4. In 1993 (see Quaker faith & practice 24.11) London Yearly Meeting described the Peace Testimony as ‘not a form of words but a way of ______’ (6)
9. Friends’ commitment to peace has led some to become conscientious _________ (9)
10. The Quaker-sponsored School of Peace Studies was opened at this university in 1973 (8)
12. Quaker faith & practice 24.09 speaks of true peace as involving ‘freedom from tyranny and a generous _________’ (9)
13. In 1915 London Yearly Meeting (as quoted in Quaker faith & practice 24.08) said: ‘…while love, joy, peace, _________ and holiness are the teaching of the life and death of our Lord, it is to these that we are also impelled by the indwelling of the Divine’ (10)
14. Quakers set up the Friends ___ Victims Relief Committee in 1870 (3)
15. The ‘Quakers in the World’ website offers an overview of Friends’ peace and nonviolence commitments (https://bit.ly/PeaceQITW). It describes how ‘Quakers have played a significant role in the creation and support of peace organisations not run by Quakers. Examples include Oxfam, _______ International, and of course the UN and the League of Nations’ (7)
Down
1. The declaration early Friends made to Charles II in 1660 stated: ‘All ______ principles and practices we do utterly deny’ (6)
2. Acts of witness for peace have included nonviolent ______ action, relief and rehabilitation work (6)
3. In 1993 Sydney Bailey’s Swarthmore Lecture was entitled: ‘Peace is a _______’ (7)
5. In 1914 the Friends Ambulance ____ was founded as an alternative to military service (4)
6. George Fox’s response to being offered an army commission in 1651 began: ‘I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the _______ of all wars’ (8)
7. In 1947 two Quaker organisations – the Friends Service Council and the American Friends Service Committee – accepted the _____ Peace Prize on behalf of Friends worldwide (5)
8. Quaker faith & practice 24.01 introduces the Peace Testimony as ‘probably the best known and best _____ of the Quaker testimonies’ (5)
11. Peacebuilding takes many forms, including reconciliation initiatives, working towards disarmament, and quiet _________, as practised by the Quaker United Nations Office (9)
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