‘Let us use the language of the twenty-first rather than the seventeenth century.’ Photo: Jason Leung / Unsplash.
‘Other practices, while not being quite so anachronistic, might well deserve reviewing.’
Lost for words: Peter Jarman thinks the Society needs an update
by Peter Jarman
6th March 2020
We Friends appear to cherish anachronisms like ‘Meeting for Worship’, ‘elders’ and ‘overseers’, and ‘Meeting for Sufferings’. This does not do our public image much good. I suggest some revisions.
