Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House

Name: Sermon Preached at the Quaker's Meeting House
Author: William Penn

William Penn (1644–1718) was an English Quaker writer and the founder of Pennsylvania. Expelled from Oxford for nonconformity and several times imprisoned for his Quaker preaching and writing, he secured a royal charter in 1681 and established his colony as a refuge of religious toleration, treating the Lenape peoples with unusual fairness. Our library holds his Primitive Christianity Revived and his account of the rise of the Quakers.

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First published: 1718
Category: Sermons & Preaching
Length: 5k words · about 1 hour
Chapters: 2

About this book

This short sermon records William Penn, the Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, preaching in a Quaker meeting-house setting. It offers a specimen of early Quaker proclamation, with its stress on sincerity, obedience, and the inward work of Christ's light. Brief as it is, the sermon lets readers hear a movement often described by opponents in the voice of its leading spokesman.