. The life and labors of Elias Hicks; by Henry W. Wilbur . sappear clear that Elias Hicks, and not the Meeting forSufferings, was supported by Barclay. The reference in the third paragraph in the foregoingdeclaration to the three that bear record in heaven isa quotation from 1 John 5 : 7. It is entirely omitted fromthe Revised Version, and thorough scholars in the earlyyears of the nineteenth century were convinced that thepassage was an interpolation. The statement of belief prepared by the Meeting forSufferings was not approved by the Yearly Meeting, so noth-ing was really accomplished by th
. The life and labors of Elias Hicks; by Henry W. Wilbur . sappear clear that Elias Hicks, and not the Meeting forSufferings, was supported by Barclay. The reference in the third paragraph in the foregoingdeclaration to the three that bear record in heaven isa quotation from 1 John 5 : 7. It is entirely omitted fromthe Revised Version, and thorough scholars in the earlyyears of the nineteenth century were convinced that thepassage was an interpolation. The statement of belief prepared by the Meeting forSufferings was not approved by the Yearly Meeting, so noth-ing was really accomplished by the compilation, if such itwas. Considering the order of the events recorded, it is hardnot to conceive that the attempt to promulgate a declara-tion of faith by the Yearly Meeting was really intended forpersonal application to Elias Hicks. Had the plan suc-ceeded, the elders could easily have attempted to silence the 3 Barclays Apology. Edition of Friends Book Store, 304 ArchStreet, Philadelphia, 1877, P- 68. 4 Barclays Apology. Edition of 1877, p. 68. v^.
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