On discipline

27 Oct 2016 | by Roger Babington Hill

Roger Babington Hill suggests a way forward for Friends

'…the better prepared the individual players, the more harmonious and glorious the music.' | Photo: blogocram / flickr CC.

The 1860s were a time of great change for the Religious Society of Friends, the Quakers, in Britain. During that decade the ‘old’ gave way to the ‘new’. Before 1860 Quakers were easily distinguished by their dress (plain and grey), their speech (using ‘thee’ and ‘thou’, the ‘First Day’ for Sunday, ‘Second Day’ for Monday), but above all by their strict discipline.

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