Records of Leeds : Great Wilson Street Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour of the Society of Friends. 1899-1909.
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Society of Friends
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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...
Leeds: Great Wilson Street Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour of the Society of Friends.
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This branch of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour was formed at Great Wilson Street Adult School in 1899. Its activities included holding outdoor public meetings and weekly prayer meetings for members, sending flowers to the sick and organising social events, including an annual tea. A 'look-out' committee was also appointed to watch over the spiritual life of members and record attendances at prayer meetings. There are no surviving records after 1909. From the guide t...
