Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Economic Order Section
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Records: Social Order Committee and its predecessors (1917-1969)
Collection — Othertype SW/Phy/820
Identifier: QM-Phy-820
Abstract
A Social Order Committee was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1917 to "consider the part which the Religious Society of Friends should take in the present day application of efforts to promote the Kingdom of God on Earth, particularly as it relates to social, political, and industrial conditions." In 1927 it began to more formally cooperate with a similar committee of the Hicksite Yearly Meeting in much of its work; the two shared a Secretary, David S. Richie, after...
Dates:
1917-1969
