Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1945

To Hubert Peet. [is sending an article for "London Friend" on the “Friends of God”], 1945 January 15; To Janet Whitney. copy. [hopes she will write his biography], 1945 March 3; To Emma Cadbury. [while the fundamental theory of Quietism is false, it works for some individuals], 1945 January 30; To John D. Rockefeller, Jr. [would he sponsor Indian Famine Relief], 1945 February 9; To L. Violet Holdsworth. [has written a tract called “Are We Ready”], 1945 February 20; To Henry Joel Cadbury. ["Pathways to the Reality of God" is probably his best selling book along with "Finding the Trail of Life"; Protestant mysticism is different from medieval mysticism, nor does there seem to be any positive influence of the Spiritual Reformers on the Quaker movement. Collegiants and Seekers express many of the central ideas of Quakerism and worked with the basic conception of the Quaker Meeting and “every one of George Fox’s openings can be found in the writings of the period just before, or contemporary with his period of preparation”; aspects of Calvinism legion in writings of many Quakers, e.g. Jacob Boehme; evangelical movement of the, 1945 February 27; To John Stone. [age will prevent him from attending any further Sunday Evening Club meetings], 1945 February 27; To dear Friend. On letterhead of American Friend Fellowship Council. printed. [sets out the purposes of the Council, inviting membership], 1945 March ?; To Edwin O. Brown. [has always considered Christian mysticism to be spiritually superior to Eastern mysticism and that, of the latter, Zen Buddhism and Baghavad Gita are the highest forms; while devoted believers in both arrive at satisfactory experiences, Eastern Mystics do nothing with the experience afterward; relations should be increased between the two groups], 1945 March 6; To Five Years Meeting (as clerk of) [with the war over, spiritual resources needed to rebuild lives], 1945