Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1911

To Violet Hodgkin. [speaks of sights he has seen in Italy; there are 2 types of people working for the militant church: one, uncompromising in ideals (e.g. St. Francis and John Woolman) while the other is bent on getting positive things done -- Rufus M. Jones feels himself to be of the first type, though feels there is a place for those of the second type], 1911 June 18; To Charles Taylor. [hopes Taylor can contribute to keep "American Friend" afloat], 1911 February 16; To “dear Friend”. [Rufus M. Jones’s faith has come through the fire and many early faiths burned, leaving a firm core of faith. Feels bound to evolutionary conception of life and higher critical attitude toward the Bible; the important kind of orthodoxy is to be found in the true and loyal swing of the life -- not in the repetition of pious phrases], 1911 February 26