Old Photograph The Quakers Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of The Quakers in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. The story of Quakerism can be divided into four main periods: its rise during the few years of the rule of Oliver Cromwell in England; the epic period during the latter Stuart dynasty, during which it reached a height and simultaneously underwent its cruellest persecutions in Aberdeen; its gradual decline with occasional surges of social activity; and its dwindling activities in the nineteenth century. The pioneer Quakers were nothing if not strong in zeal to win converts, and the Movement had hardly obtained a footing in England before the dark carnal people of Scotland were marked down for missionary enterprise.



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