Excerpt from Some Extracts and Remarks on Acknowledging Meetings of Separatists, as Though They Were the Meetings of Friends<br><br>As there is great danger at the present time, of our Monthly Meetings acknowledging the Meetings of Separatists, as though they were the Meetings of Friends, by sending certificates to, or receiving certificates from meetings which have become identified with Separatists, and thus violating our Discipline and Christian testimony, I have believed it my duty to endeavour to place some facts and observations before Friends for their serious considera tion.<br><br>In the first place I will state the most prominent causes which led to the separation in New England Yearly Meeting, as set forth in a statement of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1849, showing who are the Separatists.<br><br>Also the Discipline of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting by which its members are to be governed in relation to separatists.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.