There’s a Light that is shining
when the world began,
And a Light that is shining
in the heart of man:
There’s a Light that is shining
in the Turk and the Jew,
And a Light that is shining,
friend, in me and in you.
when the world began,
And a Light that is shining
in the heart of man:
There’s a Light that is shining
in the Turk and the Jew,
And a Light that is shining,
friend, in me and in you.
[Chorus]
Walk in the Light,
wherever you may be!
Walk in the Light,
wherever you may be!
In my old leather breeches and
my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory of the Light, said Fox.
wherever you may be!
Walk in the Light,
wherever you may be!
In my old leather breeches and
my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory of the Light, said Fox.
oooOOOooo
George Fox (pictured) was the "First Quaker." If you click right here, you can read an "Autobiography," edited by Rufus M. Jones. This "Autobiography" is based on George Fox's Journal. Click that link to read his Journal. Clicking here will let you see the entire lyrics of that "George Fox Song."
In my blog posting last Sunday, "Light" was featured, as I cited to William Blake's poem, "The Little Black Boy." "Light," indeed, features in all things relating to the Society of Friends (Quakers), including in the Meeetings for Worship that the Quakers hold on Sundays, which the Quakers call "First Days." When Quakers gather to worship there are no sermons. No one with supposed "authority" says anything. Anything said during a Friends' Meeting comes spontaneously from those gathered in silence.
Sometimes, some astonishing are said during Meeting - some "weighty" things, some revealing things, some poignant things. During the Meeting, or at the rise of the Meeting, those in attendance may be moved to ask all those present to hold some person, or some concern, "in the Light."
I believe I attended my first Quaker meeting in 1963 or 1964, at the Palo Alto Friends' Meetinghouse on Colorado Street, in Palo Alto. I used to walk over from Stanford, where I was an undergraduate student. In Santa Cruz, Friends meet at the Meetinghouse on Rooney Street.
As I said in an earlier blog posting, you are invited!
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