You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.
Elias Hicks Quotes
In reading the scriptures of truth, we often put wrong constructions upon them, and apply them improperly; and I apprehend it has often been the case in relation to this portion, particularly that part in relation to man's seeking out many inventions.
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| Birth: | 19th March, 1748 |
| Death: | 27th February, 1830 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Preacher |
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Elias Hicks was born in Hempstead, New York. He was an American preacher. In his ministry he promoted doctrines that embroiled him and his followers in a controversy which caused the first major schism within the Religious Society of Friends. In 1794, Hicks was a founder of the Charity Society of Jerico and Westbury Meetings, established to give aid to local poor African Americans and provide their children with education. In 1811, Hicks wrote Observations on the Slavery of Africans and Their Descendents.
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