A Book of Quaker Saints
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Chapter 1 'STIFF AS A TREE, PURE AS A BELL'
Chapter 2 'PURE FOY, MA JOYE'ToC
Chapter 3 'PURE FOY, MA JOYE'
Chapter 4 THE ANGEL OF BEVERLEYToC
Chapter 5 THE ANGEL OF BEVERLEY
Chapter 6 TAMING THE TIGERToC
Chapter 7 TAMING THE TIGER
Chapter 8 'THE MAN IN LEATHER BREECHES'ToC
Chapter 9 'THE MAN IN LEATHER BREECHES'
Chapter 10 THE SHEPHERD OF PENDLE HILLToC
Chapter 11 THE SHEPHERD OF PENDLE HILL
Chapter 12 THE PEOPLE IN WHITE RAIMENTToC
Chapter 13 THE PEOPLE IN WHITE RAIMENT
Chapter 14 No.14
Chapter 15 A WONDERFUL FORTNIGHTToC
Chapter 16 No.16
Chapter 17 No.17
Chapter 18 No.18
Chapter 19 No.19
Chapter 20 UNDER THE YEW-TREESToC
Chapter 21 UNDER THE YEW-TREES
Chapter 22 'BEWITCHED!'ToC
Chapter 23 'BEWITCHED!'
Chapter 24 THE JUDGE'S RETURNToC
Chapter 25 THE JUDGE'S RETURN
Chapter 26 'STRIKE AGAIN!'ToC
Chapter 27 'STRIKE AGAIN!'
Chapter 28 MAGNANIMITYToC
Chapter 29 MAGNANIMITY
Chapter 30 MILES HALHEAD AND THE HAUGHTY LADYToC
Chapter 31 MILES HALHEAD AND THE HAUGHTY LADY
Chapter 32 SCATTERING THE SEEDToC
Chapter 33 SCATTERING THE SEED
Chapter 34 WRESTLING FOR GODToC
Chapter 35 WRESTLING FOR GOD
Chapter 36 LITTLE JAMES AND HIS JOURNEYSToC
Chapter 37 LITTLE JAMES AND HIS JOURNEYS
Chapter 38 THE FIRST QUAKER MARTYR
Chapter 39 THE FIRST QUAKER MARTYR 39
Chapter 40 THE CHILDREN OF READING MEETINGToC
Chapter 41 THE CHILDREN OF READING MEETING
Chapter 42 THE SADDEST STORY OF ALL
Chapter 43 THE SADDEST STORY OF ALL 43
Chapter 44 PALE WIND FLOWERS
Chapter 45 No.45
Chapter 46 No.46
Chapter 47 AN UNDISTURBED MEETINGToC
Chapter 48 AN UNDISTURBED MEETING
Chapter 49 BUTTERFLIES IN THE FELLSToC
Chapter 50 BUTTERFLIES IN THE FELLS
Chapter 51 THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART
Chapter 52 THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART 52
Chapter 53 THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE
Chapter 54 THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE 54
Chapter 55 RICHARD SELLAR AND THE 'MERCIFUL MAN'ToC
Chapter 56 RICHARD SELLAR AND THE 'MERCIFUL MAN'
Chapter 57 TWO ROBBER STORIES.
Chapter 58 LEONARD FELL AND THE HIGHWAYMAN
Chapter 59 ON THE ROAD TO JERUSALEM
Chapter 60 SILVER SLIPPERS
Chapter 61 No.61
Chapter 62 No.62
Chapter 63 No.63
Chapter 64 No.64
Chapter 65 No.65
Chapter 66 No.66
Chapter 67 FIERCE FEATHERSToC
Chapter 68 FIERCE FEATHERS
Chapter 69 THE THIEF IN THE TANYARDToC
Chapter 70 THE THIEF IN THE TANYARD
Chapter 71 HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND
Chapter 72 HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND 72
Chapter 73 PREACHING TO NOBODYToC
Chapter 74 PREACHING TO NOBODY
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Chapter 39 THE FIRST QUAKER MARTYR 39

How Mrs. Benson managed it, there is no record. Perhaps she hardly knew herself! But she was not a woman to be easily turned aside from her purpose, and her husband, Colonel Gervase Benson, had been one of the 'considerable people' in the County before he had turned Quaker and 'downed those things.' Even after the change, it may be that prison door

             
            

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