Tract Association of Friends

07/29/2024

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02/06/2020

Check out our new website:

We invite you to browse this site for publications of the Tract Association of Friends. Our intent is to publish all of our shorter tracts as well as the current Friends Calendar at this site. Feel free to copy these tracts for use in meetings or churches. Donations are always appreciated.

06/20/2019

The Tract Association is looking for Friends who have gifts in writing, editing or the many other skills necessary for a tract publishing organization. Check out our website http://www.tractassociation.org/ to see if our work speaks to thy condition. Reach out to us if thee feels led to contribute.

Post a comment here or message us to get in contact or ask questions.

05/29/2019

The location of Pennswood Village can be found with this link: https://goo.gl/maps/QXR7Mg97wnD47D8Q8

A local map of Pennswood is available here: http://www.pennswood.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PennswoodMaps.pdf . The memorial service will be in the community building.

If you are acquainted with any of Marjorie's friends who are unlikely to hear about this memorial service from other sources, please do spread the word!

05/20/2019

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Marjorie Ewbank on Fifth Month, 18th. Marjorie was Clerk of the Tract Association for many years, only stepping down a few weeks before she died. She was 104. She is in the attached picture (on the left) doing what she loved and was good at. That is, immersed in the work of the Tract Association with other Friends.

She was greatly loved and will be greatly missed.

More information will be provided as it becomes known.

01/22/2018

We are pleased to announce a new tract by Brian Drayton. It could not be more relevant to today’s world.

A link to a media version of this tract is here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1C3m8AThShle-RNmMpmoKeafBHIBe1Mk8

For a printed version suitable for display on a Meeting House tract table see http://www.tractassociation.org/home/about/ordering/ (you can manually add the name of this tract to the form).

01/16/2018

The 12th of First Month was a rainy winter day. Friends gathered at 1501 Cherry Street in the Lucrecia Mott Room for the work of the Tract Association. It was a profitable meeting. We examined financial and distribution reports, discussed use of the page and reviewed a submission for the upcoming publication of marriages under the care of Friends.

We invite friends to visit us at future meetings. Dates, times and locations will be published in Events on our page.

09/21/2017

Here is a tract on silence that many Friends find a helpful support for Meeting for Worship.

http://www.tractassociation.org/tracts/silence/

09/17/2017

Thanks to John Jeremiah Edminster for a smother TAF graphic.

09/16/2017

Friends
by William Bacon Evans (http://web.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/dictionary/index.php/EVANS,_William_Bacon,_1875-1964)

AND ye who bear the precious name of Friends,
Boast not to see the Master’s whole design,
Who would be wise may wisdom’s claim resign,
So far God’s plan our simple wit transcends.
No cumbrous load the gospel yoke subtends,
Of many branches is the heavenly vine
Who tastes God’s love is careless to define,
A little child looks up and comprehends.
From self-indulgence keep your thought unstained,
As trusted stewards observe your Master’s will,
Judge no man but by wisdom from above.
In every nerve be honesty engrained,
So shall ye have your maiden virtue still
As heaven enfolds the earth in arms of love.

William Bacon Evans (July 27, 1875 - February 25, 1964) was born in Philadelphia, Pa., the son of William and Rebecca (Carter) Evans, brother of Alice, Ruth, Grace, Charles.

09/16/2017

What is a tract? The question brings to mind those little pieces of paper that proselytizing fundamentalists press into our hands. They invariably contain descriptions of hellfire and damnation that are in store for those who do not agree with a particular Christian theology. This sort of medium does not seem to conform with the manner of Friends. But the medium is not responsible for the message, or more importantly, the spirit of the message. For years Quakers have used tracts to present OUR understanding of God. Many meeting houses have small tables near their entrance containing a variety of tracts. These small essays attempt to explain some aspect of Quakerism. This is a good thing since it is often hard to precisely describe Friends ways to visitors in a short amount of time.

The Tract Association of Friends is one of several organizations that publish Quaker Tracts. It is also known for publishing a yearly Friends Calendar that contains quotes from scripture and Friends writings. All of the tracts are available on the website www.tractassocation.org (click on “Learn More” on this page).

The Tract Association will be posting tracts (or links to tracts) on this page from time to time. These may be new tracts, or a revisit of old favorites. “Like” or “Follow” us to get updates.