This pamphlet is a reprint of Chapter II of the revised edition (1949) of Pendle Hill Pamphlet Number 9 entitled Quaker Education in Theory and Practice, written by Howard Brinton, and published from Pendle Hill, Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

This pamphlet serves as a very brief introduction to Quakerism and the Society of Friends. Brinton writes from a historical perspective not only of Quakerism, but of the history of religion in the West, and he is able to link the development of Quaker doctrine to modern practices today.

Brinton begins with �The primary doctrine of the Society of Friends declares that the Presence of God is felt at the apex of the human soul and that man can therefore know and heed God directly, without any intermediary in the form of church, priest, sacrament, or sacred book.�and continues with a discussion of both Quaker practices in Meetings, and Quaker testimonies.

For a brief overview of the important principles embodied in the Religious Society of Friends, this small pamphlet from Howard Brinton has been an unsurpassed gem for half a century.