This reminds me that a very expensive and hard to find book "Soul  
Surgery" by Howard A Walter, 1920 edition, that influenced the AA  
program via Frank Buchman and his Oxford Group has just been added to  
Ken Ragge's website at  http://www.morerevealed.com/books/surgery/ 
surgeryfront.jsp

Dave

On Mar 5, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Dick B. wrote:

> For those who had the pleasure of viewing the new movie Amazing  
> Grace, you
> might find my friend and noted British writer Garth D. Lean's  
> "Brave Men
> Choose." It shows the activity of William Wilberforce in  
> elimination of the
> slave trade and also in other betterment activities. Reference is  
> made to
> the Quaker activity. Just a thought. I really didn't know that  
> Wilberforce
> was such an important historical figure, nor that he played such a  
> role in
> elimination of slavery itself as well as the slave trade, nor that he
> observed the practice of spending two hours or so each morning with  
> God and
> journaling his questions and the answers he received. A precursor I  
> suppose,
> not only to the quiet waiting, but also to the Quiet Hour practices of
> United Christian Endeavor, the Morning Watch practices of the YMCA,  
> the
> articles by the Congregational leader F.B. Meyer on the subject of  
> Quiet
> Time, and then the great influence of all these on the original  
> A.A. program
> - especially the quiet times spent in the morning with Anne Ripley  
> Smith at
> the Smith home where there was prayer, Bible reading, seeking of  
> guidance,
> discussion of the points, and group prayer. Every morning! Dick B.
>
> Richard G. Burns (Dick B.)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alcohol and Drugs History Society  
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> Subject: Quakers and temperance
>
> Any suggestions about historical articles or books that focus on
> Quakers in the Anglo-American temperance movement?