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Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark

Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark

Rebecca Janney Timbres Clark

Turned In The Hand Of God - Php 393

BY LYNDON BACK

Brief Description:
Rebecca Clark led a remarkable life that spanned the 20th century. This pamphlet explores one year in that life, when she took the first steps toward a career of service around the world. "The forging of a person's character takes a lifetime," writes Back. "Yet there are periods along the way when outer circumstance and inner forces combine to form a crucible, a time of transformation. Rebecca's year as a volunteer for the AFSC in Poland at the end of the WW1 was one of those times. She was 24 years old, unmarried, and just out of nurses training. . . ." Based on diaries, letters, and other archival resources, a young woman's quest for faithfulness and meaning comes to life.

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 2007 36 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

 

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Chel Avery:

I wish many Friends would read this pamphlet and that we could talk with each other about ways that young Friends today could have opportunities in service that are as transformational in their lives as the year 1921 was in Rebecca's life. She was struggling to follow the Light and to be true to herself in a time and place where her choices really mattered. As I read it, I kept thinking of a quotation by Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr.: "Through our great good fortune, in our youth, our hearts were touched by fire." Rebecca lived to be 103 and did much that was good and important in her life, but the story of this one year at the beginning of it all is wonderful in its own right.

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