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100 Years And More
History of Friends in Portadown 1655 - 2005
by
Arthur G. Chapman
CONTENTS
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PREFACE | ||
| CHAPTER ONE | ||
| THE COMING OF QUAKERS TO NORTH ARMAGH | ||
| QUAKER BELIEFS AND PRACTICE | ||
| LOCAL FRIENDS SETTLEMENTS | ||
| PERSECUTION | ||
| CHAPTER TWO |
| EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES |
| SLOW DEVELOPMENT OF PORTADOWN |
| VISIT OF MARY DUDLEY |
| METHODIST MOVEMENT |
| NEW LANDLORDS |
| THE GREAT FAMINE |
| FAMINE IN THE NORTH |
| 1859 REVIVAL |
| CHAPTER THREE |
| A FRIENDS MEETING FOR PORTADOWN |
| POPULATION MOVEMENT |
| ALBERT SHEMELD |
| FIRST PLANS FOR A MEETING |
| ANOTHER ATTEMPT |
| CHAPTER FOUR |
| THE NEW PORTADOWN MEETING HOUSE |
| FUNDRAISING |
| FINANCE |
| OPENING OF THE MEETING HOUSE |
| GENERAL LOCATION |
| ACTIVITIES |
| CHAPTER FIVE |
| EARLY YEARS OF PORTADOWN MEETING |
| SUDDEN CHANGES |
| DESTRUCTIVE MOTOR |
| WILLIAM E. COULTHART |
| INTER-CHURCH ACTIVITY |
| MISSION WORK |
| MEETING FOR WORSHIP |
| ACCOMMODATION |
| END OF AN ERA |
| CHAPTER SIX |
| MID-CENTURY PROGRESS |
| NEW FAMILIES |
| SUNDAY SCHOOL |
| EXTENSION TO PREMISES |
| EXTRA-MURAL ACTIVITIES |
| PRESENTATION OF BIBLE |
| CHAPTER SEVEN |
| TOWARDS THE END OF THE CENTURY |
| ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES |
| WEDDINGS |
| LAST LINKS WITH EARLY YEARS |
| YEARS OF UNREST |
| NEW FAMILIES |
| MEETING FOR WORSHIP |
| SUNDAY SCHOOL AND YOUTH WORK |
| WORLDWIDE INTERESTS |
| MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT |
| INTO THE NEW MILLENIUM |
| APPENDICES |
| APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR PORTADOWN MEETING HOUSE |
| TESTIMONIES |
| TO THE GRACE OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF: |
| Albert Shemeld |
| William E. Coulthart |
| George R. Chapman |
| William Brien |
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