Saturday, November 13, 2010

The Last resting Place of George Fox

".........when Fox died in 1691, he could not be buried in consecrated ground. He was buried in Bunhill Fields Burial Ground [38 City Road, London EC1Y 2BG], a graveyard reserved for Dissenters and Quakers. In the same graveyard are buried William Blake, John Bunyan and the speaker of the Commons in the time of Cromwell, Praise-God Barbon. If you think that Praise-God Barbon had an unusual name, think about his son who was called  ‘If Jesus Had Not Died For Thee Thou Hadst Been Damned Barbon’."




More at   http://www.wardsbookofdays.com/13january.htm

1 comment:

  1. Of course to George Fox himself, as a Quaker ALL ground is "consecrated ground".

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