"I have worn a plain hat for most of my adult life. It identifies me with other plain Christians. I never use it as an instrument of belligerence or insubordination; if other men remove (or should remove) their headgear, I remove mine.
I…"
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William F Rushby replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & SimplicityWilliam F Rushby left a comment for W. Geoffrey O. Black"I have worn a plain hat for most of my adult life. It identifies me with other plain Christians. I never use it as an instrument of belligerence or insubordination; if other men remove (or should remove) their headgear, I remove mine.
I…"
kevin roberts replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"my own experience regarding the possibly outdated nature of the earlier friends's testimonies regarding clothing indicates to me that the original reasons often still apply, in spite of the intervening centuries.
for instance, it is still very…"
Dr. Bruce R. Arnold replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"I take my hat off when I pray, or in corporate prayer (as in a meeting.) Other than that, I can't say that I feel moved one way or the other. I don't find, for instance, any value in keeping my hat on in a courtroom when I would usually…"
Isabel Penraeth replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"In Thomas Clarkson's A Portraiture of Quakerism, he talks about the Quaker men only removing their hats to minister and to pray. (P. 143 in my copy.) One observation I can offer of current Quaker habit of the plain Friends in Ohio is that the…"
kevin roberts replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"welcome to the difficult world of quaker hats, jeff.
i wear a felt broadbrim in the winter, and an amish-made straw broadbrim in the hot weather. when i worked as a cowhand, i also attached brass grommets to the straw hats so i could run a leather…"
Barbara Smith replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"My only contribution here is to say that we humans cannot really know what it means to cover our heads. I personally DO believe it makes sense for men and women to have differences here, as well as in many other spheres. I do not agree that head…"
Caroline Gulian replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"Your post and another post in a different thread seem to have had the same issues. Trying to reason with something that is beyond human understanding. I cover my head because this is what the Lord wants me to do. There is no…"
Martin Kelley replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"I expect some more knowledgeable than I to pipe in, but my understanding of worship protocol is to take the hat pdf while someone is ministering: it's doffed for Christ in the room. One of the signs of impending schism back in the day was that…"
Mackenzie replied to W. Geoffrey O. Black's discussion 'When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?' in the group Plainness & Simplicity"My boyfriend is a broad-brim black hat kind of guy. He wears it any time he's outdoors. He wears it during Meeting, and he says wearing it at Meeting is the only time he wears it for religious reasons. He figures if he were in court he'd…"
W. Geoffrey O. Black added a discussion to the group Plainness & Simplicity
When does a Plain Friend take off his hat?
No, it's not the setup for a bad joke, it's a real question. Sometimes the line between a habit and a spiritual discipline is blurry, and over the past couple of years, I've either stumbled or been led into either a discipline or a habit of keeping my head covered almost all the time. Mostly with a baseball cap (or a widebrimmed cloth or straw hat when I'm working outside in the summer--which I do a lot of, as a vegetable farmer), sometimes a bandana, occasionally a kippah (yarmulke) my Jewish…See More
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Some Friends have recently been dubbed the "New Plain" for their experimentation with Quaker plainness and simplicity. Tag: plain
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- At 12:00pm on 3rd mo. 22, 2012, William F Rushby said…
I have worn a plain hat for most of my adult life. It identifies me with other plain Christians. I never use it as an instrument of belligerence or insubordination; if other men remove (or should remove) their headgear, I remove mine.
I never wear my hat in prayer. Since meeting for worship is in its entirety an act of prayer for me, I never wear my hat in meeting.
Incidentally, I have saved myself from many cracks on the head (on the farm) by wearing my hat; it often gives a second or two warning when I will be at risk.
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In particular, I like Samuel Levick, Richard…"
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