Advices and Queries

‘Advices and queries are intended for use in Quaker meetings, for private devotion and reflection, as a challenge and inspiration to us as Friends in our personal lives and in our life as a religious community, and as a concise expression of our faith and practice for enquirers and the wider world.’             

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Advices and Queries for September

39   Consider which of the ways to happiness offered by society are fulfilling and which are potentially corrupting and destructive.  Be discriminating when choosing means of entertainment and information.  Resist the desire to acquire possessions or income through unethical investment, speculation or games of chance.

40   In view of the harm caused by the use of tobacco, alcohol and other habit-forming drugs, consider whether you should limit your use of them or refrain from using them altogether.  Remember that any use of alcohol or drugs may impair judgement and put both the user and others in danger.

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