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If you’re a Quaker, you probably have been hearing this song since you started coming to Meeting, maybe since you were a baby! If you aren’t a Quaker, you are probably wondering who this George Fox character is. You probably met that wingnutty guy in unwashed Carhaarts at Occupy? Kind of like him, but less mansplaining, more listening, and instead of speaking in obvious chiches he spoke golden, soul crushing nuggets of wisdom. So not like that guy at Occupy at all actually. This song includes a lot of the central tenats of Quakerism, like peacefulness, prison abolition, and a lack of belief in outer sacraments (basically any symbol or item that comes between you and direct experience of the divine.) Quaker kids might notice that we changed one of the lines from “there’s a light that is shining in the Turk and the Jew,” to “so let your light shine in all that you do.” We thought that the line seemed kind of old fashioned, and also we didn’t want to suggest that these people couldn’t be Quakers. Turkish and Jewish people can be Quakers, just like Africans, Middle Easterners, and people of any race or belief can be a Quaker!

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There's a Light that was shining
when the world began,
And a Light that is shining in the heart of man:
And a Light that is shining, friend,
in me and in you.
So let your light shine in all that you do!

With a book and a steeple and a bell and a key
They would bind it forever but
they can’t! said he.
O, the book, it will perish, and the steeple will fall,
But the Light will be shining at the end of it all.

"If we give you a pistol,
will you fight for the Lord?"
"But you can't kill the devil with a gun or a sword."
"Will you swear on the Bible?"
I will not," said he,
"For the truth is more holy than the Book to me."

There's an ocean of darkness
and I drown in the night
Till I came through the darkness
to the ocean of Light;
You can lock me in prison
but the Light will be free.
And I'll walk in the glory of the Light, said he.

Chorus
Walk in the Light, wherever you may be!
Walk in the Light, wherever you may be!
In my old leather breeches and
my shaggy, shaggy locks,
I am walking in the glory of the Light, said Fox.

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from The Wonders of Female Strength, released March 15, 2016

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Bicycle Face Seattle, Washington

Back when bicycles were first invented, doctors told women that if they raced on their bicycles, their face would get stuck in a strained-looking, bulgy-eyed mess. Thankfully, we have disproved this theory, and our bicycle faces are all smiles!
Bicycle Face is a musical project by Lichen & Evan. We believe that it's important to teach history so that children know that they can change the future!
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