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Universal Friends
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a sect which arose in Yates County, N. Y., near the close of the last century, professing to be followers of Jemima Wilkinson (q.v.), a Quakeress, who professed to work miracles, and assumed the title of "the universal friend of mankind." The sect is now almost extinct, and the Universal Friends are sometimes called Wilkinsonians (q.v.).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Universal Friends'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/u/universal-friends.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Universal Friends'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/u/universal-friends.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
