By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the effort to keep outside influences from impacting Quaker spirituality was clearly failing.
The result was a series of separations and divisions--Quakers disagreed about the nature of God, the atonement, and the function of.
Many others were caught up in Evangelical enthusiasm and commitment to social justice.
Many Friends were impressed by the Enlightenment emphasis on reason in religion and commitment to religious and political freedom.
By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the effort to keep outside influences from impacting Quaker spirituality was clearly failing