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James H. Moon

b. 1830

A Quaker writer from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, he is remembered for forceful, plainspoken works arguing against water baptism. His books offer a glimpse into early 20th-century religious debate from within the Society of Friends.

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Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven by Scripture and History Confirmed by the Lives of Saints Who Were Never Baptized with Water

Water Baptism A Pagan and Jewish Rite but not Christian, Proven by Scripture and History Confirmed by the Lives of Saints Who Were Never Baptized with Water

by James H. Moon

About the author

Born in 1830, James H. Moon was a Pennsylvania Quaker associated with Fallsington in Bucks County. Records for his books identify him as "James H. Moon, 1830-," and genealogical sources list him as James Haines Moon, born on January 27, 1830, and dying on January 19, 1923.

He is best known for religious writings on baptism, including Why Friends (Quakers) Do Not Baptize with Water (1909) and Water Baptism: A Pagan and Jewish Rite, but Not Christian. In these works, he argued that outward water baptism was not required in true Christian practice, reflecting a traditional Quaker emphasis on inward spiritual experience over ceremony.

Moon does not appear to have left behind a widely documented public biography, but his surviving books show a writer deeply engaged with scripture, church history, and Quaker belief. For readers interested in religious history, his work preserves a clear and personal expression of one strand of American Quaker thought.