“Quaker” was at first a term of derision.  At some point in the last century, Friends assimilated the name and it is now synonymous with “Friend.”  Early Friends referred to themselves as “Children of the Light,” “Publishers of the Truth,” and “Friends of Truth.”  Eventually they settled on the “Religious Society of Friends,” which is today the official name.  George Fox attributed the name "Quaker" to a judge who was trying a group of Friends for heresy.  “This was Justice Bennett of Derby that first called us Quakers,” he wrote, “because we bid them tremble at the word of God.”  For some early Friends, trembling was believed to be a manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s total consummation of the worshipper’s body and soul.  Nowadays, few Friends, if any, make a practice of trembling, although shy Friends who are moved to speak in meeting sometimes do so with shaky hands and a quivering voice.