The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-29
THE QUAKERs.

Routine Business Of the Conference.-The
Devotional Services Yesterday-Ser-
mons ON the Duty OF Worship. the
"spirit Within and the Intcrpreta-
tf0n OF Scriptural Mirncles-The Indian
Committee.
The regular business OF the New York yearly
meeting OF the Society OF Friends was begun on
Monday, at the meeting house In Rutherford place.
The assembage OF delegates and members Of the
Society was very large, embracing representatives
OF all the subordinate churches in different parts
OF the district over which this Conference has
supervision. The proceedings OF this first business
session OF the body were not OF an important
character consisting simply OF action taken upon
correspondence with minor and sister bodies
The yearly reports regarding the condi-
ton OF the Church from the following
quarterly conferences were read From West
bury, including New York and Long Island; from
Nine Partners, comprising the lower portion OF
Duchess county; from Purchase or Westminster
county from Stamford, the upper portion OF
Duchess county; from johannesburg, including
Schenectady, Greene ana Albany counties; from
the Easton and Saratoga quarter, embracing the
district from Saratoga to Vermont; and from the
Shrewsbury and Railway quarter in New Jersey.
The certificates or ministers and elders from other
yearly meetings were read and Apr oved The an
nual fraternal epstles from the Phla delphia Bal
tmore, Genesee, Ohio and Indiana yearly meetings
were read approved and accepted.
DEVOTIONAL SERVICES YESTERDAY.
Yesterday the day always set apart Tor public
devotion, as it occurs midway between the Degin-
ming and end OF the Conference At an early hour IN
the forenoon the people began 10 gamer under the
ample shade OF the lndens about the meeting
other cheery by the hand and chatted IN contented
enjoyment OF the pleasant scene, until at length
the elders seemed moved by the spirit TO gather in
the hail OF worship and proceed TO their devotons
The edi1ce was closely crammed by an immense
silence fell upon 1t and lasted for half an hour,
during which time scarcely ripple played upon
breeze stirring the thin white curtains in the win
dows with a dreamy and rustling SOUND alone
broke the stiffness.
At length Rhody Lamb OF Mount Holly, N j.,
portly and motherly looking woman, arose IN one
OF the high places and delivered an earnest and
THE IMPORTANCE OF WORSHIP
When she sat down only a short period OF silence
upon his feet and said that he had unusual de-
sire that on this occasion those there assembled
should not have come together in vain. lie wished
them to enter into the closets OF their hearts and
there offer up prayer II they came before God
thus, He would break out bread to them to nourlsh
the immortal soul, and thus would their minds be
prepared to enter into the blessed enclosure and
partake OF the streams OF divine love and would
day. to-day and forever. God heard the needy and
poor and remained a teacher OF His children HIM.
SELF All would be accepted who believed on Him.
They elt Him there in their midst He spoke TO
their understanding. This was
A RATIONAL RELIGION.
Let us leap over all Sectarlan barriers. The love
OF the Father reached from sea 10 sea and to the
ends OF the earth, and all were in membership OF
the true Church with which Christ was one. DIVINE
revelations mad not ceased. II they should believe
that they had ceased 1t would imply that all
Scripture testimony was false. He was still pour
ing His spirit the divine light that opened the
eyes OF the bind the everlasting word that was IN
the beginning. 1t was sufficient to qualify us for
every duty. IL was religion for every condition.
Who were
THE MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD
As many were led by the still love- God gave
HIS love to the heart OF man as the sun shed his
O brother or give an answer for his soul. Each
must himself listen to the inspcaking Word, and II
he kept the faith Tor him there would be q crown.
Rachael Townsend the next speaker, and
began by saying that she felt the power OF the
Divine Light to her spirit She held that the
terpreted by us OF the modern day merely in their
ngurative sense. Moses and Gods people when
crossing the Red Sea were meant to represent
THE SPIRITUAL PART
or our nature struggling against adversely. ana
Pharoah and his host were the superstition bgotry
idols and passions. When the inspiration through
the Spirit OF God was in the soul we would be en-
abled to have the understanding whereby to cast
out superstition, bigotry and evil tradition. IL we
acted according to His wisdom and will, made
known TO US our hearts, there would be no death
text Of .Kn0w We the Lord and all shall be savedn
The assemblage again subsidized into silence,
which continued for a short time, when II dis
persed with mutual handshakings
INDIAN AFFAIRS
The Committee on Indian Affairs held closed
Its proceedings TRANSFERRED. It's report Will proba-
bly, be made to the General Assembly to-day.