The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-10-06

unusually large. Mary Elliott, Of
Ohio. was in attendance in addition to
those already reported. A. M. Purdy
offered prayer, after which the clerk
read the minutes of the meeting.
Charles F. Coffin, who has served in
that capacity for seventeen years. was
reappointed clerk for the present year.
Dougan Clark and Levi Mills were
reappointed assistants. It is the prac-
tice of this body that the clerk Of the
meeting acts as the president, and at
the same time prepares and reads q
minute of the proceedings before the
respective subjects are concluded in
the service.
A proposition for the calling of a
general conference of Friends from
all the yearly meetings, to consider
matters of general interests to the
church, was introduced, and after con-
siderable discussion the proposition
was not accepted, but committee was
appointed to propose names to the
meeting for delegates to general con-
ference, if other yearly meetings
should acquiesce.
FRIDAY.
The two meeting rooms we're occu-
pied at $50 o'clock by the devotional
meeting, and the meeting of ministers.
The former was led by Thomas Kim
Der, and the latter was occupied In
discussing some points in connection
with the duty Of the church in giving
its support to the spirituality of the
gospel.
The meeting at large went into reg
ular session at 10 o'clock, and Joseph
Wright, of Ohio, led in prayer.
The answers to the queries, as COM
piled from the reports of the quarter
ly meetings, were read and examined.
Many of them especially interesting,
but we have not room to give them.
The statistical reports were presented,
and from them, we CLEAN the follow
ing:
1.-THE number of members within
the jurisdiction of this yearly meeting,
1868, of whom 5O6 are isolated-2,-
1872 families. There were 455 births
and 1856 deaths within the past year,
and 419 persons have been received
into the church by request; % have
been disowned, and So resigned; 112
meetings are reported and 185 record
ed ministers; 81 meetings have no
minister"
The Temperance Committee held
their annual session in the afternoon
SATURDAY.
After the opening services. consist
ing of prayer ETC., DR.. Gardner, by re-
quest, visited the Women's Meeting
to give them information relative to
his extensive and useful missionary
labors in the mountainous regions of
Tennessee. Various matters relative
to statistics and other miscellaneous
matters followed in the order of each
other, among which were the obliga-
tions of Christian membership in re-
lation to giving money for church
uses. Much pertinent counsel was
given, and considerable discussion
followed, over ali of which Christian
courtesy and forbearance was mani
fested-even when ideas came in d.
rect conflict. The meeting was also
brought into sympathy with the many
isolated members of our society, and
particularly by the report of Elkanah
Beard, of his late travels in Califor-
MIA and on the Pacific coast.
The committee having Earlham Col
lege in charge, made a highly favor
able report that the college was full
of students and some applicants turn
ed away. The committee reported
many important improvements in and
about the college building, in the
heating apparatus, &C.; also, that large
additions had been made to the muse
um, chiefly by the efforts of the pres
ident during his recent visit to the
South Sea Islands. The repairs to
the buildings and new heating apara-
tus leaves debt of about So. 100 to be
provided for in future. The endow-
ment now amounts to over So, 600;
and, with the interest and other re-.
sources, reaches near 100000.
Some difficulties were reported from
Walnut Ridge. and also from White
Water Quarterly Meeting, in regard
to raising money for church purposes.
A discussion followed, after which a
committee was appointed to cake the
subject into consideration and report
to future sitting. The discussion
having lasted more than 80 minutes
it was deemed best to adjourn.
SUNDAY.
Two meetings were held at 10
O'Clock, one in the old meeting house
and the other IL the railroad shops
building, which had been fitted up for
that purpose. Religious meetings
were also held by ministers attending
yearly meeting at nearly all the
churches in the city. Can account of
the numbers in attendance, and the
incidents of the day, etc., are given
elsewhere in to-day paper.)
MONDAY
VIM. Beck, an English Friend who
has been two years in religious work
in Australia, was present, on his way
home.
A minute of advise to those MEM
bers who decline paying their church