The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-27
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YEARLY Meeting OF Friends.

q satu 0BALrNoRE, october 25s 1877, /;
D. On "Wednesday the meeting convened in
Joint, 'sessfon-am an q women together.
This is only done oncs during the sessions
Of the Society, and for special purposes,
though In their separate CAPACITY Xhere IS
frequent business transacted Ia common by
pcans Of extracts from the minutes being
sent from one to the ether, either being able
to originate matters, Which. require common
sanction before they can be enacted into q
law. .>aElA33h
The first thing done this morning was
the reading OF the :" London General Epis-
+ le.'' a copy Of which Is sent to every Yearly
Meeting. In corresponding with il. This
has been annually done forrmore than two
hundred and twenty-five years. The Lon.
don, Yearly Meeting does not claim Tor Itself
any pfsepintafce In the confederation Of
yearly meetings, but, being the oldest ia the
world, Ii has followed ont each one as 1t
has been instituted, and has thus retained
! eommhnication With, and Its contents are
aiike applicable to, each and every one.-,
lI':3.A. committed vas appointed TO have this
epis.le reprinted and forwarded .tosubordi-
mate meetings for distribution VIZ -. ~;
trf, The minutes Of the meeting Tor stiier-
nigga committee OF this body, frst'constl-
tinted IN ITS was then read, and IT'S action
confirmed by the Meeting. = ITS reports ON
Indian affairs and ed ucation show W hatr has.
been done by, the Society in that dlrectlonE
Il very Interesting mad protraeted discus-
sion was had on these subjects. ." "'".'6" g
+ The trustees who. haze charge Of, the
800. 000-Icracy ileit ior charitable purposes
In the limits OF, this Yearly, Meeting by the
late Miles White, Of this city, made report,
as required hyJ the will, to this meeting
Collateral inheritance tax and ,othern eces-
'sary exercises had reduced tie sum below.
the,bcquest, and the trustees report'that the.
money is on temporary loan here; md" that
rs Soon as the amount reaches the rbequest
OF 100000 a permanent investment would
be made and the interest expended, as res
quired by the terms OF the will. ,,..l :, =; d
A committee from each monthly meeting
was appointed on hope-mission york, y
sious tc which: this meeting contributes.
Tint! subject Will Re: more fully: discussed
to night. 81, ''p,t r.. r:-.y7. ~ 80 u
,. The proposition for North Carolina to
erect new yearly. meeting in the limits Of
the State Of Tennessee WIS called up, and
referred to especial committee to report, It'll
during the discussion Oh rfhis
poiritt that since the war the membership Of
this Yearly Meeting had Increased from
2,10O to nearly 1850. s"r"I,
Various other matters #ere, considered
and disposed or. 81 .>.l.,LLW-TWT
At night the subject OF foreign missions
was called up for the PURPOSE q hearing a
lecture upon the South Sen Islands bysMr.
Walter Robson, who has recently visited
them, and VII 0 spent five months there Hei
commenced his lecture by giving an inter:
esting sketch Of several OF them and their
inhabitants. Some OF the incidents con-.
,nected with his visit were very humorous
and amusing, The. lecturers sense OF the
ridiculous is YeIy, Keen, and his power Of
description as good MS havc5eye r teard.i =.
He then. passed to the difficulties attend
ing the labors of the Missionaries There
was no 1critten language, and one had TO be-
made. Many of the, natives cannot pro-.
nounce two consonants together. Or one
OF, the islands they cannot ptonouce, the; letr-
ter rs" and many fof the others CANNOT
more than one half Of the letters
In our language, His Illustrations Of s9ne PIT
these difficulties owere quite amusing The
missionaries are men who need an the .pec,I7f
MARY support you can give theti,' IN one;
but one whose whole soul is wrapped up IN
the work world eyer remain among Them,
As, for himself there was no labor which he:
would not rather undertake for 2, living than
that OF missionary to. these negroes. 4 -
The speaker then described some Of the
troubles and difficulties which ;beset! mis-
sionaries ia their work. 80 i"
; In conclusion he exhorted hislTgarers to
interest themselves, in, the, work. and rs
God,has Blessed theR 70 give Of theirsub-
stance for this work. II!