The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-12

the rite Of immersion at the hanas Of one Of their D.
SIN Brooklyn a, low years ag" sne also differs
participates with other Christians in tho symbolic
incmbrance Of chrst's death. Amanda smith, the
colored evangelist, VINO has allied herself with tho
Mehodists more than with any other dcnomt nation,
received her early training and religious Impressions
goes throughout this land she carries with her the
cody simplicity aud devotion Of ITO to Christ which
the Friends evory where exhibit. Times and seasons
festivals holidays have no special attractions fos
Fricuas Tney believe that all days are alike 10 the
holy IN heart ana hence never observe any save the
GoyEnxaEsr OF rnE CHURCH.
The true nomenclature oil The secs consists 10 calling
the Hcks,tcs simply .Friends, - and the old organi-
cation "Orthodoxn or "Orthodox Friends" The
HEX stes have look upon the orthodox the
seceder because they constitute the smaller ractiou
and because, Also, they did secede when they found
auIncr,,,es OF the Church and the majority Of tno
membership IL IS said that FOX preached lhe
doctrine that HICKS ao, ~. .aa aauai v apso o.
sepsiby corrupted In England. however, the vast
majority OF Friends are orthodox ana ,hls sect nas
societies IN Ireland, France, Germany, Norway, Can.
ada, Australia and New Zealand besides Tney have
fifteen pendent yearly meetings and smaller gath
er,ucs OF Friends enough TO constitute
a yearly meeting Their number throughout tho
word is variously estimated a. from 10. 600 10
200 0O0 The orthodox have one meeting house
in tnis city, in East twentieth street, near
Gramercy Park. and another III Brooklyn. on WASH
ington Latay avenues. They have also houses
IN Flushing l. l., and III Weschester Village, N. Y.
Tho societies Of those monthly meetings constitute
tho New York yearly meeting. which convcncs this
year At Gens Falls the 3lst INST The Hicks,tes
nave two meeting houses III TINS city--iu Rutherford
place and IN West Twenty street, aud also IN
Scacrmerhorn siI Brooklyn where they Will hold
their yearly meetings the 26ih and 9th insi they
have SIX yearly meetings IN The United States, and
their mem estimated 10 be about thrty-nve
thousand.
ssts lrst OF Preparatory Meeting, whose object s
adm nIsh in love any who may DO straying from
olo and from the path Of moral rectitude u
also has oversight or tho minister's and elders OF
society Alter this 10 order Of ascent IS Inc
Monthly Meeting, which receives persons into the
dcsre withdraw. Those two meetings must up.
prove the call OF any person, man or woman 70 the
ministry OF the Church, before such person can cxer-
else the gifts Office u lister IN the denomi-
nauon The Quarterly Meeting IS tho next ecclesias-
tical court the II II composed OF delegates
from a certain number OF monthly meetings AS. Tor
instance, there the New York Yearly Meeting
, ~ monhy meet,nss The latter repor. every
three months u tho former, and the preparatory,
which may hold sessions every week or
oitener, reports once IN. thirty days TO the
Monthly MeellDg. tho fourth and highest court OF
The denomination Is the Yearly Meeting, which IS
composed Of delegates from the Quarterly Meetings
within jurisdiction. The territory embraced 10 the
New York Yearly Meeting OF Frlcnos consists OF
this State except the eastern portion which belongs
10 the Gencsce Yearly Meeting; Vermont. part OF
Connecticut ana part OF New Jersey the
England Yearly Meeting aud the dividing
line between the New York and Philadelphia Yearly
Meetings runs through Inc centre OF New Jersey.
The term QUAKER meeting" applied 10 silent gather
Jugs people, Will soon lose that meaning II the
Friends keep on IN the line which they have
tered la many Of their meeting houses in coun-
Try and Great Britain singing now forms part OF tho
worship OF COD, and tho inspiration to preach comes
upon their and women more frequently than oi
yore. They falling into the ways OF other dencmi-
nations IN This and other respects They advertise
their meetings preachers that may DO visiting
them IRON other places invite the pubic to their
worship. AT certain seasons OF tue year also they
hold .'protracted revival meetings, sometimes foR
two moro weeks in SUCCESSION.
STATISTICS or FRIENDS
Reliable statistics almost beyond rcacn, not De.
cause OF inability 70 gather them, Out because OF
dread OF iang INTO Dayid's sin Of numbering the
Lord's people The Hicksses have not taken census
oi their scot than generation. The Ortho-
took one In 1871 and are now making an effort 70
collect something like reliable ngurcs the whole mum.
Der Friends OF branches In the United Stated
the time Of the secession. In lS2S was estimated
ut 600 The increase for halt century probably VIII
exceed fifteen twenty thousand. Tho statistics
OF the Now York Yearly Meeting oil Orthodox Friends
for 1876, the latest reported, arcMacs under tween.
ty-one. 1851; whole number, including children, o46
the New York Yearly Meeting was organized IN 1885,
and 1871 u had lost, chiefly by tho movement OF
1928, $3.50 members from the numoer enrolled al the
nrst named date, 1t mad in 1871 1855 members,
that II has grown more than twenty-five per cent
the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was organized IL
1884, fourteen before that Of Now YORK. 1874
included q monthly meetings ana
dox l,862 These subdivided TO snow 2, O61
maie ADULTS OF tho former and 400 Of the latter, 4
Hicksto ministers q Orthodox Ill elders and l41
OF 10 IS elders and u overseers
OF tho latter. And among the number were $50 por.
the doctrnal controversy int1s7l this organization
had $500 members, having lost more than hait IL
In this country is the New England organized 1861
ana which IN 1871 had lost O26 from number when
.as 0'1 Tno Yearly Meeting was esssS
shed la 1871 and IN 1871 mad 6U0 MEMBERS loss o1
200. the North Carolina Yearly Meeting was founded
own nd proDaOy holds " still. The ONO Yearly
Meeting was organized In 1882 and 10 1871 mad 1856,
which u loss 345 from previous reportR
The society strongest Ia the West and In the terri.
tory embraced within the Indiana Yearly Meeting u
had In 1871 H. 200 members though IN Inc ny yeara
oil its existence meeting had lost TO- 1877 Friends
probably by tue Hcksite movement rho Western
Yearly Meeting Was organized in 1857, and In 1871
had gaiucd 1,2ll MEMBERS and then mad TAO. The
Iowa Yearly Meeting, organized IN 1863 had IN 1871
$500 members, a loss oil S45 In eight years. The
Canada Yearly Mceting organized in 1857 had In 1871
1,64l members, gain Of lis SO that III 1871 tue
date OF me a.ost general reports the society Of Or
berlng 81, 093, wnicn IL 600 less than they Ind
had The Kansas Yearly Meeting Is oil recent orrani.
an statistics are not NJ hand. These eleven
yearly meetings embrace all Inc organized Orthodox
Fricnus in North America
VI the thirty monthly meetings. comprising the
New York Yearly Mecting ali but one continue 10 Dc
conducted ny Fricnds IN he old houses so that the
Hicksite movement carried on the properly we'll
as the membership OF the denomination. rne BaitL
more Yearly Meeting went almost unanimously win
to have prospcred as vol us the Orthodox As .
perhaps II Is sale 10 say that Tue Frcnda
arc Unitarian and strongly inclined toward inndenty:
In 1865 the Friends organized missions Inaia and
IN Maaagascar. They have missions also among the
freedmen OF tho South and the aborignes oil inc est.
10 1870 they Ind twenty four schools Tor the former
These doubt, have been increased since. They are
very succc, sui among the Indians
YEARLY MEETINGS FKiEsDs AND ORTHODOX q
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting vi 0uhodo1
Friends took place last month, and the New York,
which comes next, will DO held Ilcn's Falls, Mag
81. The dates oil the other yearly mootings foL
iows:--Ne England, NJ Newport, X. l., Juno l6j
Canada, AT Pickering, June IS; ONO, at Damascus
August ~ Iowa. al Oskaioosa, september WESTERN
Ut Plainneid, lnd September ID; Indiana, at Rich.
mond, Ind, september 25 Kansas, at Lawrence. kan
October IL; Baltimore, at BALTIMORE October 10
aud North Carolina at New Garden, N c. October 81.
Tho Unitarian Friends viii hold their annual meet
tngs IN this city May 20 81 II previously The
habit oil the Orthodox New YORK Yearly Meeting 70
hold annual exclusively IN this city, but
lew years ago IL decided to occasionally meet In
In other LOCALITIES the better to accommodate NOM
bers living some from tho CITY. Hence the
meeting Gles - Falls year rhe Friends
sunday or First bay school of seventy pupils IN
the twenty -sevcnth street meeting house aud OF
nty pup,is tho Schermcrhorn street house, Brook.
Ign. fhcsc schools joined by othors from ne,ghbor.
ing societies, win hoia their anniversary alter
noon 10th inst, and will be addressed by
iting Friends IRON "A distance The topics oil general