Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-06-02
RIVAL FRIENDS IN MEETING.
Relapse Of the Younger Sisters IN the
Matter Of Atttre-AM ErrtnR Brother.

Matter Of Atttre-AM Errfng Brother.
From the New York Sun.
The roadway at Rutherford place and 18th
street is covered with tan bark. The gates in
the railing around the shady grass plot leading
up to the meeting house of the Society Of
Friends are open all day and late into the night
Anybody passing by about lunch time hears the
| clatter of plates and forks in the basement All
the Friends are then at lunch before the after
noon meeting.
There was more Of a stir at this hour yester-
day around the meeting house in Goth street,
near Grainercy Park. The reporter asked q
Friend there: do you always meet at the same
time the other meeting of Friends is going Onl'
mo. We have nothing in common. We're
orthodox. They don't believe in the divinity of
Christ
care you stricter in regard to costume?"
mo. We are simply enjoined to dress plainly,
80 as not to offend the eyes Of the Lord. In for
mer years you could always tell Friend by his
dress. He wore a broad-brimmed beaver,
long coat, and a stocked collar. The sisters
wore gray bonnets and plain dresses But the
younger sisters are going astray in the matter
of dress. cOOred ribbon has great fascina-
ton for young sister,"
Does the society do anything to prevent such
luxury in dress?'
"No. We think it best to be liberal in such
matters. We don't object to q feather, or rib
bon, or bang. or even jersey, If all religious
duties are properly performed"
devotional meeting was announced, and all
the brothers and sisters entered the house. Sis
ter King, OF Baltimore, opened the meeting
with prayer. Several Friends related their
experiences. One young brother said: II used
to take great delight In following Christ; but
do not enjoy it so much now. l fear that l am
straying away from the flock. Pray for me,
brothers and sisters, that may be led back"
Brother King, of Baltimore, came from the
platform, and, seating himself beside the young
brother, admonished him earnestly. sister
said that people made q mistake in frantically
clinging to Christ. "If you will only keep
quiet" she concluded, "Chrlst will do the cling
ing"
After several other experiences had been re-
| lated, the crring young brother rose again and
said that he had been wonderfully strength
| ened by the meeting, and had almost found the
| a hymn, and one by one the brothers and sisters
| took 1t up, until the whole meeting united in
| singing the simple melody Then the devotional
meeting had to be closed, as 1t was time for the
Yearly Meeting, which has been in session since
Friday. Among the conductors OF the Yearly
Meeting OF this branch of the sect are Brothers
Micajah BinfOrd, William Marshall and Alfred
Browne.
At the yearly meeting in Rutherford place
yesterday afternoon, Friend Willets read the
questions addressed to the quarterly meetings
| and their answers. The first question was as
to whether any Friends had been guilty of visit
ing places where sprituous liquor was sold,
drinking liquor, or visiting places of amusement
OF irreligiOus tendency. The answers were gen.
| orally satisfactory. 1t was found that in the
wide circuit Of territory covered by the meeting
| only two brothers had failed to pay their bust
ness debts. After the meeting a Friend was
told that Friend in the Goth street meeting
had said that the Friends in the Rutherford
place meeting did not believe in the divinity of
Christ, and were not Quakers.
THAT'S what they say" he replied, "but we
claim to be the original Quakers. We're Hicks
hites and we Outnumber the other meeting.
Why, there's so few of them hereabouts that
during the last few years they held their meet
ing In Glen's Falls!"