The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-17
INDIANA,
Saturday and Sunday at the Yearly Meeting
of Friends.

saturday and Sunday at the Yearly Meeting
of Friends.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
PLAINFIELD, Sept 16.-Saturdav's session
of the Friends Yearly Meeting was very
largely attended. The morning hour was
spent in worship, the business meeting con-
vening at 10 o'clock. The meeting was led
in devotional exercise, after which it lis
tened to the reading of eplstoary reports
from the different Yearly Meetings of Ameri-
ca.
The advisabiity of establishing quarterly
meeting at Vincennes Ind, was considered,
and resulted in co mmittee being appointed
to open the meeting The meeting adjourned
to meet at 1;30 o'clock.
The afternoon session met according 10 adj
journment, and at once listened to the read
ing of the report of the committee on edu-
cation by the president, Dr. Mills The re-
port was followed by remarks from the
principals of the different academies on the
character of the work, both moral and in
tellectual, being done in their schools. The
report and the speeches both showed the
educational work under the supervision OF
Western Yearly Meeting in a high state of
presented its report, requiring each
quarterly meeting to mako out and have
printed a list OF its membership. The report
was accepted.
To-day the third days session OF the meet
ing was held under the most favorable aus
pices. A gentle shower this morning, laying
the dreaded dust, and & cool breeze make
the day all that could be desired. Good roads
and well-loaded trains had sweled the crowd
until o'clock, when it numbered between
5000 and 10000 people. The religious serv-
ices began at $50 this morning, the meet
ing spending an hour and a half in devO-
tional exercises. Preaching began at 10
o'clock from three different puipts, Isaac
Sharpe, of London, preached to 1000 people
in the west wing of the church. from the
text GOD said let there be light. and there
was light" Brother Sharp is nearly eighty
years old, yet his mind is as clear and his
voice as strong as a man of thirty. He is
now on his way home from visit to Africa
and Tasmania, having been absent four years.
His sermon this morning was one OF remark
able strength
In the east wing of the church David Up
degraff, Of Ohio preached from the sixth
chapter OF Romans, having for his theme:
The way OF life and salvation" His points
were that death of the soul is not viudic-
tiveness on the part of the Lord. The
druggist sells a bottle filled with
substance and labels it poison.
w DCH YOU take Ine DOASOh you
know what you are taking, and know You
will loose your life by the act. When YOU
sin you take poison into the soul and you
know it will kill it. Man came from Gods
hands free from sin; sin was entailed upOn
us by our own parents. Christ had to do some
thing for fallen man, ana brought in the
scheme OF redemption. God made redemp-
ton for Adams sins, and no man is lost by
the sin of Adam, but by the sin of his own
self
John II. Douglass preached TO an outdoor
audience of several thousand taking for his
subject The law of the Lord" His inter
depreciation of Gods laws. as laid down
in the Bible, was remarkably clear, and his
t eloquent words had marked effect upon his
vast audience.
In the afternoon the two audience rooms
of the church were thrown into one and
1000 people listened to Stephen Breed Of
Jasper county, ILL.,, noted as one of the best
thinkers and most eloquent divines in the
church. He preached a strong sermon and
closed with an earnest eXhortation for the
salvation of souls. Preaching took place
from two outdoor stands in the evening by
j. H. Douglass, Rev. Mr. Wooden, and Others
Services were also held at the Reform
School, both morning and evening, unde.
auspices of the Yearly Meeting. Several
prominent members were present and dehv-
cred appropriate sermons to the inmates of
the institution Prof. Charlton gave the
ministers a hearty welcome and invited
them to the institution on Wednesday, when
some exercises by the Flower Mission will
take place. The meeting mas detailed num-
ber OF ministers to visit the institution Oh
that day.
The ''oid style' Friends Yearly Meeting
convened for to-day in the Christian Churck
here, and was attended by nearly all its
members.
Isaac Sharp, the noted African traveller, is
announced to lecture one night during the
NUapE on his nNpInits n A friaa MI
Tasmania
A deluge of rain at o'clock created quite
q commotion among the vast throng Of
people, as not half on the grounds could be
sheltered. Both rooms of the spacious taber-
nacle were crowded tonight, and great re-
vival meeting is being held.
a Wife Dangerously Shot by Her Husband,
who Is Severity Stabbed soon After.
Evansville ournaI, Sept, To-
Last night about II o'clock Charles Schaef-
fer dangerously shot his wife on the street,
and was soon afterward severly stabbed by
his brother-in-law, Andy Rieber Mrs.
Schaeffer makes the following statement,
Directly after the shooting, before being
put to bed, she made statement of the
shooting. She said she had started out that
night with the intention of drinking if her
husband did but soon repented the notion.
After her return from the saloon Schaetier
came home then, and after drinking all the