The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-12
THE FRIENDS.
New England Yearly Observation-Disclosures
AIRY Sessions Yesterday.

i
The Friends arrived all day yesterday and
last evening the indications were that the
meeting would be very largely attended. Fully
seven hundred are expected to be in at
| tendance.
| The meeting of the ministry and oversight
| was held during yesterday morning and after
| noon, AlsEed II. Jones being clerk, and HUI
| dab FL. Leighton assistant In the morning
| the. first hour was occupied by devotional ex-
ercises. Prayers were offered by John Newlin
| and others.
The following delegates from the several
quarterly meetings presented their credentials
which were acknowledged:
RHODE ISLAND.
| Charles A. Chase Ellen X. Buffum
| w. H. Perry Phebe S. Aydelotte,
| Henry C. Aydelottc, Cynthia j. Earle,
Robert P. Clifford, Esther Chase,
Electa Jane Collins.
SALEM.
w, O. Newhall. lydia @. Neal
Joseph Garland, Gertrude W. Garland,
Owen Dame, Mary Alice Brown,
G. H. Jones' Susan L. Meader
Peter Nj. Neal, Robert l.. Brown.
SANDWICH.
David Kelley Ruth S. Murray,
Geo. Rowland, yr, Charity G. Chace,
Stephen r. Wing, Susan NJ. Se8bury
w. g. Taber. Mary Il. Clifford.
Mary j. clifford, VIM. Thompson,
Anna g. Wood.
FALMOUTH.
Nathan Pope, Lydia M. Pope,
Reuben T. Jones, Phebe P Jones,
Freeman Andrews, Lydia A. Garland,
Elijah Cook Esther Jones,
Silas III. Garland, Susan p. Garland.
sMITHFIELD.
Richard Batty, Mary A. Battey,
Susan A. Clifford, Abigail Wheelock
Salome C.Wheeloek, William Aldrich
vAssALBoRoUGH.
Eli Jones. Rachael B. Nichols.
Caleb Jones. Sarah E. Varney.
Thomas g. Nichols, Peace JONES'
Alfred Ii. Jones, Hannah I. Jenkins,
Josiah Phbrook, Mary E. Philbrook
w. A. Jones, Mary r. Jones.
FAIRFIELD.
Levi Jones, Mary G. Hawkes..
Isaac Winslow, Sarah NJ Dichardson,
j. Warren Hawkes. Hannah j. Bailey
Jacob Pope, Lavinia NJ Briggs.
The following Visiting ministers from other
yearly meetings were reported present:
New York-Stephen Taber, Cornelius D. Barnes
North Carolins-Jeremiah S. Cox, Levi Cox.
Ohio-Caroline Talbot, Phebe Hoyle, Setn c..
Baltimore Jshu Newlin, Sarah W. Newlin.
Indiana-Ann Cause, Susan Ratlef.
lowa-Adoison White, Evi Sharpless.
Credentials were alto offered by Abbie G.
Men3enhall, Ann Hobson, Eliza j. Lindley,
Eliza 81. White, Mary Ann Potter.
A committee to answer quiries was nominal
ed, consisting of Robert P. Clifford, David Kel-
ley, Alden Meader, Caleb Jones, Ellen K.
Buffum, Rebecca 81. Smiley.
During the meeting documents were read
from different ministers and also congratula.
tions and responses.
The afternoon meeting convened at 3 clock.
Alfred 81. Jones and Hulda 81. Leighton, who
how - 4lxna ixnE-
elected clerk and assistant respectively.
The document of Frank Modoc accompanied
by credentials from his monthly meeting at
Grand River, Indian Territory, was presented
A cordial welcome was extended to Frank
Modoc and he made fitting remarks in reply.
He is good representative OF the American
Indian of medium stature and we'll knit for m
His English is broken but in his own tongue
he is said to be a very ready speaker.
The document of Catherine Koag minister
at Norwich, Canada, Yearly Meeting was read
and approved.
The following queries were then read and
the accompanying summary made of the
answers of the eight quarterly meetings COM
posing this meeting:
QUERIES.
Are you diligent in attending your meetings
for worship and discipline, and careful to pro.
mote the attendance Of your families?
2 Are you ia unity one with another, and
with the meetings to which you belong, har-
moniously laboring together in gathering unto
Christ?
3.-Are you engaged frequently in searching
the Holy Scriptures, prayerfuily seeking
right understanding of their contents under
the enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit:
and are you careful not to misquote or misap-
ply them?
1. Nearly all our mem bers are diligent in
attending meetings for worship and discipline
We fear that little more care is needed to
promote the attendance of some of our fami-
lies.
2. Most OF our members are preserved in
unity, one with another, and with the meetings
to which they belong, and our labor together
in gathering unto Christ is generally harmo-
nious; but We feel that more earnest effort is
needed in these respects.
=. We are, with little exception, frequently
engaged in searching the Holy Sculpture s,
prayerfullg seeking right understanding of
their contents under the enlightening influence
OF the Holy Spirit, and are careful not to mis-
quote or misapply them.
The deficiencies found in the answers to the
queries occasioned considerable discussion,
which was participated in by many OF those pre-
oohs' Aho IemhIhh Wtro W0ll CO0SlQdreQ, ana
tended towards the remedying of the deficien-
cies.
The meeting then adjourned.
A representative meeting was held at Recep-
ton Hall at p. m. Business connected with
the details of the coming days of the session
was transacted
At the Friends Meeting House on Oak
street public meeting was held at the same
hour.
Open meeting will be held tom orrow, SER
vices at a. m. and p. m. The mems meet
ing will be in City Hall, and the women's
meeting in Reception Hail.
At p. m. there will be public temperance
meeting. A meeting of the temperance COM
mittees is appointed in room at $50.
The W. G. T. q. restaurant at the Ward
room, Myrtle street entrance, is open. The
Church of the Messiah, Abyssinian and st.
Lawrence street churches supplied yesterday.
The churches represented to-day are the First
Baptist, Chestnut street and Vaughan street.
Directors-Miss Beckett, Mrs. Donnell, Mrs.
Holt. The restaurant is to be kept open
through the Friends Meeting. Gentlemen
who take their dinner down town are reminded
that they can get good dinner here, and at
the same time help good cause.