Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-08
FRIENDS MEETING.
THE THIRD SESSION or THE GATHER
ING At HIGH POINT.
taterestin9 Eplstles Read from Various
Neutrality-suspicious., Subscriptions
Made--The Harmony.
rcorespondencc Of tho Richmond p,sps.cn.I


HroR PorxT. N. c.. August e.-The
Friends yearly meeting ut this place con-
tinues TO grow in numbers and interest,
to-day's session being attended by almost
double the number of yesterday.
The meeting was opened by prayer by
William Thomas Willis. Of New York. who
invoked tho Divine presence and guidance
IN the transaction Of business.
According to instruction the committee
appointed 10 present names for clerk and
assistant clerks reported as follows: For
clerk for the ensuing year, L.. lynaen
Hobbs: for assistant clerks. JOSIAH Nichoi-
con and DIR. James +. Garland.
A voluntary subscription was asked for
20 bear the expenses of stenographic re-
port Of the proceedings OF this yearly
meeting and the requisite amount was
readily subscribed. committee consist
ing of Joseph Potts. Will I. Parker, and j.
=. Cox was appointed to have charge OF the
stenographer's report and inspect the same
before il was put 20 press.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The reading of correspondence consumed
n considerable time, but the correspond
ence was especially edifying, each epistle
being a sermon in itself. A striking SEN
tence from the Kansas epistie was the sub
iect of qualification and called forth ex-
pressions of the highest satisfaction. The
sentence was as follows:
I'VE thank the Lord that there are thou
sands of boys and girls IN Kansas who have
never seen saloon" -.
Encouraging reports come from the diff
ferent yearly meetings regarding the dis
semination Of the doctrines OF peace. tho
suppression Of slavery in foreign countries,
church extension Indiana and Iowa alone
reporting an increase Of 800 meinbers),
Ill OF which are tenets Of tho Church.
FROM rEARLY MEETINGS..
Fpistles from the following yearly meet
ings were read: New York, New England,
Baltimore. Ohio. Indiana. Iowa, and Kan
No epistles were on the table from west
ern or Canada yearly meetings.
A committee of eighteen members was
appointed to draw up suitable responses
20 the foregoing cpistles.
The proposition from Indiana Yearly
Meeting asking the concurrence OF tins
meeting in their intention to establish O
new yearly meeting ut Wilmington. ONO,
was considered and favorably received.
nominating committee. consisting OF
]. X. Parker, w. Dixon. Elihu Mendenhall,
X. Z. King, and l.. }. Moore. was appointed
TO report the names OF representatives 10
attend the new yearly meeting winch con-
venes In August. 1892.
TIKI IOWA MEETING.
The proposition from Iowa Yearly Meet
ing. asking that this meeting appoint
committee 10 confer with ike committees
of other yearly meetings regarding the
propriety of holding "A conference Of all
The yearly meetings OF America. was dis
cussed at length, and nominating CON-
mittee consisting of two members from
each quarterly meeting was appointed 10
report a subcommittee to have charge OF
that subject. which subcommittee shall
report next year. Following are the names
of the nominating committees: II. j. Out
land. josiah Nicholson, ii. NJ. Hocket,
Isaac Stanley, Micaiah Cox, l.. j. Moore,
Albert Peele. j. II. Parker, A. j. Tomlin-
son, N. Mendenhall, William Winslow, h:
Beeson, L. II. Lee. George Y. Nichols, and
David 4. Sampson.
SUBJECT OF CHIEF INTEREST.
The subject of chief interested the day,
or that which called forth the freest discus
eion attested. was the proposition of
Kansas Yearly Meeting asking the concur
renee Of this and other yearly meetings In
its desire to change its name from Kansas
Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends"
TO kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends
Church" without WDlcn concurrence tne
change cannot be made.
The subject involved a question which
he's interested this church for some time.
q number Of prominent members Directing
10 the word society" as being mislead-
tnR.
The discussion called forth good deal
of church history and no small amount of
diversity of opinion. Many believed that
the time had come TO make the change in
the name in order TO prevent misconcep-
ton regarding the work and aims Of the
Church.
NO LONGER EXISTED.
It was cited that the reasons which &C
fuated the early Friends IN calling this or
panization a Society" no longer existed.
II was claimed that there existed much
misapprehension in the public mind re-
cardlng the object of the organization.
many being led by tho name Society" to
think 1t merely benevolent or secret
society, whereas IL was a branch OF the
Church of Jesus Christ and should be
digntied by that name.
Some favored the appointment of
committee to take the matter under adj
visement. while others opposed any change
in tue name. supporting their position
upon the plea of ancient precedent, the
history and literature Of the Church, and
holding that whatever the name the organi-
cation was none the less a part of the
Church of Christ. They believed there
was nothing to be gained by innovations
of this kind. II was finally agreed that
the meeting take no action in the matter
for the present
A number Of representatives who were
absent Yesterday reported to-day, after
which the meeting adjourned till o'clock
p. III.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting reconvened at 2. The
Eyancelistic Committee made a very in
teresting report Of the work of that ma
ture done within the year. which took
hold OF the meeting. IL was made TO real,
ize, however, that very much more would
have been accomplished had the CON-
mittee had more funds to use. This con-
yiction prevailed so greatly that upon the
proposition of Professor Woody. OF Gull
ford College, that AL Appropriation OF $500
he made out of the treasury, and addi-
tional subscription be enteredin to raise
ct least goo. the meeting enthusiastically
responded withouta voice being uttered
in real dissent. and the subscription
amounted to about S3l7. Ii was inspiring
TO notice how rather ANXIOUS cloud
seemed TO lift as this truly religious exer-
else of giving progressed.
ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION.
y,
now presented the claims of her neighbor-
hood for house Of worship, suggesting
the need of $500. With the very kind
help Of A. NJ. Kurwortz, who pledged him.
self Cor the Lord through him) to make up
what might be lacking, another
subscription was entered into and
elo7. so quickly raised. This was SO
enlivoning that upon the plea of
Thomas 1nman in behalf of an unfinished
meeting house in Moore county called
prosperity twenty-five dollars was
also promised, Isham Cox stating that
years ago he was called upon to name the
meeting, which he did upon:the condition
that the members then should make 1t
true. This. he thought was now being
done.
A number Of prayers were offered filled
with thanksgiving to Him who had en-
ablsd the meeting to offer so willingly.
The whole session was marked with unity
and Divine exaltation of spirit which ac-
oompanies such willing sacrifice