The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-06-18
FRIENDS IN COUNCIL.
Closing Hours of the Meeting Of
1891.

The closing hours of the yearly meeting
we're crowded with business. Fortunately
the day was comfortably cool, although the
weather seemed to have very little effect on
the zeal of the Friends. At $50 there was
well-attended devotional meeting, conducted
by Timothy B, Hussey and Fernando G..
Garland.
Met for business in joint session at a. m,
A proposition to add the name of Huldah
III. Leighton to the committee on foreign
missions was united with. The following
committees were announced by the nominal
ing committee:
Committee on Bible School Wark-Thomas G.
Geo; L. Crossman, Martina Hoag, Sarah d. Brown
Lanlnla g. Huntington, Sarah Taber, Henry
ssl,ocum, Geo R. WOOD, Lewis NJ. Douglass
calf, Sarah j. Swift, Rufus NJ Jones, abby r.
jenkins. Frank E. Jones' VIM. T. Hussey, Almira
p; Buffnmi VIM. 7; jenkins, 9. Irving Bailey,
w. Hoag, Melissa s. Dearborn.
rO committee on Oak Grove Seminary and Bailey
Charies M. Jones, Joseph Z. Briggs, John j. Frye,
Geo L. Crossman, Timothy b. Hussey, Frank f.
Jones, Alfred II: Jones, Isaac n. Winslow. j.
Jane Cox, Emma s. Briggs, Mary E. Taber. Sarah
marble, Eliza T. Pierce, Anna +. Hall.
The report of the Indian committee was
presented from which we take the following
Items Of interest: Total receipts, S7O7. 02:
total expenditures, 1891.
DIR. Kirk has continued to act as superin-
tendent Of work in Indian territory. The
meetings on First Day have been quite
rQpulQrlv Qttanda6 Of fxya ptxy-o al
at eight Of these places mid-week meetings
have also been sustained.
The total membership is 575, of whom $50
are Indians.
Ten Bible schools have been maintained
with an enrolment OF 1876, and an average
attendance Of 254, of whom 50 cannot speak
English. ~
Three members have been added to the
Modoc meeting; average Bible school at
tendance 70. of which 20 cannot speak EGG
lish. 51 ~
A lot of six acres has been set apart for
Friends school and meeting purposes, the
school is taught by Arizona jackson,
native.
The Ottawa meeting house, for which
money was raised two years ago, has been
completed; average attendance at this meet
ing 50.
As result of series of meetings several
Quapaws professed conversion and eight of
them applied for membership.
y. w. Goddard has been laboring among
the Senecas with great devotion to the work.
He has built small house, cleared and Gull
tivated several acres of land, set out fruit
trees, &c.. on The land allotted Friends for
missionary purposes.
Since white people took up lands in Okla
homa .Shawneetown monthly meeting has
" fnd NAT I.1
been kept up and the work prospered.
The report closed with an appeal for funds
TO carry on the work.
a collection was taken and special fund
OF $3.50 was raised by So contributions sug-
gested and headed by Mary A. Perkins Of
Portland, to reclaim land In the Sioux resel-
walton.
A pleasant incident occurred during this
collection. Geo. l.. Crossman held up his
6 baby daughter and pledged S. for Evelyn
Yearly meeting. The oldest member, Phebe
X. Clifford. also pledged So.
Inc report was adopted and the committee
continued with the substitution of Sarah
Marbles name In place OF Anthony M. Kim
Der, and the addition of the names of Sarah
j. Swift and Mary w. Jones.
The committee appointed at the last Year.
~ meeting to consider new methods of rails
ing money for the use Of the Yearly meeting
presented their report through the clerk.
no w WINNINGS VI tuo prUpOS6u system OF
systematic giving. resembling In many points
the envelope system" in such general use
among the churches of other denominations
was explained by Robert p. Clifford by means
OF a chart and by Phebe s. Aydelotte. Al
adopted. A proposition to withdraw
the appropriation on Indian work from the
Associated Executive Committee was not
united with on the ground that although as
much or more would be raised by the new
method 1t might embarass the committee not
to know the exact amount.
The proposition to take the appropriation
Tor the support of the Friends in the British
Provinces from the meeting expenses was
united with.
Adjourned to meet at p. m. in separate
session.
Afternoon Session.
The chief business of the afternoon was
reading the epistles to yearly meetings
which had been prepared by the correspon-
dence committee of the New England yearly
meeting.
In the women's meeting epistles were read
to Ramallah. London, Dublin. Canada, Bal
timore. North Carolina, Indiana, Western,
Kansas and Iowa yearly meetings. Joint
epistles were sent to Ohio and New York.
Letters to the sick, the aged, the young
ana tue children Oh the New England year
ly meeting were read and approved with
many touching expressions Of sympathy and
interest.
A minute on the state of the society was
approved. Returning minutes to the meet
ing OF visiting ministers were approved and
ordered signed by the clerk.
The clerk was authorized to procure the
necessary amount of printing and call on the
treasurer for money for the same.
The report of the auditing committee was
received.
Samuel r. Buffinton was appointed treas
urer of the yearly meeting, and James 81.
Chase treasurer of Providence Friends
school funds.
The devotional meeting In the evening was
addressed by Pliny Fry and David Lemis.
The tone OF the meeting was deeply spiritual
and was fitting close to the session, which
has been marked by earnest work and sin
gleness of purpose.
The meeting adjourned finally with the
benediction to meet in Newport next year.