The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-22
FRIENDS IN CONFERENCE
Telegram of Sympathy and Hope Sent
to President Harrison Yesterday.
Committees on Publishing House and Gelig.
ions COngress-Temperanc Resolution
Church Work in the Large Cities.


At yesterdays morning session of the
Friends conference Mary C.. Woody. OF
North Carolina, led. the devotional meet.
ing The business session was opened by
DIR. j. &. Thomas by reading the 13Oth
Psalm. David b. Updegrafi offered prayer.
John Henry Douglass feelIngly spoke of
the ILLNESS of the Presidents wife and OF
the sadness which now covers the White
House. He sugge sted that q telegram of
sympathy be sent. Without his knOwl-
edge. the business committee had prepared
a telegram which was read and accepted
and sent to the President, as follows:
The conference of ten yearly meetings OF
Friends, now being held in Indianapolis, pre-
sent TO the President and his family their deep
sympathy, on account of the critical illness of
his wife. Among other comforting words they
are referred 10 Second Cor, l. 4.
The subject of a uniform discipline for NIL
yearly meetings was entered upon. Those
Friends who opposed, were, David b. Upde-
graft. Dr.. j. G. Thomas, Richard H. Thomas
in favor, were, President Rosen berger of
Penn College. Washington Hadiey, Thomas
Z. Brown and Warren Hawks OK New Eng
land. After much discussion in which the
members OF the conference drlfted further
and further apart, Robert Douglass said
that he hoped that the subject would be
dropped, because they did not obey the dis
ciphnes they now had. Everybo does as
he pleases in their church. No person can
be disOwned for false doctrines unless they
are avowed intidels. These last sayings,
however, at his own request. were ex-
plunged from the stenogrsphic report OF the
conference. On motion of James Wood. OF
New York. the whole subject was laid on
the table.
At the afternoon session II Need Thee
Every Hour" was sung, and Nathan Frame
offered prayer. The committee on
publishing house was appointed as follows:
CALVIN w. Pritchard. Frances w. Thomas.
James Pitts, ADnaP p. Thomas. William L.
Pinkham. Joseph Potts. Esther G. Frame.
Waiter Malone, and others.
j. J. Mills was forces to leave his seat as
chairman to attend his duties at Eariham
College. Vice. president Thomas L. Brown
was called to the chair in his place. Sec
rotary Augustus Taber said that he had re-
ceived letter from the authorities OF The
Congress OF Religions at Chicago inviting
him to take place on the committee on
arrangements. but that he had declined
because he did not wish to COMPROMISE the
religion of his Lord and Master in that
way. james Wood. of New York. said
that he received q like invitation, and felt
the same about il that the Secretary had,
but that since attending this conference he
had become converted to the truth that
they cannot get out of Ii. He said: I'VE
have all these MOhammedans and Budd-
hists IN the world with US. and We must
unfold the banner of the cross before
them, and hold il up.p Emma Coffin spoke
In the same vein.
The conference then entered upon the
consideration of the duty Of the Society of
Friends in the large towns and cities.
David Hadley was appointed to open the
subject. he said this subject was impera-
tive because the cities have become the
oonservators, not only of commerce and
law, but OF education, morals and religion.
Young men are rapidly becoming CONNER
cial instead of rural. They go into the large
cities and become lost forever to the
Friends, il not to the religion of Jesus
Christ 1t Is the duty OF the church To fol.
low them there. TO rent q hall III the central
evangelists to work and set up pastors over
them to shepherd the flock. j. Z. Thomas
spoke in the same vein. The subject was
continued until the evening session.
Allen Jay, chairman of the business CON-
mittee, offered resolution on temperance,
provided IL could DO acted upon without
vote or discussion. lie said that it would
be withdrawn il there was any discussion
whatever 1t reads:
Whereas, The drink traffic is very great evil,
In that IL pollutes the fountain head of society
by destroying our young men, therefore,
Resolved, That Ii Is the duty or Friends every
where TO strive by all means in their power to
destroy this great evil.
twas unanimously adopted.
At the evening session Tillie Atkinson
offered a prayer in some respects unique.
In the course of IL she said: Lord, Thou
hast by this time measured our heads and
found them of very light weight. Wha;
poor, weak creatures We are. compared
usg" After a moments pause she continued.
1--WE hear Thy answer, Yes, 1t ye will LEI
us.'n
The chair made the remark that the per.
soDs who take up the whole time allow ed
IN debate are generally those who are not
able to concentrate their thoughts. and
consequently are those whose speeches are
the most tiresome.
The committee on the world's congress OF
religion was constituted as follows: James
ley. Elias Jessup. Mary Woody, Esther G.
Frame. Mary L. Thomas. Esther Pugh and
David Is. Updegraff.
The meeting resumed the discussion OF
the duty of Friends toward the lage cities
Nicholson of Richmond, Ind, Calvii
Pritchard of Chicago. Elwood Scott
Robert Douglass. William Nicholson and
others. John Henry Douglass said that
man in Des hoines. Ia. offered to build 9
Quaker church there if the citizens wo1lC
find lor. They did 80, and he took s9O(
out of his pocket and built the church
Then he and Isom Wooton went to work
he as evangelist, and Isom Wooton a,
pa stor, and now they have one Thousand
members in that city. The committee wa.
directed to put this subject strongly befor,
the yearly meetings for their considera
ton.
The meeting then went to the considera
ton of changing the name of the denomina
tion to that of Friends Church. After
vainly attempting to get the sense of tn,
meeting on the subject. on motion of james
Wood, the whole subject was IaId on tn,
table. Mahalah Jay read the report of tn,
business committee as to the formation O
O central missionary board or bureau of In
formation, consisting of q secre tary. three
advisory members. aud other officers. Thi
board Ia not to interfere in any way will
the missionary work of any other yearly
meeting. Her report was adopted.
Plenty Of Evidence.