The Oskaloosa herald., 1892-09-15

. few scattering thoughts CLEANED her
and there from the excellent address
In closing he made an earnest and pow
erful appeal to young men to be cleai
from the curse Of the saloon. we pos
sess one of two means Of Kidding ou
.. country of its unholy presence-th
ballot or revolution.
After interesting remarks from J. F
Hanson, Jas. P. PInkham and /. L
Pearson, and spirited discussion, tn
: following resolutions were passed:
We most earnestly declare it to b
3 our most solemn conviction that tn
t liquor traffis is so pernicious in all it
D bearings, so Injurious to the peace ant
, order Of society, SO hurtful to the home
to the church, and to the body polite
and 80 utterly antagOnistie to all tina
: Is precious in life, that the only prope
{ attitude toward it for Christians is tina
Of relentless hostility.
. We recommend all our members VIII
enjoy the elective franchise to so us
1 that solemn trust as to promote tn,
3 rescue of our country from the guill
and dishOnor which have been brought
upon it by criminal completely Will
the liquor traffic.
We do not presume to dictate thu
, political conduct Of our people, but W.
do record our deliberate judgment tha
d no political party has right to, mol
ought it to receive the support of Chris
tians so long as it stands committed tt
the license policy, or refuse to put
itself on record in attitude Of open hos
tility to the saloon power, and in favor
of the legal prohibition of the liquor
traffic"
The report of the, nominating com
mittee which brought forward the
names of E. H. Clifford, VIM. F. An
dreWs. A. O. Johnson, Cyrus Beede
and Thomas Terrell for printing com
mittee was accepted. The meeting
ordered four thousand copies of the
minutes to be printed.
THURSDAY MORNING SESSION
opened with devotional services at s
o'clock, led by John II. Douglas. He
spoke from the Bible lesson found in
the third chapter of Eph., dwelling
particularly upon the last eight verses
regarding prayer. The spirit Of ten.
derness was manifest throughout the
service.
Following the devotional meeting the
meetings for business met in separate
session.
IN LOWER ROOM
after singing "Glory to His Nams," and
prayer, ministers Of the Yearly Meet
ing were asked to take places on the
platform, in order that the church
might know its ministers.
The subject of more adequate light
ing and seating the yearly meeting
house was referred to committee on
house and grounds.
Delegates not present yesterday pre-
sented their names.
Epistles from Kansas, New York,
Indiana, New England and Wilmington
yearly meetings were read, the epistle
from the latter yearly meeting being
heard with special interest, it being the
youngest, having been established this
fall.
The report of the committee to visit
the opening of this yearly meeting was
then presented.
The minutes of Hannah W. Black
burn, of Ohio, Phebe NJ. Wadsworth, of
Maine, Hannah g. Pratt, of Harrisburg
VT. visiting ministers, and Anna b.
Maris, of East Goshen, Ohio, were read.
The report of the trustees of Whites
Normal Labor Institute was then in
troduced and a committee appointed
to bring forward the name of person
for trustee and to confer and advise
with such trustees.
AT THIS TIME
Jas. B. Chase, a minister from New
Y orb, and Nathan Cook of Philadelphia
entered and the minute of the former
read called forth hearty expression Of
welcome and God speed. The report
Of the committee on Indian affairs was
satisfactory.
Before adjournment, James P. Pink.
ham spoke in tender and touching
words of the life and death Of John
Greenleaf Whittier which occurred
yesterday morning. A deep sense of
sorrow settled over the meeting and
was fittingly voiced by David Tatum
and others who had personally known
our beloved poet and philanthropist.
The clerks were directed to make a
suitable minute to be presented at a
! future time.
| After feeling words from John How
ard and Nathan Cook, of Philadelphia,
the meeting adjourned.
UPPER ROOM.
The attention of the meeting was
occupied with the reading of Whining
ton and Canada yearly meetings.
The queries and answers were then
read and pro6tably discussed, especially
that one relating to the training of
children.
Mother Lavina Benedict founder Of
the Benedict Home and also of the Re-
treat for Women was present and gave
a short history of her work and excel
lent advice for the training of boys and
girls. .
A committee was appointed to nom
mate delegates to attend the general
conference at Indianapolis, this COM
mittee to confer with similar commit
tee Of mems meeti
| AFTERNOONS.
met at 2 o'clock in joint meeu- nd
opened with singing "Are you washed p
and prayer.
The following minute was read and
warmly received, as expressing the
high esteem in which our John G. Whit
tier Is held:
| We hear with deep sorrow and a
sense OF personal loss of the death of
our loved poet, John G. Whittier. We
recognize Gods providence in giving
to the world a soul so sensitive to the
sufferings Of the oppressed and a genius
so gifted in bringing human hearts into
sympathy with their suffsrings. In
his death we mourn the loss Of one
whose inspiration chastened the joys
Of home and gave to the soul an uplift
In the midst OF sorrow. We bow our
hearts In humble alteration at Gods
goodness and say with the earliest in
spired poet, "The Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be
the name Of the Lord"
Evi Sharpless at this time again re-
turned his minute, issued In 1881, for
service in the West India islands, and
asked to have 1t returned, which was
granted, and the feeling Of qualification
with his labOrs was expressed.
The subject of the new yearly meet
ing in Oregon was taken up and dis
cussed. Earnest appeals for aid tc
assist Friends of Oregon to build a
yearly meeting house at Newberg were
made by j. H. Douglas and DIR. Elias
Jessup. The meeting recommended
that $1,000 be appropriated for that