The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-06-14
FRIEAJDS in COUNCIL.
Things Done and SaId During Yes.
terdiv's SESSIONS.


Quarterly Me. stings- Congress to b.
Memorialized regard ting the Gear,
Act-Temperanc Nee, ting in the Eve
ming.
* brief devotion a, ext srcise was hello
y the vestry in the morni ag, previous t.
~ meeting Of Min istry ind Oversight
rs meeting was opened | with prayer
~ clerk, Rufus NJ 10: nes,5 said that
thA gh they have rec eiyed asheritage q
weQth, they should not I, sly upon that
aioe', but press outward an d onward 70
scene permanent prog ress. Every mem
her Mould be under both he influence
ahe Guidance of the a oily s. plrlt. How
can Se work best be done? That is the
quesSon which confronts all. Unfaith-
TUNES on the part Of any m ay necessl'
tate i change in the plan of working.
Let msee to it that we do n, ot attempt
TO 40 Individual work by proxy :.
Inc Venerable Phebe r., Gil iford ex'
horteato unifcation of effort.
william T. Pinkham said, shut up
WIN ~ we should learn His VIII; YET
be read!to recognize His voice through
oonei a@ncies. In the liberty Oh tne
ehildrensf God we shall know s lis will,
through whatever agency it may come
1oo "intke care of His heritage II II
DO the wy of the Lord for a pei son &c
lay asideill secular work +he~ hurch
cannot sahay.
Nathanloosglas wished all TO Ike, sp to-
gether-'AhS sweet reioice IN the
ap mo- roFe; in the unity and love
for every Gertrude Garland saic
the Head -tof theNchurch is Oh rlst
Our faitnfS is our responsibility,
eharies Nladddard, George Farr ano
Jesse Wilr re. gave some personal ex
,peflenee ID raj work. Elwood 81 iel
spoke OF es,sitive success of ne
pastoral wtIh, places under iis O b.
servatlon. lot sharpe stated th!atth IL
same exercls Atfore the London yea; r
ly meeting. neniam g. Hubbard an,
George HART re're the last speakers.
both approvir ory pastoral system
AT tine close his meeting the men
and women W. a1o separate session.
n ,tee, aat,rr
Inc meeting us ed with invocat ion
OF the Mest Ill ron Fernando G. Ca TT
land and the Le urarayer was repeat cd
Wy Inmoou one riel
The first bust, he 1efore the n,eetiy ~
was the reading Queries addresse d
TO the quarterly Rengs and their re y
sponses tnereto. Isl answers wer q
compiete ana on alshole appeared te
Dc satisfactory. zee meetings for
worship ana disc d have been held
except a, the omi 70 being mostly on
account OF lncicme wv. w her or impeded
roads, Inc FIRST u, hfngs have been
better attended tina Jesse held In the
middle of the week ctnswer tn tho
second query 1t was Pied that love
and unity have beer anlined and cara
bestowed. In some own| etraction hss
not been sufficient ,slded aoainst
Care has been taken of differencas
with some exception me in the O,Iar'
terly meetings. To ;derird cuerv H.
was replied that reli nerife and cor
versation has been Gig J. maintained
and the religious trail wasthe chiIdrsn
looked after, More c. ali siesirahle in
some instances. To ausSrth. t. Is
generally the practice 4 visthe .scrin.
lures daily in families tionbrino ehii-
dren up in that practic a s5testimonv
to free gospel ministi -laintainea
with a. little except, -,-,a fiftb.
Friends, with very fevpN ions lev.
c csy ~ I; ausn % aso r. Naf intoxi-
Friends have. care t II amnse-
ments inconsistent will hr;st;an
character and to obsery u,osmodara-
| ton in all things. To 4 n. The
poor and their childr % u carad
for and the child puSucated
To the seventh: Test theaeaiust
bearing arms and otherim .rsaftars {
| against oaths and against .nT ~
public is clear and ezplic is va cattar. c
ing exceptions as to rsilita surs and
oaths. To the eiglsh: 4 eotie er-
ception Friends are cJeful w THAR t
affairs, keep their ingae tho nav S
their debts and live within ron nf,eans , c
There is some deficiency In oO Omar.
terly meetings. To tie min, he;. Oval t
measure the recordebf biz eiAsa.aths i
marriages, fremovals scer+i y e e, ate
tare properly kept. me a.
TO certificates is howen notS +Sa t
tenth: The discipline adm j IL; in Ii
Christian tenderness Z, imI, - a
most OF the quarterly'r leetir,,,ah +
not always as timely y wouast b
/ Rhode Island and Fsu louth 80 il
icepticns to this adnrl istrattha c
discipline. ~
Subordinate meetingp re her, S
quired to furnish to tho YEARLY, tt
the number of those g. o ne& c.
daily reading of the o pturero e.
explicitness in some al, The antto g
the queries is deemed rable. +
Ellwood Siler madeoI ,e edit, X
marks upon the QUAINT NEE O.
ports, and the necessitHar attend, p
Mid Week as we'll rs ito First e "
vices. Isaac Sharpe fQle, ed in ii
vein. George q. Hartl(ou Ike of al
Friends who, while re-. 6 gto Il G.
oath do not hesitate to atot lister
also deprecated the sa tobad in
Friends, as well as the 10 it, al, m
growing tendency to + GUS al Sc
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