The Portland daily press., 1893-06-13

Monthly meetings are requested to
attach the names of deceased ministers
and elders to the reports forwarded to
the Quarterly meetings, they in turn to
forward these names to the Yearly Meet
ing.
The request of the Boston monthly
meeting for payment by the Yearly Meet
ing of the meeting house fund was, with
some notifications, granted. Thomas
Wood gave some account of the building
in 1894 of the first Friends church in
Boston, near where the Quincy House
now stands, and of the history of sub
sequent building. The Boston Friends
have really now no church home. They
need a meeting house. A site has been
selected. The fund is for the building.
The sum of $1,000 more is needed.
A minute from Salem quarterly meet
ing suggesting the incorporation of
monthly meetings was referred to com
mittee of one from each Quarterly Meet
ing.
The meeting was closed with prayer
by William G. Hubbard.
Women's Meeting.
At 10 a. m. the women's meeting was
opened with prayer by Abby Garland,
E. ]. Garland and S. E. Reynolds. The
certificate from the New York meeting
of Sophronia Reynolds was read, and
that of Perrin Reynolds received from
the mems meeting. z4. a. gs &. !.
An interesting feature of the meeting
was the voluntary welcome greeting
from the members, responded to by the
visitors. Anna knight spoke of the
avenues in other directions
now open to women besides
preaching. She said care should be ia
ken that these avenues should not inter-
fere with women preaching the word of
God.
Epistles from Iowa, Canada and Kan
sas were read After taking concurrent
action on business that came up from
the lneu's meeting the session was
closed. 85
Afternoon Session.
At 2 p. m. the Womens Foreign Mis-
sionary meeting was held in fhe church.
The statistical report was presented,
showing the number of auxiliaries, 81;
number OF members, 627; number of
junior and juvenile bands, IA; number of
women over eighteen years of aye in the
Yearly Meeting. 1857; number OF women
not members of the Women's Foreign
Missionary Society, HOS; amount Of
money raised during the year, s., AGO. "a /;
auxiiiaries lost, 2; members lost, II; life
members, II; number of Missionary Adj
vocates taken, 207. 's@ ~
This following were qualified as officers
for the ensuing year of the Women's For
eign Mission Society for the New Eng
land Yearly Meeting:
PresidenE-Phebe s. Aydelott, Fab River,
Mass.
Vice Presidents at large = Myra E. Frye,
Mass.
Corresponding Secretary Elizabeth 7. Lar
kin, Peabody. Mass.
Recording Secretary-Alics W. Maxfeld,
Amesbury. Mass.
Treasurer j. Bailey, Winthrop Cen
tire, Me.
Tobey, Providence, r. l.; Anna NJ: Cove, Sea-
brook, N. H.; Mary G. Winsow. Winthrop Cen
tire.
Auditors-Susan Ell. Meader Boston, Mass.
M Augusta Battey, Providence, r. |.
Quarterly Meeting Vice Presidents-Rhode
Island, S. Caroline Tobey, Providence, r. T. ;
Salem Anna NJ. Cove, Seabrook N. H., Sand.
witch, Elizabeth A. Clifford, ,AAdamsyille, r. |. ;
Dover Anra Bufu% Merit North Berwick, Ne:
Me-; Vassalboro, Eliza E; Pierce, East vassal-
boro, Me-; Fairfield. Phebe NJ Wadsworth,
AUGUSTA. Me-; Parsonsfield, Dora E.. Garland
North Sandwich, N. III. ft
sUPERINTENDENTs OF DEPARTMENTS;
Systematic Christian giying-Deborah r.
Atherton, Wexbridge Mass.
Literature-Susan Peckham, Providence, r.. l. !;
Junior and Juvenile Work-Sarah D. Brown,
Amesbury, Mass.
Box committee ulielma G. Wood, Boston,
Mass. Mary B. Johnston, Portland, Me-; Olive
II. Weeks, Providence, r. L. 81
At o'clock the joint meeting con-
vened in the upper audience room, and
was opened with exhortation by Isaac
Sharpe, followed by silent prayer.
An epistle was read from the monthly