The Portland daily press., 1893-06-13
FRIENDS In COUNCIL.
Interesting Proceedings During Yes
terday's Sessions.

Meeting of Ministry and Oversight and
Devotional Meetings in the Morning
Doings of the Separate sessions-Re-
ports from the Mosher and Other Funds
Foreign Missions-The Joint Session.
Yesterday morning an hour was given
to devotional services and meeting of
ministry and oversight held, and then
the men and women went into separate
session.
The mems meeting for discipline OPEN
ed with prayer by George N. Hartley and
exhortation by Asa Tuttle. Reading of
the list of representatives showed all
present except %.
Perrin Reynolds, from New York Year
( ~ Meeting, presented his minutes and
was heartily welcomed by Friends.
The sense of the meeting seemed to be
that the session might, by expediting
business, be brought to close by Fourth
Day "wednesday night.
The epistle, of most cheering nature,
from the Kansas Yearly Meeting. was
read. 1t showsa deep and progressive
interest in education, and much good
work among the Indian missions. The
retention of the state prohibitory liquor
law was strongly recommended.
The epistle from the North Carolina
Yearly Meeting showed an encouraging
condition of evangelistic work, though
the number of workers is limited and
should be enlarged. The educational
work is in prosperous state.
The epistle from the Western Yearly
Meeting brought pleasant and encourage
ing tidings. There has been deepening
of spiritual life among. members. The
evangeiistic, pastoral and church CON-
mittee report a satisfactory state of af-
fairs. The mission work is being pushed
with vigor.
The epistle from the Canada Yearly
Meeting was full of encouragement.
Much earnest, honest, unassuming work
has been done. The foreign mission fund
has been added to and the Bible schools,
those nurseries Of the church, are in adj
mirable condition. Efforts in the tenn
perance cause have been unceasing.
charles W. Goddard spokesof the de-
STABILITY of drawing still closer the ties
between Friends in Canada and in the
United States. This view was sustained
by Joseph II, Atwater of Providence,
Jesse Mcpherson, the venerable Isaac
Sharpe and others. The last named
speaker spoke of his visit to the Canada
meeting ten years ago, on his previous
visit to- this. q continent Charles
Varney also spoke upon the
condition of the church in Canada.
Speaking of some former difficulties
there he deprecated wrangling over texts
whose meaning is doubtful or obscure.
There is enough in the Scriptures that
all can understand.
The report of the committee on the
distribution of the income of the Mosher
fund was then read. showing judicious
expenditure of money for good litera-
ture. The treasurer's- report shows
balance on hand of S301.0s. Alfred H.
Jones, chairman of the committee, ex-
planned the method of distribution. The
fund, some $4,000, was left by the late
Henry Mosher, its income to be used in
the purchase of books and reviews for
the needy.
Rufus M. Jones, the new editor and
publisher of the Friends Review of
Philadelp hia, spoke of the enlarged field
upon which the Review is about to en-
ter, and bespoke support for it. William
Thompson also spoke for the Review,
urging its claims upon the society and
particularly upon the Mosher fund. Ow-
en- Dame, Timothy Hussey and others,
followed in the same vein. saying also
good word for the Christian Worker.
It was agreed that both publications
were valuable and that their circulation
should be encouraged. Professor George
Barton thought the matter should be
left to the discretion of the committee,
but its chairman preferred to receivein-
structions from the meeting. But the
meeting followed Prof. Barton's sugges-
ton, though its sense seemed to be that
no discrimination should be made be-
tween the Friends Review and the
Christian Worker