The herald., 1895-03-30
they Discuss the Business
Matters of Their Church
NEWS OF YEARLY MEETINGS
The Question 0l Sabbath Schools in the
Church Considered
The Sect Making Good Growth In All Parts
Of the Country-The Proceedings.
Adjournment

The Friends yearly meeting at Whit
tier yesterday was opened by DR.. Coffin.
The delegates reported recommending
that the money needed for the mainten-
ance of the yearly meetings be raised by
apportionment and direction between the
quarterly meetings. and that money
needed for immediate expenses be raised
by voluntary subscription.
The report was accepted and G. Jessup
proceeded with the task of raising the sum
needed. In short time the sum of
$319.04 was raised.
Attention was called to the Peniel Her
aid, published in the interest of the
Peniel Mission OF Los Angeles, and it was
recommended to the consideration of the
assembly.
The assembly then proceeded to discuss
the question of Sabbath schools in the
church. The various schools were called
on for their reports through their repre-
sentatives present. Speeches were made
and reports given by w. III. Coffin, DR..
Nicholson. A. w. Naylor, W. f. Miller.
T. Nicholson. !; Williams, b. Farquhar
L. Rice and Ella G, Veeder The last
pal need of her church was simply more
sinners to convert-mild sort preferred.
Allan Jay was called upon to speak for
South and North Carolina in particular.
The first Quaker Sabbath school to be Or
ganized in North Carolina was begun by
Levi Coffin in 1919. The speaker referred
to his own experience in establishing
Sabbath schools in the South, before the
war and after, and said that when he left
the state in 1871, the schools there were
in a remarkably fiourishing condition.
Jennie Crossman of Lynn, Mass, was
chosen to speak for New England and the
East. She told of the success she had
experienced in starting Sabbath schools in
Massachusetts,, and stated that the work
had been very productive OF good results
to the church, both numerically and spr-
itually. Work among the infants is most
difficult, requiring more talent and appii-
cation than the teaching OF adults.
Addresses were also made by President
Hudley Of the University OF New Mexico
WHITTIER, March 29.-At the after
noon session singing Nearer, Ny God, to
Thee, opened the services. The epistle
from the Indiana yearly meeting held at
Richmond was read, and also the epistle
from the Western yearly meeting, which
meets at Plaintield Ind, followed by the
reading of the one from Canada.
These annual letters from each yearly
meeting in the world to each sister meet
ing is an unique feature of the Quaker
church government, and is the only Off
cial chain of connection between the va
rious yearly meetings.
DR.. Jessup, of Whittier, superintendent
of the pastoral and evangclistic work,
then presented his report in writing.
Notwithstanding lack of means to carry
on the work as desired, much has been
done by devoted servants of God in
spreading the gospel news and adding to
the spiritual growth and richness of ex-
perience among our members. The su-
preme Importance of this department of
the church was dwelt on at length.
BY request, Miss Myrtle Bufki II OF Pas
adena sang an apprOpriate selection
Rev. Allen Jay of Indiana said: 'God
He will do it if you are faithful to Him.
There have been reported to the Indiana
yearly meeting more than $4,000 conver-
sions as the result of the pastoral and
evangelistic work. A few years ago the
North Carolina yearly meeting, in a COM
paratively brief period, increased from
ZOO members to over 5000 as a result of
this evangelistic work. 1t is the duty of
the church to provide for its evangelisys.
Their work is hard. My idea Of the ideal
pastor is the man who knows how to get
everybody else at work.
After short period of silent prayer, i'll
which the silence was complete, Mr.. Jay
proceeded to secure voluntary subscrip-
tions to fund to carry on this work the
ensuing year.
Much enthusiasm was manifested, and
in few minutes $l204 was pledged.
The session closed with an eloquent
half-hour speech by William &. Hubbard
of Ohio, on Peace. Mr.. Hubbard is an
able expounder of the doctrine of the
church on this subject,