The Portland daily press., 1895-06-19
THE YEARLY MEETING.
A Good Deal of Business Done Yester-
day.

Nine Hundred Dollars for Church in
Lawrence-Reports of Committees
Temperance Discussed in the Evening.
The forenoon session of the Friends
conference, yesterday, was devoted to
regular business proceedings. The meet
ing began at ten O'Clock with prayer by
Lindley A. Wells of Kansas. Interesting
epistles or letters were read from Indiana,
Iowa and Kansas Yearly meetings.
A contribution was taken up to aid
Friends in Lawrence, Mass, in building
a new church. This was in addition to
the coll lection taken day or two ago.
About $3.50 was contributed yesterday.
The total amount raised at this confer
ence is about 5000.
The committee on Western Indians was
next appointed as follows:
For one year-Wm. o. Newhall Au-
gustine Jones, John ]. Frye, Emeline II.
Tuttle, Hannah J. Bailey, Joseph ID,
Wood, Electa J. Collins
For two years-Edward T. Tucker,
Sarah j. Swift. Lizzie NJ. Hawkes., Ellen
K. Buffum, Myra E. Frye, Asa G.
ubU16, AHA M. OONS.
For three years-Samuel Buffum,
Emma S. Briggs, Mary ID. Collins Susan
H. Meader Almira B. Buffum, John S..
Kimber, Elisha Il. Read
The following committee on peace was
next appointed:
For one year-Benjamin f. Trueblood
Thomas Wood, Samuel Buffum, Hannah
J. Bailey, Silas H. Cantland, Sylvester
S. Aldrich.
For two years-Nathaniel W. Clifford,
Ellen Bangs, Mary G. Baylies, Samuel
r. Buffinton, James NJ. Estes, George
H. FAIR.
For three years-Martha E. Hoag,
Elizabeth K. Jones, S. Jane Cox Sarah
A. Hill, Carolina Alice Jones, Gertrude
W. Garland.
The committee on suppression of the
liquor traffic was appointed as follows:
For one year-Jo seph H. Atwater,
Louisa n. Meader, VIM Wood, Mary A.
Chase, Joshua L. Macomber, George L.
Crosman, Susan NJ Seabury
For two years-Mary @. Baylies,
Elishua 7. Read, Ella L Andrews
Josiah B. Holder, Lucy A Snow, George
H. Gates, Emma F. r. Goddard
For three years-Charles Peaslee, Eme-
line Tuttle, Hannah j. Bailey, Clara W.
Bowery, Leslie O. Meader, Mary L.
Cobb, Lizzie S. Hoag
The next proceeding was the appoint
ment of Bible school superintendent.
Mary L. Chase of Fall River was ap-
pointed.
The system of queries with answ ers
from the several quarterly meetings relat.
ing to the condition of the society, occu-
pied the remainder of the forenoon An
earnest discussion was participated in by
BARLEY Jones of Kansas, Charles H.
Jones of Amesbury, Mass, Lindley A.
Wells of Kansas, and John III. Douglass
of Oregon In this connection the follow
ing was read: "Our members are re-
minded that the intention of directing
queries to be answered, relative to the
conduct of individuals, in the several
branches of our Christian profession, is
not only for the purpose of being in
formed of the state of our meetings, but
also to impress on the minds of Friends a
profitable examination of themselves to
determine how far they act consistently
with their religious principles. Every
member is therefore earnestly requested
and recommended, more especially when
the answers are under consideration, to
examine whether he himself, is coming
up in that life of self-denial and devoted
ness unto God which SO highly becomes
all who make profession of the name of
Christ. -
Yet, it is not to arrangements however
perfect, but to individual faithfuness to
Christ, in daily dependence upon hehelp
of the Holy Spirit that we must look for
growth in the truth and vitality in the
church. AS this faith and dependence
are maintained, we believe these queries
will tend to promote the religious welfare
of our members, and to the upholding of
our Christian discipline in lively and
healthy condition.
The above is read in those preventative
and monthly meetings in which all the
queries are directed to be read and
answered previously to entering upon
them.
Then followed reports from the various
meetings in answer to a series of ten
queries as to the spiritual life and welfare
of the church.
These queries are extensive and search
ing in their scope and were very crafty
isg.
AFTERNOON.
The first business was reading the
records of the representative meeting.
After that the next representative meet
ing was appointed, as follows:
For one year-Augustus Jones, VIM. O.
Mewhall, Elizabeth A. Clifford, George H.
Farr Alice NJ Dow, Eliza P. Pierce,