The Portland daily press., 1895-06-14
THE YEARLY MEETING.
Its Regular Sessions Begin This Morn
ing.

Meetings on Ministry and Oversight Held
Yesterday-Programme for the Session.
The Friends have arrived in the city in
force and the delightful new Friends
church on Oak street is daily filed with
local and visiting members of the secie-
ty.
The meeting on ministry and oversight
met at a. M, yesterday. There wassa
large attendance representing quite fully
the denomination in all New England.
The visiting ministers from other yearly
meetings We're John Henry Douglass
of Salem, Oregon; Barclay Jones of
Emporia Kas. ; Lindley A. Wells of Kan
sas; Senaca Fl. Stevens of New York /;
Susie Norris of Cleveland; Elias G.
of New York; Ell. Lord, of Ypsilanti.
Mich David G. Lewis of Michigan.
Prayer was offered by Phebe r. Clifford
of Providence, who, at the age of 80, is
the Oldest person in attendance at the
yearly meeting.
Interesting remarks were made by
Barclay Jones and John Henry Douglass
upon UIl6 JdSSdS6' all ucOtOI W bOoll
the Greek and the Barbarians,' - duty to
fellow men being the central idea
This closed the forenoon meeting. At
Bpm, the meeting assembled again, and
Rufus NJ Jones, editor of the American
Friend of Philadelphia, and a native of
China, Me-, was appointed clerk, and
Alice W. Maxfeld of Amesbury, Mass.
assistant clerk.
The reading of the queries and an
swers was not taken up.
Interesting remarks followed by Bar
clay Jones, John Henry Douglass, Prof
George A. Rarton of Bryn Mari College,
Pennsylvania, Gertrude W. Garland of
Newburyport, Mass
This meeting of ministry and over
sight then adjourned until Saturday
morning at So'clock.
In the evening the representative meet
ing assembled in the yestry, Daniel G.
Maxfield of Amesbury, presiding. The
auditors presented their report of the
trust funds of the Yearly meeting
While this was going on general meet
ing was held in the audience room above
The regular sessions of the yearly meet
ing will begin this morning at 9 O'Clock,
adjourning at noon until pm.
The programme for the session will be
as follows:
SIXTH DAY, SIXTH MONTH IA.
Yearly meeting for discipline, joint ses-
sion, a. m.
Joint Session, reports of boarding
aT,o olp nd od11 Il
pm.
Public meeting on education, 7.50 p. m.
SEVENTH DAY, SIXTH MONTH 10.
Devotional meeting, s 80 a. m.
Joint session. Report of committee of
gospel work and peace 10 a. m.
Joint session. Report of foreign mis-
sion committee on Western Indians,
Bpm.
Society of Christian Endeavor, 73O
pm.
FIRST DAY, SIXTH MONTH 16
Devotional meeting, s. 30 a.
Meeting for worship, 10. 80 a m, p. m.
Meeting for women only, 4. 80 p m.
Meeting for worship, 80 I'm.
SECOND DAY, SIXTH MONTH II.
Devotional meeting, s. 30 a. m
Joint session. Report of temperance
committee, 10 a. m.
Women's Foreign Missionary Society,
2p.m.
committee and committee on freedmen,
4 p. m.
Public meeting of the W. FMS, 7.3o
pm.
THIRD DAY, SIXTH MONTH Is.
Devotional meeting, $50 am.
Yearly meeting for discipline, 10 a. m.
Joint session. Reading records of repre-
sentative meeting and report of commit
tee on Mosher fund, pm.
Public Temperance meeting, z 80 p. m.
FOURTH DAY, SIXTH MONTH 13.
g Devotional meeting, s. 80 a. m.
Yearly meeting for discipline, 10 a. m.
Joint session, 3 pm.
Public meeting for worship. z 30 p. m. /. |.
Public meetings for worship every eve
ming at 730 p. m.
The PRESS will give full account of
the proceedings from day to day.