The Portland daily press., 1895-06-20
THE YEARLY MEETING.
Final Sessions Were Held During
Yesterday.


LIS last edy S6SSlOn Oh the frlenQS
Yearly Meeting began at 10 a. M, yes
terday. For the first time during this
meeting there was a return to the old
custom of holding separate meetings of
the men and the women. The men met
in the yestry, Timothy Hussey presiding;
and the women met in the church, Ruth
S. Murray of New Bedford, presiding.
= The first business in the mems meeting
was the report of the auditing committee
for the accounts of Samuel R. Buffinton,
OF Fall River the Treasurer. The receipts
for the year have been &c. $50. The ex-
penses have been $5737 49, The balance
in the hands of the Treasurer is S1122. 81.
The report of the auditing committee con-
cludes as follows: /" We find the accounts
correctly kept with the proper vouchers.
We recommend that the sum of $500 be
raised for the use of theymeeting the en-
suing year, and nominate Samuel r.
Buffinton for treasurer of the Yearly
Meeting, James Fl. Chace of Providence,
for treasurer of the Providence School
Funds, and Joseph E. Briggs for treas
urer of the Oak Grove Seminary" These
recommendations were confirmed.
The committee on returning minutes
reported the following formula for a
minute:
"Seneca n. Stevens acceptably attend
ell the meeting' A similar minute was
given to each of the visiting ministers.
The following committee on the Mosier
Fund was appointed:
For one year-John c. Taylor, Anna
F. Hall, Mary W. Jones of Winthrop
Centre.
For two years-Henry H. Goddard,
Deborah p. Anterior, Mary L. Cobbe
For three years-Samuel Buffum, j.
EllWood Paige, Susan Peckham.
The report of the committee on finance
recommended an appropriation for
Western Indians, of $500; for the Freed
men, $500; for printing and incidental
expenses, s575; printing educational re-
port, s25; payment on note, $3.50.
An interesting discussion was carried
on for half an hour regarding the inter-
ests Of the Yearly Meeting
The women's meeting considered first
the women's report on for
eign missions. This report was interest
ing and called forth considerable discus
sion on the interests of that field of labor.
Questions of interest to the womens
meeting especially were discussed.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with
prayer by Fernando 6. Garland.
Next was appointed, to arrange for the
meeting next year at Newport, R. l., the
following committee of arrangements:
One year-John A Macomber, Mary L.
Cobb, James NJ Estes, Elisha T. Read.
Two years-Thomas Wood, Almira B.
Buffum, Lewis NJ. Douglass, Myra E.
Frye.
Three years-Samuel R. Bufinton,
Susan Peckham, Robert p Clifford
Hannah ]. Bailey.
An epistle was next addressed to the
London yearly meeting.
Then an epistle to Ramallah was next
addressed. The clerk announced that
Mrs. Hulda Leighton would be obliged by
i'll health to retire from the mission, and
that he place would be taken by Charles
NJ. Jones and wife of Woodfords Prayers
were then offered for the new missionaries
by Elizabeth Lark in and Phebe S. Ayde-
lott, John Henry Douglass and William
Thompson.
The epistle to the Dublin yearly meet
ing was next read and approved; then
followed the espitle to the American
yearly meeting.
In the course of the reading of these
epistles, quite a discussion arose about
the use of the word "Quaker. :" One or
two speakers objected that this term had
been applied by the worlds people, and
that the true name of the society was
The Friends :" But other speakers said
they were willing to be called Quakers
anywhere and were proud of the title
One of the notable speeches of the after
noon was by Nathan Douglass of Dur
ham, Me-, a venerable man, one of the
fathers of the society in Maine.
A letter addressed by the women of the
meeting.to the children of the society,
was read. 1t told of the school at
Ramallah, of the Indian missions etc.
Still another letter was addressed to the
young people.
1t was decided that 1900 copies of the
and that Almira B. Buffum of North
Berwick, and John Ellwood Paige of
Lynn, were appointed to oversee the pub
LEGATION.
Ezra Hawkes. of Portland, called up the
fact that the name of the temperance
committee had been changed to the com
mittee for the suppression of the liquor
traffic The one name referred more to
moral situation, the other to legal
action. He would like to know the reason
of the change 1t was answered that the
committee itself had asked for the change
believing that the great temperance work
of today was the suppression of the liquor
traffic
1t was proposed that the quarterly meet
ings should select two members each,
either delegates or not, to come up to the
yearly meeting and act as nominating
committee. The matter was laid over
until next year.
The parting words were next in order,
the speakers being John Henry Douglass.