The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-03
YEARLY MEETING DATE
PROPOSITION tt CHANGE 1T VOTED
DOWN AT RICHMOND.
Friends Missionary Work in Mexico
shown to he PrOspering-FOr-
eign Visitors Present.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 1.-The attend
ance at the Indiana Yearly Meeting of
Friends to-day was much increased, and
the sessions were full of interest. David
HadIey, of the Western Yearly Meeting,
conducted the devotional services. The
first business introduced was the matter of
the quinquennial conference to be held in
1897 at Indianapolis. A committee was ap-
pointed to propose names for members of
this conference and to prepare a statement
of the views of this Yearly Meeting as to
what the powers of the conference should
be. Credentials were read for Mary e.
Phillips, of England, a Christian worker of
note in that country, and also for William
l.. Wilson. of Center, n. c. Epistles were
read from the North Carolina, Ohio, Iowa,
Canada, Kansas. Wilmington, Oregon and
California Yearly Meetings. A committee
was appointed to propose the name of a
Friend for trustee of the meeting to sue
coed the late Jonathan Baldwin, of this
city. Statistics of this meeting show:
Membership last year, 1885; total addi-
tons, 1.500; total losses, .01S; net gain, 49,:
membership this year, 1927; Switzerland
members, 4S3; Mexico members, 400; COM
plete total membership, 10, 80; households
represented, GIL; males, 9,131; females,
10,S79; under twenty-one years, 6,769; adult
members who contribute, $685.; adult men,
bers who do not contribute, 6, 437; resident
members, 1887; nonresident, 300; estab-
lished meetings, 156; monthly meetings, So;
recorded ministers, 210; meetings without a
resident minister. A; members in college,
Us; members teaching, 219.
The m appointed last year to con-
slider the propriety of changing the date of
the YearIv Moatipc nronoSa1 tbot tho +;oo
be changed to the last CT August and first
of September. or between Ohio and Iowa
Wilmington and Ohio will change the time
of holding their meetings so that the
change can be made without conflict. The
chief objection to the change came in the
claim that the new date proposed is one of
the busiest for the farmer. When the vote
was taken it resulted in defeat. 1t was
evident. however. that the subject will not
be dropped, and an effort will be made
the young people on the question.
The committee appointed to propose
names to constitute a board of managers
be held at Earlham College at the close
of the summer school next year presented
these names, which were accepted: Rev.
fred Brown, Clarkson Parker. President J.
J. Mills, Mrs. Hannah L. Smith. Mrs. Ella
J. Davis, Mrs. Esther Cook and Mrs. Clara
bel B. Harrison.
The report of the Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Association showed that the work
- AN1'"NE To-
has gone forward encoura 81 lNsly. Efforts
are being made to unite all the Friends
missions into a purely Mexican church..
with its yearly conference. The idea of CO.
education is advancing. The treasurer's re-
port showed total receipts of 81. $50. 30 and
total disbursements of $2.027.1S, with invest
ed funds amounting to $3.50. The execu-
tive committee on foreign missions made a
lengthy, report. Samuel A Purdie. who
relieved from service in Mexico a year
ago. is now engaged in Central America.
having been employed by the Central
Board of Missions. W. T. Kelsey and wife
and Josenh Lamb now have charge of the
work in Mexico.
The session of the women meeting this
morning was quite interesting. The report
OF the w. F.. NJ. S. was presented. and after
a discussion of the work a collection of
sl5O.34 was taken. A was an
pointed TO act in conjunction with a SINH
lar committee from the mems meeting to
name delegates to the conference at Indian
apoIfS next year. Interesting talks were
made by Fariby Stephens. of this city: Re-
becca Lloyd. of New York. and Anna d
Francisco, of this city.