The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-02
YEARLY MEETING DEBT
OLDEST INDIANA SOCIETY OF QUA
GERS is BEHIND S1O,O1s.51.
At tn : Joint Session I'm Richmond Yes
terday Application for the Marion
Meeting Was Denied.
AlIEaE1l
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Oct lat the opening
sion of the Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends to-
day a minute read for Thomas and Carrie r.
Henderson. OF Lapel. Ind. and also for Lindey
L. Clark. from Baltimore Yearly Meeting. He is
here to solicit subscriptions for new meeting
house at Washington, d. c. The treasurer of the
Yearly Meeting submitted his annual report,
which showed the following Excess of receipts
expenditures $l7s5.s6; liabilities. s2O.O45.29;
resources, $10.0467S total deficiency, $19G1s.51.
The sixteenth annual reporl of the Yearly
Meeting trustees contained nothing of interest be-
yond the fact that they have arranged
in the basement of the Yearly Meeting house for
delegates and the local Christian Endeavor. Nor
ris NJ White. Of Cincinnati spoke On the subject
OF the liquidation of the debt of the Yearly Meet
ing. He proposed the apportionment of COM
mittee to act with the delegates and proposed a
Ilan for reducing the Indebtedness. AID the plan
was agreed to and the committee appointed This
Indebtedness has been trouble to the meeting nice =,
company with his brother Francis L. White, or
70 be ew yme Se ud o gEaram College ana to
be a memorial to their father John 4. White
sef ~ As: FUNDS. SOL S4O2: total sol ssl5O
4 he committee appointed last year 10 make
some amendments IN the discipline IN regard 70
the Acknowledgement of ministers of the gospel,
made report, which was ordered printed ana
distributed among the members OF t9e n ennr
recommends that only those be recorded as min
Sss aE hS vel the TeS hd By a
are able to inteligently and convincingy advocate
them Minor meetings are instructed to forward
the names of vlose who are iltted tor the min
istry to the standing committee OF ministers and ana
elders and the case viii be examined into ana
final action taken The report presents a COM
ton-that OF having only in the ranks of recorded
ministers such deserve to be there and who
win prove a credit TO the society.
This afternoon the session was l9int one ana ana
any last year. At this time the proposed plan
of establishing new Yearly Meeting at MariQn
ines was given its death blow, but il is be-
lieVed that the request viii be made again IN a
wear or two and that il Will not be long until II
will have to be granted. The JOINT committee APP
rointed to investigate this question from Indiana
and Western yearly meetings reported unanimous
ly against the new meeting and the report was
The fourteenth annual report of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Association was read and Is
surnn1arized as follows: There has been a graft
among the Friends in Mexico. library has been
established and Christian Ende2vor conVen-
ton held The total number enrolled In the
OF Iowa Yearly meeting has been secured as
pastor, Chuse Kaiiu is still supported IN ms
Bible readings IN Japan The board IS also doi,ig
some work in Alaska, India and also among the
Kickapoo Indians. The amount OF money re-
ceived from all sources s.. 469.73.
DIT, William Taylor. secretary or the foreign
paid a glowing tribute to the late Samuel A.
1urdy. Tor twenty -four years the missionary OF
report Of w. /. Kelsey, superintendent of the
Friends Mexican mission. IL showed that che
department of printing has been sef-supporttng.
The membership has made a good increase. Col
lections are taken 10 aid in building a meeting
asked for the work in Mexico and the meeting
Taired about 500 besides, giving more literally
than for wears. This evening the time given
up TO the Bible School Association.