New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

In strength and membership In the West For H.
stance about a decade after the rise OF the Friends
in England, they began flooding into Long lsahd'
settling in Gravcsend, Flushing, Newtown, Jericho
and Westbury and all of those places had thriving
meetings But now Brooklyn. with its l.lOo0~ IN
habtants has only one Westinghouse OF the ortho-
dox Friends and its membership Is only 2yo Ihore
is however n congregation of Hcksite Friends
with a somewhat larger membership.
While tho West has taken kindly to Quakersm
1t has insisted upon making the sect conform more
to the practices of other Protestant churches IL
introduced the idea of the paid pastor ana thdt
idea borrowed from the West. was adopted Dy
the Washingion-ave church about ten years ago
The Rev John G.. Piper Is pastor or the church'
He receives a salary. which is made up OF Voluh-
tary contributions, and performs the usual duties
of q pastor In addition 10 their pastor, tie chuICh
has two ministers of the od-fashioned quaker sort
They are Mrs. Eleanor c. Bush and Oiver hite'
They receive no salaries and simply preach as the
spirit moves them.
The elders of the church Stephen Il. Post
Harriet L. Underhll, Phoebe c. Hav!land and Will
lam c. Taber. The overseers are Henry Titus Eliza
H. Taber Amy 7. Shotwel Orlando Marine and
In more respects however, than in having paid
nas,or mas the Brooklyn congregation outSrOwn
crus,oms that were once thought 10 be fundamental
with this gentle sect. one thinks or a QUAKER
service as one in which the women all sit In drabs
and Quaker bonnets on one side of the church. and
the men sit on the other side. with their hatS OH
and wearing drab coats of the cut that William Penn
wore Except for a quietness OF dress on the part
NJ the older members, the Westinghouse. con-
preraton could not be told from that OF any other
PROSPEROUS congregation Not d single living men,
her If the church the time-honorci con-
several years ago, the last to wear the quaint
ga OF the sect. But now the colors are Just as
cav on the hats of the young women OF inc con-
gregation about Easter time as in any other BROOK
Ign church ., , .,,,o.
occupy the same pew. There Is no such thing as
pew rent and offence is felt II strangers drop INTO
a pew that a family is accustomed 10 occupy; Only
once in a while does one OF the older men sit with
his hat on and he is thought to be little eccen-
trio IL he does IL. =. .,. ..,.-,
There Is no pulpit platform, but merely raised
news in front These occupied usually ny me
nastor ministers and some OF the elders The chief
point interest about the service Is inc tota ana
intentional lack Of programme Remarks are made.
songs sung and prayers offered as the spirit moves
ministers or laymea Sometimes one minister
breaches and sometimes all preach Members or
The congregation stand up and talk as the inner
hit" directs The singing IS an innoy2 ton OF
only ten wears existence. In the days or George
Fox the Quakers believed In singing; but FOR more
than one hundred years Il Was eschewcd by this
sect. Now 1t has been revived.
oaths or 10 become soldiers. but thee" and thou
are used less freely by them especially a'nong
strangers They do not observe the sacraincats OK
baptism the Lords Supper, etc.
The ministers not educated especially Tor the
calling and are not ordained They are simply
elected The Friends object TO voting. When
committee has recommended at regular meeting
the members rise one after another and say y APP
prove" and when the clerk has counted a large
majority he announces the NelcctlOn Contests arc
rare among these peaccable people.