The Portland daily press., 1897-06-14

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DR.. Trueblood made hearty appeal for
the meeting to contribute $1,000 to the pro
gressive church at st. Adams to assist in
the erection of it's house of worship. He
called for subscriptions, first of 500.
then of $50, then Of S25 and SO on till the
full amount was raised.
The committee of ministry and over
sight submitted a report of it's session
and the meeting at 1890 adjourned till 8
o'clock.
AFTERNOON BUSINESS.
Prayer by Ruth S. Murray of New
Bedford opened the afternoon business
session. At the suggestion of George L.
Crossman of Lynn a change was made in
the committee to investigate the financial
standing of the Providence school, the
name OF Charles Cisson of the school COM
mittee being stricken from the list
Epistles from the Baltimore and North
Carolina yearly meetings We're read. They
both commended the movement for inter-
national arbitration.
The committee on foreign missions pre-
sented an annual report, outlining the
work in the Ramallah mission in Pales.
tine during the last year. The financial
report of this committee showed total re-
ceipts of $6971; expenditures, S6715; bal
ance, $3.50. The letter from Timothy B..
and Anna M. Hussey of North Berwick,
in temporary charge of Ramallah mission,
accompanying the committees report, was
especially interesting.
The report and letter were favorably
commented upon by Phebe S. Aydelotte,
of Fall River, Ruth S. Murray of New
Bedford, Sarah j. Swift of Worcester,
Emiline H. Tuttle of Dover, Thomas
Wood of Boston, DIR. Trueblood of Bos-
ton, Alice W. Maxfeld of Amesbury, Jo-
seph H. Garland of Newburyport, Mar
An epistle from the Ramallah monthly
meeting was read
The report of the committee on western
Indians was next taken up. The report
was very satisfactory to the meeting judg-
ing from the favorable comment of Asa
Tuttle and Emeline H. Tuttle of Dover,
who was married while engaged in In.
Henniller, n. III, and Mary A. Clifford of
Dartmouth.
The epistle from the Ohio yearly meet
ing was read which was followed by
ep1stles from Indiana, Iowa, Canada,
Kansas, Ohio and Oregon, all of which
breathed spirit of good fellowship and
reported growing interest in the subject
OF peace and arbitration and in view of
the present contentious among nations ex-
press wish that some place might be
secured where calmer counsels shall pre-
vail. letter was read from the yearly
meeting of Friends in Philadelphia which,
after an interesting discussion, in which
several members participated, was dis
posed of by directing the clerk to acknowl-
edge its receipt with the information that
it had been read and carefully considered
blythe meeting. The nominating committee
then presented the following lists: Com
mittee on correspOndence Almira B.
Buffum, William P. Pinkham,
Clara G. Bowery, Emma c.
Pinkham, Samuel Buffum, Ellison r.
Purdy, Isaac Steere, Henry 81. Stoddard,
William o. Newhall, John S. Kimber,
Alvano c.. Goddard, Emily S. Weeks,
ney +. Meader, Deborah P. Allerton,
Ruth S. Murray, Chas. H. Thorndyke,
Anna f. Hall committee to fill vacancies
on Friends, Boarding school at Proyi-
dence, r. l., 1. Warren Hawkes., William
Q. Newhall, Daniel c.: Maxwell, Chas.
A. Chace, Charles Sisson, Ruth S.
Murray, Alice W: Maxfeld, Emily NJ.
san Peckham, Stephen c. Meader; COM
mittee to fill vacancies Oak Grove Semin-
airy and Bailey Institute for three years,
Mary r. Jones, Alfred H. Jones, Henry
Winslow, Edward A. Bailey, l. Warren
Hawkes., Ruthanna H. Washburn, Eliza
P. Pierce, Mary G. Winslow, Eleanor S.
Woodman, Edwin III. Cook, T. Louisa
Gates.
David r. Sampson of North Carolina
then briefly addressed the meeting and
gave an encouraging account of the pro-
gress of church work among the poor
whites of that state and commended the
interest at Blue Ridge and the advance
made by the biblical institute.
The meeting then adjourned till Mon
day at 10 a. m.
IN THE EVENING.
The Christian Endeavor society meet
ing in the evening was well attended
President Arthur W. Hawkes. presided
and after a speech of welcome intro
duced Rev: Ellison R. Purdy, pastor of
the church in this city, who ably adj
dressed the gathering, touching upon the
different phases of the society and ably
exhorted its members to perform with
patience the work that it had before them.
An interesting talk on junior work was
given by Mrs. Linda M Binford of Saco.
Open parliament conducted by Frank
Jones was next held and the duties of the
ideal Christian Endeayor society in the
various departments were interestingly
discussed. To the Sunday School, by
George E. Crossman. To the Sabbath
N orning and Mid Week Service, by Ed
Wild Kelsey. 10 the Associate Members,
by Miss Mary Page of Lynn and miss
Bertha Pinkham. To the Pastors and
Other Ministers, by Oscar j. Morse and
Horace Hall. To the Duties of All Mem
bers to the Outside World, by Elmer
Metzger, Miss Alice Jones and Isom p
Wooten of Iowa. The meeting proved a
most interesting incident of the general
convention.
Sunday the church was crowded at each
service. At $50 there was devotional
service and religious meeting led by Ed
ward S. Wood of Lynn. The regular
meeting followed at 1879 o'clock. The
opening prayer was made by Phebe r
Clifford followed by Hannah III. Leggett.
The latter read the scripture lessons from
Romans. Isam P. Wooton of Iowa,
preached very strong sermon from
Romans viii-2, "For the law of the spirit
of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and DEATH The
service closed with prayer by Ezra G.
Pearson. There was an overflow meet
ing in the vestry at 1870 o'clock led by