The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-29
CONDEMNED BY FRIENDS
NO PRAISE FOR srAl rsn WAR BY IN
DIANA YEARLY MEETING.
Regrets Expressed that Some Quaker
Youths EnIisted-Indiana Nj. z.
Conference at Princeton.
pecial to the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND Ind, Sept 2S.-The seventy
eighth annual session of Indiana Yearly
Meeting of Friends opened this morning
with a large attendance The devotional
exercises were led by Flora Holiday, of
Vermilion, Ill. Business began at 10 o'clock,
with Rev. Elwood o. Ellis, of this city,
clerk, presiding. The calling of the list of
delegates showed all present except ten.
The credentials of Friends present from
other Yearly Meetings were read, as fol-
lows: DR.. Richard H. and Anna B. Thomas,
Baltimore Yearly Meeting; Nathan D. Per-
ry, Stark monthly meeting, Kansas; Will
liam G. Hubbard. Cleveland monthly
meeting; Flora Holiday, Vermilion monthly
meeting; William ]. Thornberry, Winona
monthly meeting; Thomas Miller, Miami
monthly meeting; Barnet B. Flogler,
Rochester monthly meeting; Calvin and
Eliza H. Osborn, Springfield N. c., month
ly meeting; A. A. Bailey, Fruitland month
ly meeting; Eli G.. and Mary M. Parker,
Lynn Grove Ia, monthly meeting; Albert
A. Bailey, Saffordvile, Kan; Della Fistier,
Cleveland, o. The following are present
without minutes: Joseph Arnold, Lynnville,
Ia; Eber Haines, Wilmington, o.; w. 1.
Kelsey, missionary at Victoria, Mexico,
and Charles N. Replogle, missionary in
Alaska The closing work of the morning
was the reading of the general epistles
from London, England and Dublin, Ire
The Indiana body still maintains the GUS
tom of separate sessions for the men and
women, and this morning the latter held
a session devoted chiefly to routine and de-
votional matters. This afternoon a joint
session was held. The forty-eighth annual
report of the central book, tract and Bible
ted nv TinOthV Mich
olson, of this city, who has been member
of the committee since 1866. The report
showed that within the year Z,ooo OF the
ham College, on Primitive Quakerism and
the Christian Endeavor were published.
They also arranged for the insertion in the
American Friend of Charles II. Sturgeon
address on George Fox, delivered in London
in 1866. The committee purchased one
thousand copies OF an article by Mlil1am L;
and five hundred copies of an article by
President j. j. Mills, of Earlham College,
making in all about 2OO,Ow pages. BESIDES
this, the agents of the Tract Society pur-
chased nearly COG, 900 pages of miscellaneous
tracts on peace. temperance Christian En-
deavor literature, systematic giving ana re-
vivals. These SOO,OOO pages, added 10 pages
formerly distributed, makes total OF Co.,
$4,000 pages. No report was received for
mally.
a report through Rev. Charles r. Francisco.
The report says: while much is being done
in this direction. yet nothing like what
should be done in view of the tremendous
preparation for war now being made, in
many parts of the world. Instead of
putting our children in the Boys Brigade
or under similar hurtful influences, we know
that many of them are being taught and
shown the evils of war and the blessedness
of peace in such way that they may
never be induced to enlist in the army, as
some of our members did during the South
ern rebellion and the lateswar between the
United States and SPAIN.
The annual report of the secretary of the
Peace Association of Friends in America
for the year ending March 81 condemned the
Spanish-American war as follows: I've
think the war might have been avoided
without any dshonor to this country. But
the war was advocated and still is justified
by some people who call themselves Chris
tians'
This society wants $1,000 for the years
work from the twelve Yearly Meetings and
a collection was taken for the benefit of
the two committees.
The venerable Francis w. Thomas of
Dunreith, is present this year. usual. He
has missed only two meetings in sixty-two
years He was one of the pioneer school
teachers who chopped wood for his board
and boarded around, while he drew a salary
of S. a month.