The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-10
THE FRIENDS.
Yearly Meeting Formally Called
to Order.
Much Business Transacted with E1-
petition.

church. Prayers were offered by phebe
X. Clifford, of Providence, Isom w.
wootsn, Of Iowa, and William Thompson,
OF Bedford. William o. Newhall, of
Lynn, made touching remarks about the
number Of members of the meeting who
had passed away during the year. Five
ministers had died during the year; and
it is remarkable fact that the average
age of the twenty elders who have died
was over eigthy-two years.
The calling of the representatives from
the nine quarterly meetings was next in
order, as follows:
Rhode Island.--Isaac b. Macomber,
Alice O. Earle, Henry g. Aydelott,
Kimber. Joseph IA, Atwater, Exie Estes.
K. Annah Tucker, Alkaline II. Chace, ELLEN
Is. Buffum, Obadiah Chace, John 5.
kimber, Phebe 5. Aydelott.
Salem-Charlss II. Jones, Peter M
Neal. Lydia q. Neal, Gertrude w. Cart
land, II. Elizabeth. Jones, Sarah A. Hill,
Charles ii. Ihorndike. Chloe A. Breede,
Charles W. Coombs, Cyrus Jones, Debo-
rah W. Crosmau, Susan H. Meader.
Sandwich. -Anna G. Wood. VIM. p.
Macomber, John q. Taylor, Richard
A. Taylor, Philip A. Cornell, Vim.
Thompson, Abbie II. Cornell, Susan f.
Hoxie.
Falmouth.-Geo II. Farr, J. Hacker
Hall, Lydia NJ. Pope, Miriam q. Weber,
Melvin NJ. Bailey, Nary e Richardson.
Chas. A. Nichols, Lima b. Lunt. Charles
W. Weber, Ezra hawkes., Myra Il. Frye.
SmithGsld.- Wheeler Swift, Sarah
j. Swift, John Metcalfe, Msrrick Wal
ling. Deborah P. Anterior. Hannah j.
Roberts, Jennie Allyne, Arabella Wal
ling.
Vassalboro. elijah Cook, Linwood w.
Jones, James II. Cook, tlavilla s. Rob-
erts, Rita 5. Gates, l.. Maria Dole, J.
Albert Jones, Jedediah j. Varney, Eliza
p. Pierce.
Dover-1imothy b. Hussey, Anna Nj.
Hussey, Sins Il. Strout. John q. Nut
ter, Athena b. Nutter Emiline II. Tut
tie. Geo. l. Jenness.
Fairfield. Mcpherson, VIM. p.
Winslow, Joseph e. Briggs, Phebe NJ
"adsworth Elizabeth IA. Hawkes., Hem
Jones, (of Winthrop Centre); Mary q.
Winslow, Mabel NJ Hoffman, Hannah J.
Bailey, Levi Jones
Parsonffield. John b. ..Cartlapd, Will L.
Weeks, Sins H. Garland, Emily M.
j ones, Alice l.. Tilton.
All but fourteen responded to their
names.
The credentials of the visiting minis
tiers were read. They were the same that
we're rend at the meeting on ministry
and oversight on the previous day with
the addition of the credential of Cyrus
Richard Sing, an elder from Canada
yea-ly meeting.
A very warm welcome was extended to
these visiting friends, and the following
were appointed to prepare re-
turning minutes for them:
Charles ii. Jones, Charles A. Chace,
Joshua l.. Macomber, Susan 4. Thomp-
son, I, Warren Hawkes., l.. Maria Jones,
j. Albert Jones.
The accounts from the several quarter
ly meetings were read, and the various
changes for the year were noted. The
statistical report was read as follows:
Number of ministers ll5; number of
elders 235; number of associate member s
252; number of members reported last
year 45D1; births 80; deaths So; admitted
81; released Al; gain 80; loss 20; present
number of members 4497.
The epistlss from Ireland, Baltimore,
North Carolina, Ohio. Indiana, Western
and Canada yearly meetings were read.
The following committee was appoint
ed to prepare summary answers to the
queries,
Richard Davis, Charles W. Webber, John
Metcalf, j. Albert Jon es, Anna III. Hus
sey, Phebe M. Wadsworth, Melissa S.
Dearborn. /
The committe to audit the treasurer
and propose names of persons
for treasurer of yearly meeting, treasurer
of Friends school at Providence, and the
treasurer of Oak Grove school at Vassal-
boro. were appointed as follows:
Robert p. Clifford, Thomas Wood,
Charles A. Chace, Anna III. Cove,
Charles A. Nichols.
The meeting then adjourned until a in
the afternoon.
: In the afternoon at O'Clock the first
business was the appointment of the
clerks. The representatives of the sew
eral quarterly meetings made the follow
ing nominations for clerks:
OF the Mems Meeting-John Elwood
Paige OF Lynn, clerk; Daniel e. Max
field of Amesbury. assistant clerk.
OF the Woman's Meeting-Deborah p.
Athe rton of Uxhridge, Mass, clerk;
Emily III. Jones of Huntington, Me-, as
sistant clerk.
This year the women have held no sepa-
rate meetings, although the old custom
has been otherwise. This gave rise to-
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION
on the question of retaining the organi-
cation of the womsn's meeting. s
Rufus Jones, editor of the American
Friend, Heverford, Pa, said that the New
Eng land yearly meeting ought to be or
ganized on the basis of the absolute
equality of the sexes. 1t was not so at
present. II ever the women felt that they
needed to mest sepai ately they would
have no difficulty In doing SO. But he
did not believs in having a mems meet
ing and woman's meeting. The EQUALS
ty Of women with men was a fundamen-
tai doctrine OF the Friends.