The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-07
TWENTY AIRS
Since Organization of Friends
Kansas Yearly Meeting
Mr.. JOSHUA [. BAILEY
Of Philadelphia Comes Out to
See Kansas Canteen Custom

! The Kansas yearly meeting Of the relig-
ious society of Friends. now meeting in
| its twenty annual session at the
Friends University in this city. began on
the 5th instant. and will continue until
noon Of the 18th.
The president of the University, Ed
mund Stanley, is the presiding clerk, an
office he has held consecutively for ten
years. He IS assisted by Francis A.
Wright of Kansas City. Mo-; Martha NJ.
! Pitts, Havliand, Kan, and Matte Pitts
| of Glen Elder, Kan.
The Kansas yearly meeting was organ
ia in 1872 at Lawrence, and has been
held there each year since till two years
ago, when il was held at the Auditorium
in Wichita, at which time SO many
Friends were present from western and
southern meetings for their first yearly
meeting that it was agreed to hereafter
alternate the meetings etween Lawrence
and Wichita, thus accommodating more
fully the 1092 members located in Kan
sas, Missouri, Indian Territory and Okla
homa.
The first days session was a meeting
of the ministers, missionaries and elders
Of the yearly meeting, a body of ISL
members exclusive Of elders, a consider
able number of whom were present and
carefully considered many matters Of
vital interest pertaining to evangelistic
and church extension work.
To this meeting and the representative
meeting ct night the general membership
all are welcome.
Meetings for worship are TO be held
each morning from to GAS. and at 7:S0
p. m, and are usually spiritual feasts
which are largely attended.
On Sabbath there will be services at
a. m, 10 a. m, 8 p. m, and 1880 p. m. and
probably some of the pulpits Of the city
will be filed by special invitation by
Friend ministers.
In the Kansas yearly meeting there are
fifteen quarterly meetings, ach one of
which Is entitled to two delegates at
large and one for each 800 members or
major part Of 1t. Forty Of these appoint
ed delegates were resent at the opening
Of the regular meeting which began at 10
a. m. on the 9Th. and the sexes are divid-
ed about equally in this representation.
All members Of the yearly meeting are
welcomed to the sessions and delibera-
tons Of this annual meeting, and about
800 OF TIM are present, and more will
come later
The yearly meetings held at London,
England; Dublin, Ireland; and the four
7-i1
Canada, New York, Baltimore. Philadel
phia, North Carolina, Ohio, Wilmington
(Ohio). Indiana, Western (held at Plain
field, Ind), Kansas, Iowa, Oregon and
California, with one exception hold fra
ternal correspondence. and their minis
ters visit and labor Interchangeable
OF these visiting ministers and workers
there are present today with credentials:
Joseph Stanley, from Indiana yearly
meeting, whose home is in Brookhaven.
Miss; Joseph Sopher, Josiah Dillon, p.
Howard Brown and wife and Enoch
Lewis and wife. from Iowa yearly meet
ing: Lydia G.. Nils, from Indiana: Mar
tilla Cox. from Western; Willis r. Hotch- |
kiss, Of cleveland Ohio, who is secretary |
of the Friends Africa Industrial Mission |
and has spent five years in Southern AZ |
RIGA as a missionary, and expects to re-
turn in about year, but is meanwhile |
visiting many Of the yearly meetings in !
the interests Of the Industrial mission he |
IS connected with. He is accompanied by |
Arthur D. Chilson, also Of Cleveland, who |
IS expecting to go to Africa with him.
Another notable visitor IS Joshua L.
Bailey Of Philadelphia. who is president
Of the National Temperance association,
and visits Kansas at this time on purpose
to personally inspect the workings Of the
canteen system in the National Soldiers
Home at Leavenworth and TO judge for
himself about the worth of the Kansas
prohibitory law.
A tour Of the principal cities Of Maine
gave this merchant philanthroplst data
for valuable article published recently
n the American Friend about prohibition
IN Maine. and he IS anxious to learn the
facts at first hand in Kansas.
In welcoming these visitors. Clerk Stan
ey said: The custom Of welcoming Wis
ting ministers from other yearly meet
ngs is one Of the customs OF early Quak-
erism, and our adherence to It shows 10
he world we are one body and one peo-
DE. The presence Of visiting ministers at
his time is an evidence that God IS still
airing for US. else he would not send Us
His faithful messengers
A committee with Natnan Brown Of
Barclay. Kan, as chairman was appoint
d TO prepa1S returning minutes for these
listing Friends, acknowledging their at
enhance and welcome.
\ committee Of two from each quarter
Y meeting was appointed 10 revise the
standing committees on evange1Istic ana
PASTORAL work: temperance; Bible schools:
.ducatou; foreign missions; home mis-
ions; literature and peace. and report
alter.
George n. Hartley was made chairman
Z a committee on order OF business
VerliHg K. Stanley was appointed
hartman o. 4 committee 20 prepare epis-
les for the various yearly meetings with
which we correspond.
Elvi-a Il. Parker OF Fl Dorado. Kan.
nd Irene r. Hester Of Stella. O. T. were
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