The Portland daily press., 1899-06-12
THE FRIENDS.
Discuss the Spanish War and
Peace Conference.
She society's Influence with the Czar
interesting Comment ON Recent
Events.

The sessions Of the year meeting Of
the Friends continued at Oak Street
church through Saturday. with large at
tendance. which completely flied the
audience room.
Devotional meetings were held In the
morning at $50 o'clock and 8 O'clock.
The early meeting was attended by about
thirty five. The later one was OF course
more largely attended.
The meeting on ministry and oversight
also convened at $50 a. m. and concluded
the business for the year. Uncie Nathan
Douglass of Durham. one OF the veterans
Of the society, opened the meeting with
prayer and touching remarks. his sub
lect was Love, and 10 became the text
II the meeting.
The regular yearly meeting opened at
10 o'clock. The prayers were by Aqulia
Pickering Of Chicago, Lima %. hunt,
missionary at Kickapoo mission, lnoian
erritory, and samuel Miles OF Vermont.
The first business was an address OF
llsterly greeting, extended by MRS a.
B. Cole of Portland, ON behalf OF the
Eoman's Christian Temperance Union
" Portland. She was introduced by the
,lark, and gave her message in very
pleasing manner.
The clerk, J. Ellwcod Paige of Lynn.
espo Ided appropriately, and called on
Phebe 5. Aydelott TO speak for the yearly
Meeting. which she did appropriately.
The committee on Gospel Work, through
General Superintendent Charles II.
Jones, of Amesbury, Mass, presented
their annual report. 1t showed that the
work for the year was divided up among
nine superintendents representing the
quarterly meetings. The summary is
as follows:
Number meetings visited, 20
Series of meetings held, ~
Conversions and renewals, 30
PROGRESSED sancti1cation, 151
Family visits made, 800
Pastoral visits mot under care Of COM
mitteel 2O5
Money expended, over $1,000
Several members spoke on this report:
Rufus III. Jones, Eli q. Parker, Frank FL.
Jones, Thomas Wood, Linwood w. Jones,
and Joseph,H. Atwater. They urged more
individual effort on the part of the meet
ing at large, especially in visiting the
smaller meetings.
The next business was the summary of
answers to the queries presented by the
meeting on ministry and oversight, to-
gether with their minute of exercise.
1ut Oh bu6 CDiuku1bcc OA CuuIOu
extension was taken up. The work OF
this com mittee Is to encourage the build
ing Of nesting houses ana assist small
meetings. The report showed that help
had been extended at Lawrence, Mass,
and St Adams, Me.
The report was discussed by George l..
Crosman. Joseph II. Atwater, Susan 4.
Thompson and Ellison Il. Purdy.
A contribution was gtaken to aid the
Lawrence Friends inspaying OF the debt
On their meeting house. The contribu-
ton amounted to $653.
The committee on correspondence was
appointed as follows: Emily M. Jones,
Charles ii. Jones, Rufus III. Jones, Mary
S. Paige, Phebe NJ. Wadsworth, Phebe
Purdy, Alsano G. Goddard, George l..
Crosman, Annie NJ. Hussey, Susan 4.
Thompson.
The portion of committee on Friends
Boarding school at Providence required
to be appointed each year for service three
years, was appointed as follows: d.
Wheeler Swift, samuel r. Bufinton, s
James Fl. Chace, Peter M. Neal, Samuel
Buffum, Robert p. Clifford. Rachel ).
Rowland, Ellen X. Buffum, Hannah j.
Bailey, Anna G. Wood, Deborah w. Cr1s-
man, Deborah r. Anterior.
The Ineeting then adjourned until $3.50
p. IL.
At o'clock p. m, the public meeting
On
PEACE AND ARBITRATION
was called to order By Mrs. Hannah j.
Bailey of Winthrop, who. presided. The
exercises began by congregational sing
ing of "All hail the power of Jesus
name" The second chapter of Luke was
next read, which tells OF the shepherds
watching in the fields, to whom was borne
by an angel the glad tidings of the birth
of the Prince ofPeace.
Mrs. Bailey, before Introducing thu first
speaker. said that the Friends had been
laboring for peace for $50 years, and at
last an international peace conference was
sitting. She believed that befora the
Diddls of the s0th century the terrible
practice of settling International differen-
ces by war would be abolished.
Mrs. Bailey then introduced MIR. Au.
gustipe Jon es. principal OF the Friends
School at Providence, Mr.. Jones said
that in l549 he heard Elihu Burritt
speak in Brunswick on the Brussels con-
ference. At that meeting the orator intro
auced him to the works of John Fright,
Richard Golden, Lamartine. and Victor
hugo. And he had never ceased to ad-
mire them. John Bright, in resisting the
Crlmean war and the Doplbardment of
Alexandria, did a great work for the
CAUSE u pohCc W HeIl SnldI a usElCe Cole
Edge of England was here he was asked
"Wbo Is the greatest orator in England?"
And ne replied: John Bright, so ad-
Judged by men who have heard Pitt, Fox
and Burke" And the powerful voice OF
that great orator was always raised for
peace.
1t is the law of God that men shall not
Fight, and in time this law will be OBJ
served, said MIR. Jones.
Mr. .Innas said that a fauy yaarc aoo ha
was the member Of great convention
which met in Washington. There were
present learned professors, clergyinen and
philanthropists. And he thought thatfat
last the millenum was dawning. The
two great English speaking peoples were
together by their representatives; and the
time seemed ripe for putting an arbitra
ton treaty into effect.
But they were disappointed, and very
foon the country was plunged into the
war with Spain.
All wars for conquest were wrong and
inexcusable. A people may find argu-
inents for defending themselves against
apprehension. or for saving a nation {
life. But II man demands his neigh
boris watch or money and takes 1t by
force, pretending that he can make bet
ter use of it than would the neighbor he