Evening journal., 1899-05-18
MESSAGE OF FRIENDS
To the international Peace
Conference at The Hague.
PRAY FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE

PRAY FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE
FRIENDS YEARLY MEETING IN
PHILADELPHIA INvOKEs d.
VINE DIRECTION OF THE INTER
NATIONAL. CONFERENCE To-
WARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF.
AN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF
ARBITRATION
The sessions OF Friends Yearly Meet
ing continued yesterday at Fifteenth
and Race streets, philadelphia, with
several Wilmington Friends i'm attend
anee. The meeting opened with prayer
by Alien Flltcraft in which he made a
fervent appeal for the advance of peace
principles. A committee was appoint
ed to unite with a committee Of women
Friends in considering the proposition
that a gradual change should be made
i'm the membership OF the cOmmlttee
on the George School and in tlhe mpm-
bership of the other committees of the
meeting i'm order that ak MO time there
should he a new cOmmlttee unacQuaint-
cd with the work.
The minutes OF THE representative
committed. wIhhoh represents THE Year
ly Meeting In the interval between its
sessions. we're read and their la.b.cs
approved. Alfred MoCre was unitetl with
as their clerk. They reported THAT nu-
merous copies of Friends works hah
been purchased and distributed. and
THAT copies Of such works had been
donated to the free libraries Of Plhi!a-
elphih and Camden. They also report
ed that S40,S36.1S had been received ON
account of the bequest IN Jacob Fretz
for the benefit OF THE George SdhlooA
The several monthly meetings we're
directed TO forward to the representa-
tive committee lists OF all books AND
gecords Din their possession.
John Wilhelm Rowntree. rm behalf
OF himself, and A. Reave Brayshawl tha
tglendS Home York, ENGLAND. tlhan1k-
ea tne meeting for the privilege of at
tending.
Az the opening of THE afternoon SEES
sion the committee appointed to pre-
pare a message to THE Peace Confer
enee made a report which was united
with' and the following cab,egram was
uilected to be sent at once:
lhe Yearly Meeting or tha Re1io-
ious Society of Friends, now I'M sesgin,,
I'M Phhladelphia. United States Amerfcs
10 THE International Peace Conference
at The Hague:
MAY YOUR councils be divlnelv di-
fecled IN the early consideration Of tba
es0hoAshment oian International Count
OF ARBITRATION, tenhing to the 1sltimote
reign OF universal peace Fmmlor Rcrh-
erts, SaTah Griscom. clerks"
line first query was read and tbo
iodcwlng summary answer adoutpd.
Olr neMgaOus MEETINGS for worsjhin
anu for discipline have been raaulariv
heid, except some omissions noted I'm
All oalr reports. for which varioqis rea-
sons nave been assigned. Those ON
tlst-days have usually been attendai
by many OF our members. Thnse he,d
~ other Times have been. with soma
executions, small. The hour has bepr
mostly observed. and the behavi,.. M
those assembled very genralry becom.
lug. The Importance OF a he.ta az.
tendance upon THE meetinies. ra-tic1.
AIRY m.u week meeting. was dwell
uP2n by Thomas Kirk. Joseph Powell
l'ukens Webster amid others.
charles Pond said THAT tha OH 81.
well as tie Young were derelrct In NJ.
auIemuing meeting. CYRUS w HIa,-rsn
saii spiritual gifts wena the vita
l.oints' tnai. many who had a caY +,
une ministry tried to satisfy their com
sciences by doing Humanitarian Morl,
jon Borton said mdd-HefgIx meetin,
shohid lie Cnanged to the evening N
N-uld suit those an attendance bette,
ana whtre there was no meeting in
soNn - village one shoulh he estah
Nsned on moved from the country.
Inc following summary answer wa
adopted TO THE second query: "Ioy
and unity have been very gsnprall
maintained, and tale bearllnlg and do
traction discouraged. When difference
nave become known endeavors hay
been used to end Them. THE meetin
closed with sermon by Enoch Har
mum.
WOMEN'S MEETING.
In the women's meeting. THE nepor
concerning THE various trust funt
we've read, and The fact that ten qua
terry meetings now have boardir
homes for aged Friends WAS felt to
cause for thanksgiving The graf
t1de OF the meeting was voiced
Lydia H. Hall and Sarah r. Eavenso
Rebecca Cowpewait said the givir
OF money accomplishes little un,e
the spirit OF love goes with IT.
Margaretta Walton. while rejoicil
in the lange charities THAT have be,
productive of 50 much good urgsd
not TO neglect the little nkeds THAT a
ever around us. and to practice dai
self denial i'm order that the chart
box may never be empty.
Hannah Clothfer Hall said that.
Friends have no stated times for G,
lecting the little offerings. as do 9th
denominations. they should seek q
portunities for giving
Mary B. Iivezey while believi
that Friends are not lacking in tr
patriotism, would have them rema