The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-06-13
THE FRIENDS.
Interesting Sessions Continued
Monday.
The Oldest Yearly Meeting ersets she
Youngest.

The yearly meeting of the Friends con-
tinued on Monday. The usual devotional
meetings were held in the morning. The
regular business meeting assembled at
Ga M, being opened with prayer accord
Ing to the usual custom OF the Friends.
Matilda Atkinson, from Iowa, now la
boring in Augusta, Me-, was present at
this meeting, with letter from her home
meeting. She received very cordial
welcome.
AS Monday was the day of the meeting
Of the Califor MIA yearly meeting, pleas
ing notice was taken Of the event. The
California yearly meeting Is only about
five years old, being the youngest of the
sisterhood The New England Yearly
nesting, as an organization. has contin-
nous records for over 200 years. having
been organized in the latter part Of the
seventeenth century. 1t is q fact, indeed,
that the New England Yearly meeting
has longer continuous history than the
London Yearly meeting, although the lat.
ter was organized first So 1t was
deemed especially fitting on Monday that
the oldest meeting should send fraternal
greetings to the youngest
An epistle from the New York Yearly
meeting was next read.
Next followed the report Of the COM
mittee on Western Indians, made by the
chairman. Myra K. Frye, ofIwoodfords
IL fer 4. ~
mendable progress; and there can be no
doubt Judging from the facts presented
in theireport. that the Indian Is becom-
ing civilized and Christianized.
Interesting remarks on the report were
made by Emeline II. futile. Mrs. Tuttls
and her husband were among the
pioneers OF the Modoc mission which con-
vertsd the rsdoubtabls Captain Jack, Of
Lava Beds fame. Obadiah Chace, Ste
phen Breede, Matilda Atkinson and
Myra T. Frye also spoke In the Same line,
commencing the work.
The Bible school report was presented
by Chairman Lewis NJ. Douglass, of
Portland. Fifty-seven schools reported
an enrollment of 1927 scholars. The col
lections during the year for various OBJ
jeots were si,s76.T1. Conferences were
held In four quarterly meetings during
the year. The home departments In.
creased from six to fourteen last year.
These home departments are for the bene-
ct of invalids and the inflrm, and others
who cannot lsave their homes Teachers
go to them. The number of the recipients
of the advantages of this department in
creased during the year from 142 to $40.
An interesting discussion on this re.
port was participated In by Cyrus Rich
mond Sing, of Ontario, Susan 4. Thomp-
son. Mary W. Jones, Charles ii. Jones
and Zilla Binns.
The com mittee on systematic giving
showed that the collections through the
recently introduced envelope system were
sl476
Standing committees were appointed
as follows:
Commute on Gospel Work for 3years. -
VIM. Thompson, Joseph e. Briggs, W.
Carleton Jones, George II. Farr, Susan
Ainsworth, VIM. p. Maoomber.
Church Extension Board for 3 years.
Thomas Wood, Lewis III. Douglass, Susan
h. Hoxie, Melvin NJ. Bailey.
Committee on Western Indians for 8
yeasr.-Wm. o. Newhail, Mary h. KIM
Der, John j. Frye, EIneline H. Tuttle,
Hannah j. Bailey, Elizabeth A. Clifford,
Lettie n. Bailey. AIvano G. Goddard.
Conmitte for years On Foreign Mis-
sions. -Timothy b. Hussey, Anna G.
Wood, Hannah J. Bailey, Sarah NJ.
Swift, Anna M. Hussey, Augustine
Jones, Mary e. kimber, George L..
Crosman.
Committee for Education for years. -
Augustine Jones. Rufus Al. Jones, Anna
II. Hall.
At two o'clock in the afternoon The
public meeting on Bible schools met,
Lewis NJ. Douglass, of Portland, presid-
ing. Mary K. Mars of Lynn spoke, fol
lowed by Rev. DR.. Smith Baker of Will
lisron church, Portland, and Rufus NJ.
Jones of Hayerford, Pa.
At4p m. the regular yearly m setting
convened again. Prayer was offered by
Mary n. Parker of Iowa.
The report of this committee on suppress
sion of the liquor traffic was next pre-
sentsd by Ad cline f. Chase of Fall
River. This report showed the work OF
the committee In holding meetings and
distributing literature. The report also
recommended the following resolutions,
which were adopted by the meeting:
Whereas, The Attorney General has
practically nullited the act OF Congress,
which abolished the army Ca nteen, be 1t
Resolved, That the yearly meeting for
Friends for New England emphatically
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that we Join heartily with other denomi-
nations who have protested against the
course pursued by many public officials
In compromising with the liquor power.
The first speaker was George A. eros
man Of Lynn. who set the keynote of the
discussion by urging that Friends should,
In their voting, be guided by their
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