The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-18
REPORT OF MEMBERSHIP.
Annual Statistics of the Western
Yearly Meeting of Friends.

Yearly Meeting of Friends.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
PLAINFIELD. Ind. Sept. 1I-To-day was
a very busy day for the Western Yearly
Meeting. The s O'Clock meeting was trans
ferred from the tent to the house, because
of the cold wave which struck here Sunday
night. 1t was led by Zenas L. Martin, of
Iowa. The first business of the 10 o'clock
session was the social purity departments
report. which had been postponed from
Friday. The report of the Bertha Ballard
Home for Girls. in Indianapolis, details of
which have been published at length in
the local columns of the Journal. was
made. Following the report, announce
| ment was made of a gift to the home of
$50 by James j. Harvey, of Carmel, Ind.
The state of the church was then con-
sidered. This matter came before the
meeting in two forms: the queries and
answers and the statistics. Tn former
were in the usual shape, and were reason
ably satisfactory. The figures show the
following condition: liz meetings. beside
one INDUCED meeting; 1865 members. of
whom 2,464 are non-residents; 3,2s1 fam
lilies; 1882 non-members who habitually at
tend; 1872 recorded ministers, of whom 100
are men and 62 women; there have been
added TO the Yearly Meeting during the
year, by request, 473; by birth, 1SS; by GER
~tifcate, 361, making a total increase Of
1909; the membership has been diminished
during the same time, by disownment and
withdrawal, 3lS; by death. 2O9; by certifi-
cate, $40, a total decrease of SOC; there is
consequently a net increase of liz. There
are % meetings without ministers, SO meet
ings with pastors, LBS families who read
the Bible daily, and 1,796 families who do
not; /, III members who use tobacco, IL who
cultivate IL and IL who sell it Fourteen
ministers were recorded last year, three
Of them being women. The discussion
which always follows this report was ami
mated, and Friends We're urged TO observe
family worship. TO abstain from tobacco
and TO be regular IN attending the meet
ings of the church.
In the afternoon credentials were read
for Daisy Barr. a minister of Indiana Year
Foreign Missionary Board was read by
Sarah ]. King. The summary of the report
shows 35 meetings held during the year,
with an average attendance OF ninety
three. 45 pastoral visits made. 12.l41 papers
and tracts distributed. four Bible schools
in operation, with 143 sessions held, and an
average attendance OF 10l, forty-f0ur men,
beers of the Christian Endeavor and fifty
seven Juniors, eighty-seven women's meet
angs and ninety-two social prayer meetings
held, collections for the year to the amount
of $l06.0 S. expenses in the sum of $S2.27 and
$50 ~ collected and sent to the India suf-
ferers, and s420.S sent 10 Oscar Roberts in
South Africa.
The new officers are these: President.
Sarah j. King; vice president, Carrie Z. B.
Evans; treasurer. Martha Z. Newlin; re-
cording secretary. Lucy y. kenworthy;
corresponding and editorial secretary,
Naomi p. Shaw; superintendent OF junior
work, Ruth Brown: advisory board. Syi-
vester Newlin. Milton Hanson, reelected.
and Josua Armstrong. DIR. Il. r. Andrews
and his wife and Miss Mary Pickett. mis-
sionaries TO Mexico, were then introduced
10 the meeting. which rose 10 express its
appreciation and interest in them and their
work.
7 The American Friends Board of Foreign
Missions presented a printed report. which
was therefore not read before the meeting.
Tn time was given 10 Zenas l.. Martin.
who is on his way TO Cuba as superinten-
dent OF missionary work there. and who ex-
planned the work on that island. Four
missionaries have been engaged 10 go &c
Cub two OF them being young women
and one Of these an educated Mexican girl.
\ collection was taken for the work.