New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
FRIENDS YEARLY MEETING.
REPORTS RECEIVED ON EDUCATIONAL
WORK AND ADDRESSES BY FOREIGN
MISSIONARIES HEARD.

large number of Friends attended the sessions
or the yearly meeting in East Twenteth-st. yes
terday- The devotional meeting s:3O was led by
James r. Jones of North Carolina. Letters from
the yearly meetings of Ohio Indiana Western
Wilmington, California, Oregon and Australia
listened TO with interest These contained interest
ing information concerning the evangelistic. tenn
perance, missionary and educational work The
Friends in the United States control eight colleges
and large number of preparatory schools Be
ginning June - the Friends will conduct at
Haverford College, Haverford Penn. a
school for the study of the Bible Christian his
tory and the best methods of applying them to the
needs of the day. Dr. J. Kendall Harris. professor
of photography Cambridge University, England,
William Rountree. of York. England: Dr. Barton,
professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages at Bryn
Mawr, and other competent instructors have been
secured.
The Book and Tract Committee reported a good
condition of things in the department OF church
literature The report of the trustees the Muir
Fund showed the disbursements for religious
, and benevolent work of the income from the $0G0O
which forms this trust. The Indians and colored
people have been chiefly remembered in this dis
tribution. The report of the Home and Foreign
Missionary Board showed a growing interest in
the various fields-the Normal and Industrial
School for Coiored People in North Carolina. the
work among the Indians in Mexico and the work
in China. A work is opening in Cuba, in
which there is deep interest. A subscription taken
at the meeting amounted TO $1000.
A public missionary meeting held last even
,
gave address The Blessings and Privileges
of Missionary Work" Mr.. Thompson has had
charge various times Of the mission in Pales-
tine supported by the England Yearly Meet.
ing DR. Lucy Gaynor spoke on Work in China.
The work of American Friends in China was start
ed about thirteen years ago \ permanent home
established at Nanking in 1890 In lS92 Dr.
GaynOr went out a medical missionary mere
missionaries from Ohio and New
York in this particular field. Dr. Gaynor stirred
all present by relating thrilling incidents Of the
work Willis HOtchkiss spoke Work in AFRICA
He began by saying: The gigantic crime OF Chris
ondom is its neglect of Jesus Christ
The speaker three hundred miles into
Africa from the coast. experiencing and enduring
much as a pioneer missionary. The African does
not the white and tried TO get rid or Nj
Hotchkiss in 1892. held a council and sent dele-
cation him giving him three days 70 get away
He told them he had come TO tel them a9o1t
God and expected TO stay. Then they decided 10
starve him out, and farbade their people 70 feed
him under penalty Of death. In spite OF the
! threat. a heather woman, each day passing MS
tent. dropped food in the form Of a root, ana
upon that he sustained life for three months. he
tried for two years and a half to ind their word
for Saviour At last II joyfuly discoVered-by
listening to a tale of the natives telling
how a man was rescued from a lion. The speaker
had been repeatedly attacked by lions ana other
wild beasts. ambushed by natives. and always de-
livered by the power of God