The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-11
FOR THE MINISTERS
Kansas Yearly Meeting of
Friends Commences.
MANY DELEGATES HERE
Meetings of Special Boards
Held Yesterday.

The Kansas Yearly meeting Of Friends
convened in this city yesterday. The
meetings are held in the Friends Uni
versity The meeting proper viii not
commence until today, but the meeting
of the ministers and oversight was held
yesterday morning and the meeting OF
the permanent board last night. The del
egates began coming in several days ago.
but the greater number VIII arrive this
morning. There are about 800 persons
here now and almost that many more
viii attend the meeting.
Several prominent members from cut
side Of the yearly meeting are in attend
ance, among whom are: LindIey H.
Wells Of Illinois, John II. Douglas Of
California, Daisy Barr, J. Morris Lem
mon. Mary Bedeu Pleasant Mills, and
Charles II. Babcock.
The meeting yesterday morning was for
the Friends ministers alone. Several
speeches were made by different members
in regard TO their charges during the past
year 1T is the purpose OF this meeting TO
inquire into the conduct and work of the
ministers during the year and at each
meeting each one is asked about the
advancement o. the church in their dis
trict and how they have taken care OF
the work during the year The question
Of the different methods of work is also
taken up and discussed. This meeting
might properly be called an annual ex-
animation of the ministers Of the Friends
church
The meeting during the evening was Of
the representative board The name of
this board has been changed TO the per-
manent board. It takes up all matters
that may come up of interest to the
members OF the yearly meeting. It is a
sort Of emergency board that has power
10 act in very exceptional cases. This
board has been an organization Of the
church for many years. it was first or
gained during the persecution OF the
Quakers and bad power to act in max
ing dispositions of the cases Of members
of the church who were arrested. 1t was
then called the board of suffering Since
that time il has had charge of all mat
ters that pertain to the church that must
have a prompt decision at time when
the yearly meeting is not in session. 1t
has an executive board which may act
in very urgent cases. The entire board
has not been called together during the
past year and &c executive committee
has met but once during that time.
There was also "a devotional meeting
held in Russell han for the delegates
not members of the permanent board.
The meeting for the delegats and the
transaction of business viii begin today.
The meetings during the day viii be
mostly of business nature. but the SEES
sions of the evening VIII be devotional
or lectures.
This evening the question Of the liter
ature of the country viii be discussed 1
and especially what pertains to the
Friends. There viii also be peace con-
ference meeting.
The board OF control for the schools +
Of the meeting viii meet this afternoon. +
The yearly meeting has control Of the .
ana also several academies over .
this state and Oklahoma.
At the first session of the meeting to- .
day the credentials Of the delegates VIII f.
he taken up and passed upon The ere F
dentials Of the ministers were read at T.
the meeting yesterday. The following is I
the complete program for the day:
Meeting for worship. s O'Clock "a. m.
Meeting for discipline 10 O'Clock a. m.
Meeting for caretakers. - o'clock m.
Meeting for discipline. . o'clock p. m.
Meeting university ana academy boards. .
6 o'clock p. m.
Meeting of delegates, 6 O'Clock p. m.
Meeting for business Y. p. s. c. z.
z O'Clock p. m.
Public meeting Of literature and peace, F
80 O'clock p. m.