The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-25
FRIENDS AT RICHMOND
EIGHTY-FIRST INDIANA YEARLY
MEETING Is OPENED.
This state Is Permanent i'm the Church
prominent i'm Attend
~ance-First Sessions.
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RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 2f.-Eighty-one
years ago the Indiana Yearly Meeting of
Friends was organized in this city, which
has ever since been its meeting place, al
though large portions of the territory once
included in the body have been cut off and
independent bodies established. The In
diana meeting has retained its leadership.
The membership is in excess of twenty
thousand. The eighty-frst session opened
here to-day and will continue until noon
next Monday.
The meeting convened at 10 o'clock this
morning. The solemn silence was first
broken by the Rev. Nathan Frame, Of
Jamestown, o., who spoke of God speaking
TO mankind through His Son. He then led
in prayer. The Rev. Jacob Baker, of Raisin
Center, Mich, and Susan Ratlin, of Fair
mount, and the Rev. Amos II. KenwOrthy,
Of Knightstown, and others then followed
- fervent prayers. The Rev. Mr.. Beker adj
dressed the meeting upon What Seest
Thou?' Francis w. Thomas, of Dunreith,
the father of the meeting, spoke briefly.
The Rev. William L. Ppkham, of Cleve-
land, o., spoke upon the duties of over
coming.
The Yearly Meeting proper will begin at
10 o'clock tomorrow morning, "A devotional
meeting preceding. One of the important
HdllcIS 10 COIHt uD lHuISudy Will Dt TIC
report from Whites Institute at Wabash,
which is supported by the meeting. This
report already has been made public. 1t
shows the following: There are now eighty
one dependent orphan children as inmates.
During the year hfty-seven have been adj
mitted and forty placed in suitable homes.
The school has been maintained during
eight months, with two teachers and the
trustees feel that a substantial elementary
education is being impaired to all of the
children that are of school age. The total
receipts were $l0,9O9.99, which is balance
by the disbursements. The liabilities are
small and the assets exceed $1,000. The
terms Of Isaac Elliott and Samuel G. Cow
gill, as trustees. expire at this time.
Among the visitors at the meeting are
the following: Rev. William Perry, Plain
Vile, Kan; William H. Coffin, Pasadena,
Cal; Rev. Elkanah Beard, Winchester:
Caroline EdgertOn, Dunreith; Rev. Charles
b. Osborn. Economy; Rev. Amos H. Ken
KnightstOwn; Jethro Wickersham and
wife, Lewisville; Jacob Williams and wife
and Ada Hiatt. Fountain City; e. and NJ.
o w. Macy, Straughns; Rev. Charles
W. Douglass, Versailles, o.; Ephraim ..
Allen, Upland; OIynthus Cox. Winchester;
Rev. Henry Pickett, Lynn; Elma Charles,
Williamsburg; David COppock, Webster;
Moses E. Bailey, Fountain City; Rev.
EnOs Harvey and Susan Ratliff, Fair
mount; Benjamin Hutchins, Centerville;
Rev. Jacob Baker and wife, Raisin Center,
Mich; Rev. Walter Commons, New York;
Isaac Elliott and wife, Paramount; Esther
ION anu Emma f1euSeS, New castle; Kew.
Clark HOSier, Greensboro; Wilson Kendall
and wife, Chester; John Arlington, Ches-
ter; Julia a. Miles, Elwood; William West
and wife, Progress, o.; j. =. White, Maple
City, Mich; Rev. Stella Hammond. Neal,
Mich; Rev. George WeStgate, Adrian,
Mich; Rev. Charles Whiteley, Stillwell;
Rev. Richard HawOrth and wife, Marion;
Thomas Miller, Carthage, o.; Rev. Evan
G. Thornton, Portland; Joseph Stanley, Sa-
lem, Ia; Alex. Little, Paramount; Rev. Os-
car Moon and David and Elizabeth Over
man, Marion; Martha BoninO n Nancy
Wright, Michigan.
This afternoon the time was largely oc-
cupied with a report by the Rev. Allen
Jay, of this city, on his visit to the
churches in England and Ireland. He and
Mrs. Jay spent some months there, visiting
many minor meetings and the London and
Dublin Yearly Meetings. They found the
society there an open door and were cor
daily received. William p. Pinkham, of
Cleveland, spoke on THE Higher Criti-
ciSm."