The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-30
AFFAIRS OF The FRIENDS
NEW DISCIPLINE IN EFFECT AFTER
MEX YEARS SESSION.
Delegates Appointed to the 1902 Gen.
eral Conference, to BE
Held i'm Indianapolis.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


RICHMOND, Ind. Sept. %. This was
the big day of the Indiana Yearly Meet
ing of Friends, and the city was thronged
with visitors. Hundreds of persons drove
in from the surrounding territory and at
tended the services held in the open air.
Visiting ministers were assigned to fifteen
churches. At the session last night the
Christian Endeavor work was considered.
There are forty-nine societies In the Year
ly Meeting, two new ones having been or
ganized during the year. Eight societies
~disbanded. There are twenty-siX inter-
mediate and junior societies. Two new
Junior societies were organized and two
disbanded. The total membership is 1894,
with 32 associate members; 167 members
have been added during the year. There
have been fifty-two accessions to the
church from the Endeavor societies; 25
members have pledged themselves to give
2 cents each a week for missionary work;
$50 1.-THE their incomes, and fifty-three 9TH
erwise give Systematically. Thirty-three
pursue a course of systematic religious or
missionary reading. About $500 has been
raised for various purposes. That for for
eign missions is used in Mexico. Africa,
India. and Cuba. The following are the Of
ficers of the Endeavor Union the coming
year: President. Morton G. Pearson,
Anna NJ. Moore, Richmond; missionary SUI
perintendent, Edith J.. Hunt. Charlotts-
vile; superintendent of junior work. =.
Leona Wright, Paramount; executive COM
mittee. Rev. Elwood o. Ellis of Richmond.
Charles O. Whitley of Stillwell, and Clara
E. Pray of Knightstown; quarterly meet
Coppock. Ludlow. o.; Whitewater, Martha
C. Schneider, Richmond; New Garden,
Anna Bailey, Fountain City; Westfield,
Claimant I Goodwin West Elkfnn a .
Spiceland, Ella Applegate. Knightstown;
Fairmount, Dea Nelder, Paramount; Wa
bash, Ida A. Fellow, Amboy; Walnut
Ridge; Edith J. Hunt. Charlottesyille Mar
ion, Melvin Drucheneiller. Marion; Win
chester, Luther Gilbert. Muncie; Vandalia,
David Eby. Union, Mich. Dublin, Lizzie
Runnion. Van Vert. o.; Long Lake, Park
er Pennington, Traverse City, Mich; East
ern, Erwing Schmick. Cincinnati. The
Rev. f. o. Ellis. the clerk, announced the
international Endeavor Convention TO be
held at Earlham College next summer and
urged the Indiana societies to show their
hospitality and devotion TO the cause by
taking their place in welcoming all the
EndeavorerS.
1t was decided by the Yearly Meeting
that the new discipline and constitution,
which this meeting adopted and which has
been adopted by enough meetings 20 make
1t effective, shall go into effect immediate
ly after the session of next year. The
following committee was appointed TO con-
slider the prOpriety of changing the new
constitution to come before the general
conference next year: Daniel w. Law
renee, Ely Jay. Timothy Nicholson. Mat
thew Charles, Eliza w. Hiatt, Elizabeth
Bailey and Louisa W~ickersham. Each
| quarterly meeting is TO have one repre-
sentative to meet the committee. The fol-
lowing delegates were chosen for the gen
eral conference, which meets next year
probably at Indianapolis: Timothy Mich
olson, Francis w. Thomas, Allen Jay, Ma
Omi II. Jay, Hannah l.. Smith, f. o. Ellis.
j. J. Mills, Ida S. Henley. Alpheus True
blood, Joseph a. Goddard, Enos Harvey,
Elizabeth j. Hill, Mary F.. Baldwin, Anna
A. Warder, Evan Ferree, Mary II. God
dard, Thomas w. White, Robert w. Doug
lass, Ira G. Johnson. Emma Hedges,
Charles W. Osborn, Mahalah Jay, Isabella
Kenworthy. David Overman and Charles
E. Hiatt. The meeting will close Tuesday
morning.