The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-08-12
TEN THOUSAND THERE
The Splendid Sunday Service
of the Friends.
HIGH Point Has Never Entertained a Better
Class of People Than Were There
on Sunday.
ESPECIAL to News and Observer


High Point, N. c., Aug ll.-Ihe
Friends yearly meeting yesterday reach
ed its maximum in attendance and IN
popular interest A very large company
of people gathered early in the day from
incoming trains, and later in Duggles'
carriages and almost every kind OF vehl-
Gle brought the people from many miles
around and from all directions. con-
seryative estimate would place the num-
Der of people here today at ten thousand
steady stream of humanity could De
noticed throughout the day vending us
way in the direction of the Friends
meeting house and all around the same
thousands of people stood in an over
flow audience Some were here on pleas
ure bent, others to meet old acqualnt-
ances and make new ones while hundreds
came to attend divine worship. Al
though the crowd was very large the best
of order prevailed, both in the large
crowd around the church and in the
church, which. has. a seating capacity OF
LOO people. During the day services
were held in the tent, which stands in the
grove, simultaneously with the meeting
in the church. Five thousand visitors
were in hearing distance of the preach
ing most of the day.
Sunday school exercises were held in
the early morning and a Bible school
lesson was conducted by Mr. j. R. Men
denhall, of Greensboro, which command
ed the attention of the assembly pres
ent. This was followed by some excel
lent brief addresses on Bible study by
9th &c
meeting a large crowd was present and
so many prominent Sunday school work.
ers being in attendance the Sabbath
school exercises were especially interest
ing.
AT eleven o'clock religious exercises be-
gan at all the places of worship on the
grounds. Able sermons were preached
by Messrs. Allen Jay, Miriam Johnson,
David E. Sampson, Emos Harvey and
others. These services were continued
until one O'Clock, when an adjournment
was taken for dinner.
Services were resumed at 2 o'clock
after which the people began to leave for
their respective homes in large crowds.
This has been a great day in the
North Carolina Yearly meeting of
Friends and they are complmenting
themselves (and justly so) on the mag
nifcent order and good meetings, both
in interest and attendance The town
never entertained a better class Of peo-
pie than were here today, taking them as
n whole and is glad to honor these
Friends and visitors every year. The
meeting this year has been above the
average, in that so much satisfactory
work has been accomplished. Questions
that were complex in nature and which
had been before the meeting for sew
eral years for disposition, were sat-
isfactorily adjusted, and all go back to
their homes feeling that great good has
been accomplished in His name The
meeting will continue through Tuesday,
probably. Most of the important work
has been transacted.
Among the visitors today | noticed Mr.
and Mrs. w. ]. Armfield, Jr. Of Ashe-
boro; Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Parker Miss
Louise Henley E. c. Love, Hugh Lewis,
j. r. Mendehhall, w. s. Diffel, d. C.
Leonard, Miss Clyde Bandy, Jesse Hold
gin, all of Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs r.
L. Pickens, Lexington; H. B. Martin,
A. H. Fowett, w. j. Scott, j. d. Coffey.
of winston; c. c. Frazier, w. d. Jenkins,
van w. Williams, Geo. B. Robertson and
Henry Morley, of Greensboro; Mr.. John
w. Cook and wife; o. p Moffitt, of Lex
ington.