The Indianapolis journal., 1902-10-28
FRIENDS END SESSIONS
CALL TO OTHER DENOMINATIONS TO
JOIN IN TEMPERANCE WORK.
Greetings Sent to the London Year
Iy MeetinE-Questions Referred
to Committees.

The Five-Year Meeting of Friends in the
city ended with yesterday mornings ses-
sion. The most important work or the
meeting was finished and most of the dele
gates started for their homes during the
afternoon and last night. The place or
the next meeting will be Richmond, Ind,
and the arrangements for Ii are TO be made
by the committee appointed Thursday.
The committee on business to which had
been given the consideration of all the
proposed changes in the church. reported
unfavorably on the proposition to compile
a catechism. The committees favorable
report of the hymnal proposed for the So
ciety provoked lengthy discussion that
ended with the reference of the hymnal
question to new committee, to be report
ed on at the next Five-Year Meeting. The
resolution to publish a church quarterly
was passed and letter read by Secretary
Elwood o. Ellis was ordered sent to the
London Yearly Meeting, which greeted the
American Friends In letter read at Tues
days session.
The following call was issued to the
churches of other Christian denominations
inviting cooper alton in the effort for the
suppression of the liquor trac:
Dear Brethren in Christ-We are con-
nQent In the Dellef that the consensus OF
opinion of the processing Christians of our
land is opposed to the evils OF the liquor
traffic, and We find want OF cooperation
in practical effort to give effect to this
opposition because none of the propositions
heretofore made has met the approval or
the general judgment of Christian people.
We recognize that this is the ,.S case In our our
OF others. AS result, the church exerts
| far less influence than ii should to prevent
| the evils produced by this great cause of
Il md rhf n lQn a
most serious obstacle to the spread OF the
gospel gospel - tar. 49,.
viction that an earnest effort should be
made to ascertain in what way Christians
| can exert a united influence in this cause,
| and by what means they may work to-
| gether. Upon what proposition can We OBJ
| tain a practical agreement? We frankly
confess that We are not competent to solve
/ the problem. but we believe that by united
| inquiry and prayerful seeking for divine
| proach the subject with an open mind. the
| united church may find a way by which
we can serve the cause of Christ and the
| elimination of this stupendous evil. We,
| therefore, invite the governing bodies of
the various denominations of Christians In
| the United States to appoint delegates to
| represent them in a conference to be held
in the city of Washington, to begin on the
second Wednesday of March, in the year
| 1906. The decisions of this conference
| should be reached only In practical una
| nimity, and, therefore, II is unnecessary to
| indicate any liInit to the proposed repre-
| sentation.
1--WE issue this invitation with a humble
| realization of the smallness of our body,
| as compared with many others, but we do
| 1t under a deep sense that this duty has
| been laid upon us, and that God will use
| the proposed instrumentality for the ac-
| complishment of great good to mankind
| and for the glory of His name.
Believing that this proposition will meet
with your approval and practical co-opera-
| ton, we have appointed James Wood, OF
| Mt Kisco. n. Y; Rufus NJ. Jones. Haver-
| ford, Pa; Timothy Nicholson, Richmond
Ind; Benjamin F. Trueblood, Boston
Mass, and Edmlnd Stanley Wichita, Kan
| with one additional delegate from each OF
| eleven yearly meetings, to represent US al
the conference. In the faith and love OF
! Jesus Christ, we are your friends.
| EDMUND STANLEY,
| Presiding Clerk
"ELLWOOD o. ELLIS,
| Recording Clerk.
(Signed by direction of the meeting)
The delegates from the eleven yearly
meetings are: Hannah j. Bailey, New
England Yearly Meeting; Albert X Smiley
New York; James Carey, jr.. Baltimore
Thomas Newlin. North Carolina: Ellwoot
o. Ellis, Indiana; Albert ]. Brown, West
ern; Joseph Sopher. Iowa: Phoebe M. Bar
nard, Kansas: Francis K. Jones, Oregon
Emma s. Townsend, Wilmington, anC
Charles E. Tebbetts. California.