The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-05
A HEALTHY GROWTH
State of the Friends
{ Church Reported. Need
of Ministers.
Especial to News and Obserer.)

Especial to News and Obserer)
{ High Point, n. c., August 4.-The
second day session of the North Car
DINA Yearly Meeting of Friends was
opened this morning at 1890 O'Clock
with devotional exercises. 4 very large
crowd being in attendance.
An increase of over 100 members
was an encouraging feature of the
report this morning on the state OF the
church. Last years membership of
5,513 has received additions amount
ing to $50 and incurred losses amount
ing to234, the present membership be-
ing reported as 500.
Other items of the report were:
Number of househOlders Las; males,
2,144; females 2,373; members under
81, 1,540; adult members, 3,041; resi-
dent members, 1896; nonresident
members, 574; recorded ministers, As:
members in college, so; members
teaching, 40
Robert w. Douglas, a minister from
Indiana Yearly Meeting, arrived too
day and on the reading of shis cree
dentials addressed the meeting on the
necessity of showing the same advance
in religious work as in commercial
affairs. lie urged the value of young
people in church work.
The North Carolina Yearly Meeting
is practically insured Of $1,000 for the
work of its evangelistic and church
extension committee next year. A
friend whose name was not made pub
lie announced through the clerk that
if the Yearly Meeting appropriated
$500 and the collection this afternoon
amounted to $3.50 he would make up
the rest of the $1,000. The objection
reached the sum of $3.50 and the APP
preparation OF $500 seems to have the
support of the Yearly Meeting assur-
ing the sum of 81, 900 for this work
during the coming year. The collec
ton followed the report of the evan
gelical committee which was given by
Mary c. Woody, superintendent of this
work the past year.
The report which was heard with
deep interest by the Yearly Meeting,
showed that buildings and improve
mentS to the value of $4,000 have
been added to the various meetings
during the past year. 1t urged the
establishment of meetings in cities,
whittier young friends are ant to GO
for business chances and spoke of the
need of ministers who are now to-
tally inadequate in number to tae. de-
mands for them Part of the work of
the committee the past year has b-1n
to organize the monthly meeting in
accordance with the provisions of the
new constitution. New granite meet
ing houses are under construction at
High Point and Mt. Airy.
Tha important matter of the pro-
posed sale OF the present Yearly Meet
ing grounds and it's removed to Guilford
College is to come up for considera-
ton tomorrow morning. Perhaps no
question will receive closer attention
or arouse more interest than this one.
The meeting this evening was in the
care of the temperance committee
An address was given by Rev. w. L.
Bradshaw, of WilkesborO.
Last nights meeting was addressed
by Rev. Sam'l Haworth, who
preached an unusually effective ser
mon from the text, paul servant OF
Jesus Christ" He was followed by
Zenas 1. Morton in a brief talk. To-
morrow nights meeting will be de-
voted to the subject of the Christian
endeaVor.