The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-09-06
IOWA YEARLY MEETING
Proceedings Of the Annual Gathering Of
Friends in Oskaloosa.

son, Iowa; Harvey Hoskins, Pleasant
Plain, Iowa; Theo. Foxworthy. Bloom.
| field, Nebr.; Mary Mckenzie, Gross
Nebr.; VIM. j. Watkins, Grant, Nebr. /;
is. S. Dunagan, Benkelman, Iowa; Eli
Compton, Dexter, Iowa; John w.
| Stribling, Earlham, Iowa; Margaret
Stalker, Ames, Iowa; e. B. Menden-
hall, Marshalltown, Iowa; Edwin Loft,
Cummings, Iowa; Eli Jones, Boulder,
Colo; John Fry, Boulder, Colo; HUI
dab Enlow, West Branch, Iowa; Jason
Negus, West Branch, Iowa; Joseph
L. Hockett, New Providence, Iowa;
DELI Mortimer, Walton, Wis; Nellie
Osborn, Spencer, Iowa; Maggie Mills,
Greenyille, Iowa; Belle Kellogg, North
Loup, Nebr.; Jennie Greeve, Central
City, Nebr; Phoebe T. Tuning, Allen,
Nebr.; w. E. Chase, Allen, Nebr.
Reports and Comments.
| The first business on Friday after
noon was the report of trustees of
the Beals fund.
! A report of Bible school was read
and heartily approved.
The report of the Committee on In,
dian Affairs was taken up and several
extracts read. 1t shows a develop
ment in the work, particularly the
school work.
The report of the Peace Committee
was read. This report calls attention
to the death of Rachel Crumley, of
Pleasant Plain, who has been men,
Der of that committee for long per-
iod of years.
Howard Brown talked on Peace, and
was followed by Zeno H. Doan, Of
Marshalltown. He says peace does
not belong to Quakers alone, but even
Cicero and the Athenians had some
ideas of peace. He read from the
time of Christ that Christ's Disciples
used none of the implements of war.
War costs so much today that it is
prohibitive. Money cost is but a
small part. The cost of manhood is
more than that. War is the worst
kind of race suicide. France has
men ~ inches shorter than one hun
bred years ago. The French them
selves say it is because Napoleon took
the best of the nation and they were
killed in battle. Those who were left
at home were inferior in size. The
modern nations are gradually learn
ing that was is not humane. The
Friends church should come forward
and stand firm for peace, for which
she has stood so long.
The 54th annual report of Whites
Manual Labor Institute was read, to-
gether with the report of the treasur-
er. The meeting re-appoInted ]. H.
Beals as trustee of the institute.
Yearly Meeting Growing.
Statistical report shows member
ship of 1886; net increase over last
year of 1913. The committee recon-
mended that the attention of the Five
Years Meeting be called to the need
of a uniform method of getting stats
tics. The meeting ordered that this
be done.
Instead of reading the report of the
American Board of Foreign Missions,
Sylvester Jones and wife were asked
to tell of the work in the island of
Cuba. They talked in very interest
ing way Of the work there.
They said: I'VE have four principal
stations and aside from that several
out.stations. We are endeavoring to
cultivate the field for God. Eight
years ago the Gospel was not allowed
to be preached there. Recently more
than 125 Cuban young people were
gathered together in a c. E. conven-
ton. The first station established
was at Gibara, the second at Holguin.
We are planning everything so that
in time the work will become seit-sup-
porting. We are building firmly for
the future. A young man who did not
know naything about the Protestant
religion happened to wander into
service and heard them singing sung
to the tune of Home Sweet Home"
and was converted. He became a
real leader among the young people.
If we stand fast God will bless the
church in evangelizing the world"
Arthur Chilson talked of the
Friends Industrial Mission in Africa,
telling of some of his experiences in
that dark continent. The natives
there never bury their dead and often
do not even wait for them to die, but
carry them out and leave them to
their fate. In the morning nothing
vas left but the bones. They live
with their animals in the same hut
and sleep on dirt floors. They be-
come as beastly as their beasts. We
are expert rejeciers Of Jesus Christ
in America. These people have never
rejected Christ.
Fred Gray, of China, talked Of the
China Inland Mission briefly. He
said they did not go out with a definite
salary, but with the faith that Tod
would iTL!sh their necessities and IN
all his time there he hau never wanted
I for anything.
The Foreign Mission Board appoint
ed is H. d. Lane, Franklin Hadley,
Sarah Standing, S. M. hadley, Clark
Brown.