The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-28
YEARLY ASSEMBLY OF FRIENDS.
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In yearly meeting
several hundred rural brethren afe attend.
inR the mHeiing IN New iofk ihia Wnrk
They arr received, lodged fod and son 10
throughout their stay They an enter.
tnined, not ~ u matter ~ hospitality, but
~ a matter II courar II Ia Tho Friend
custom, Tho meetings In tho smaller
towns do the snme thing when quartz rly
meeting comes around with them. ~, in
tho whitcwashcd hail 81 the school, nett
duor TO tho meeting house, tho visitor. ait
down to meals In relays of about one
hundred.
Negroes toll in the kitchen over six cook
stovest 10 provide roast beef, potatoes, groens
and hot bread The mattresses are voluntscrs,
from among the younger and more supple
backed Of the New York body. 'wil thee
have some mora Of the beef2' they inquire
Of the guests, aud does thy little boy want
soma peach pr~eservesf" Ths repast seems
just n large family occasion.
The meeting Itself was attended hy such
a number that the house was entirely filed,
but there was no departure from the ordi-
nary simple ceremony Facing the con-
grpRation, sat, up In front, where the altar
stands In a church, the specially honorpd
ones on a raised bench, on one side the men,
on the other the women. Here sat the
minister's, Friends who journey from meet
ing to meeting, and preach here and there
without remuneration, il ia one Of the
IDEAS OF the sect that the Gospel should not
be preached for hire-an idea that they
still cling to, now that many Of their str.c,er
notions have been abandoned.
John T., Shotwell of New Jersey, present
by invitation, was the first to rise and adj
dress the meeting, Dana b.. Clough OF
Brooklyn followed him, after whom la
Gardner of Poughkeepsie spike on
the Quaker ideal Of Christly conduct. He
voiced the old idea Of imitation Of Christ.
adjusted 10 the broader range required by
philosophical views. Matilda Jan
ney of Philadelphia followed, speaking on
The ideal Of conduct for home life.
The little boys who had come along from
up country behave beautifully: 1t was
Easy to see that yearly meeting is not an
everyday thing with them. There were
plenty OF Quaker girls too. If none Of
them was hidden away in a brown poke
bonnet it was just as well. A reporter
looked around for a good while just to SEQ
whether any girls were in the old costume
md would have known 1t had there been
my. 1t Is safe to look around as much as
wish In Quaker meeting because every
one else is looking straight in front. After
was out, however, 1t was a different
indeed. so many people knew 20
many other people and had not seen them
or so long that they didn't seem to have
lands enough to shake hands with and
we're much put to it in their grave and
)rODnr Way.