Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-09-06
MicKLEToN.


Association will be held Seventh-day even
ing the eighth, at 7.30 p. M, at the meet
ing house. The chief topic Of the evening
will be summer outings, ]. Wilmer Pan
coast will give some Of his experiences in
connection with his attendance at summer
school of Cornell University. The Peaslee
family will tell of their New England trip,
others will give Mountain Lake Park
echoes. An interesting meeting is assured
All cordially invited.
The annual meeting Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will be held on
Wednesday, the fifth. At ten thirty, re-
ports of officers and superintendent and
election of officers for the coming year
will occupy this meeting. A full attend
ance of members is desired.
Your correspondent cannot this week
give local news as this letter is written over
three hundred and fifty miles from home,
but possibly message from this ideal spot
might prove Of interest. The Mickleton
party as announced last week left the b. q
o. station, Philadelphia, about s O'Clock on
the morning of thirtieth. The special from
Philadelphia went out in two sections,
special from Baltimore preceded, and one
from New York followed. At Piedmont
an extra engine was attached. For seven
teen miles coming up the mountain we
were told the grade was one hundred and
twenty feet to the mile, the view was grand
beyond description. Wearrived here about
6 80 D. M. We are seldom privileged to
travel with so many with whom we are &C
auainted-when settled for the trip we
found twenty-five acquaintance in the
car; all visitors here are registered and 1t
is easy to locate friends. Calling is quite
the order between sessions OF the conference;
representatives are here from Woodbury.,
Wenonah, Swedesboro, Mullica Hill and
Mickleton in Gloucester county. The Park
contains eight hundred acres, improvements
are estimated at $500, 900 altitude above
sea level $500 feet, the thermometer regis
tered about fifty in the evening. Weare told
the B. & O. keep a gang of men here all
winter loading cars with ice from the lake.
We wondered in the early morning II they
will soon arrive. 1t is estimated that be-
tween twelve and thirteen hundred people
are in attendance at the Friends General
Conference. Boarding house people say
they never before attempted the entertain
ment Of Conference or Convention of such
magnitude; houses are crowded to the linn
is. The Conference opened on the 3lst at
ten a. m. with the chairman, DR.. 0. Ed
ward Janney, Of Baltimore, presiding Rev.
w. w. Davis, a Methodist minister, and
superintendent Of Mountain Lake Park, ex-
tended cordial welcome in which he re-
ferred to his boyhood memories of Friends
at New Market, friedrich county, Mary
land, and that as a child he recognized
them as people of sterling worth. Among
the family names Superintendent Davis
mentiond in this connection were the Rus
sells, bringing to mind the worthy represen-
tative of this family SO we'll known and
highly esteemed by Woodbury. citizens,
Henry E Russell. The President Of Noun
tain Lake Park, Charles W. Baldwin, also
a Methodist minister, said that they had
been careful not 80 allow any amusements
that might SOW evil seed, but through their
summer chautauquas every effort was
made to combine religion with intellectual
development and refinement. Quakerism,
a normal religion, was presented by Joseph
S. Walton, Principal of George School, Pa.
A few random thoughts cannot give more
than an inadequate idea of this logical pre-
sentation of the Quaker faith. Friendly
activities are carried on and advanced by
the gospel of work; the ministry is sup
ported by the religious power and activity
of each and every worshiper. Quaker wor-
ship cannot be a success among selfish,
lazy people. This is an age of commercial
ism, for a money consideration men are
trying to find a physician who will heal
their physical ills without sacrifice or CO.
operation on their part; if one physician
fails another is sought; for a money con-
sideration many ministers are expected to
do the work that belongs to the individual
worshipers Of their churches; the labor of
another cannot suffice; men must work in
the spirit for the fruits Of the spirit.
Quakerism offers the maximum oppor-
tunity for those who are willing to work.
The speakers illustrated the superfcialism
of the age by describing an American
family he saw at Stratford- upon-Ay0n.
They rushed up in an automobile, a gallant
Young son assisted his mother and sister,
they already had notebooks in hand and
rushed in to study the relics associated with
the great Shakespeare; the father with a
bored look lit his pipe, the son tinkered up
the machine, and in seventeen minutes
Stratf0rd- upOn-Av0n was done and the
American automobile party gone. Each
individual has place in the home, in the
community, and the church that can be
filed by no other; reOrganize the man,
convince him, convert him, put him in his
proper place; this kind of life and religion
is normal and partaking of immortality; it
has in it food for those who are hungry for
the spirit of God in their own hearts.
Elwood Roberts, Of Norristown, Pa, with
Others took part in the general discussion.
He SAID Quakerism was a protest against
the iron bound creeds set up by men; the
speaker referred to being asked by travel
ing companion. minister Of another de-
nomination: Fare you Friends UnitaIi ms or
Trinitarians?" He replied: We are neither
unless endeavoring to be in unity with each
other makes us Unitarians. We endeavor
to avoid such terms as have led to disagree
ment among Christians in all ages. Henry
W. WILDER. Of Philadelphia, said the nor
NAL process of life is growth, evolution; the
demand Of my spiritual life for uplift is
proof that am in touch with God; Che call
to duty and service is God call and stamps
daily duty with divinity. The morning