The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-28
AN EIGHTEEN YEAR
OLD COLORED GIRL
SPOKE To MEETING
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tlvlties Of all Monthly Meetings along
this line was read. II showed that
the church had been particularly ac-
tive especially in minfstering TO the
spiritual needs of prisoners in jails.
Establish a New Meeting.
Winchester Quarterly Meeting COM
municated to the Yearly Meeting that
the monthly meetings at Everett and
Seattle, Wash, both of which are at
tached to Winchester quarterly, are
DESTROYS of forming quarterly meet
ing to be known as Puget Sound
quarterly Meeting. 1t was also com
municated to the Yearly Meeting that
Tacoma Monthly Meeting, which is
now a part of Oregon Yearly Meeting.
will join forces with Seattle and Ever
EFT Monthly Meeting in the creation
OF the new quarterly. Several years
ago, Charles Replogle and wife of
Winchester Quarterly Meeting, went
to the State of Washington for the
purpose of doing work in behalf of
the Friends of Indiana Yearly Meet
ing. Two monthly meetings have
been the result, one at Seattle, the
other at Everett. The monthly meet
ing at Tacoma, attached to Oregon
Yearly Meeting, is somewhat older
than those at Seattle and Everett The
Oregon Yearly Meeting some time ago
expressed willingness to permit Ia
coma monthly meeting to join forces
with Seattle and Everett in the for
nation of a Quarterly Meeting which
shall become attached to Indiana
Yearly Meeting Charles Replogle
made a short address upon the propo-
sition to establish the new Quarterly
Meeting, and he advocated favorable
action, saying that the good that
would result to Indiana Yearly Meet
ing by increasing its territory. The
Quakers in Washington State, said
Mr.. Replogle ARE wide awake and on
ly need to be given an opportunity to
grow. Allen Jay made announce
ment of the fact that meeting house
a gift to Indiana Yearly Meeting, was
being built now at Seattle, in which
the Quarterly Meetings sessions will
be held. The Yearly Meeting united
in the recommendation to establish
the new Quarterly Meeting to be
known as Puget Sound Quarterly
Meeting. In addition it was announc-
ed that Allen Jay would go to Seattle
when the new church is completed
for the purpose of officiating at the
dedicatory exercises. The Yearly
Meeting appointed a committee which
shall select a special delegation of
Friends to attend the ceremonies.
The 35th annual report of the Tenn
perance Committee was presented by
Emma Hedges. In a general way the
report showed that during the past
year there was active temperance
work done in all Quarterly Meetings. |
money has been expend- |
ed in each quarterly meeting, many
meetings have been held, and great |
quantities of literature have been dis
tributed.
The report on Indiana affairs pre-
scented by Allen Jay, showed that the
missions are doing much good work |
among the Modocs, Senecas, Ottawas, |
Hillsides, Otocs, Kicka-
poos and Shawnees. Appointments
to fill vacancies on the Evangelistic |
and Church Extension Committee
were made as follows: Allen Jay, j. 0.
Binford and Ida S. Henley.
At the devotional services last night |
John Douglas and William Sayres ad-
dressed large congregations.
At the Morning Session.
Credentials of several visiting
Friends ministers were presented and
read at the opening session yesterday
morning. The roll call of delegates
and alternates was also re-read and
most of the absentees at Wednesdays
session answered to their names. The
delegate body probably is as large
and complete this year as it has ever
been in the history of Indiana Yearly |
Meeting. There were but IL absent |
ees noted by the clerk.
Edward Bells, corresponding secre- |
tary of the Missionary Board, of South
land College, presented the annual re-