The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-29
STATISTICS SHOW
THAT CHURCH is
SLOWLY GROWING
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ceived $1,211.06, etc. The Immediate
financial condition of the Yearly
Meeting shows the resources TO be
s7,321s1. with liabilities amounting
to s6,0SO.32, thus leaving a surplus OF
s1,24129.
Foreign Mission Work.
The entire afternoon session was
given over to the consideration OF
foreign mission work. Reports were
read covering the work in Cuba, Mex
leo and Arthur Chilson told of the
work that he and his wife are carry
ing on in Africa. There they have
large tract of land covering one
thousand acres. On it they are not
carrying Christianity to the uncivil-
lied inhabitants of the dark contin-
ent but are teaching them in the arts
of natural labor as well. Mr.. Chilson
travelled over 10000 miles in his re
turn from Africa this time to solicit
funds for this work. The Friends
are responding literally to it.
In the report of the missionary
work in Cuba it was suggested that
the mission house be finished at once
at cost of $500. At present the
missionaries there are living in rent
ed property which is very expensive
and unsatisfactory.
Phariba Stephens Report.
Mrs. Phariba stephens gave the
report of the work in Mexico where
at Mexico the Friends have schools
for both girls and boys. Much at
tention is now being given to manual
work and the native boys are taking
such interest in it that they are COM
PEELED to sit in the windows to listen
to instructions in the work of differ
ent tools. The school has been doub-
led in its facilities during the past
year and in measure it is self sup
porting. Owing to some expenses ar
Using which were not anticipated the
Mission Board for Mexico is now in
debted to the sum of $1,000. BY
subscription over $500 of this debt
was liquidated by the Meeting yes
terday afternoon.
To CentraIize Missionary Work.
The American Board of Mission
work for the Friends presented a
communication to the Meeting asking
that delegates be named to a confer
ence to be held in Richmond next
month of all Yearly Meetings, to con-
slider the matter of increasing the
scope of the American Board The
Meeting acted facorably on the sug-
gestion and five delegates will at
tend the conference. 1t is thought
that much of the missionary work
now being carried on by the indivi-
dual Meetings will be turned over
to the American board.
At last nights devotional service
the Rev Johan Marcussen who is at
tending the Meeting from Denmark
brought a message from the Friends
in this country.
Credentials Of Visitors.
Credentials from various visiting
read at the opening session of Indiana
Yearly Meeting yesterday Perhaps
never in the history of Indiana Yearly
Meeting has the attendance of visitors
been SO large.
The first work OF the meeting was
the appointment of committee
which will select the delegates and al
ternates to the Five Years Meeting
which will be held in Richmond year
hence. Timothy Nicholson, clerk, i'm
pressed upon the committee the i'm
portance of selecting men and women
who best can serve Indiana Yearly
Meeting. Mr. Nicholson stated that
in the past some Yearly Meetings had
not exercised the care that they
should have done in selecting dele
gates to the meeting, to which all the
American Yearly Meetings will take
part
Committees were also named to fill
vacancies on various boards and
Standing Committees of the Yearly
Meeting.
Epistles from North Carolina, Ohio
and Western Yearly Meetings, were
presented and read.