The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-16
Initial Session Was Held Tues
day Night Under Auspices
Of the Most Favorable Ma
ture---Attendance Large.
CANADA YEARLY MEETING
RECEIVED TO MEMBERSHIP
Ohio and Philadelphia Are Now
The Only Yearly Meetings
Out. FraternaI Delegates
Are Present.

Under the most favorable auspices,
conference of American Friends began
its sessions Tuesday night at the East
Main Street Friends church, one half
of that large place Of assembly being
filled with delegates, and others in at
tendance. All the yearly meetings be-
longing to the Five Years meeting
were represented by full delegations
the list including Indiana, So; New
York, 8; North Carolina, IS; New Eng
land, 10; Western, %; Wilmington
TO- Baltimore, 6; Iowa, 16; Kansas.
16: California, 8; and Oregon, G.
These are the original members of the
Five Years body but this year Canada
yearly meeting appointed delegates to
the general conference with power to
become identified fully with it if they
saw fit and the delegates were on
hand, asking for recognition. They
were received by the meeting and
taken into full membership, with all
the rights and privileges of the char
ter ME embers. An effort was made this
year to get Ohio yearly meeting to
join the general body, but the mem
bers there have not seen fit to do so.
Ohio and Philadelphia are the only
American yearly meetings out of the
fold, and the fact that they are not
members is attributed to their spirit
of conse rvatism, which is not SO mark
ed in the other yearly meetings. 1t
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Ohio will become member before
time for another general conference.
leaving only Philadelphia, which now
goes so far that it sends representa-
tives who are received as visitors and
given cordial welcome.
Is Made Notable.
The gathering this year is made
somewhat notable by the presence Of
fraternal delegates from the London.
England. yearly meeting and the Dub
lin. Ireland, yearly meeting, so that
practically all the orthodox friends IN
the world have representation at the
conference now on in this city. and
many of the brightest minds OF this
denomination are here to consider mat
ters that are of vital Importance to the
denomination. The delegates from,
London and Dublin have been given
places of honor and the" were extend
ed most cordial rising greeting. Dub
lin is represented by six delegates; the
London Friends by eight.
Tuesday nights opening session was
called to order by Timothy Nicholson
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments and then Edmund Stanley, pres
ident of Friends college. Wichita. Kan.
temporary clerk. took charge. There
was a period of silent devotion, pecu
liar to the Friends, after which DR.. J
J. Mills. pastor Of Friends church To
ronto. Canada, conducted the exercises
and prayers were offered by Robert W
Douglas of Versailles, Ohio. and Rufus
NJ. Jones of Haverford. Pa. DR.. Mills
laid emphasis on the Importance c1
this gathering. that its like has not
been seen among the Quakers in hun
dred years, and that it is incumbent
upon it to fix the spiritual ideals of the
church.
report was heard from the commit
tee on arrangements in which it was
announced that only duly constituted
members of the conference can take
part in the proceedings. Mabel Doug
las of Oregon was chosen assistant
clerk. Delegations chose chairmer
who will nominate officers for the
meeting and members of the business
and auditing committees.