The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-16
Twenty Thousand People At
tended the Services Held
At PIainfieId.
FRAMES IN ATTENDANCE.
NATHAN AND ESTHER OF RICH
MOND SPOKE SUNDAY NIGHT
FAREWELL TO MISSIONARY
MORGAN OF MEXICO.

Plainfield, Ind, Sept. 16.-sunday
was the Dig Sunday" Of the fifteenth
annual assembly of the Western Year
ly meeting of the Friends. which is in
session here. The weather conditions
were almost ideal and the attendance
is estimated at 10000 People from In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and representa-
tives from three-fourths of all the
stat : and territories of the Union were
pres mt at the services.
Hslf-hour car service from Indian
apoliJ was opened today and nearly
every car was loaded to the guards.
No business of the assembly was trans
to worship Three or four services were
in progress all the time and the large
building of. the Friends church was
wholly inadequate to accommodate the
crowds and two large tents were erect
ed in the church campus. which is a
tract containing twelve acres, for hold
ing the services. Besides these three
tents, three special open air services
were in progress most of the day.
Special services were held at the
Plainfield Reform school for boys for
the benefit of the 700 wards of the
state who are inmates of the institu-
tion.
At 10 O'Clock services were conducted
in the meeting house by the Rev. Luke
Woodland of Fountain City
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In the east tent services were held |
by the Rev. Charles Hubbard and in |
the west tent by the Rev. Willis Cook |
and by the Rev. Bunyi Kidda, Japa- |
nese minister of high standing in the
Friends church. Mr.. Kidda is well |
educated and is one of the best in
formed leaders in the Friends church.
He was converted from the Buddhist
religion eight years ago while on bus
mess trip in Oregon. He took up the
ministry Immediately after his CONVEX
sion. On his return to Japan he led
his mother-in-law. wife and two chill
1ren to Christianity within three days.
Mr.. Kidda is in the United States at
present as a delegate to this assembly
and the five year meeting, which will !
take place in Richmond on October 10.
He ridiculed. the idea of a war between
his country and Japan and says that
he yellow press is responsible for
much of the war agitation.
Last night the Rev. Nathan Frame
Ind his wife, the Rev. Esther Frame, ;
preached in the house.
In the afternoon the Rev. Henry I
Douglass and Rhoda N. Hair occupied I
The pulpit in the church building. The
Rev. Aaron Gray and the Rev. II. r.
Hole held services in the east tent Be
sides these ministers a number of 9th
srs were exhorting the people from
temporary pulpits all over the grounds.
The feature of the afternoon was a
departure of the Rev. Everett Morgan
IN a mission to Mexico next Tuesday.
hr. Morgan is an old Plainfield boy
md was educated for the ministry at :
Earlham college He has been in Mex .
co over nine years, but came to this !,
meeting as delegate. Mr.. Morgan is :
leeply interested in church conditions :
N Mexico and says that the whole !
southwestern portion of the United +
states and also Mexico. is undergoing !
| radical change. Education is more I
common and the church is obtaining
stronger foothold in that region. Mr..
Morgan is one of the most successful
minister's in the Frieds' church of to-
lay. Today is temperance day Of the
assembly and it is expected that the
church will take some action on the
liquor question. This topic will come
g. Ill n
remedies suggested for existing condi-
ions. Judge Samuel r. Artman of
Lebanon will deliver an address to-
night on the "Constitutionality of Lii
sensing the Saloons"