The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-25

who attend Yearly meeting Now,
there are very few who come to Year
ly Meeting with horses and the Yearly
should be done with this money. So
say Friends, do not place tags on your
contributions.
Will Not Continue.
"The missionary work is not work
to continue forever The greatest
work that will be done in the mission
fields will be accomplished during the
next twenty-five years. We need the
money for the present work and
would ask you, Friends. not to hold
your money until you die, and then be.
queath 1t to the mission work, but give
it now SO that it may be used now,
when it will be far more valuable.
THE Friends of the world are held
responsible for the preaching of the
gospel to two hundred million people
this makes every Friend responsible
for from 80 to 30 people in the heather
world, who have never heard OF Christ
and you can assist in this work by con-
tributing to the American Board oi
Foreign Missions
The report of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Friends showed that
the work of the board had been trans
ferred to the American Friends Board
of Foreign Missions. The funds OF
the Board of Foreign Missions reached
$4673.5O, which is an increase oi
1886. y over the previous year. The
report also showed that there had been
an increase in the mission work in the
Friends Meetings during the past year
Last year there we're forty-five men
working in the missions, this year
ninty-eight. Last year there were
fifty-one Sabbath schools studying mis-
sions, this year there were Y. The
board recommended that $500 be ap
propriated
Phariba w. Stephens introduced the
subject OF missionary work in the Mex
lean field, and told Of the work of Ly
dia Pike of Fountain City, who left last
week for Victoria, Mexico, Mission
fields.
Work in Old Mexico.
George c. lowering, principal of thu
Juarez Institute. located at Victoria
presented the missionary work in Mex
leo, showing that lust across the Rit
Grande in Mexico there is strip o.
land of about 10000 miles that Indian;
Yearly Meeting is responsible for. A
hundred thousand people inhabit THU
place and there are only six or eigh
busy school teachers who can preach tt
the people. His plea was for more
missionaries.
r. Esther Smith of California, alst
spoke and presented the condition C
the missionary workers in Contra
America.
E. Quincy Hill presented matte
which is thought of by all those pres
emit, but which is little acted upon
Years ago the women attending tn
Yearly Meeting were seated on on
side of the East Main Street Friend
Meeting House and the men on tn
other. This year the line ,of division
| is not marked as some men are on tn
women's side and some women are OF
the side formerly occupied by the men
Mr.. Hill stated that If he had his wa.
| he would put all the women on tn
| one side and all the goats on the 9th
err"
| A Report on Africa.
| The report of the African Industrial
Commission showed that they had
balance Of S7372S and special fun'
of $455.OO.
Because of vacancies on the perma
nent board, the following committe
was appointed to suggest names to III
the vacancies on the board. Isaac Il
Furnas, Bennett l. Shugart, II. w
Bailey, Callie Stafford, Albert Brumon
Luke Woodland and H. O. Mills.
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