The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-06
Venerable Local Friend Does
Not Want to Be Yearly
Meeting Clerk Again, But
Will II It Is Necessary.
MISSIONARY REPORTS
WILL BE INTERESTING
One of the Most important
Matters to Be Considered
Is the Construction of New
Meeting House.

Guiding the consideration of the oues-
ton of erecting a new meeting house
for Indiana Yearly Meeting and the
five years meetings of Friends on
Earlham campus are included In the
business to come before the eighty
ninth session of Yearly Meeting,
which convenes at East Main Street
Friends church September %. Ar.
rangements for the holding Of this
years session have been completed.
but are not different in many respects
from those of the yearly meetings In
the past.
The Whitewater Quarterly Meeting.
which met Saturday and considered in
addition to the proposition OF locating
the Yearly Meeting house ON Earlham
campus. will make its report to Year.
ly Meeting. Its report on the Yearly
Meeting house proposition was that II
was out OF the quarterly meetings
Jurisdiction. Some action will no
doubt be taken by the Yearly Meeting
on the question. however. The present
church at Fifteenth and Main streets
Is inadequate in many respects and
will also have to undergo many re-
pairs. II the meetings are held there
in the future.
Election Of 0hiesrs.
| The election of officers. espccih.-
clerk for the Yearly Meeting 10 anoth.
er important question. Timothy Mich
olson has held this important Office
for five years. He has expressed him.
self before the previous Yearly Meet
ings as being OF the opinion that .
younger man than himself should
serve as clerk. However. he stated
the other day. that II he was selected
again. he would serve. not because
he wishes the Office. but because he
has made 1t q rule Of his life to serve
the church in whatever capacity he
has been called upon. There are no
candidates for the Office.
Another interesting part of the ses-
sion will be the reports on the differ.
ent educational institutions, managed
under the supervision of the Indiana
Friends. The reports of the different
missionary fields. both foreign and 10
cal. which the Indiana Friends have
charge of, will no doubt be very in
teresting.
although the real opening Of the
Yearly Meeting. IL held September -.
there will no doubt be many arrivals
of representatives from different
quarterly and monthly meetings OF the
state. 1t is expected that q crowd
sufficiently large to tax the capacity
OF the church will attend all the meet
ings. The big day Of the session win
be Sunday. September 26. Meetings
for worship will be held at the church
at $3.50 and TO- 80 o'clock in the morn
ing and 2:30 O'Clock in the afternoon.
The afternoon session, when weather
permits. is always 50 well attended
that services are held in different
places on the church lawn. Tuesday,
September 2S is expected to wind up
the session although final adjourn
ment is never taken until all business
to come before the meeting has been
definitely determined upon.
An important Meeting.
The meeting Of the ministry and
Oversight is to be held ON Tuesday.
September 81 this year. This II .
very important meeting and much at-
tention will be manifested In its sub
sequent report to the Yearly Meeting.
The program which has been pre-
lpared this year varies little from those
OF previous years On the opening day
the clerk will call the delegates and
alternates: committees appointed:
minutes from visiting Friends read:
directions given the delegates: and
|epistles from Dublin and London
which cities are the great centers Of
Quakerism In Great Britain. will be
read: officers elected. the subject Of
peace considered and q variety Of mis-
cellaneous matters considered.
H At the Thursday morning session .
report will be made on the ministry
and oversight, reports made on South
land college. Indiana affairs. letters
from New England. New York. Baltf
more and miscellaneous subjects. also
reports on home missions and tenn
perance. The report on Earlham col
lege will not be made until Saturday
morning. The program for the re-
naming sessions included the considr
Grafton of routine subjects.
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