The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-21
Friends Told Many Pastors
Receive Less Than a Dol
lar a Day for the Work
They Perform.
COAL is DESIRED
IF MONEY SCARCE
Hay for Horses They Are Re-
quired to Keep, Would AL
so Be Acceptable to Many
of Ministers.

ate support of pastors was made at
the morning session of the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of Friends at the East
Main street church today. In the re-
port submitted to the meeting by the
evangelistic, pastoral and church ex-
tension committee recommendations
were made to this effect and also that
pastors be paid in full monthly.
Following the reading Of the report
the Rev. Truman c. Kenworthy, pas
tor of the East Main Street Friends
church in this city declared that of
the 100 pastors in the Indiana Yearly
meeting a large number get less than
one dollar per day for their services.
The Rev. Kenworthy urged the repre-
sentatives present to do all in their
power to increase the support of the
pastors of their respective churches.
He said that out of this meager sal
ary a number of the pastors were
obliged to maintain a horse and yehi-
Gle.
Give Your Pastor Hay.
"If you cannot do anything else,
take your pastor load of hay, a load
of corn or a load of coal,' said the
minister. You will find it will help
him greatly and that you will get bet
ter service out of him"
The report of the evangelistic pas
toral and church extension commit
tee, shows that $27,53292 was spent
during the past year for pastoral
work. This amount does not include
that spent at the Indiana Yearly meet
ing.
During the past year, according to
the report, there were 1871 conver-
sions and renewals. There were 12S
meetings reported, this number being
smaller than for any year for some
time The number uniting with the
Friends church was S4.
The amount of money spent in
evangelistic work, s3,36341: three new
churches built, one the St Mary's
church for the Van Vert quarterly
meeting at cost of $4,000, Penville
meeting house in the Portland quar-
ter, $1,000; and New Point meeting
house in the Portland quarter. s1.7o0;
repairs to other churches $26,155; to
tai money expended, $74,S52.27.
The Rev. Kenworthy, member OF
the committee declared that the past
year was one of the best in point of
work done by this committee, but stat.
ed that the committee desired to raise
as much money to carry on the work
of the committee during the ensuing
year as possible. Subscription cards
were passed around to members of the
meeting present and about $1,000 was
pledged to be paid before next August.
All members of the Indiana Yearly
Meeting will be asked to assist
For Indian Missions.
After considerable discussion IL
was decided to appropriate $500 to-
ward carrying on the work of the mis-
sionaries among the Indians, especial
ly in Oklahoma. Last year the appro,
priation there was s400. In previous
years the appropriation was $3.50. The
committee, in it's report today. recon-
mended that no appropriation be
made, saying that although it was
aware of the need for missionary work
among the Indians, the budget was so
much larger this year than usual, it
should be cut down. The budget as it
now stands amounts to about $4,000.
Several delegates declared that
there was more need for mission work
among the American Indians than
among the Chinese or Japanese.
The Indian work is important"
George w. Hartley stated. They are
pagans and are the Friends people,
for in sense they were given to the
Friends by the government durin.
President Grants term of office. Sew
enty-two Indians were converted last
year. There are eleven stations in
Oklahoma and the salary of each OF
the eleven missionaries is less than
not be reduced, but l would be salts
fled if it were fixed at $500"
Anti-SaIoon Report.
The annual report of the trustees of
the Indiana Anti-Saloon league avs
read The report stated that during
the year 1000 meetings had been held
with the idea of promoting statewide
prohibition; that 100000 people had
been addressed and that four million
pages of literature had been distribut-
ed.
why can't the minor issues of poll
tics be subordinated for the gool of all
people," the report read.
Timothy Nicholson then reported on
the meeting held in January, which he
attended. saying that it was the most
remarkable meeting he had ever at
tended, all political parties being rep
resented, the delegates desiring to pro-
mote the work of temperance The re-
suit of the meeting, Mr.. Nicholson