The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-10
YEARLY MEETING
Of IOWA FRIENDS
CLOSED SUNDAY
SERVICES WERE HELD AT VARI
Gus PLACES DURlN& pSF-
~ . Ny MS& W.
NEWS FROM OTHER MEETINGS
President Wilson is Commended for
His Stand for Peace. Congress
MemoraIized for the Adoption
OF National Prohibition.


With large meetings in Penn Aud |
itorium, in Friends church and in
several OF the down town churches |
the SIND session of the Yearly Meet |
ing of Friends came to close sun |
day evening. Though not as largely
attended as other sessions have been
the 1914 yearly meeting was fraught
with many interesting features and
shows excellent gains in all depart
ments of the great denomination.
The Saturday session resembled
| somewhat the closing session of a
legislature. Signs of restlessness were
apparent after the long sessions and
many, especially pastors, were de
parting for their homes for Sabbath
while others were coming for the
yearly meeting Sunday with It's num-
erous meetings and social concourse.
The business was largely OF mis-
cellaneous character left over from
| the previous more specialized SEES
sions. The AChristian Endeavor union
| requested that half session be al
lowed them for their business at the
|
| was referred to the program commit.
tee. Chas. w. Mesner a minister oil
Nebraska Yearly Meeting and a grad
uate of Hartford Theological semi
nary who has accepted a call to the
pastoral work at West Branch pre-
sented a minute as credentials from
his local and quarterly meetings. The
nominations for the standing commit
tees were read and the nominees
were appointed. J. Milo Hockett OF
ColfaX, state bank examiner and
brother of Howard l.. Hockett, was
appointed Yearly Meeting treasurer
to assist in the formulation of the
new centralized system of finance.
Ministry and Oversight.
The meeting of the ministry and
oversight reported as nominees for
the summer assembly board Carrie
Butler and David NJ. Edwards fol
three years and w. S. Kitch of Earl.
: ham for one year to fill the vacancy
, caused by the resignation OF E..
Howard Brown. Edith f. Smith OF
Ackworth, a graduate of Penn College
and prominently identified with the
I young peoples and missionary activ
g tiles had been recorded as a minis
ter. A memorial was read for Abner
b. White who had passed TO his re-
ward after years of faithful pastoral
service.
Calvin HOskins was appointed a
trustee of Whites Institute, vice
Harvey HOskins resigned.
1t was recommended that all meet.
lngs should consult with the evan
> gelistic board in the selection OF
pastors and evangelsts and also that
the pastors should be paid in monthly
installmepts.
News From Other Yearly Meetings.
J A synopsis of all the epistles from
the various American yearly meet
ings were read. A tendency seemed
to be manifested in the eastern Year.
! ly Meetings to select a location for
their assembly which would be con.
j venient and also have scenic beauty.
q A special unity and unanimity was
expressed by several of the letters
New England told of efforts to meet
j the needs Of certain rural communi-
D ties and Canada told of interest in
l the American Quakers assembled in
the great Canadian northwest. North
Carolina has followed the example OF
other Yearly Meetings in putting an
evangelistic superintendent in The
field.
New England reported that A. Ed,
ward Kelsey, brother of the former
pastor in this city had raised sufii
cient funds to build and equip new
: boys school at Ram Allah in Pales.
tine. lakewood seminary at Vallas-
| boro, Maine under the management
: of Leroy Jones, formerly a well
: known Penn student graduated the
= | 10 in 20 i'm
ton college in Ohio has been recog.
niZed and rechartered. Among the
I young people the work of the nation
al secretary, Thomas f. Jones was
! commended and Winona conference
in Indiana was given praise as a help
full influence among the younger
QuakerS.
President Wilson Commended.
President Wilson was commended
for his stand for national peace and
requests had been sent to the Con.
gress by many of the national gather
/, ings asking that the national prohi.
bition amendment to the constitution
be adopted.
In writing to London and Dublin
Yearly Meeting the correspondence
committee expressed great sympathy
duced by the European war. 1t was
a part of the epistles fro mthe Amer
lean meetings that We are able to use
for the first week the new Yearly
Meeting house.
Saturday Evening Session.
Saturday evening was given over
to an entertainment Of a. missionary
nature rendered by intermd HhtS and
primary scholars of the 8skaloosa
Sunday school and to an address by
Sec. Tebbetts which was cut short
by the threatening weather. Mr.. Teb.
belts explained that it was the aim
of missionary leaders to carry gospel
information to every inhabitant of
the earth by 1850. To do this the
church of twenty years from now
must have an intelligent missionary
interest and that interest can be
evolved from the Sunday school
scholar OF today who will be church
member twenty years hence.