Evening journal., 1915-04-02
FRIENDS SEEK 70 WIN
OUTSIDERS TO Faith
Educational Committee Gets
$500 Appropriation for
Care OF 700 Children
EAT TOO MUCH,
ONE SAYS

crease their membership thereby oc-
cupied the Friends in the fourth ses-
sion of their Yearly Meeting at Fourth
and Arch streets yesterday afternoon.
in addition TO the reading of reports
from the educational committee, the
committee in charge of the Quaker
boarding school at Wosttown, and that
in charge of a school on the Indian
reservation at Tunossasa. ~ Y.
Concern was felt last year that
people who were closely in toucn with
the society should be persuaded to
take the final step and enter into
membership with il,
Prof Raynor Kelsey Of Haverford
College. expressed the hope that the
Friends would cooperate with the
committee and try to make the So
ciety a more aggressive force for the
kingdom of God in the world"
John Hanson of Norway, expressed
the more liberal policy of the Euro
poan Friends in telling of a lot Of
people who want TO be invited IN and
have the cordial. warm hand of fell
lowship extended to them.
Max l. Reich, a German jew who
has been converted TO Quakorsm and
who is visiting from London Yearly
Meeting. made vigorous speech in
which he showed tho frcor attitude
of the European Quakers. and implied
that the Philadelphia Quakors were
timid and backward in their projected
advance. lie said this attempt To take
others into the fold of The society
was "a step in the right direction.
though a very small and slight and
timid step"
Anxiety was expressed ON The read
ing of the educational report that
fully onc-soyenth of the children of
the society attended schools which
were outside the control of the Quali-
ors 10 was felt that because of this
they would not receive the mOlding
when young which would make of
them perfect Quakcrs whcn grown.
There arc zoo children i'm the So
Cicty and thirty-one teachers on the
corps of the educational committee
An appropriation of S3.50O. asked TO
carry on the work OF the committee,
was granted.
Indians Knit Socks for Soldiers.
The reading of the report on work
aTong the Seneca Indians at Tunes
sasa, n. ". revealed the fact that six
generations have come under the care
of the Friends. There are 500 Indians
on the reservation. Some stOlidity was
noticed in receiving their help. on
the part of the redskins. by some )i
the Quakers who have been called to
labor" with them. but. on the whole,
the efforts of the Friends seem to PC
appreciated. Some OF the Indian girls
have been persuaded TO knit socks for
| the Belgians. An appropriation of
$4,000 was granted for the support of
q school on the reservation
| Two thousand dollars was granted
for the use of the Quaker school al
| Westtown, where the young Friend-
are imbued with Quaker ideals. En-
| thusiasm was voiced when it was
read that more than half the school
| lately had given vocal confession" oil
grace at a recent religious meeting
held at the school. Meetings for wOr-
ship are held there twice a week. anc
some of the students have got uI
small groups for private worship in
/ the evenings.
Appreciation Of the dietary regime
at the school was spoken by Doctor
Rhoads, who said that, according tC
| his observation, more Friends suf
fer from eating too much than from
drinking too much"
] Vnuno DcOnla Hear CQrunnuc
According TO usual custom, ycsterda
mornings session of Friends Nearl
/ Meeting was an open religious one. De
votional meeting was held at Fourth am
/ Arch streets, where the west end OF TIA
Meeting House was almost entrel
filled, and for nearly two hours thos
gathered listened to speakers from HON
aud abroad The meeting. perhaps, wa
unusual in that it was attended by 5
many young people. So great an inn
lprcssion did their attendance make o
the speakers that the sermon seemed di
rccted TO them.
John Frederick Hansen. native u
/ Norway and now resident of Oregon
won the close attention of all through
out lie pleaded that those young b
years should heed the call of Cod. am
qucried whether the young men cousid
cred the pulling OF a cigar was pleasing
in His sight.
"ln dance halls" he said, "is the oc
casion ever opened with prayer AM
closed with a bencdiction. Nhyy BE
cause Jesus Christ is not there"
Charles Garrett followed, saying
God docs not look down ON us as mem
hers of tlhs or any other denomination
! but az human souls"
The woman friend who followed hin
direct on the same thought, inasmucl
as her appeal was to those who nigh
be high in the church yet not hav'
/ known its saving grace.
The opening silence Of the meetin.
was broken by Eli II. Harvey. Benjamin
Vail Max Reich and others, bearin,
messages in sermon and prayer
a meeting for worship was held a
Twelfth Street Meeting House at TIN
same hour.
II is high timp NOu summarized fhf