The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-09-23
SUNDAY SERVICE
CLOSES FRIENDS
YEARLY MEETING
Decrease in Attendance at
Sunday Meeting-Dr. Ed
wards Urges Support.

The crowd at Indiana Yearly meet
Ing Sunday was smaller than last year
probably because Of the order restrict
Ing use Of automobiles At o'clock
Sunday morning 3. Willis Beede con
Quoted the missionary service Bible
school was held at 8 o'clock. after
which meeting for worship was con-
Quoted by Ellison r. Purdy, In the az
ternoon Evangeline M. Reams and An
drew F. Mitchell spoke at the services.
John Kitrell spoke at the afternoon
O'Clock outdoor meeting. Edith Wild
man conducted the Young Friends
meeting at the North A Street Friends
meeting house In the evening Robert
E. Pretlow conducted the~meeting for
worship, which was followed by the
Camp Fire conservation meeting. The
Yearly meeting closed Sunday evening
Saturday afternoon reports of the
Friends colleges were given. Dr. David
M. Edwards, president OF Earlham col
iege, asked the support Of the college
In a stirring speech. He criticised In
diana Yearly meeting for senting their
children to other colleges. Not more
than fifty percent of the persons who
send their children to college send
them to Earlham.
Dr. Edwards stated "Our attendance
Is going to be cut down this year be-
cause OF our position in regard to mill
tary training We are going to have
to meet a depleted enrolment. But
have not one atom of. regret. 1t Is
the very broadcast position the Society
of Friends has ever taken.
I'VE are going to face shortage OF
boys. This will affect directly the
finance Of the college and we are 60
ing to ask you to make up the deficit.
INDicTES PARENTS
Our attendance of women will be
about normal, but the French govern
ment is going to help us out Out Of
the 100 girls who passed examinations
for scholarships in American colleges
Earlham gets two. But where are the
young people of Indiana and Western
meetings? What is the reason they
are not attending Earlham? The rea-
son is that the fathers and mothers of
those boys and girls are not interested
in sending them to their own college
and ! am going to indlte the fathers
and mothers Of Indiana and Western
Yearly meetings"
DR.. Edwards emphasized the point
that It is the duty OF the parent to
the child to keep the child under his
care and not let him pursue his own
inclinations. A short course to edu-
cation was criticised.
Stacey McCracken, financial secre-
tary, made a talk in which he outlined
the plans that have been made to
raise the money to meet the 100000
deficit at Earlham.
Alexander Purdy, head Of the Bibli-
cal department at Earlham, explained
the enlarged program Earlham has
undertaken.
The report Of the treasurer was
given.
Message Of Friendship.
Atwood l.. Jenkins and Charles M.
Woodman have been made trustees in
the place Of Mary A. Stubs end Mary
l.. Bruner, whose terms have expired.
At the proposal Of S. Edgar Nichol-
son greeting Of friendship was sent
to all the Friends in the world Part
of the message Is as follows:
Before the war began we were
hearing much about the Ch.istianiza-
tion of the social order, of business. of
society. of politics, of industry. May
II not be time when Friends together
shall make demand for the Christiani-
cation of diplomacy, of International
ism Of the social order Of the world?
Is II too much to expect that the rule
Of love, of mutual goodwill, shall ul-
timately become the rule of conduct
for the nations. that the program Of
Jesus Christ shall become the pro-
gram Of the world? In what better
way can Friedns make substantial con-
tribution to this end than by strict
adherence to our traditional ideals,
by. living the things we profess, by
practising the faith in our forebears?
The greatest issue in the world is
the issue of the Kingdom Of God. To
the consummation OF this Issue God
has set his church. and fidelity to
Him requires that through Christian
ministration the kingdoms of this
world shall finally become the king
doms of our Lord"