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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Felic'
itates President on Camp
Conditions.

Phil adelphia. Pa. May 1.-THE Race
Street Friends Yesterday morning held the
mid-wcck meeting for worship, with large
congregations IN both of the meeting
rooms.
The following minute was passed IN both
meetings and directed to be sent to the
Senators concerned:
"Thc Philadelphia Yearly Meeting OF
Friends, having membership Oh ABOUT
IL 600. resident in Pennsylvania. New
Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and Cali
forna, urges YOU to give your support and
vote TO the constitutional amendment
granting full suffrage To women
On the Race street SIDE, after AN opening
pravcr bv Rachel Iipplncott. Isaac Wilson
smoke from the text. He that bclcvcth IN
Me shall never die lie sand this bclev-
ing is not mere intellectual assent. but
sn,r;tuoI com;uunion True religion
should he preventive rather than curative
he added. for christianity Is living
snirit within us that needs to be liberated
Nv rolling away the stones from inc
Scpulchcr of the dead past
Doctor Palmer held that life was incom-
nIete. but that It was rising from lower
condition and not fallen from a perfect
state
Daniel Batchclor quoted from the
Song ui Deborah The stars IN Their
courses fought against Slsera. lie pointed
out that whilc empires based upon force
rise and tall one after another, thc eternal
purpose of God went continually forward
Nathaniel Richardson, Mice Sellers,
George Augustus Waller and Mary De
\ ou also spoke.
WORLD NEEDS FAITH SAYS pR. JANNF4.
At the Cherry street meeting Dr. O. I'd
ward .Ianncv took for his text. " Tins Is lite
eternal. that they might know thee, the
only true God and Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent : fuller knowledge OF the
life of Jesus, with its absolute faith, moral
| force and supreme love, was needed To
| inspire the world he said.
/ joel Borton asked why tho church, as
| religious organization, had failed u save
1 the world from the horrors Of war, drunk
/ cnncS1 and immortality lie believed that
I Il would vet succeed, but not until 1t lett
4 It's worship Of crccds and formal rites and
/ baptized anew with the spirit ot Jesus, set
! about the work OF saving the world from
/ It's evils
I Brief messages were delivered by Sarah
! 4 Llnvill " Iliam ] Cope, William Ken
I ncdy and Ellen d Tomlnson Tho noon
4 t.me conservation was helped hy bret
4lpplicatIons from William MacW alters
Fewis Y Smcdiey and Edwin J. Durnall-
| In the afternoon meeting the women
considered the proposed change relating To
| aIrthright membership and referred II
! back to the committee for some changes.
TRUST FUNDS rAss 81 OOO,00o
( The report Of the corporate trustees, &c
counting for the administration Of trust
funds aggregatIng considerably more than
81 600 900, was approved
The committee Of the Joseph Jcanes
! fund in AID Of the eleven boarding homes
and az the legacy Of Anna r Jeanes to cs-
tablish inhrmanes presented It's annual
report
As there was not time 70 send letter
for the London Yearly Meeting, this
cablegram was sent.
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Of
Friends, now In session At Fifteenth anc
Race streets, sends love and sympathy
Nav our service together IN stncker
Europe lead TO deeper conservation anC
greater unity helping to prepare the way
for the brotherhood OF nations
The question If a new department fol
the study Of social order was referred to the
peace and emergency committee, as It'
work has been leading along that line.
Charles Palmer urged that the voting
members should take part in the primary
elections To select candidates who VII
vote for ratification of the national pro
hibitIon amendment
J. Barn ard Walton wished that letter
might be sent from the esrly Meeting Il
their Young men who were serving IN the
war. reconstruction or other forms OF ser
wee. The epistie committee was instruct
ed TO prepare such letter
CAMP LIFE sAFEGUARDED.
The question came up OF the moral vel
fare Of the soldiers and sailors and mucl
satisfaction was expressed that SO mucl
was being done TO sagefuard them from
Derilous temptations DR.. .. EdwarC
.Jannev said that what the government wa'
doing to protect the boys in camp and Il
provide wholesome recreation for them wa
UNIQUE in the history Of camp life
The following telegram was sent Il
President Wilson from both Of the meet
ings:
I'VE desire TO express TO thee our ap
probation Of thy sense Of responsibility TO
the safeguarding Of the morals OF the me-
IN the army and navy. We re!olce that III
United States IS showing such commend
able activity IN the greatest work OF TIN
kind the world has ever known
Messages Of similar import were sent I
Secretary Daniels and Secretary Baker
= The evening meeting was III support {
the Friends reconstruction work abroad
Addresses were given by Vincent J.
Nicholson and J Henry Scattergood.
Today will be the closing sessions OF tn
Pbiladelphia Yearly Meeting.