The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-12-05
NICHOLSON PLEADS FOR ACTION AGAINST
EVIL, BY FRIENDS; MEETING OUTLINED

Friends took a right position in the
question Of human slavery at an early
stage. In the same way they took an
attitude toward peace and the liquor
traffic, but 30 far as have been able
to find out they have not officially
taken any attitude toward the present
day question which are disturbing the
public mind. said S. Edgar Nicholson,
chairman OF the Friends conference
session held in the South Eighth Street
Friends church Friday morning.
Mr.. Nicholson preceded Edward
Srubb, main speaker of the session
with q short discussion of the prob
lens he said Friends should face with
all their strength.
"A great many Of the advices made
by official bottles Of Friends lie at the
Of solving these problems,
but we must have action" said Mr..
Nicholson. 1.-THE Society of Friends is
= ..,au that we might think the task
too great for Us, and yet other people
are looking to us to blaze the way. We
ought to feel not only the humbleness
and humility, but that it brings to US
an opportunity from which we dare
not turn aside"
The chairman quoted from q letter
writtepfo him q short time ago by the
pastor of a church of another denomi-
nation, who pointed out that mo other
= enomination is so fitted for bringing
about the kingdom Of justice than the
Society of Friends"
Outlines Conference
Edward Grubb outlined concisely
~ fhA
don conference, presenting the fol-
lowing:
Purpose What is the Christian at
titude toward life? Discussion and
action on reports of six commissions
now at work in England and America
Place-Devonshire House, London.
Time-Aug. Is to 20, 1920.
Preceded by a Swarthmore confer
ence on the development Of Con-
science" led by DR.. Rufus Jones Of
Haverford.
Presiding-John Henry Barlow. up
until this year clerk for some years,
of London Yearly Meeting.
Followed by a Young Friends Con-
ference beginning Aug. 25 in Derby
shire; and numerous district confer
ences for the enlightenment of Eng
lish Friends who will be unable to at
tend the general conference.
Who will acknowledgements from
the United States. Canada, British
Isles, Australia, New Zealand and
native delegates from the various
mission stations, If possible, in India.
China, Abysinia and Madagascar.
Mills Talks
Clarence Mills, Of Decatur, Illinois, a
well known Friend, spoke briefly Fri
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society and the advantages Of the
All World conference in London.
Herbert Corder, representative from
London Yearly Meeting, devoted some
1 time to q consideration of the "Quak-
er embassies" which were organized
! during the war and are still in exist.
ence. to lend a helping hand to
aliens" He read parts from a letter
from a worker in Vienna telling of the
response to 1.-The work Of passing on
better feeling there"
Il was publicly denounced and
sworn at, in the trolley cars in my
home town during the war, because
Of my attempt to better conditions in
alien camps" said Mr.. Corder, as he
praised the work Stephen Hobhouse
organized the first week of the war.
He also praised the work Of Henrietta
Thomas who, as a neutral American
citizen, early in the war took young
women and girls who were in school
in England back to their countries.
Other speakers Friday morning in
cluded: Joseph ELLINGTON Of Phila.
delphia; Marius Kenworthyq~ of Will
mfngton, O.; Ellison r. Purdy Of Min
neapolis, Mimi; William J. Sayres OF
Muncie; Hollingsworth Wood of New
York City; Edith J. Wilson Of Man
chester, Eng; Rose Mills Bond Of Will.
mtngtun; Carolena Wood of New
York: Frank Cornell Of Winchester;
Enos Harvey of Western, and Earl
Harold of Wilmington.
Publicity and Propaganda" was dis
cussed by Herbert Corder and Clar'
ence Pickett In the Allen Jay Memor
ial church Friday afternoon, Murray
s. Kenworthy presided. David Nj. Ed
wards will preside at the meeting tc
be held in the North A Street Friends
church at 7:45 Friday night, when
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