The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-26
centennial IS
PLAN FOR 1921
BY YEARLY MEET
Century of Friends Activities
Will Be Celebrated Com
mittee to Re Aonointed.

ProI HariCM --.-u.~y, of the Earl
ham college faculty. appeared before
Indiana Yearly Meeting Friday, for the
permanent beoard, to suggest that
committee be appointed to begin plans
Immediately for a great centennial to
be held in the early fall of 1921, at
the end of the one hundredth year
of the meetings activities. The ap-
pointment of this committee was re-
ferred to the nominating committee.
THE London Friend has told me
that Indiana Yearly Meeting is the
largest in the world; at least it is
the largest on the American contin-
ent, and in the year 1921 it will be
closing century of work. 1 feel that
this momentous occasion, in which at
American continent will be interested
will need not less than two years Of
preparation" said Lindley
Bird Suggests Fund
II do not know of a single Friends
minister who is in the profession for
money making reasons, but / know
that if there was a standing fund of
at least $4,000, to be used for the
support of aged ministers, more of our
young men and women would be able
to consider the ministry" said George
w. Bird, Friday morning.
Bird said he had the offer of one
member of Indiana Yearly Meeting
to give $1,000 a year for five years to
such a fund provided $4,000 could be
added TO this in each of the We years,
thus making $4,000, the interest of
which would be used for the support
of aged ministers. The suggestion
was referred to the Evangelical board
with the instruction that they dill
gently try to meet the proposition Of
the proposed gift"
A loss Of 400 members during the
| past year was reported by the statis-
| tical committee, which said that the
| loss was due in a large number of
cases to neglect in keeping in touch
| with members who have moved from
one community to another. The total
membership is 1854.
while the actual membership is
nearly $4,000, the regular attendance
is less than half that in the 14O meet
ings," said the report Eighty-three
churches have less than 100 members !;
43 less than so; 20 churches less than
40, and ten churches less than 25
members.
The report of total expenses for
church causes a year ago was S45,-
259.73, and $59,66717, an increase OF
$14,500.
| 1t was considered gratifying by the
committee that the causes had ere.
ceived SO healthy a growth" An in
crease of $4,000 in -receipts was re-
| ported.
May Close Year Sept 1.
The Evangelistic and Church Exten
sion committees reported increased
interest during the year, and suggest
ed that the close Of the pastoral year
In Indiana Yearly Meeting be changed
to September 1, to convenience pas
tors with children of school age, who
lose several weeks of school work il
they must remove from one pastorate
to another after the beginning of the
school year.
This change would also assure thu
pastor and his wife of their vote ir
case the removal was an interstate
one. The meeting agreed that this
suggestion be published in The Amer
lean Friend, and in the epistles tc
go to the other Yearly meetings O
the country in an effort to make the
change in date national
? The necessity Of increased evange
listic support was spoken of by r
Aaron Napier, who made his in!tia
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