The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-12
need UNITED EFFORT
TO WITHSTAND EVIL,
, QUAkERS ARE TOLD

OulcSS VIC IIOlSSLdHI pCoPiO SWAMI
together during the next rs years,
Professionalism will find it hard sled
ding" said Frank Merrick, Secretary
of the Indiana Federation of Churches,
addressing Indiana Yearly meeting
Friday morning.
The federation is working out
plan to make it possible for men OF
God to stand together. Our aim is TO
stress action and not doctrine or pol
ity. The world is ready for united
work. We know that 65.000.000 out of
our population of 105.000,000 in the
United States have never darkened
the doors of any church whatever.
say this is the justification of a CO..
operation among all churches Of the
evangelical type. 1t is necessary If
we are to withstand the forces of evil"
Each year the yearly meeting has
been appropriating 500 to the sup
port OF the federation. The request
by Mr.. Merrick that this support be
continued this year was referred 10
the financial board of the yearly
meeting.
Hiatt Appointed
Charles E. Hiatt, of Winchester, was
appointed yearly meeting superintend-
ent to succeed Aaron Napier. Mr..
Napier handed his resignation to the
evangelistic, pastoral and church ex-
tension board early in the year. A re-
port offered indicated that during the
past year Mr.. Napier had motored
1900 miles and travelled 5000 on the
railroad in the interest of the board $
work &
Only about 800 balance is left in
the treasury of the evangelistic, pas
toral and church extension board &C
cording to the financial statement.
Last year the balance was over $4,000.
The reason for the shortage was said
to be due to the inability of the Home
Mission board to make its usual
appropriation.
Name New Members
The report showed that go series OF
evangelistic meetings had been held
during the past year; s9,393,41 was
expended there were 1855 CONVEX
,sions and renewals; $1036.68 appro.
priated by the yearly meeting board ;
s2,05641 expended in church extension
and that S71, 800 was paid by monthly
pended in the yearly meeting for the
purchase of church buildings and for
repairs.
Ida T. Parker. of Carthage: Harry
B. Reeves. of Richmond, and Oscar
Trader, of Fairmount, were named as
new board members The usual ap.
preparation of $4,000 was requested OF
the yearly meeting. The request was
referred to the yearly meeting fnan
cial board
" Reports on Education.
Willard o. Trueblood, of Indianap.
ellis. pastor of the First Friends church
of that city, and dean of the CORE
spondence school for religious educa
ton authorized in Indiana Yearly
meeting last year. reported on religi
Gus education in Indiana and Western
Yearly meetings.
The Rev Trueblood said that he ex
pected the correspondence material
for the yearly meeting would be pre-
pared by Oct. l., 1921. He also an
nounced the courses would embrace
the study of the Old and New Tesla
ments, literature, poetry and prose and
history
Reports from the American Friends
board of Foreign missions Friday aft
oT0OOn, lQQlCdl6Q JldI IL Lu6 DOdTu was
to continue its work in all fields i'm
mediate and steady support must be
forthcoming. To meet deficit pres
ent in the boards treasury July 1, the
board reduced the expenses of tht
work Is percent; workers under ap
pointment and ready to start to tht
field were asked to stay at home unit
funds were in sight for sending them
In addition to these steps, the boart
has abandoned the plan of securin,
additional missionaries or field equip
ment for the coming year.
Report Activities.
Educational activities in the yearl
meeting by the missionary committe
were acknowledged in the commit
tees annual report. Stereopticon lec
lures and missionary books were tn
chief means, the report said.
Arthur Chilson, for many years
missionary in Africa, made an address
in which he outlined the missionar
Enterprise, its object and scope H
described the results and influence Q
the work among the savage tribes @
Africa His talk was full of interes
and vivid description of the nativ
fields.