The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-09-02
FRIENDS CONFERENCE
ENDORSES COUNCILS
FOR DISARMAMENT


Endorsement of the Friends Dis
armament Council, the National Coun-
Gil for the Reduction of Armaments,
the Eighteenth amendment, and the
enforcement of law, were included in 4
the closing minute adopted by the
General Conference of Friends, which /
adjourned Saturday. The minute
follows:
THE Friends General Conference in
session in Richmond, Aug. 26 to Sept.
2, might we'll be called an epoch-mak-
ing conference, the theme of which |
developed to be spiritual unity
through fellowship. 1t opened with e
clear setting forth of what various
stages of society have called fundo- |
mentals, and has been characterized
throughout by a sincere search for
those cornerstones upon which we
can build today, such as truth, right
eousness and love.
The practical application of these
principles was considered IN the fields
of education, industry and interna-
tional, inter-racial and social relations.
We are deeply concerned as @e be-
hold the strife and bitterness between
races, classes and nations all over the
world. Yet we have faith to believe
that amid the universal turmoil, the
seeds of enduring peace have been
sown, and are growing wherever IN
diViduals and peoples are seeking bet
ter mutual understanding and a spirit
of Christian cooperation.
Give Endorsements
Feeling, as Friends, our urgent
need to express our ideals in the life
OF our times, we are in sympathy with
and endorse the Friends Disarmament
Council, the National Council for the
Reduction of Armaments, the Eight
eenth Amendment, and the enforce
ment of law.
THE. keynote of spiritual unity has
found further expression in some mea-
sure of achievement in the tasks def
initely set before us at the beginning
of the conference. We have taken
preliminary steps toward the prepara-
tion of a uniform discipline, and the
reorganization of the conference for
greater effectiveness. The Young
Friends movement has been recog-
nized and Incorporated as part of
the central committee, by increasing
the membership Of this committee
from 100 to 125, the additional mem
bers being appointed by the Young
Friends of the various yearly meetings.
The attendance of an unusually
large number of young Friends made
possible by the generosity Of an inter
ested friend, and their active interest
in sessions of the conference, have
helped to create a real fellowship, not
only among our number, but with all
Friends, and, in fact, with all seekers
of Truth. We acknowledge, with pro-
found gratitude, the living message of
love and the spirit of goodwill and fel-
lowship brought to us by our very
dear English Friends, T. Edmund Har-
vey, Catherine T. Albright, Herbert
Corder, Joseph Rowntree Gillett and
Henry Tregelles GiIlett. We have
been blessed by their consecrated
spirit.
TThis conference has awakened a
deep sense of spiritual unity through
fellowship. In closing, we pray that
we may be granted strength to carry
home the inspirations received, that
we may brighten our homes, strength.
en- our meetings and cheer all with
whom we come in contact by reflect.
ing in our lives the presence of God -
Work of Adventure
Work in the non-Christian lands ot
the world is the challenge to adven
turous Christian young people with
the courage and love of adventure Of
their forefathers still in their blood
declared Prof. Elbert Russell, head o.
the Woolman school, in his addres:
Saturday morning. He spoke in the
place of Prof Charles Foster Kent, O
Yale, who is i'll.
Now that the work of physical pio
neering is done in America and We
have laid the material foundations o
our civilization, we may adventure
again into the jungles of inhumanity
and heatheniSm which confront thu
world. All these spiritual frontiers OF
fer us opportunity to give expression
to the love of adventure we inheri
from the pioneers and to carry intt
our social and religious world tht
process of civilization" !"