ri;n 



1,030 punila. For the support of this work Aim -ri- 



. ta*than l lu- urn. ui. 

 

 \,t- ,,i \,.,rh >l..tiny*.-'n :phia 



,..,,, ..^ ' . .... : .. : - epistlei 



were sent out onr addressed to all m, . 



he name of Fri nd* and ! Priendi who may 

 lie member* of them." and i.. to tin* smaller or 

 IlarneMille Yearly .M,,tn,- m i >hio, addressing the 



A ho had adh. - 

 i exhorting them t" 

 r thse wh.. h . 



ep marked the end. in -.iiiiin.nl. <.f a split 

 in tl,. i 1. ranch o| thr-.M-i.-ty ..f f 



duration. It ..un-.l in tin- <>hio ' 

 and wa- the occasion *>f such a difference of ..pin- 

 ion in thr Philadelphia Vrarly M.-.-tini; that II 

 evident that thr sending of an epistle t<> cither 

 body in "!.: would pp-luce a sv|iarntin at 



:he difficulty thr meeting decided t. 

 suspend all epitc4aJ7 correspondence f..r tin- \ 

 The susj.ension oontinnr.l till the present tiinr. 

 when the coirespondcnec ha- i red without 



objecti.'ii. Thr Indian <'<>ininittrr rrjx.rtrd an at- 

 tendance of 45 pupils at thr Indian hoarding school 

 in Tuncssa, N. Y.. with ?0 waiting for admi in. 

 Indian Aid Association had a boarding school 

 it....k. Indian Trrritory, with about S() pupils. 

 A report was road from a third hoarding school, 

 and aid had been _-i\.-n to 6 family and i:t meeting 

 schools. 



In the New York Vrarly Meeting the Homr and 

 Foreign Mission Board reported concerning w..rk 

 in Mi High Point. N\ C. (>chool for colored 



boys and girls); and among thr Smrra Indians of 

 Indian Territory and thr Indians of Hrrpa valley. 

 Cal. The legacy of Lindley Murray, originally of 

 $34,000, had been increased in sixty-three years to 

 $54.700, and was still applied according to the 

 plans of the givers, with practical benefits bestowed 

 upon Indians, colored people, and the oppressed 

 and degraded of other races. Thr Hook and Tract 

 Committee, whose work had continued through one 

 hundred and fourteen years, distributed literature 

 "likely to promote the 'principles of truth, virtue, 

 and our Christian testimony" in nearly all the 

 yearly meetings of America. The BrangeUstic 

 Committee had held 22 series of meetings, result- 

 ing in nearly 100 accessions to membership. The 

 -n Missionary Society was support- 

 ing 8 girls and 1 young man' at the training soooolfl 

 in JajtHn. 6 girl dlah. 3 boys in India, and 



1 in China, a mission work at Yokohama, Japan. 

 and had given aid to the Armenians and the Jews. 



In th- New- Knglnnd Yearly Meeting the women. 

 separate session, informed the 

 -ewiion that they thought no separate s 

 would be needed at toe next meeting. 



Mi-ionary Board of the Oregon 

 Yearly Meeting reported concerning work at I 

 island, Alaska. In connection with the report of 

 the Peace Association of Friend* in America, the 

 intn-lurtionof the military system into the h.K.ls 

 and colleges was deplored. The resolutions of the 

 meeting upon temperance regard total aKM; 

 a means whereby each man nr 

 himself, but also an one of the means by which he 

 may aid in prot.. tm- others, and in ' 

 conditions of the pnwnt day as a patriotic as "well 

 as a Christian duty. 



'idv I-.,, Yearly Mr. 



met in May. Th- year Ind U-en one of ra* 

 growth than usual* in memln -r-hip. an increase , 

 members and 800 recorded attendant- of ni , 

 being returned. The total membership was 16.'.: 



..nd it :ip|K-are<l that the W> l( :\ was 

 I ian keejiing pare with the growth of the popu- 

 lation. Only about one fourth of the nrw mrmi.rrs. 

 i-\ liirth. In a discussion 



..f ihr report of a mmmitlrr of \ imitation appointed 

 \i-it all the iiirrting- on mini.-tr\ and 

 i! \\ji> rrcogni/rd that ( t hiakrr ministry, 



all Unpromptu 



! intrllrcli. lid thr prohlrm 



Coining thr freedom of operation of tin li- 

 vinr Spirit upon the pivacher'- h.-arl at the timo 

 with the Intellectual fullnr-.s and stale ..f j. repara- 

 tion possessed > i . Inin lies 

 was acutely felt." Some ,d for thr 

 prrmi ion of : :\ m mini-try, and lield 

 thatthnv wa- much M-rvn-e of the utmost \alur 

 which would IM- ronsid.-r.-d until for l-'rirnds' me. t- 



\prrssion was gi\rn. I; 



the sentiment that there should lie no lo\\ei. 

 the standard of l-'riends' warrant f.-r |,i.-a. -hn. 



iiinu' fr I lie sake of oe-upying the tr 

 for (lie sake of avoiding Imiu' silences, or because 

 stranger* were prc-ent who would not undei 

 an hour's silent meet ing. Thr need wa-r..n-; 

 of some means of briniriiiL: into eomniunion \sith 

 thr mrmlirrship thr thousand- of adult scholars 

 who \\i-n- practically convinced of the principles 

 ..f Friend-, and yet hesitated to join them. < >f 

 course great care should 



admission ; but some cl-er. some intermediate 

 stage, might perhaps l>ri>; :. The -ulijrrt 



was referre<l to the lion n Commin 



make inquiry and tabulate the results for contem- 

 plation at the next Yearly Meeting. A plea 

 made for the recognition of the - Ilicksite" Friends 

 in America, who differ from the orthodox Friends 

 on important theological questions. Init nothing 

 was done with reference to it. The me.tn 

 rectcd the abolition of the queries which were now 

 publicly answered e\ery mint: the num- 



I'er- attending the several yearly me. 

 ports were received from the foreign missions m 

 Madagascar, India, China, and from the indi. 

 mis-ion to freed slaves at Pemba, near Xan/il.ar. 

 About 90 missionaries were sustained in the-e cmm- 

 tries and in South Africa. Constantinople, and 

 Syria. At this meeting, in pursuance ..f and under 

 an order made in ISHT. men and women n, 

 get her in the meetings on a footing of p. 



equality. 



A -ilium. T M-hool of theology was in-tituted 

 under the auspices of individual Friends and held 

 at Scarborough, Aug. 4 t purpose. ., 



pressed in the circular of it- pr< U to 



stimulate thought, promote helpful reading and 

 study, and awaken in the society a fuller concep- 

 tion "of tiie place in tiie service' of Chri-t of the 

 t rained and con-cerated intellect." It was attended 



men and women accustomed to minister in 



meeting! for wnr-hip or to teach in tiie Sunday- 

 schools. Lecturers were invited from different de- 

 nominations, each an expert in his special field. 

 Two of them were from the Tinted States. The 

 .mine included lectures ,, r coin's.- on - The 

 Literary Study of the Bilil- 



-The old Testament ('anon, the Prophets, 



and Po-t-Fxilic Thought": "The I.o-ia "f 



JeSUS," JU-t discovered (1 .-life]. (In 



f Christianity in Kn-land " : "The 

 Bii.le and the Spirit ": and ""The I i y of 



Israel and the Hook of Jonah." 



Tiie 308 school- for working men and women of 



London Ycarh . which are tiie society'- 



n f'-rm of home mis-ions, were attended hy 



8 pupils, of whom two thirds were adults; 



leml.ers had been added to them during the 



year, and 16 new schools had been begun. 



