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diana, was formed in 1894 as a bureau of in- 

 formation, and engaged in mission work in Cuba 

 in 1900. The South African Industrial Mission 

 Hoard was incorporated in Ohio in 1902. The re- 

 port of the American Friends' Board for 1900-'01 

 (published in Dec-ember, 1901) gives accounts of 

 the missions carried on by the societies and the 

 yearly meetings separately or in cooperation in 

 China, Japan, India, Syria, Armenia, Palestine, 

 Africa, Mexico, Cuba, and Alaska, and returns 64 

 missionaries (21 men and 43 women), 17 recorded 

 ministers, 5 physicians, 135 native helpers, 6 of 

 whom were recorded ministers, 28 unrecorded 

 preachers, 46 teachers, and 14 Bible women; 22 

 organized churches with 1,810 members and 5,591 

 adherents; and 53 Bible schools, with 2,435 mem- 

 bers. The native churches had contributed $1,354 

 for education and $1,719 for the Church. The 

 total home contributions to the mission work were 

 $49,697. 



Friends' Peace Conference. A Peace Con- 

 ference of American Friends was held in Phila- 

 delphia, Dec. 12 to 14, 1901, and was attended by 

 about 300 delegates from all parts of the United 

 States. All the yearly meetings and all the 

 branches of the society were represented, either 

 on the program or by persons in attendance; and 

 the fact was remarked that " for the only 

 time since the days of the lamentable separation, 

 Friends of the three names united in a harmoni- 

 ous effort for a common end." The program of 

 discussions comprised papers on the New Testa- 

 ment Grounds for Peace and the Elements of 

 Peace Doctrine in the Old Testament; The Fail- 

 ure of the Christian Church in regard to Peace 

 Principles; The Early Friends' Conception of Peace 

 and War ; The Growing Iniquity and the Inherent 

 Immorality of War ; Early Christianity and 

 War; Attitude of Christians as to War and 

 Peace, and the Christian Idea of War; Importance 

 of teaching Peace Principles in Bible Schools ; The 

 Principal Influences making for Peace, and how 

 they may be strengthened ; The Duty of the Chris- 

 tian Church at the present time in. the move- 

 ment to abolish War; Internationalism; Peace 

 Principles in Political Life and Institutions; To 

 what Extent are Peace Principles practicable? 

 The Present Position of the International Peace 

 Movement ; Present Encouragement for Friends of 

 Peace; Mistakes and Failures of Friends in their 

 Peace Work; The Makers of Peace; What Con- 

 stitutes the True Peace Spirit; Remedies for Pre- 

 vailing Militarism; Peace as involved in the 

 Christian Method; War inconsistent with the 

 Genius of Quakerism; The Influence of Quaker 

 Peace Ideals on our National Life; Woman's Re- 

 sponsibility and Opportunity for promoting Peace 

 Principles; and The Work of Quaker Women for 

 Peace. A declaration was adopted, expressing the 

 conviction that lapse of time has not made neces- 

 sary any change in the position which Friends 

 have always taken on the subject of war, but 

 has rather strengthened it; and that war is ir- 

 reconcilable with the precepts, example, and spirit 

 of Christ, and is likewise out of harmony with the 

 common principles of reason and morality, and is 

 the antithesis of Christianity, and the negative, 

 for the time being, of the moral order of the world. 

 The progress that has been made toward peace in 

 recent generations was gratefully recognized in 

 the resolutions, and the establishment of the Inter- 

 national Court of Arbitration was mentioned as 

 one of the great e-t events in the history of human 

 society, and in line with the policy always advo- 

 cated by Friends. Further, the resolutions'deplored 

 the present warsof nations making high profession 

 of Christian civilization with less civilized and en- 



lightened peoples, and called for the adjustment 

 of matters at issue by Christian methods. 



Friends' Christian Endeavor. The Interna- 

 tional Christian Endeavor Convention of Friends 

 was held at Richmond, Ind., Aug. 8 to 10, and 

 was attended by representatives from every yearly 

 meeting in America, except those of North Caro- 

 lina and Canada. An epistle was received from 

 the Christian Endeavor Union of London Yearly 

 Meeting. The Friends' Christian Endeavor move- 

 ment was begun about 1892, in New York city. 

 A general meeting was held in London in 1900. 

 A special feature of the past year's work had been 

 the institution of visiting meetings for the purpose 

 of organizing new societies and encouraging those 

 already organized. The results had been very 

 satisfactory. Special remark was made concern- 

 ing the interest taken by the societies in home and 

 foreign missions. A number of classes in Church 

 history had been organized, with special reference 

 to the history of the Friends. The 489 societies 

 represented in the convention returned 13,786 

 members, of whom 1,806 had joined during the 

 year; 158 accessions to the Church from the so- 

 cieties; and total contributions of $9,476, inclu- 

 ding $1,105 for foreign and $5,710 for home mis- 

 sions. The total contributions were $1,253 more 

 than in the previous year. 



English Friends. The statistical reports 

 made to the London Yearly Meeting in May 

 showed that while a few new organizations had 

 been formed within its jurisdiction, others had 

 lapsed, and the number that remained, 369, w r as 4 

 less than a year before. The number of recorded 

 ministers was also 369, but they were not evenly 

 distributed so as to give each congregation a 

 minister; for some congregations had no minister, 

 while others had several. The number of members 

 in Great Britain had increased by 128, and was 

 now 17,470; while the number of " attenders and 

 associates " had declined by 150 to 7,647. 



In the London Meeting on Ministry and Over- 

 sight the sentiment was expressed that the meet- 

 ings of that name ought to take definite measures 

 for encouraging and helping ministers and those 

 likely to take vocal part in meetings, by the 

 loan of books for study, by classes on Biblical 

 subjects, and in other ways, and there might be 

 a standing committee to plan out courses of study. 

 A recommendation in accordance with these views 

 was drawn up to be sent to meetings on ministry 

 and oversight throughout the country, with the 

 request that they report next year what they were 

 doing to help the ministry. In a discussion en the 

 subject of the Propagation of the Gospel it was 

 pointed out that n'o adequate efforts were being 

 made by the meetings on Ministry and Over- 

 sight to carry the Gospel in any practical way 

 into the communities where Friends live; and it 

 was suggested that the local meetings should be- 

 come pastoral committees and should initiate pos- 

 itive work for the propagation of the Gospel about 

 them. A comprehensive minute was drawn up, 

 commending this subject to the consideration of 

 the subordinate meetings. The yearly meeting met 

 May 21. The attention of the Woman's Meeting 

 on the State of Society was given largely to 

 the subject of maintaining a healthy home life and 

 of a good understanding between parents and 

 children. In the Men's Meeting on the subject 

 various questions were brought up, among them 

 the difficulty of maintaining an active Church life 

 in face of the modern pressure of business; the 

 need of developing religious work among the 

 growing population of the towns as well as in 

 the country districts; greater spirituality and 

 power in preaching; the importance of a "better 



