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1886

tral committee, in charge of Sunday-schools,
gave a detailed statement of the number of
Sabbath-schools and their scholars and teachers
and the work accomplished during the
year. The report was thoroughly discussed,
the members expressing themselves freely
concerning the usefulness of the schools and
the amount of the appropriation for literature.
An effort will be made to furnish uniform
literature for the schools in Maryland,
Virginia and Pennsylvania.

The new representative committee of thirty
members was elected, and has executive
power when the Yearly Meeting is not in
session. The committee on education gave a
report of how many schools the meeting has,
and the number of scholars and the money
appropriated therefor. That section of the
discipline by which the hour for marriages
was fixed up to four o'clock in the afternoon
was stricken out, so that marriages can now
be solemnized at any hour suitable to the
various congregations. The accounts of the
treasurer, Mr. Edwin Blackburn, were reported
to be correct and sustained by the
proper vouchers. The sum of $800 was appropriated
for the expenses of the Yearly Meeting.
Mr. Edwin Blackburn was reappointed
treasurer for the next year.

The most interesting report was that of
the Indian committee. Their report stated
that since the last yearly meeting Isaiah
Lightner, formerly of Maryland, had retired
from the charge of the combined Sante,
Flandreaux and Ponca agency, in Nebraska,
and Charles Hill has been appointed in his
stead. With the retirement of Mr. Lightner
the official connection of the Yearly Meeting
with the government in the care of these
Indians has ceased, and any further work
will be missionary work. The convention of
the delegates from the seven meetings of this
branch of the society, at their last semi-annual
meeting in Philadelphia, appointed Levi
R. Brown, of Lancaster, and Joseph J. Janney,
of Baltimore, a committee to visit the
agency. Their report presents a pleasant
picture of progress and enlightment. Agent
Hill says the Indians live peaceably, and
that there is no trouble save when the whites
cheat them in a bargain. They have just set
out 500 apple trees, and have about 4,000 acres
under cultivation, on which they raised last
year 744,000 bushels of grain and vegetables.
They have several schools, including some
industrial schools, and all are in a flourishing
condition.

The last four of the remaining queries
were answered. The answers to the ninth
query showed that the offenders against discipline
had been dealt with by the meeting
in a spirit of love. One meeting reported
that delays sometimes occur in dealing with
offenders. The answers to the tenth showed
that a correct record of the births and deaths
have been kept. The answers to the eleventh
query showed that there had been but few
changes in the hours of worship. In point of
membership, the testimony shows that there
is a slight loss of members by death and
removal.

These reports were made last month, and
according to them the Baltimore meeting
loses one member, though within the last
few weeks there have been considerable
accessions of members on certificate. The
testimony to the twelfth query showed that
the members, wherever practicable, placed
their children in schools under the care of
the society. There was a public meeting at
night, at which President MacGill, of
Swarthmore College, spoke on education.

Yearly Meeting of Friends.

[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.]

Yesterday was the last session of the Yearly
Meeting of the Friends. The standing committee
on the disbursement of the fund realized
from the sale of the "Fair Hill" school
reported that this year's income had been
something over a thousand dollars, which
had been spent in aiding needy country
schools of the society and assisting deserving
young persons who desired to become
teachers. The standing committees on temperance
and philanthropic labor were merged

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