Minutes and Proceedings of the Five Years Meeting of the American Yearly Meetings (129)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908. Excerpt: ... heretofore the Minutes have been read at the morning session of each day for the previous day. The Chair only suggests that any corrections necessary to be made can be better made while fresh in the mind, and it is our good fortune to have a Clerk entirely able and ready, and you can have them read at any time, The Clerk will read. She has ample time. Mabel H. Douglas, Recording Clerk: I particularly like to read them while they are fresh, as I can get them much more accurate if I read them now. (Read Minutes of morning session.) J. J. Mills of Canada: I move we adjourn. Clerk: There are some announcements. Timothy Nicholson of Indiana: Two matters have been referred to the delegates to report this afternoon, and we cannot get together again very well if we separate. That is why the Clerk has suggested that for these two matters we should sit in our seats and settle them; one a proposition of the appointment of two from each delegation as a committee on the Iowa proposition, and a committeee of one from each delegation for the committee on the Treasurer's report. We can do that in a very few minutes perhaps. That is why we are seated together. The Committee on Legislation is requested to meet this afternoon at two o'clock. Clerk: It is seemly and profitable for us to have a moment of reverent thanksgiving before we separate. The Meeting takes a recess until half past two o'clock Fourth-day, Tenth Month 16, 1907--2.30 p. M. Clerk: The hour to which this Meeting took its recess has arrived. When we were welcoming Friends present from Philadelphia and Ohio Yearly Meetings this morning and inviting them to take seats in this body we were not aware--at least those of us at the table were not aware--of the presence in this meeting of BunjiKida, an Evangelist of...