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. ‘ A conference of tha Orthodox Yearly iMeoting, composed of thirteen Yearly Nontings wag hald ab Mchsond, TadLanay in 1687 end in Lyo2 a untforn dinclplinn was formed woich sot up o Mve Years Meeting with legislative pomuro. ha central. offices of thin group were located in idclinond, Tndfana, where the of Mclal organ, The Acarieun Prlend, ts poblirhed. Tt conststed (1927) of 60,663 noubers and was a nenbar of the Federtd Counctl of Churcneg in Curint in Aneriea. Tho Five Years Meeting wan indbrporated under the luwa of the State of Indiana, und the prinury object of the asnoclution wan said to have bean; , tho secure converted aetion by ull. tha Yearly Neetings of the Telt pious Seclaty of friends in Averieas and to this end to fora a representative boly to bo covpasnd of dalogates from the several Yearly Licetines of tha Soclety of Feienia in the Unlted Stata ef Arerkea and of the Yearly Moetines of tha Society of Friends in other countries, to meot once in five yerrs avl by the appolntient of committees, boards and agencies at such mnotings, to unite the entire Society of Friends in carrying on the religious, evanyelical, educational, missionary, charitable and benevolont work in switch the suid Sockety Urough its saveral Yearly tiestinns La nas or nay here= afier becowe ongagade! the Avertcan Yriends Service Conmittea wag said to have bean formed by Wis Liberal froup of Cuakers, but subsaquently all yenrdy peet~ ings in the United States joined in’ the work of tho orpatdsation so tint today tharovseens to ve prvaterunity ecornist al} menbers of tie Soclely than there hag been sinze 1627. In 1936 it was sald that thera wore 105,917 moenvern of the Socloty of Friends in America. b) whe Tenote of the Cuaker f.clirgion A booklet entitled, "*ho Fivo Years Yeeting of the Friends in vAmericas Year Rook", for the year 1916, cenluwing a bricL mimmary of "The Faith of ithe friends’, witch is caid to consist of a "sufficlently com prohensive outline to define the position af tha denomination in tho ranke of Evangelical. “Giurchega." Tis guamary by Joseph M1219 states that evhe central principle in the celipion of the vrlonds is that salvation 48 a porsonal matter betwen the didividual cobl end Ged, and that tha vhole Carietian lite out of Wo eoults rotation bo i4diny and not froa any ovtward obraryance or cercuonhal lice “hoy boldave that dolivoranca fron cin od by parsomd faith inedosany - Chrigt through whose atoning sacrifice, and this alone, sintal can 4s reconciled te dod. That Christts b.pWim dy expertencad fm the dnconing inte the Invidval cauk of Mia Divino poser for tra trans formation of Une zhole mans Thut tls indwelling: Cpfrit paides aud controly the surremlared Lifa, and that tha Cari giants constant