The Discipline of the Society of Friends, of Indiana Yearly Meeting

THE

DISCIPLINE

OF THE

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS,

Ог

Friends --INDIANA YEARLY MEETING,

REVISED BY THE MEETING

HELD AT WHITE WATER, IN THE YEAR 1838, and

PRINTED BY DIRECTION OF THE SAME.

CINCINNATI:

A. PUGH, PRINTER, CORNER FIFTH AND MAIN ST.

1839.

C 8326.42.1 C$370.to

C. E. Perkins memorial.

Subordinate meetings may assume the consideration of

offences, after their proceedings may have been decided
to be irregular,

ARBITRATIONS--General rules for conducting,"

Parties to enter into bond,.....

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Parties refusing to abide award should be complained of, 15
Rules for second reference,-

16

Legal advice to be taken at joint expense of the parties,

when necessary,-

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Cases where resort to law may be admissible, viz. those
in which absconding debtors, bankrupts, executors, ad-
ministrators, and trustees are concerned,-
Proceedings where reference is unnecessary,

17

Friends in the ministry not to be chosen as arbitrators, 18 BIRTHS AND DEATHS-Two members to be appointed to

attend funerals,

18

Proposals for meetings at funerals to be submitted to the elders and overseers,

18

Two or more Friends to be appointed to the care of burying

Burying grounds to be kept enclosed and in decent order, 19
Records of births and deaths to be kept,

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Forms,

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26

BLASPHEMY AND PROFANITY,

BOOKS,-Meeting for Sufferings to examine all writings which relate to our religious principles,..........

Heads of families to prevent the perusal of pernicious publications,-.

Plays, romances, and novels, to be suppressed,..

CERTIFICATES,-Form of a certificate of removal,
Form of a marriage certificate,--

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.... 97

Those for travelling Friends to be recorded and seasona-
bly returned,...

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Those for residents to be lodged with the Monthly Meeting, 21
A record of all certificates issued, to be kept........ 21
Monthly Meetings should send certificates where mem-
bers remove without them,...

Proceedings where offenders remove,

Proceedings where females remove,-

Proceedings when apprentices or minors remove,-

Disorderly persons appearing as members-how to be

Certificates the property of Monthly Meetings,--

CHARITY AND UNITY,...

CIVIL GOVERNMENT.-Members exhorted to decline offices,
the duties of which may be inconsistent with our reli-
gious principles,

Proceedings with those who do not,-

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CLERKS.--Annual appointment of,--
CONDUCT AND CONVERSATION.-Proceedings with any
who may be guilty of lying, drunkenness, swearing,
cursing, and other immoral or scandalous practices, 26
Blasphemy and profanity, and denial of the divinity of
Christ,

Justice in dealings to be strictly observed,...

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CONVINCED PERSONS.-Rule of admission to membership, 27

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DEFAMATION AND DETRACTION,

DISCIPLINE AND MEETINGS FOR DISCIPLINE,.............. 31

Admonition to be extended to those who break the Disci-

pline,

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Connexion and subordination of meetings,...

31

Rules for setting up and laying down meetings,--

31

Fair records of proceedings to be kept,--

32

Monthly Meetings should apply to Quarters for assistance

in matters too weighty or difficult for them to determine, 32

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Copies of minutes, &c. to be granted where requested by
another Quarterly or Monthly Meeting,..
The same may be granted or refused to individuals.....
Offenders not to sit in meetings for discipline after the
charge is entered, until the case is determined,...
Meetings for discipline to be kept select,...............
Representatives to be appointed by Monthly Meetings to
Quarter,...

Reports to be sent up signed by the Clerk,--

Reasons for non-attendance to be forwarded,.-
Representatives not to withdraw without leave,
Account of sufferings to be kept,--