Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-11-23

sion reported the following persons as
officers of the convention:
President Peter B. Simons, of Phila
delphia; Vice President, Gen. James A
Beaver, of Bellefonte Alfred Hand, o
Scranton; David E. Small, of York
Secretary, Frank A. Denig, of Pittsburg
Assistant Secretaries. Mathews, of Tidi
QUITE Hiles Pardoe, of Carlisle. ant
Frank J. French, of Erie.
In the evening an immense meeting
was held in the City Hall, which through
the kindness and good taste of the ladies
had been rendered very attractive. Th'
folio wing notices decorated the walls oil
the roon-"Many in name. but one il
Christ" .'Give God the Glory" "Got
and our fellow man" "The fellowship
of Kindred minds is like to that above -
The CHRISTIANS of Scranton gree
you" The platform was neatly decora
ted with evergreen, and above it the e1
pressive word "Welcomc.
A large choir of ladies and gentlemen
added much attraction to the evening by
the good music they discoursed. Judge
Jones presided at the meeting. Highly
interesting addresses were delivered by
the presiding officers on behalf of the
citizens of Scranton. Rev. Mr.. Krohr
\ on behalf of the churches and Ii. NJ: Bo
/ les, President, on behalf cf the YIN. c
A. after which the meeting adjourned
II. X. Porter of Pittsburg, on behalf Of
/ the convention responded in the address
1 Of welcome. He dwelt with Iarticula,
emphasis upon the manifestation Of sym
pathy which were exhibited, and thanked
! them in the name of the Lord for it.
He was followed with brief addresse:
by Mr.. Peter Is Simons, of Philadelphia
| President of the convention, and Gen
James A. Beaver Of Bellefonte, Vice
President, both of whom were eloquent
and interesting.
SECOND DAY
There was large attendance Of dele.
gates as we'll as citizens, and the meet
ings of the whole day were characterized
J by an earnestness that showed how deep.
I ly interested all the delegates were in the
work. After the opening exercises the
following permanent committees were then
appointed 4:
Business comraittee-C. G.. Shirk. OF
Erie, chairman; N. f. Evans, of Phila
delphia; James Lsughlin, jr.. Pittsburs
MIR. ID. F. Fortney, of Bellefonte Rev
Mr. Taggert, Turtle Greek Rev. Il.
Moot, Warren Geo. W. Jones, Altoo-
ma.
! Devotional Committee-A. W. Bell, OF
Pittsburg. chairman j. G. Bachelor, of
Scranton, Ira ID. Sankey, of Newcastle
T.. Franciscus, Harrisburg Rev. ID. j.
Walker, Bloomsbury ; J. J. Joyce, U.,
Philadelphia; VIM Blair, Burse,tstown
Committee on Association-H. NJ Bo
les. of Scranton, chairman J. A. Stern
berg, of Reading; Thomas Marshall. Of
Philadelphia II. X. Porter. of Pitts
barg; WIN w. Hague, Tidioute; Rev
G. G. Killball, of Erie
Committee on Resolution-Rev. VIM
b. Culliss, OF Philadelphia. chairman
Rev. j. NJ. Gillette, of Union Mills
James Paul, of Dunbar.
Thos X. Cree, chairman Of the execu-
tive committee, then submitted his annual
report, which, after reading, was on mo-
ton referred to the committee on associa
ton. We give few extracts of the mos
important points
at the time Of holding the last conven.
ton there were in the State 2S ossocia-
tions two of these have disbanded du-
ring the year. Forty-one associations
have been organized during the year, and
efforts are making in a large number of
towns with good prospects of effecting an
organization. The reason for congratu.
la.ion is not the number of associations
so much as the spiritual improvement in
our work manifested by all our organiza-
TONS There are now 67 of them on.
iy having failed to report : Gl associations
report a membership of 1862 "a reports
expended during the year S3l S64, 10
reported l5,442 volumes in libraies.-
Other information Of interest was embod
led in the report regarding the work
The following exhibit Of the finances Of
the committee was made; Amount ex
pended during the year, S4, ,557 60 expen
ded as follows Printing $500, Postage
$500, expenses of the Williamsport con-
vention III ,S4, Sundry expenses S239,
IS. The receipts from all sources was 81
LAG 72 carrying a balance due committee
Of S3l1 81 During the most of the
year it has been very necessary to EN-
ploy an assistant and part of the time
two assistants,-but most of the work
has been done by the committee and vol
unteer assistance During the year the
committee has circulated 100000 pa
ges of printed matter, $4,000 printed let
ters and circulars, and over 1,5OO writ
ten letters have had 1000 local ant
editorial notices of our work inserted at
our request in the leading papers in ev
cry county in the State.
Recommendations was made for action:
on the following subject Time ant
place of the next convention Finances o
the Executive Committee; Subject o
Building; Finances of Association; Lee
lures; Sermons, etc, Observance sec
ond Sabbath of November Association
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