The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-08

Methodist Episcopal minister of fifty and
sixty years ago. The present generation
knows very little of their hardshps, and
! the talks of these aged pastors will be
both interesting and profitable
The Endeavor society of the Grace Re-
| formed church will meet next Tuesday
evening to elect officers for the next term
OF six months
Next Sunday evening at the regular
young peoples meeting in the Grace Re
formed church, the delegates to the Car
bondale convention will report. H. r.
| Lathrop and Miss Il. j. Chandler were the
appointed delegates, but three other men,
bers were also present. Brief addresses
will be made by all the members that were
at Carbondale.
The Sunday afternoon meeting in the
Young Mems Christian association rooms
are of unusual interest just now and
during the last few months a great re-
vival has taken place, which has resulted
! in net Increase of about 200 per cent.
Miscellaneous,
Rev. Daniel Savage, of the Green Ridge
| Primitive Methodist church, is conducting
Il series of special meetings that are well
attended. They will be continued next
week and close Sunday evening, 10th inst.
| with a love feast.
! The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Providence Methodist Epis-
copal church meet this afternoon in the
parsonage.
The Providence Presbyterian church
has divided that section Of the city into
blocks Twenty-Five men have been ap.
pointed to canvass the whole district and
see who are church goers and who are
not. They are also printing cards Gnt
distributing literature. Tomorrow the
church will make q special Offering fol
this work to- defray any expenses in
Cured.
Rev. C. w. Muckley, of Kansas City
Mo-, will speak tomorrow evening in the
Providence Christian church. Mr. Muck
ley is secretary of the board of church
extension fund, and will speak of this in
teresting work nj the far west.
The pastors OF the Congregations
churches of Lackawanna and LuzernC
valleys viii meet next Monday afternoon
in the vestry Of the Congregations
church on West Market street Paper:
will be read by Rev. j. j. Jenkins, o.
Nanticoke, and Rev. ID. p. Jones, Of thi!
city. Rev. Peter Roberts, of Olyphant
will preach that evening.
The regular quarterly convention Of thu
Welsh Congregational churches viii
meet in Taylor on the 18th and 18th inst.
Special conservation meetings were HEX
| Wednesday and Thursday evenings o
this week at the Providence Puritan
church. The pastor, Rev. A. f. Ferris, II
preaching a series of three sermons t
young women. Tomorrow evening he vii
speak on Moral Beauty" Special musi,
by the choir.
Next Monday morning Rev. Peter Rob
erts will give a review of "Johannin
Theology" by Professor G. b. Stephens
DID, of Yale university, before the Meth
odist Episcopal ministerium.
Rev, s. c. Logan, ID, will preacl
tomorrow to the Washburn Street Pres
bytcrian church in the st, Davids hall.
The Plymouth church finally adopted 1t
manual last Monday evening. 1t will b
in force the first of the year.
Rov. w. X. Cochrane, pastor Of tn
Methodist Episcopal church at Rendham
and Mrs Sarah M. Rommel, of Wes
Plttston, were recently marred. The.
VIII reside at Rendham.
Bishop A. Il. Andrews will preach at tn
| reopening of the Parsons Methodist Epis
copal church on the 10th inst.
Presiding Elder ]. G. Eckman is con
ducting quarterly conference in the Pitts
ton Methodist Episcopal church.