The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-05
five Years. HARD work
Interesting Anniversary at the Jack
son Street Baptist Church.
JUDGE EDWARDS ON MUSIC
Rev. DR.. Hughes Congratulated by Many
Prominent Citizens on the Fifth Ami.
versary, of His PastOrate of the
Church Interesting Services.


the Jackson Street Baptist church of
the West Side was celebrated yester-
day. 1t was the fifth anniversary of
the pastorate of Rev. d. c. Hughes,
d. d.
The morning services were largely at
tended, and the pastor delivered an
interesting address and gave a brief
retrospect of the church work during
the five years of his charge. Similar
addresses were made by Deacons John
Davies, William Jenkins, Richard
Nichols and Ebenezer Grifflths, each
one testifying to the great increase in
the spiritual and temporal welfare of
the church during the pastorate of Mr..
Hughes.
At 2 p. m. the afternoon session was
held, when William B. owen gave a
retrospect of Sunday school work since
1871. w. o. Jenkins also gave an inter-
esting speech upon Sunday school work,
which was attentively listened to by the
scholars.
The spacious edifice was crowded at
the evening meeting, when several
prominent citizens We're present. Rev.
T. j. Collins opened the meeting by
prayer, after which Rev. Warren G.
Partridge made a stirring address in
which he heartily congratulated the
church and pastor upon the noble work
of the past five years. He could con-
scientiously congratulate the church
upon having the Rev. DR.. Hughes as its
teacher and when he read the reports
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gregation before him, he could not but
rejoice in the magnificent growth and
building of the kingdom in their midst.
Congratulations of Fellow Baptists.
He came to convey to them the con-
gratulatons of Penn Avenue church as
well as his own, as an individual and
pastor and to assure them of their con-
tinual help from his church in their
good work, whether by purse, good ad-
vice, in the pulpit or in the choir. He
hoped that there were many more ami
versaries which he would be able to
participate in with DR.. Hughes as their
pastor, and from what he saw tnat
night and the manner in which they
appreciated the work of their pastor,
he thought that to be a pastor was not
the most undesirable thing in the
world. Outside the domestic circle
there should be no relation more up
lifting and more eternal than that be-
tween pastor and people. He wished
them future more glorious than the
past and that God should shower His
blessings upon them was his only de-
sire and prayer.
Judge Hand made an eloquent speech
in which he said that for several rea-
sons he was pleased to be present. He
was much attached to their pastor and
had faith in the work of the people of
the church. He had been associated
with the pastor for some time and he
knew that he was sound in the faith,
and sound enough to keep his people
from all temptations and to keep them
fast to the rock of truth.
Great Biblical Scholar.
DR., Hughes, the speaker said, was a
great Biblical scholar and stands on
pulpit the foundations of which are on
the great rock of truth. He was cour-
teous and affable, and was admired by
all who knew the history of their
church. Judge Hand also made very
pleasing illusions to the similarity be-
tween the faiths of the Baptist and
Presbyterian bodies, both of which he
said had done so much blessed work in
this country in civil and religious liber-
ty. He had glanced over their creed
and there was nothing in it but what
he could indorse, although 1t was said
that If little water was good the more
the better. In concluding he said:
"You are engaged in grand work for
the church of Christ for society and
the common country; and in this con-
flict against evil, as we labor, fight and
pray, shoulder to shoulder, no one will
say to which denomination we belong
except to one kingdom, one Head in
Christ, one Lord Jesus Christ, to whom
alone we bow, and by whose name all
others pale. | congratulate you on the
great success of your five years work
and pray God to bless you in the fu-
ture."
Luther Keller said he was present to
testify to the respect and esteem he
entertained for pastor as we'll as
church. He could well appreciate the
services of the evening as he knew we'll
the anxiety and burden which the pas
tor had borne for five years and the
sacrifices which had been made, which
proved that they had been working in
unison, and he was positive that he
could prophecy that the debt on their
church would soon be a matter of the
CT thot God o,I
for their noble efforts in His great
cause He was more than grateful for
the opportunity to congratulate them
all that evening upon the auspicious
occasion which they had met to cele-
brate.
Mr.. McLave also congratulated the
congregation on the progress Of church
work during the pastorate of Mr..
Hughes, and was followed by Dr. Dean,
who referred to the many instances of
DR.. Hughes valuable work in further
ing the work of religious institutions
generally.
Remarks of Judge Edwards.
Judge Edwards said: "Your chair
man has introduced me with very flat
tering remarks that bring a blush to
my face, but it was not necessary, as
I am among people with whom have
lived for the past thirty years and have
seen every day, two-thirds of those be-
fore me now: l have seen their sor-
rows and troubles, and l well know
how they have borne the brunt of the
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