The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-29

| COiIltS StCoHu. lne year SlA,O.O-o
were contributed for the cause of mis-
sons, and $l2G9ll.4 for other benevolent
objects. The Juniors contributed $2,15i96
| of the above amount. Twenty-Five Evan
| gelical denominations are represented in
| the union.
An effort Is being made to have the En-
| deavor societies of the Lackawanna Pres
byter join hands and raise 500 year to
support Dr. Jessup as their special rep
resentative on the foreign field. DR.. Sam
| uel Jessup went out from the above
Presbytery many years ago, and was
stationed at Beirut, Syria The plan
proposed is now in the hands of the Of
ticers of the Presbytery, and will be con-
sidered by them. There are over $500
members in the societies within the boun-
daries of the above Presbytery, and II
they will take up the work it will be ac-
| complished.
A good plan has been put in operation
in the Plymouth society of Seattle, Wash,
which gives considerable satisfaction. AT
| the end of each month each member or
| the society Is asked to hand to the lookout
| committee replies to these questions
Have you made any calls in the interest
of church, Christian Endeavor Sunday
school or missionary work this month?
Have you attended the church prayer
meeting regularly? Have you spoken
with any one about accepting Jesus Christ
for his Saviour and uniting with the
| church? Did you help in the city miss
sion or Salvation Army work? What
other definite work have you done?
New Year Services.
| Next Monday evening watch night
service will be held in the Asbury Meth
odist Episcopal church, conducted by the
pastor, Rev. A. L. Chaffee. The service
will commence at $50 p. m.
A watch night service will be held New
Years eve in the Green Ridge Primitive
Methodist church to commence tie 1880 p
m., when addresses will be made by Rev.
Daniel Savage and local preachers
The young people of the North Main
Avenue Baptist church are discussing the
| question of having a watch night SER
vice next Monday night They expect to
finally decide tomorrow, when the an
nouncement will be made should they de-
| eide to hold one.
Special service will be held next Tues
day morning in the st. David's church.
The service will commence at 1890 a. m
and will consist of morning prayer and
sermon by the rector, Rev. NJ. II. Mill.
On New Years eve roll call will be
held in the Scranton Street Baptist
church, when the members will respond
to their names and give a silver Offering
After roll call, Rev. Y. j. Collins, the pas
| tor, will deliver a sermon, and the SER
vice will be continued until the new year
| comes In.
| Next Tuesday the Ladies' Aid society
| of the Washburn Street Presbyterian
church will serve New Years dinner in
the basement of the church. In the even
ing the annual business meeting will be
held, and both before and after the ses-
sion the ladies will serve supper.
Joyful Greeting.
| About forty young converts of the Green
Ridge Primitive Methodist church as
sembled at the home of Rev. Daniel Saw
age last Tuesday evening and held a
Christmas party. They showed their es-
TEEN for their pastor and his wife by pre-
senting them with useful and beautiful
presents. William Browns Sunday
school class, connected with the church,
presented their teacher with nice rock
| ing chair.
The members of the st. Davids church
and congregation substantially showed
their appreciation and good will toward
| their rector, Rev. NJ. II. Mill, and his
wife, by presenting each with beautiful
rocker on Christmas morning. Mr.. and
| Mrs Mill are very much pleased with the
manifestation of kindness on the part of
the people of the parish.
| Last Tuesday evening at the close of
| the Christmas exercises in the First
| Welsh Baptist church, on South Main
avenue, the Sunday school showed their
good feeling toward their superintendent,
Benjamin Hughes, by presenting him
with an elegant chair On the cross
board in front of the seat was silver
plate on which Mr.. Hughes name was
| engraved, together with few words COM
memorative Of the occasion on which the
| gift was made. Mr.. Hughes has been one
of the pillars of the Sunday school. His
| services cover a period of thirty-five
years, during most of which he has filled
| the important position of superintendent,
| and during the years he did not occupy
| that office he was given other work
which he invariably performed with fidel-
| ity He is superintendent this year, and
when new officers were chosen for 1895 he
wished some one else to assume the du-
ties, but the school unanimously voted
| him to the Office for the coming year.
| The Sunday school think that he is the
right man in the right place and they re-
solved to keep him there.
Past and Future.
| The o'clock service held in st. David's
church Christmas morning was well at
| tended when the Nativity of our Lord
was commemorated and holy communion
celebrated. At 1890 q. m. another edify-
| ing service was held and good congre-
cation assembled when Rev. NJ. II. Mill
! preached the Christmas sermon and cele-
brated holy communion. The music rem
dered by the choir was excellent, and the
decorations excelled anything that was
ever done in the history of the church.
The St. Davids Christmas festivities
were celebrated last evening, which was
Innocents Day. The children marched
| from the basement into the auditorium,
singing the procession hymn. After de-
votional exercises, several dialogues per-
tanning to Christmas season were given
by the scholars, at the close of which the
children were treated. A short address
was made by Mr.. Fraser, one of the
teachers of the school, and the children
| sang some very sweet Christmas carols
The Sunday school Is steadily growing
since the well equipped rooms are usd,
and the infant department in charge of
Mrs. Mill has more than doubled during
the last twelve months. She has now
over forty scholars enrolled. At the close
of the exerices quite number of teach
ers and scholars interchanged gifts. A
large audience was present and enjoyed
the interesting exercises.
The pastors Of the churches of the West
Side have decided to hold union services
during the week of prayer.
On Christmas morning the young people
of the North Main Avenue Baptist
church held prayer meeting at o'clock,
and then joined the Endeavor meeting In
the Presbyterian church at o'clock.
Tomorrow morning Mr.. Sanborn, secre-
tary OF the Rescue mission on Franklin
aveune, will speak in the Providence
Presbyterian church and present the
work done by this organization to the con-
gregation. DR.. b. Atherton, the North
End representative on the executive
board of the mission, will also speak.
At the close of the address an Offering will
be taken for the work of the mission.
A quarterly meeting will be held TO-
morrow morning in the Providence Meth
odst Epscoual church. Love feast at $3.50
a. m., to be followed by communion and
sermon at 1890.
The service of song, "Our Savior King"