The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-18
ONE HUNDRED Years. WORK
Recapitulated Yesterday at the Bap-
tiSt Centennial Anniversaries.
REV. G. c. LORIMER'S SERMON
Baptists of Slocum Hollow = Interesting
Address by Rev. T. J. .Collins-Remi.
niscenes of Rev. w. b. Grow.
Centennial Notes.


ton in general.
The first session opened at 10 a. M,
when Miss Sarah Krigbaum read a pa
per on What the Women Have Done
for the Church." The paper was re-
plete with excellent accounts of the pro-
minent work of lady workers in the
church.
II. b. F. Fillmore read a paper on
EARLY "reminiscences, Including Mu-
sic,' and several incidents Of deep In
terest to the audience were related.
Then, one of the constituent members
of the Penn Avenue Baptist church,
DR.. Horace Ladd, of Philadelphia, de-
livered his "reminiscences of early days.
Rev. Warren G.. Partridge read an eX-
celllent paper on 1.-THE Organization
and Five Pastorates," which was highly
applauded on it's historical merits.
NJ The Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session Rev. r. j.
Collins read an interesting paper on
Rev. William Bishop, Elder Mott and
the First Church." and dealt in an able
manner with the organization and devel-
opment of the First Baptist church Of
Scranton. He related the struggles
which the early fathers overcame, ow-
ing to their savage encounters with the
Indians, as well as the uncivilized state
of the community. Mr.. Collins pre-
sented a picture of "Slocum Hollow
as it appeared at the beginning of the
present century, which made forcible
representation of the hopeless appear
ance of Mr.. Bishops field of labor. He
was the owner of 300 acres of land, now
known as Hyde Park and Scranton
proper, and erected log house on the
site of the Merrifeld property near the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church,
Hyde Park, and his field Of labor in
cluded from Blakely to Wilkes-Barre.
He gathered in his people to the church
at Pittston, but he also preached at
Hyde Park, Blakely and various other
places, services being held in barns and
log houses. About 1903 Mr.. Bishop re-
moved to New Jersey, but a few years
later returned to Browns Hollow, where
he labored with great success. He died
in 1916, greatly respected as the Father
Of this Baptist cor. punity.
Review Of Eldei Motifs Work.
Mr.. Collins then made on exhausted
review Of the work of the life of Elder
Mott. and then dealt with the organi-
cation Of the First Scranton church.
Twenty-three members in 1S49 erected
the Chestnut Street Baptist church at
a cost of $1,000, from which had sprung
the Penn Avenue church and the Jack
son Street church. The members
erected a new church on Scranton
street eight or nine years ago, which
therefore, represents the original church
of the Baptists of Scranton.
Hon. Lemuel Amerman read paper
on THE Young People and the Sunday
School," and claimed that it was the
most important subject of the annivers-
ary services. They who were before
him then were the young people OF
thirty-five years ago and the success OF
their work was a great inspiration for
the young people of the present day.
The church without a Sunday school
was like a brook without a fountain;
it soon empties itself and its place is like
a stagnant pool. The Sunday school
was not only the index to the church.
but it was by Divine help the source of
its life, strength and growth.
The Penn Avenue Sunday school
superintendents We're: George Long
James Bryan, Isaac Bevan, Thomas
Moore, w. p. Hellings, d. D., Isaac
Post, Lemuel Amerman, David Spencer
Luther Keller.
With regard to the primary depart
ment Miss Sarah Krigbaum had beer
connected with it all along up to the
present; p. P. Finley had been treasurer
for twenty-nine years and Mr.. White
more had been chorister for nineteer
continuous years.
GaluSha A. Grows Brother
Rev. w. B. Grow, of IRELAND. fol
lowed with a paper on "EvangelistiC
Work in the Association" Mr.. Grow Is
brother Of Galusha A. Grow and has
been in the ministry for q period OF
flfty-six years. His address teemed with
valuable "reminiscences of early works
or Baptist churches and pastors. Ar
excellent address, "One Hundred Years
of Baptist History" was delivered BY
Rev. d. c. Hughes, pastor of Jackson
Street Baptist church, and several i'm.
portant historical features were
brought out In the address, which were
highly appreciated by the audience.
Rev. DR.. Hughes remarked "tha,
the past century had been the most
epoch-maklng hundred years the world
had ever known. Everything had beer
revolutionized during the cen,
tury. Mechanical industries, agri
cultural pursuits, ETC., and ever
the duration of human life. as
these have undergone such changes as
separate us from the preceding centur.
les beyond anything that could have
been predicted fifty years before this
century began. My task today is tC
tell the part that Baptists have played
on the grand, yet shifting and progress
ci or ~ hn L.
Baptists have played a supreme anG
most necessary part in the work. They
have fought against the union OF
church and state, as evidenced by theil
vehement protest against the whole
princiT e of the constitution of the state
of Ma. achusetts of $780, In which the
legislature was empowered to make
suitable provision for the support anC
maintenance of public Protestant
teachers Of piety, religion and morality
ITO whom are the American people
Indebted as the chief agents in bring
ing about their deliverance from the op
preston Of a state law compelling thu
citizens to pay ministerial rates
whether they wished 1t or not? Th,
impartial historian must answer, tn,
Baptists."
Mr.. Hughes then passed warn
eulogy upon the memory of Rogei
Williams and claims that the civilized
world was indebted to him for th
great boon of civil and religious libert,
as the right of all. In concluding hi
address Mr. Hughes said:
Time would fail also to speak of tn
almost countless hosts of young peopl
who are now being trained in our Sun
day schools, and in our young people
societies. and who, when those who ar
now leading the van have fallen, viii
be ready to take the places of thei
valiant forerunners, and will do NOR
intelligent, more thorough, but no
more sincere, work than their father
have done before them. Let us than
God for the honor of being identifies
with people whose history in the pas
is so glorious, whose work in the pres
ent Is so far reaching and successful
and whose influence in the future Wi
be still more glorious than even the pas
has been"
DR.. Lorlmcr's Address.
Last evening the climax of the sue
cessful series of the anniversary sci
vices was reached when DIR. Lorimel