The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-16
MISSIONARY ANNIVERSARY aiGNT.
Address Of the Corrssp ,ndlnr secrstsry,
Raw. ] o Peck, d. D,

Address Of the Corrssp )ndtrr SecrstGry,
Raw ] o Peck, d. D.
Il had been announced in tue after
uoon that Ut ! O'clock the doors vi the
church would b. thrown open, Fill
teen minutes sf!er this hour. and as
many before the service commenced,
over ,, 800 persons were in the elitiCl.
add hundreds went away without bp'
ing able to obtain evea satisfactory
standing room.
The services were in anniversary "
tho Missionary society. Row. w, II,
Pearce. D. D., pastor, prsailed, Thu
address was delivered by Rev. j. q.
Peck. y. D., Of New York, correspond.
ing secretary Of the society.
Two pleasing features Of the evening
were the singing Of the "Scabat Mater
by the choir aud the duct OF Mrs A. II,
Cornell and Mrs, CroSsin. OBrien.
Prayer was offered 10y Rev, j. y
Woo iruif.
The conference secretary ot tha ~
ciety presented this report;
Bingaamton iistrisS-Llss yrar, ST.
Dos; this year. SL2I5; decrease, S6S5
ChenaugO district-Lpst ysnr. s., 923i
this year, 81. 2S3; iGcreass. S6l.
HonesdHla distrist-Last wear, s., 253;
this year, s. 1916; decrease, SlOG
Oneonta district-Last year, s., sos;
this year, S3,5S1; increase, $s4
Owego district-Last year, 81. 79l
this year 81, 103. decrease fSS
Wyoming district-Last year $l2,-
6l3, this year Sl2, 381, decrease $306
rotal-Last year $27,S9Q, this year
$26,SSl, net decrease. $3.50,
SHOT AT DR.. TALMAGE.
Rev. DR.. Peek said:
You will hardly believe ne, but |
moulded this Elm Park church into q cart.
ridge, placed 1t into u rifle aud fired it at
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage. He made tho
announcement from his pulpit, chat the
Brooklyn Tabernacle had never been ap.
preached in its effort to build three
churches. Through tho Brooklyn Eagle |
rafuted this by SAYING that you had eN-
pended $500, 600 on two churches within
two years, and emerged from the debris
FREQ oe debt.
This conference deficit Of missionary col.
l~ect.Ons could have been prevented; the
decrease in the total monies Tor the So
ciety, which confronted us with an II
per 9 reduction, under the plea or hard
times, could have bsen prevented; i've ad-
ditionGl cents from each contributor would
have been the preventative.
\ Scranton business man insinuatel that
it costs Us 80 per cont. TO place oar bone
dts in foreign lands, This leads me to tell
you something OF the administration Ut
the society. The 5, $50, 900 Of yearly collec-
tionS don't cost US a cent to collect. There
is not q banking house in the world whose
financial standing Is superior TO that of the
society.
We used to buy over drafts OF such
banking houses us that Of the Earrings
and Brown Brothers. Now we have our
own system Of drafts, made possible by
our SolYeucy, which are honOred the
world over, aad not one dollar Of thirty
million has ever gone TO protest. Our
economy OF management is not equalled
by any business concern in this valley. On
Dec. 81 last a recapitulatlOn Of our affairs
showed the cost of handling each dollar for
the yea, including all expenses OF salary
aud Office, to be but PC.
The shrirkage i. l know, upon the
hearts Of the ministers. but with varying
industry 1t will not occur again.
II is often attempted by official boards
TO place the rich mans collar on the pas
tors neck and dictate to him whether or
not he shall devote u day to the collection
and sermon for the Missionary society.
. Out in California | was asked to preach,
[ but not to attempt a missionary Coliec.
ton, to show my PAGES and tTot 10 please
the official board, refused and incident
ally told them | would not be dictated to,
or wear any mans collar but my own.
You can be polite and overcome these
/ objections, perhaps Ike al Irish Methodist
preacher who said his church was n mem
orial church, the upper half Methodist and
the other half Baptist. He was denied
preaching . missionary sermon, so he Of
set the objection bY preaching on q subipc5
whose title dianot revea! tho purpose, but
which lie afterwa,d explained 'as related
to the missionary society,""
ENEMIES or THE CHURCH.
People who crouch to Christ at the Sac.
rement and betray Him at the crOntribu.
tion box are indeed traitors.
OF the enemies Of the church, God says,
they shall lick the dust They crawl
along and spit their venom on the Bible,
crawl over it. and above their grave we
sing the requiem, and Christianity marches
on forever.
The mission IN Rome will be on land in
the midst Of the Ggalian government build.
iugs. Sixty feet Of excavation has been
100 haAHNIa0 hAb AHAhn " ~ StsblAbllS
church and heather temple to solid found
alton. There win be built n church aco.-
lego and a Book Concern ediice. Among
our converts 10 Christianitv there ere four
gTandsons Of Garlbaldi. One is the exact
counterpart Of his iilustrious grandsire:
who knows bat what hs may spiritually
smancipate his country as his ancestor
did BY war.
There are in India 5000 converted
heGJhens belonging to the church, all
brought to Christianity in the last three
years. Last year 50. Geo more were driven
back VITA :Hs cry Of HAITI because va
had no room for them. What an excuse
for q church! a native preacher can be
aired for 800 por year, In one presiding
| elders district 10, 900 inquirers were turned
back because it would be dangerous to adj
nit them on probation and then turn them
away with no One-nOt even Il Sunday
school teaCher-tO guide them.
With these facts staring you in tae face
do you b%egrudge even the $50 which would