The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-03
City Pastors and
Their Hard Work
Religious Developments of One Week
in All Our Churches.
AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES NOTED
Carefully Compiled Compendium of News
and Personal Mention Relating to the
Churches and the Benevolent and
Charitable Religious Societies.

Churches and the Benevolent and
Charitable Religious Societies.
Last Sunday Rev y. C.. Hughes, D.
D., spoke of the State Association of
Baptist churches held last week in AL
tona. The meetings began Monday
evening and ended Thursday evening.
Five societies in the denomination cell
ebrated their anniversaries, viz, the
Baptist State association, the Woman's
State Missionary association, the Edu-
cational society, the State Pastors as
sociation and the Baptist Young Peo-
PIES union of the state. All the meet
1ngs were pervaded with the spirit of
harmony and hopefulness and the ac-
tive part taken by women in the ses-
sions was very pleasing feature.
In the reorganization Of the Pastor S
association Rev. DR.. Starton, of Pitts
burg, was chosen president, and Rev.
ID. c. Hughes, d. D., of our city, first
vice president The churches in the
state We're reported as being in good
condition. There were siXty-fiVe
churches cared for, wholly or in part,
by the missionary society during the
year, in which were preached 5000 SER
mons. The contributions for the work
during the past year were in excess of
those of the previous year. The atten-
tion of the association was called to
new work taken up by the women,
which promises to be very fruitful Of
results in the near future. 1t is work
among the foreign women in our state
The ladies send forth workers from the
local church to labor among these
wives and mothers of the foreign peo-
pie that flock into various communities
They visit them, read the Bible to them
and pray with them. This work was
begun about year ago, and the report
given in the Altoona meetings was very
encouraging. The young peoples So
cieties all through the state in Baptist
churches are doing grand work, and
the reports read at the anniversary
We're enthusiastic and full of spiritual
vitality. The churches are greatly aided
by these bands of earnest young Chris
tians, which are regarded the future
hope of the denomination.
Two Celebrations.
The North Main Avenue Baptist
church will celebrate the anniversary
OF its pastor tomorrow Rev. w. G.
Watkins took charge of the church
three years ago, but resigned after
twelve months service and was engaged
in Bucknell university. After an alb
sence of one year he again took charge
OF his former church, and now closes
one years work In the morning SER
vice the holy communion will be OBJ
served and the hand of fellowship
given to four candidates. Then will
follow a statement of the liquidation
of the recent debt on the building. In
the evening service the pastor will
preach the anniversary sermon, re-
viewing the past and present and point
ing out the future possibilities.
Tomorrow the Jackson Street Bap-
tist church will celebrate the fifth an
niversary of the pastorate of Rev. ID.
c. Hughes, d. d. They will hold three
sessions. In the morning the deacons
and trustees of the church will have
charge Of the service and deliver brief
addresses bearing upon the work that
has been done during Mr.. Hughes min
istry. In the afternoon the Sunday
school will have charge of the meeting.
when past and present superintend-
ents and officers will deliver short talks
on the five years work in that depart
ment of Christian activity. In the
evening several gentlemen from the
city will be present, including William
Connell, Mayor Connell, Judges Hand
and Edwards, eXMayor Fellows Rev.
W. G. Partridge, Rev. w. II. Pearce, d.
d., and others. Brief addresses will be
delivered by these gentlemen. Special
music will be rendered by the choir.
Pleasant Surprise.
Last Tuesday afternoon the minis
ters of the Wyoming district, accom-
panied by their wives, assembled at the
home of Presiding Elder Rev. j. G. Eek
man, on Quincy avenue, and presented
him with an elegant mahogany parlor
suit from the store of Hill & Connell.
1t was an agreeable surprise to the
host and his wife, and the reverend
gentleman thanked his brethren in the
ministry for this token of their esteem.
Remarks were also made Rev. o. L.
Severson, d. D.. of Wilkes-Barre Mrs.
Jones also gave a chair and Mrs. Porter
handsome hand painted dish. The la
dies of the Elm Park church served re-
freshments during the afternoon.
The Social Life.
On the 18th inst, the Boys brigade of
the Green Ridge Baptist church will
give the public a reproduction of their
regular weekly exercises, which COM
prises a drill and Bible study. A drill
will also be given by company of
young ladises.
On Nov. Is the Ladies' Aid society of
the Providence Presbyterian church
will hold their annual turkey supper
The annual excursion OF the Provi-
dence Presbyterian church to New
York will be run on Dec. II. The COM
mttee in charge is d. b. Atherton, sec
retary of the board of trade, and C. III.
Won Storch, president of the Scranton
board of control.
The concert to be given next Tuesdav
evening in the Providence Methodist
Episcopal church will be interesting
and edifying. During the evening Miss
Mulley's class will formally present
the church with the two chandeliers
that have been put in. ]. L. Lawrence.
president of the board of trustees, will
accept the gift on the part of the church
and respond to the presentation speech.
The American Mendelssohn society
Will give concert in the North Main
Avenue Baptist church next Monday
evening. The society is conducted by
Peter Peuser Mus. Bac., young man
of great promise.
Next Tuesday evening Miss Jones.
under the auspices of the Ladies' Guild
of St Davids church, will give dumb
bell drill in the rooms of the church.
Miss Jones gave an exhibition Of her
trained young ladies in the Young
Mems Christian association rooms re-
Gently, and was enthusiastically re-