The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-22
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.
The New York diocese of the Catholic
church is erecting a building on Valen-
tine Hill, near the city of Yonkers, to
be known as ST. Joseph's seminary,
which will cost $S00,OOO and when fin
ished will be the most complete in the
world. The style of architecture is
similar to the French of the sixteenth
century. The building will be fire
proof and will contain no wood except
ing the doors and trimmings; the ma
terial will be granite and Westchester
gneiss rock. 1t will have total 'front.'
age of 1858 feet and a depth of 1S1 feet,
arranged in the form of a center por-
tion and two wings each AZ feet deep.
1t will have furnished basement, four
full stories and a garret, and will front
the Sound and Long Island, while from
the other side the Hudson cap be seen
for many miles. The entrance to the
main staircase passes through the
main corridor on either side of which
are columns of granite. On the first
floor are the visitors parlors, reception
rooms, private parlors and prayer
halls. On the second floor are the quar-
ters for the archbishop. rector, profess
sors and the oratory. The third and
fourth floors of the main portion are
used as a library, while the students
occupy the second, third and fourth
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portion will rise an observatory that
will obtain a range of several miles.
On the lawn in front of the seminary
will be a large statue of St. Joseph.
The professors will be selected from the
Provincial Order of Sulpricans, who
are famous for their training Of young
men for the priesthood.
A Missionary to China.
Last Wednesday evening an audience
of over 500 people filled Grace Reformed
church to hear Rev. d. NJ Stearns, of
Philadelphia, the former pastor of the
church. He was announced to speak
chiefly on the missionary work carried
on in connection with the Kingdom
Tidings," a monthly publication start
ed by Mr.. Stearns in this city, and now
published in Philadelphia. All moneys
received by him as publisher of this
paper, over and above paying all ex-
penses of publication, are devoted to
support missionaries in the foreign
field. Mr.. Stearfs also raises funds for
this purpose from the many Bible
classes he conducts, so that he is able
ITO support four missionaries on the
field. Last Wednesday one Of these
men, F. c. H. Dreyer, of Dunmore, was
set apart for the foreign field. He will
go to China, and will labor under the
China Inland Missionary society. Mr.
Dreyer has been employed as a printer
in our city. He was led to the mis-
sionary work by attending Rev.
Stearns' Bible class. The last two
years he has spent in Mr.. Moody's col
lege in Chicago. He leaves the city on
Dec. 26, and goes to Toronto, where he
VIII join a party going to China, which
will sail from Tacoma, Wash, for
Shanghai. Jan. 16, 1895.
Money for Missionary Work.
The depressed condition of business
during the last two years has effected
all organizations throughout the coun-
try depending for their revenue on vol
untary contributions. Amid many
others that have felt the pressure Of
poor times are the missionary organi-
cations Of both home and abroad; and
the problem that has troubled the 'ex-
ecutive boards is how to secure the
necessary funds to carry on the noble
work, hitherto conducted, without cur
failing the force and abandoning fields
already occupied. The gentlemen who
attempt the solution of the difficulty
are convinced that there is in the
church an abundance of wealth, If they
can devise way to get every church
and every individual member to con-
tribute.
The American Board of Foreign mis-
sions Is putting into operation a scheme
that will largely increase its income.
1t has organized a cooperating COM
mittee of laymen, chosen from all over
the United States. These men divide
the territory and to each is assigned a
seceion. Then each appoints COM
his section, to which he assigns the
work of bringing the matter before
each church and distribute literature,
and, II necessary, deliver addresses on
the question of foreign missionary
work.
The New York branch of the CO.
operating committee has appointed
Rev. T. c. Edwards, D. D., Of Kings
ton; Rev. r. S. Jones, d. D., of this
city, and Rev. ]. It. Jones, of Pittsburg,
to have charge of the work in Pennsyl-
yania.
At Early Morning.
Next Tuesday Christmas services will
be held in st. David's church, con-
Quoted by Rev. M. H. Mill the rector.
The first service will be at o'clock in
the morning. This is the third early
Christmas service conducted in the his
tory of the church. They were intro
duced by the present rector. The first,
two years ago, was we'll attended, and
last Christmas the audience was much
larger than the previous year, and we
doubt not but that 1t will be still larger
SSNA' iiS bOOu dlttlludHCe Is dC-
counted for by the bright and rever-
entail spirit of the service, as we'll as
dts prepriety for celebrating the Nativ-
dty OF the Savior. At 1880 a. m. a
second service will be held, when a
Christmas sermon will be preached and
holy communion will be celebrated
John Morris, the choir master, has been
rehearsing special music of an unusual
ly high order, which will be rendered
at both the above services.
Trees and Carols.
On Tuesday evening next a Christ.
mas tree and carols will be given in the
Sunday school rooms of the Asbury
Methodist Episcopal church
The Sunday school Of the Puritan
Congregational church will erect q
Christmas tree for next Monday even.