The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-27
RALLY OF Church WORKERS
They Met and Listened to Reports in
Penn Avenue Church.
STRENGTH OF THE SOCIETIES
A Few Churches Mentioned That Have
None Observation-Disclosures of the Soci.
eties Urged to Go Forth and do
Missionary Work.

p'' 'i'ii vi Nuyile county WAS nelu ut
the Penn Avenue Baptist church yes
terday. The afternoon session was
opened by a praise and prayer service,
after which the president, Rev. ID. c.
Hughes, conveyed the greetings of the
convention of Baptist churches recent
ly held at Altoona.
The Minute Reports" were then re.
ceived, Rev. James Fielding reporting
that at Dalton the Christian Endeavor
society had forty members. w. F..
Nye, on behalf of the Duryea church,
stated that they had fifty members on
the Christian Endeavor society roll,
with ten associates. Benton church
reported that their society had col
lapsed owing to lack of attendance
BlaKely church had a society of eighty
members and boys brigade was also
in full working order. Clarks Green
church reported that they We're suffer-
ing from a lack of young people to
carry on the work. Clifford church had
society Of fifty members, and the
Taylor church possessed a young peo-
pies union of twenty-five members.
Factoryville church had a Christian
EndeaVor society of twenty-five menu
bers. Formerly a society of 175 men,
pers existed, but owing to the absence
OF a proper constitution the society be.
came extinct. Jackson Street Baptist
Church EndeavOr society was organ
lHed In March, 1898, with a membership,
OF forty, which had now increased to
eighty-i1ve. Penn Avenue church re-
ported ilourishing society of 100 mem
Ders, and Miss Hamilton stated that
the EndeaVor society of the Providence
church was doing active work Rev.
i. j. Collins stated that in the Scran-
ton street church they had society of
siXty-two members.
No Society at ThroOp.
Throop church had no society what
ever. Rev w. j. Ford informed the
meeting that the Green Ridge church
mad a membership of ninety and that
excellent work was being ACCOMPLISHED
III the musical portion of the church
services. Dunmore church reported a
society Of thirty-five members No re-
ports were received from the following
churches: Abingdon, Cummings, Elk
dale, Forest City. Greenfields. Jermvn
1olllsterville, West LenoX, Bethlehem,
Newton, Peckville and Scott Valley
MIS- sarah {. Krigbaum read a paper
on Junior Work" in which several
practical recommendations were placed
before the meeting. Rev. A. b. O'Neal
OF Dunmore, gave his Echoes of the
Toronto Convention" The convention
was held July 10 to %, and was wonder
lul IN It's enthusiasm, conversation and
numbers. Toronto was the best gov
erhed city in this or any other land.
IL was city where the Sabbath was
observed, and where no open saloons
or street car desecrated the peace and
quletness of the Lords day. The first
echo he would bring was the echo of
the great multitude of people. the 1000
DELEGATES who attended on behalf of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union of
America
The second echo was the echo of en-
thuSlasih. Those who had attended
great gatherings remembered how
hearts We're stirred and enthused i'm
such conventions. The most inspiring
scene was the "Salutation of flags -
winch was wonderful idea conceived
by the general secretary in which all
the states, embraced by the union.
gathered around the flag of their own
state and speaker representing each
state made short crisp speech.
Echo of Education.
The third echo was the echo of edu-
cation, and especially the education of
young people for service: the pastors
present could well appreciate the great
need for the young people who could
serve lntelliSently in the cause of the
blessed Christ He was Il great believer
IN educational work. as it created self
respect and helped to make missionary
Baptists of their young people. The
iofth echo was the echo of loyalty. and
the echo furthermore of denomina-
tional loyalty; there were other echoes
OF eVangelization which pervaded the
ehtire convention, of missionary spirit.
ana last the echo of conservation,
which he trusted would sink deep into
their hearts, If no other echo he had
mentioned would find its way there.
Rev. w. j. Ford delivered the first of
the 5-minute addresses and said there
was more need of conservation than of
organization, and he sincerely wished
that in this, the young people would re-
turn to their homes more full of the
conservation TO Christ, their master,
than of the details of the finest organi-
zation that human skill could conceive.
Here was the great secret of the future
history of their society Let this be
their echo: Loyalty and Consecra-
ton"
Rev. f. r.. Jepson, of Carbondale.
followed and said that all organizations
had their three degrees of existence
their birth, youth and maturity-and
their societies. he believed, had passed
into the second stage and soon, he eX-
pected, they would pass into maturity,
when they would bear fruit in the dis
tinct principles of their beloved de-
nomination. but the fruit of their work
depended upon the direction given by
the churches to the movement, and he
hoped to be able to share in the golden
fruitfulness of the work, and offered
two suggestions for its Advancement
denominational fidelity and closer Bap-
tist fellowship.
Wants Practical Results.
Rev. NJ. j. Watkins. of Factoryville
spoke upon the necessity of directing
the enthusiasm of the societies i'm the
proper channels whereby the work
would bring about practical results
Speaking of those who apolOgiZed for
the church, he said that there ought to
be no need which the church could not
attend to.
Rev. Warren G. Partridge spoke upon
the necessity of tie amounting of the
Holy Spirit in carrying on the work
of the society. The members ought not
to think of their own individual socie-
ties, but of all, and especially the weaker
churches which that day had not re-
reported any societies. God baptise
them with the true missionary spirit
to carry out the work
One-minute prayers We're conducted
by Luther Keller, DR.. Beddoe, Rev. w.
j. Watkins. The meeting then pro-
ceeded to the work of organization and
other routine business.
The following We're the delegates
present: Rev. r. j. Collins, Rek. War
rem G.. Partridge Rev. ID. c. Hughes,
Rev. r. II, Jepson, Carbondale; Rev. w.
j. Ford, Rev. NJ. j, Watkins, Factory
Vile; Rev. w. j, Watkins. Providence.
j. M. Smith, Luther Keller, Miss Ida
Watrous, Rev. A. h. ONeal, Dunmore
l.. G. Brink, Mrs Ger. Weed, Mrs. II.
b. Crbssdale, Mrs. Coslette, Miss Rosa
Phillips, Clark Lowry Mrs Thomas