The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-01
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The North Main Avenue Baptist Sunday
school held a prayer meeting vest erday
afternoon in the place Of the Sunday
school.
A Polander living on Bloom avenue was
seriously injured on Saturday afternoon
by fall Of rock while working in the Cay.
uga shaft
Mrs. Jane Williams and Mrs. Thomas
r. James, Of Wayne avenue, have returned
after spending few days in New York
looking over millinery goods for their fall
opening,
Rev. N. F, Stahl preached temperance
sermon yesterday morning in the Green
Ridge Presbyterian church. Tho Women's
Christian Temperance union, of Green
Ridge, attended in body.
Anna Furst, the 17-year.old daughter of
Martin Furst, of Park Place, died yester-
day morning at 0 o'clock. She had been
i'll for eight months before her death. The
funeral will occur tomorrow morning. A
high mass of requiem will;be celebrated at
1890 at st. Mary's German Catholic
church on the South Side, and interment
will be made in No. 5 cemetery.
Saturday morning at an early hour an
entrance was forced into the cellar of
Geo. Archbsld's store on WestMarket street
and then went into the cellar of the saloon
Of Edward LOTUS and then into the bath
room. The intruders tapped the till
which contained about Sc or 81 and also
took few cigars aud an old brush that
was lying around.
The Sunday school of the Green Ridge
Presbyterian church held its annual rally
yesterday at noon. The exercises were in
charge Of the superintendent, Colonel
Hitchcock, and consisted OF songs in the
primary department and also the whole
school, and short addresses by Rev. N. f.
Stahl, the pastor and Professor Salem G.
Paterson, ex-president of the Presbyterian
college in Missouri. At the roll call 30S
pupils responded out of 325 names on the
roll, the seventeen being absent on account
OF sickness. This was the largest attend
ance ever had, and the officers feel much
encouraged for the outlook for the coming
year.
A large number of persons gathered at
the Puritan Congregational church last
evening to hear the farewell sermon Of
Rev. D. A. Evans, who leaves this week
for Vaughnsvile, Putnam county. Ohio, TO
take charge Of an English Congregational
church of that place. The service was
held at o'clock, owing to the services in
the tent beginning at 1880. Mr.. Evans has
been in charge OF the Puritan church for
one year and ten months having come here
in the month OF December Of 1892. During
that time the church has had large in
crease in Its members and erected the
handsome church building in which the
services are now held, the total cost Of
which, includlng the lot, is about IS, 900.
Mr. Evars has made large number OF
friends during his stay in this place, all Of
whom wish him Godspeed aud prosperity
in his new field.
The gospel tent was completely filled
last evening, and as many were gathered
around the outside as would again fill the
tent, to hear the farewell sermon of L.
w. Bliss. The praise service continued
for nearly one hour and besides the hymns
sung by the choir the Young Mems Chris
tian association glee club pleased the i'm
mense audience with their fine rendition
Of Comrades in Battle" and THE Richer
In Love-" Mrs. Ledsham, Of Dickson
city, sang "The Handwriting on the
Wall, singing an aria with the choir in
the chorus. Rev. DR.. Hawxhurst and
Rev. George b. Guild, led in prayer. Mr..
Bliss then told those who had become con.
joining q church not to be discouraged be-
cause things were not perfect for nothing
is perfect. He then announced as his text
the 45 verse of the 20 chapter of Isaiah.
Look unto Me and be ye saved all the
ends Of the earth for am God and none
else." At the end OF the sermon the Y.
M. c. A. glee club sang "Walkng with
God" a(ter-,Rhich Mr.. Bliss thanked the
pastors Vl 1SInblic for their hearty co-ope-
ration wit6fhm, the choir and the organist
and leader, lTallie Morgan, for the
aid they rendered and also all who in any
manner aided him. He asked all who
were blessed by the meetings to arise
whether they were Christians or not and
most of those present arose. He then in.
vited all who would like to lead Chris
tian life to arise and continued the invi-
tatlon while the choir sang Just as
Am" large number arose. A jubilee
after meeting was held at which large
nSpber Of those present remained. A
large>number Of testimonies and prayers
were heard at the end Of which at the
suggestioh-of Rev. NJ. D. Fuller the audi
ence gave MN Bliss Chautauqua salute.
All those presenStbep arrayed themselves
in lines and shook hands with Mr.. Bliss
and his wife.