The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-17

| held an interesting session and ably rem
1 dered programme of singing and re-
citing. The chair was, occupied by ID. ID.
Evans, superintendent.
The young people of the Elm Park
church are doing very good work In
their monthly literary meetings. These
gatherings have becomes power in the re-
| ligious life of the younger members of the
church. whereby their intellectual ac-
| quirements as well as their religious SEN
| timents are aided. Well prepared papers
are being read and discussed. The COM
mittee In charge has done efficient work
and the interest taken by the members is
all that one could wish II is the aim of
the executive to combine the social, re-
ligious and intellectual, and so far their
efforts have been very successful.
Young Workers.
Miss Grace Doud has been added to the
corps Of teachers in st. Davids Sunday
school.
Glasses No. . and 10 of the Tabernacle
| CONGREGATIONAL Sunday school will give
an interesting social on Dec. :.
| The Kings Daughters of the Grace Re-
formed church held a social last evening
at the home of Mrs. Il. II. Ripple.
The Junior Luther league of the Holy
Trinity church is preparing a sacred can
tata that will soon be given the public.
The Endeavor society of the Grace Re
formed church held IL business meeting
last Tuesday and elected delegates to at
tend the tri-county convention to be held
on the 30th inst. IN Carbondale.
The young people of the Green Ridge
Primitive Methodist church will hold II
Thanksgiving supper on the 29th inst, 10
secure funds to pay for the sidewalk re-
Gently laid by them in front of the church.
Rev. d. G. Hughes, ID, will preach
the sermon in the Dunmore Baptist
church at the recognition services of Rev.
A. Il. O'Neal. Ills subject will be, "rhe
Ethical Relation Of Christ to the Local
Church"
Tomorrow evening the young people of
the West Market Street Baptist church
will celebrate Bible Day. A programme of
music and recitations will be rendered
An Offering will be taken for the Publica-
ton society.
The members of the Scranton Street
Baptist Sunday school will hold II rally to-
morrow evening. Singing and recitatlons
will be given and brief speeches will be
made by the officers. Rev. n. j. Collins
will deliver II short sermon, to be followed
by the ordinance Of baptism.
There are two vacancies for small boys
in the st. Davd's choir. Applicants may
call in the above church this evening ut
$50. This is an excellent opportunity for
boys having good voices to get them
trained and also acquire musical knOwl-
edge under the efficient tuition of John
Morris, ChoriSter.
The entertainment given last evening
by the Boys brigade of the Green Ridge
Baptist church was pronounced success.
The drill given by the Girls auxiliary was
an interesting item and much credit is
due to Mrs. j. NJ. Hughes and Mrs Chand-
Ter, of Philadelphia. for the able manner
in which the girls acquitted themselves.
j. NJ. Hughes, sergeant major of the Thr
teenth regiment, is teaching the boys.
Clerical Personals.
Rev. w. II. Stubblebine is in Philadel-
phla for Il brief vacation.
Rev. S. e. Logan. DID, will preach Sun
day evening at the First Slavonic church
of Peckvillc.
Rev. ID. VI. Kinter will preach the last
of his series of sermons on Faith" to-
morrow evening.
Rev. W. g. Watkins, of the North Main
Avenue Baptist church, will preach TO
men tomorrow evening.
Rev. +. L. Doty. of Peckvllle, is able TO
attend 10 the duties of his charge after Il
severe attack of typhoid fever.
Rev. j. +. Williams, of IMzerne. who
has been sick for months past, is so far re-
covered as To be able TO resume wark.
The venerable ID. Webster Cox, DID,
aV lIa Of O., Ia.
at st. Davld's rectory during the latter
part of the week
The Rt. Rev. n. S. Rulison, DID, as
slstant bishop Of the diocese OF Central
Pennsylvania. is in attendance at the
church congress, now in session In Bos-
ton.
n week tomorrow evening Rev. A. +.
Ferris will give his people an illustrated
sermon on the life of Christ He has Il
which will be used on the oc-
casion
Rev. NJ. II. Fuller, of the Providence
Methodist Episcopal church, is resting Cor
II few days at Harvey's lake. Rev. r. $.
Jones. DID, will supply his pulpit to-
morrow evening.
Last Wednesday the conference COM
mittee Of the Primitive Methodist church
met in the church Of Rev. Daniel Savage,
Of Green Ridge. Rev, C. Prosser, of Mt.
Carmel, presided.
Last Monday evening very interesting
meeting was held by the pastors of the
northeastern Congregational churches ut
The next meeting will be held
In Providence on the second Monday in
December.
one of the assistants of st. Georges
church, New York city, has been called
to the rectorship of the Episcopal church
Of Danville. Should he accept, this will
be the second assistant from st. Georges
called to church work in the diocese Of
Central Pennsylvania. Rev. j. n. Lewis,
rector Of Grace church, Honesdale, came
from the same church.
Jottings.
The Derr Memorial church of Wilkes
Barre is building II new parsonage that
costs over $4,000. 1t will soon be ready for
Communion services will be held tomor-
row morning in the Plymouth Congrega-
Iional church, when four candidates will
be- admitted to membership on profession
Of faith.
Mrs. Davies, the evangelist, wife Of
'uhBV DslNltS, VI 4NtNdIh, ". d., Is NulilS
very good work in the Methodist Episco-
pal church of Taylor, of which Rev. L. A.
King Is pastor
On the oath and 95th inst the semi-an-
lual conference of the Welsh Baptist |
churches of northeastern Pennsylvania |
will be held in the Taylor Baptist church. |
AT the same time the B. n. +. L.. of that |
association will hold its semi-annual con-
ientlon.
Bishop w. r. Nicholson DID,, of the !
New York and Philadelphia synod of the |
Reformed Episcopal church, will preach |
md hold confirmation services in the |
trace Reformed church next Tuesday |
evening. About fifteen candidates are TO |
le confirmed.
Rev. A. T.. Ferris. of the Puritan Con- |
church., draws crowded |
houses each Sunday evening. The Or |
,hestra organized by him renders good |
music and tomorrow evening a 3O-minute |
programme of sacred music will be given, |
preceding the sermon by the pastor. Last |
Sunday evening the seating capacity of |