The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-06-06
Church people MEET
Quarterly Conference Of COngregaliOnallSts Of
LaCkaWalna and LuZ9Tle Counties.
Held IN FIRST Welsh Church
Conference Opened at 2 O'Clock
Yesterday Afternoon by Rev. 3. |.
Evans-Sesson Taken Up by the
Transaction of Routine Business.
Evening Session Conducted in the
Welsh Language-The Speakers.

The quarterly meeting of the Con.
gragational churches OF Llckawa ma
and Luzarne counties began yesterday
at the First Welsh Congregational
church, Market street. Providence. In
the afternoon at 2 o'clock the confer
ence was opened by the president, RAv.
S. r. Evans. The following repreion.
tatives were present: j. NJ. Williams,
Nanticoke; Richard George, Wilkes
Barre; j. j. jenkins, Parson; b j.
Evans, Pittston: John P. GrifIiths.
James NJ Thomas and W. Howells.
Taylor; d. J. Evans and j. D. Jones'
South Main avenue, Richard Thomas
and j. Williams. Hyla Park church;
D. D. Lewis, Soth GrGlths and Thomas
j. Lewis, Providence; John p. Williams
and D. Davies, OIyphant: John Il.
Jones. Pittston; Rev. J. F. Davies,
Plainfield; W. j. and Isaac Thomss,
Rendham, and Ell. W. Jones. Ola
Forge.
The business OF the conferences was
of a purely routine character connected
with the churchss aud the meeting.
The evening meeting WAS held at 730,
the Rev. Davii Jones. assisted by the
Rev. B. Il. Evans The services were
conducted in Welsh and the sermons
preached by the Rev Mr.. George, Of
Pittston and the R,v, J. j. Jenkins, of
Parsons, were in the Same tongue. The
first preacher selected his text from
Revelation 2, Wiki, and in the course
OF his sermon he gavo very eXhaus-
tive and interesting review Of tho his
tory and position Of the church in
Smyrna, and deducted thersfrom sew.
eral forcibls lessons applicable to pres
ent day members of ths church Of
Christ.
ONE OF THE DANGERS TO CHURCH.
In particular the reverend gentleman
declared that one Of the greatest dan
gers to the church WAS the existence Of
people within her fold who profossed
great piety and prominence wnilst rs =
matter of TACT their actions We're quite
in opposition to their profession. They
made use Of the church OF Christ AS a
cloak to hide their questionable world
ly transactions in order to deceivl peO-
pie by their mock sanctity. He ap-
pealed to his hearers to guard against
such hypocritical members and expel
them from their midst,
After the singing Of the hymn.
"Ryn'n awe yn gweld yn egher," j. j.
Jenkins Of Parsons gave an interesting
discourse on the sabbath Day. and
based his remarks on the circumstances
under which Christ defended the action
Of his disciples in plucking the ears of
corn upon the Sabbath day. He
traced the law OF keeping the Sabbath
from the earliest times thro' the Jewish
dispensation to prove his argument
that the keeping Of the Sabbath
had always been a general law. DEAL
ing with the present day arguments for
a continental Sabbath he expressed his
belief that it could be easily proved
that man conld accomplish more
work in six days than in seven when he
had one days rest from his labor and
that man who was compelled to work
from day to day without the interval
of rest would soon be found much in
ferior to the man who kept the Sab
bath. The speaker concluded with
forcible argument for the inviolate re.
tcntion of the Sabbath in its pure and
undefiied form.
THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY.
The conference will resume today at
10 a. M, when paper will be read and
discussed on THE Influence Of the
Religious Parliament of Chicago on
Christianity" In the afternoon at 2 30
services will be held when the Rev.
NJ. Davies. Of Plainsield; Rev. NJ.
Davis, of Miners, and Rev, d, Jones,of
Hyde Park will taxa part.
Att p. IN. Isaac Thomas will preach
in English. The Revs Peter Roberts. Of
Olyphant, and D. p. Jones, of the taber-
nacle, Hyde Park, viii take part, the
latter reading a paper on "EVuoIaeth
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