The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-30

rial church, entertained the scholars of
her Sunday school class at her resi-
dence, 206 Chestnut street, on Thursday
evening. Mrs. Williams has labored for
a considerable time in connection with
this important church and her efforts
have been attended with great success.
A confirmation class has been organ
lied by Rev. A. l.. Alrich, at the
Grace Reformed church, and meets
on Wednesday evenings. Arrange
ments will be made to present the can
didates for confirmation to Bishop
Nicholson at an early date.
A committee has been appointed by
the members of the Grace Reformed
church to make arrangements for or
ganizing an annual Young Peoples
conference. w. w. Mccullough is
chairman.
st. Lukes Register, Brooklyn, is to
hand and is brimful of the good things
which always flow from the pen of
Rev. Henry S. Swent2el. To attempt
a digest of all the articles would be a
great task, but it might be observed
that the rector is extremely busy with
a large number of Lenten services, at
which he delivers an address daily.
Each day there are two, three or four
services.
Last Tuesday evening a meeting of
the trustees and stewards of the Simp
son Methodist Episcopal church was
held in the parlOrs Of the church. Near
ly every member of the board was pres
ent The presiding elder, Rev. j. G.
Eckman, presided. After the report of
the pastor for the year, which showed
that the church was never in a more
flourishing condition in all its branches
than at present, by unanimous vote.
the pastor, Rev l.. c. Floyd, d. D., to
whom the church in large measure is
indebted for its great prosperity, was
asked to return next year, he having al
ready served four years.
The Washburn Street Church Chris
tlan Endeavor society have assisted in
various ways to furnish the new
church building which will be dedicat-
ed during the coming month.
An invitation has been extended by
the Simpson Church Christian En-
deavor society to all the West Side So
cieties to attend sunrise prayer meet
ing on Easter morning.
A. meeting of '96 committee will be
held at the Young Mems Christian as
sociation rooms on Tuesday evening.
Endeavorers attention, The music
committee for the convention of '96 in
vlte members of the various Christian
Endeavor societies of Scranton to sub
NIT original contributions of hymns to
L ,,ttl, No IN,
Hymns No. 8 and G. Banner of the
Cross" the one selected by the COM
mittee, will be used as the rallylng
song until the convention. Kindly d.-
rect all communications to A. Il. Sloan
913 Mulberry street.
Welsh Bible Society
The annual report of the Welsh Bible
society for the year ended March 20
indicates that the society. which was
established at Hyde Park on Sept. 8,
1856, is still in ilourishing condition.
At the beginning of the year the treas
urer had balance in hand Of $92. l6, to
which were added Hype Park dona-
tions, S2S.75; Bellevue donations, $19.93,
and books sold by the librarians, $l9,35,
making total of $16O19, which was dis
tributed as follows: New York soci-
ETY., for books, $S6.1S; New York society.
donation. $50; for express insurance,
$10.79; balance in treasurer's hands,
$S3.22. The value of books in hand at
end of year was Sl067O. The newly
elected officers are President, Benja-
min Brace, 542 Decker court secretary,
William T. Williams. Sixth avenue,
Bellevue; treasurer William g. Will