The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-01
the Second Presbyterian church, J. NJ.
Chance. presided at the piano and gave

the Second Presbyterian church, J. NJ.
Chance. presided at the piano and gave
"a solo.
The twentieth anniversary of the or
gan:zaticn of the Green Ridge Presby-
terrain church was celebrated yester-
day morning Children's Day exer-
cises. with stereopticon views. were
held last night.
DIR. Mcleod, of the First Presbyter-
ian church. preached a magnificent SER
mon last evening In the Washburn
Street Presbyterian church on the sub
ject, Think of It." During the course
of the delivery DR.. Mcleod referred in
scathing tones to an editorial In a re-
cent issue of a morning contemporary
which advocated theopening of a saloon
at Nay Aug park. to sell soft drinks"
CO on Sunday. The eloquent divine de-
nounced the article, calling 1t the
"thoughtless utterance of thoughtless
,nan." He dweN ironically upon the
suggestive words soft drinks"
Bishop Ruli.son. d well-known figure
In Episcopal church circles, will visit
this city today. This evening the divine
will administer the rite of confirmation
i'm st. David's church, West Side, and
tomorrow morning at 81. Luke's church
a special service will be conducted. at
which f. q. Jones. city missionary. will
be received as brother ARRANGEMENTS
have ben made ~ that Brother Gil
bert. of the Priory farm, Nerbank, Will
introduce Mr.. Jones to the bishop. 1t
Is thought that Mr.. Jones will be the
founder IF a new brotherhoom I'm Penn
sylvania. The services. which will be
conducted by Bishop Rul.son, are of es-
pectal interest to Episcopalians.
Yesterday afternoon, despite the
lowering clouds. many members and
friends Of the Young Women's Chris
tian asso clarion met in the Washington
avenue building for the purpose of talk
ing over the coming conference of
young women. which will be held at
Mortified, Mass, on July 20-30. The
aim of this conference Is to promote tha
interests Of young women to train her
for active leadership, to advance Chris
tisni'ty and its work among young wo-
men. to study the great problems that
harass organized Christian work with
a view Is their solution. to furnish prac-
tical ideas to young wom.n regarding
missionary work and to lead them to the
deeper waters of spiritual knowledge.
Athletics and recreation are also con-
sijered at the conference. Yesterday
afternoon Miss Mary S. Dunn, state
secretary for Pennsylvania. spoke on
the ove-mcntioned and other benefits
of the convention, urging the local as
sociltion t. take action in the matter.
Mrs. II. NJ R0ies also talked on the
conference and its many desirable quail
| titles Mrs. Boies attended the last con-
ference of tn association and was very
much impressed with the event. Miss
Margaret Jameson also spoke of her
personal observation ut the last con-
ference. Pledges were made by the
members for pant Of the money needed
to send delegate to the conference,
with the result that. to all appearances.
the association will be well rep
resented. Miss Dunn leaves this
week for the scene of the
conference. Miss Rachel f. Tolles,
of the association, will also depart dur
ing the week. Mss Abbie Hancock TAX
ing her place as secretary of the as
sociation. Who the delegate will be has
not been decided Is yet.