The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-26

street. Mrs. Priscilla Bennett a lady
Well known for her generous nature,
contributed $4,000 toward the building
fund. At the service on Sunday all the
debt remaining was subscribed and 500
over.
Cardinal Vaughan was recently in
terviewed at Rome and said that he did
not look for an early conversion of a
large section of the English to Catho-
licism. 1t will be difficult to effect
such movement, he said, as every
Protestant is his own Pope. Never
theless, he shared the Pope's hopes for
an increase of conversion. especially
among ritualists. In consequence of
the cardinals advice the Pope will not
submit to a conference of cardinals
the scheme for the union of the Angli-
can and Catholic churches. and will not
issue an appeal to England on the sub
ject.
Secretary Bard of the Wilkes-Barre
Young Mems Christian association, has
been appointed state secretary of Penn
sylvania at a salary of $1,000 per an
mum. He will reside at Pittsburg. Ed
ward b. Buckalew, formerly of Wilkes
Barre, will be appointed to the vacancy
at a salary of $1,000. 1t is interesting
to note that the state secretary will
have in charge LAG associations, scat
tered over the state, subdivided as fol-
lows: City and town, 81; railroad, 16;
German, 9; colored, 3: Indian, / college,
A. He will, however, have five assist
ants.
A practical step has been taken by
the Young Peoples Temperance society
of the Green Ridge Primitive Methodist
church. on Sunday last they offered
to undertake to raise $3.50 by June 10,
If the members of the church would un-
dertake to raise a sumilar sum by the
same date, for the purpose of discharg-
ing the debt of 500 upon the church
building. The offer was accepted, and
during the week the trustees delivered
copies of the "1'itle Cleaner" and each
person will be asked to collect s. in
sums CT 10 cents.
One of the most flourishing Catholic
parishes in the Scranton diocese is st.
Johns of the South Side, of which Rev.
f.. j. Melley Is pastor. Its advance
ment is accountable to the untiring and
unselfsh enterprise of the pastor and
his assistant, Rev. James A. Mofiit
Before many seasons this congregation
will worship in a handsome new edi-
| flee.
Personal Paragraphs.
| Rev. ID. i. Jones, of the Tabernacle
church, has now practically recovered af-
ter an illness of FIVE weeks. The reverend
gentleman Is gaining strength rapidly and
| 10, al, Ia 10, tnlF
Mrs. Rachel Davies, the evangelist bet
ter known as "Rahel Fon," has con-
Quoted II series of missions during the
week and during the coming week will
preach as follows: Sunday, Old Forge;
Monday, Taylor; Tuesday, Olyphant;
Wednesday, Parsons; Thursday, Warrior
Run: Saturday, Audenred. Last even
ing she was the guest of Mrs. ID. y. Jones,
of Hyde Park avenue.
Rev. ID. G. Hughes of the Jackson
Street Baptist church, preached the in
stallation service of the Rey. John n.
Williams at Jermyn on Thursday evening.
| An invitation has been extended to Rev.
| ID. G. Hughes to read his paper on DIS
pensation of the Logos" before the men,
bers of Nthe Philadelphia Baptist minis
ters' conference, and the reverend gentle
man has signiiied his acceptance.
Rev. s. Il. Ford has been most success
ful in the series of evangelistic meetings
which he has conducted in the Green
Ridge Baptist church. The church ediicc
has been crowded with u spell-bound au.
dience and practically all remained for
the after meeting. Mr.. Ford makes cer-
tain, as far as possible, OF PERSONS con-
version before a conversion card IL signed
and he endeavors as far as possible To
make his conversion u sound and perma-
nent one.