The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-08-10
news OF THE CHURCHES
Movement Fails to Bring Schievera,
the Evangelist, to Scranton.
MONEY MAS NOT FORTHCOMING
Committee Took Pinal Action II the Mss
ter-Chitseuton. OF Florence Mission
Fame, Has . Novel Pisu-Next {.
Z. Convention In Scranton. u

EVANGELIST Schievera Is not coming TO
Scranton this season. This Is the ueci-
sion reached by the committee who
were considering the matter.
MIR. Schievera would have come hau
the committee pledged financial supper.
and this they decided they would not
do without first making canvass OF
the city In order to know JUST now
much they could undertake and pay ior'
but as these arrangements couid not oe
undertaken In the time intervening the
date when Mr.. Schievera could come
they decided in the negative. In pheir
estimation this was wise thing 10 90
under the circumstances. When cash
system Of doing Christian work mas
more generally come into favor the
workers will find the results more sat
isfactory.
Said one Of the committee: There Will
then be no debt hanging around to iret
the spirit of the workers, and when
YOU stop to consider. 1t does not seem
lust that the Lord and His work should
be compelled to shoulder the RESPONSE
bility of repeated and inexcuseable
had business management and poor
Judgment. If the business houses OF
Scranton were conducted as the major
ity of the churches are the store win
dows would be tackled full OF sherins'
notices."
1t is not likely that the cause will suf-
fer because Of this appafent neglect of
the opportunity of having Schievera
preach to the multitudes of Scranton,
as there is now a splendid work being
carried on by the Young Mems Chris
tian association at Nay Aug falls and
by the Rescue Mission on Franklin ave-
nue..
SOundcr Base Is Needed.
Before any new religious work Is un-
dertaken by the people of Scranton II
is hoped that the religious promoters
will lend their efforts toward making
permanent some of the work that Is
row being done by putting more
sound, financial basis under some or IT.
One reason for the success of the
Young Mems Christian association
work is that business methods are ap-
Piled to it and consecrated Christian
business principles are bound to be sue
lessful.
Some of the religious papers have
been talking about clear-cut theology.
BY all means let us have clear-cut the
ology. Many of the leaders on theology
contrive somehow to mystify their re-
ligion in the minds Of many people, and
especially among the young people; in
deed. it Is safe to say that large per-
cen.age of church memberA know very
little about the foundation principles OF
their religion. This mystification and
apparent ignorance of what should be
thoroughly clear and easily understood
is the cause for a great deal of the
fotsam which Is continually attaching
and detaching itself to and from the
different religious organizations. The
thing for all Christian workers and
speakers to do is first get the story
straight and then tell it to others. as
straight as you believe. II one cannot
preach straight, one had better not
preach at all.
Christian EndeavOr Plans.
Arrangements have been completed
for the transportation Of the delegates
from Northeastern Pennsylvania to the
Christian Endeavor state convention
at Erie, Aug. 90 to 25. inclusive. The
party will leave here on the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western 1910 train
Wednesday night. Aug 81, says the
Truth 1t Is a fast express and the
delegates will reach Erie at 7.07 Thurs
day morning. The railroad rate Is one
and one-third fare for the return trip.
From Scranton, Pittston and Wilkes
Barre the fare will be $12.14. Delegates
will reach Scranton on the evening
train and join the Scranton party here.
The Scranton City union will arrange
reception for the out-of-town dele
gates and all members Of every society
of the union on the evening Of Aug. q.
Secretary George G. Mahy has given
the use of the Young Mems Christian
association parlors for the reception,
and 1t will be made a very pleasant
event. lasting from o'clock until u.
A committee will meet delegates at
train, and they will be escorted to the
hall. A special meeting of the executive
committee Of the union will be called
for next Monday evening at the Young
Mems Christian association to make arr
rangements, and full attendance of
the presidents and corresponding seore-
taries, constituting the committee, Is
urged. There Is special interest in the
Erie convention from the fact that 1t
will there be determined whether or not
Scranton will have the convention next
year. The city committee will go there
with strong endorsements and prepared
to do hard work. Information about
the transportation Of the convention
may be secured from j. c. Manning,
Pittston, president Tri-County union,
and transportation agent, or c. E. Da-
niels. Scranton, secretary union.
Is q Novel Method.
Another of the novel religious agen-
oies for which the past few years has
been noted, is, the Charles N. Critten-
den rescue car, the Good News"
which will leave New York Aug. 10 on
a missionary tour of the United States.
The trip will last year and a half and
will include Scranton. The car has
sleeping accommodations for fourteen
persons and kitchen and dining room.
Services will be held from the platform
at stations to which word has been sent
on ahead to Christian workers. The
evangelical party will be composed of
men including Mr. Crlttenden, Mr. Goff,
who was formerly Buffalo lawyer and
owned the car and Is now convert;
Mr.. Cons son, ]. Carpenter. OF Jersey
City, and several Chicago evangellsts.
At some places the car will lie to for
several days. The party will establish
new missions and Florence Rescue
circles consisting Of ten workers each.
Y. M. C. A. News.
The following little nuggets of Young
Mems Christian association news ap-
pear in the current issue Of young
Men," which IL published monthly by
the Scranton association: Assistant
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