The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-05
D0INCS OF THE CHURCHES
Rev. DR.. D. c. Hughes Resignation
Is the Fourth In Baptist Circles.
DEBT AND MINISTERIAL WORK
Is It Menace to Good Results ?-TOpics
for Next Weeks State sunday
School Convention News
Of the Religious World.

Church tliscord and lack of apprecla-
tlon are given as the reasons for the
resignation of Rev. Dr. ID. &. Hughes,
pastor of the jackson Street Baptist
church. DIR, Hughes came to scranton
six years ago and was the main cause
In building the handsome new church
now occupied by the Jackson street
congregation. The membership IN
creased. but there was no correspond,
ing shrinkage OF the church debt, ana
when the trustees recently met ana
could suggest no way out OF financial
difficulty DIR. Hughes gave them no
tice that he would resign as pastor:
The minister kept his word, and Will
supply the pulpit tomorrow In the d'ehh
Avenue Baptist church and has an
nounced that he will not Withdraw MS
resignation.
This is the fourth resignation In this
Baptist district within month, tne
eihree others being Rev. warren u.
Partridge. of the Penn Avenue churca'
Rev. II. j. Collins, of the Scranton
Street church. and Rev. Hugh Guest
of Peckville The summary man
ner in which Dr. Hughes resigned
leaves no doubt that he felt personally
aggrieved over the trustees failure 10
grapple with the financial problem that
confIonts the jackson Street churcn.
The circumstance Is AN evidence OF one
of a minister's trials and suggests the
question, "A church debt Is how great
n menace to a preachers work.! Inc
question can best be answered by
preachers and church officers Them
selves. hut this last resignation may
be considered sufficient for congrega-
tions in general.
Two Sunday school TOpicss
Two of the topics to be considered at
the coming Pennsylvania State Sab
bath School association convention 10
be held in Williamsport. Oct s, and
10. are, first: ',How we do It," and sec
ond: "How we view It," Under the
first head will come temperance, su-
perintending the school, leading the
teachers meeting and teaching the pri-
mary class. Under the second. gem
eral conference upon various phases OF
Sunday school work. The speakers
who have been assigned to these differ
ent departments are trained workers.
and very competent to discuss tine ques-
tions involved. Every Sunday school
worker In the state ought to be present
at this session. Full information Will
be furnished either by Il. NJ. B. Hicks.
chairman general committee, Williams
port. or DR.. C. ]. Kephart, secretary,
AmVille, Pa.
Rev. DIR. Pearce VIII Succeed Him.
OF Rev. DR.. ]. Richards Boyle, pas
tor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Wilkes-Barre, who is to be
succeeded by Rev. DR.. w. II. Pearce. OF
the Elm Park church. of this city, the
WMkes-Barre Record of Thursday says:
"Some time ago the. official board OF
the State Street Methodist Episcopal
church. Trenton. N. j., the leading
Methodist church in that conference,
extended a unanimous call to Rev. j.
Richards Boyle, d. D., pastor of the
First Methodist Episcopal church or
this city, to take effect at theclose OF the
term of the present pastor Rev. Dr. j.
T.. Smith. DR.. Boyle has had the call
under consideration since then, and
yesterday announced that he had de-
cided to accept 1t. He will leave
Wilkes-Barre at the close of the pres
ent term, which ends next April, after
having served perhaps the longest term
in one charge of any Methodist minis
ter. Under the rules of the conference
no minister can serve more than five
years in any one charge. But Dr.
Boyle was called here from the Park
Avenue church, New York city, during
the interval between conferences, serv-
ing the fragment of a, year, five and a
half months Had he served six months
it would have been counted year un-
der the regulations and DR.. Boyle's
term in Wilkes-Barre would have end
ed last spring. AS 1t Is. he enjoys the
unique distinction of serving five and a
half months beyond the regular term"
Jewish Feast Of Tabcrnacics.
The Jewish "Succoth," or Feast Of
Tabernacles, which began at sundown
on Wednesday, Is in its celebration pc
culiar and of a character to impress
upon the mind the remembrance of the
early wanderings of the Jewish people.
Services are held each morning and
evening in the synagogue but the most
peculiar feature of the celebration Is
the fact that in some parts of the
world the people actually dwell In
booths after the manner OF their an
cestors. In this country the celebration
Is limited by the surroundings amid
which the Jewish people are placed, but
in the countries of Europe and Asia the
celebration Is often carried on In elab-
crate manner. In this country the
booths are seldom so elaborate of con-
struction, though even here some OF
them are arranged in q very elegant
manner. The celebration does not re-
uuire that the booths be occupied dur
ing the progress of the entire feast. but
simply that the meals Of the family
be taken there. Often the family will
have quite elaborate feasts to which
they will invite their friends. Coming.
as the celebration does, In the fall, an
extensive assortment of fruits and
vegetables usually form the principal
items of these feasts.
Uniqnc Financial Scheme Of the c. T..
Each finance committee Of the City
Christian Endeavor union. with Attor-
ney J. w. Browning as chairman, is
already hard at work raising funds
to defray the expenses of the state
convention Of 1895. Each OF the 1000
members OF the Scranton union will be
asked to secure orders for thirty tons
OF coal on which commission will be
allowed by dealers sufficient to pay the
entire expense OF the convention. Lie
beck e. CORN, of the Leader, have do
mated banner as a prize to the So
ciety turning In the largest number
of coal orders. The committee will also
give beautiful prize to the individual
member securing the largest number
of orders. All orders should be sent at
once to J. w. Browning. No. 414 Spruce
street.
Rcv. Dr. Hard In tho Far West.
OF Rev. DR.. Manley 8. Hard, 80 well
known in this conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. a recent issue
of the San Francisco Call says: "Dr.
Hard, who Is visiting the California
conference in the interests OF the
Church Extension society Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church and of which