The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-08

In the Evening.
offered prayer. The choir sang Hear
Us, o Lord While We Pray" and Pre-
siding officer Wells introduced Rev. q.
Is. Stewart, ID. D., of Harrisburg, the
subject of whose address was Junior
Endeavor." In introducing DR.. StewL
art, Mr. Wells spoke of him as one
''who wins the hearts of the boys
DR.. Stewart said that the Junior de-
partment of the Christian Endeavor
movement. though one of the most inn
portant, was an unoccupied one. Not
one church in twenty has junior So
ciety. 1t Is a hard thing, he said. to
get hold of a boy, and the same thing
may be said Of a girl. Boys are curl
Gus creatures. II you want to realize
the truth of this, read Tom Sawyer.
But when you once get hold Of boy,
II right methods are used, you can hold
him. His mind Is plastic. ready to be
nodded for good or for evil.
NOT DOING ENOUGH.
The church is not doing enough for
the children and there ought to be
some agency to do this work. This Is
the aim and object of the Junior So
cieties. From the junior societies up
are the senior societies and these in
turn build up the church. One primary
essential of good Junior society work
Is good superintendent. The task Is
q difficult one but proper selection Of
this officer will insure success. The su-
perinendent's principal qualification
should be an inherent love for chuld-
rem.
At the close of DIR. Stewards address
Miss Van Der WORT, the contralto Of
Elm Park church, sang q solo which
was followed by an anthem by the
choir
Miss Margare Leitch formerly a mis-
sionary to Ceylon, was next introduced.
Miss Leitch's subject was THE Ar
menians. the Martyred Race of the
Nineteenth Century" Miss Leitch pre-
ceded her address with a short but fer
vent prayer which made n fitting pro-
logue for the earnest appeal for aid for
the suffering Armenians which fol-
lowed. She told of the $4,000 slaugh-
tered christians, victims of the fanatic
and merciless Turk and OF the untold
sufferings undergone by 100000 survi-
vors. Then she made an earnest appeal
for funds. Ten dollars she said would
support a family through the winter
and unless more generous aid is afford
ed thousands will die of starvation
before another summers sun shines
on the Inflated land.
Professor and Mrs Lowe sang a duet
at the close of Miss Leitch's address,
b the choir and audience sang q hymn
and then Mr.. Wells introduced Rev. G..
w. Enders. of York, who spoke on
"Christian Citizenship"
AN ALTAR AT HOME.
There are 7O,OOO.OOO persons or 14,OO0,-
900 families In this broad and favored
land of ours, he said, and every fam
lily should have an altar reared to the
Most High. The crying need Of the age
Is higher plane Of citizenship. There
are radical evils to be combatted and
the only influence that can cope with
them Is the enlightening power Of
Christianity.
He spoke of the laxity Of divorce
laws and said that while the Bible rec
ognized but one cause for which q hus-
band and wife could be separated, the
different states of the union recognize
thirty-one in all. This evil is sapping
the very life Of our social institutions.
The evil Of intemperance as fostered
by the saloon. protected by iniquitous
laws, also came In for share Of the
speakers denunciation. The remedy
Tor these and other evils lies in edu-
eating the youth Of the land to a high
er plane Of Christian citizenship.
The meeting was closed with singing
py the choir and benediction.