The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-06

| Barre; vice president, Mrs. n. Lee. of
| Plains; corresponding secretary. Mrs.
\ NJ. :. Hard, Of Kingston; recording
| secretary, Mrs. ~. T.. Meeilcr, OF Car
( bendal"; tfeasurcTs. Mrs. G. r. simpson
| Cf Scranton. and Ethel Hin. Of BiEG-
! Eamtor: superintendent Of mission
| bands, Airs. T. VI. Furey. cf WaEavl,le.
TEMPERANCE ANNIVERSARY.
Saturday evening occurred the ami
| versary Of the Temperance society.
| The exercises opened with prayer by
| Rev. George A. Cure. of Athens, after
| which the Carnul trio, composed of
| Messrs. Race, Thomas and jay, sang.
| The speaker of the evening was VIII
! III. Hitler. of Parsons, Pa. There were
| seated on the platform the following
gentlemen. members of the conference
| Temperance committee: Chairman Rev.
| w. II. Hitler. Rev. c. Ii. Newing, Rev.
G.. q. Beers, Rev. G. A. Cure, Rev.
J. l.. Race. Rev. F. a. King and Rev.
| l.. b. Weeks.
! Mr. Hitler delivered his famous lee
| ture, 1.-The Charter Criminal" He said
that he would throw no mud. Mud
blinds and blinds the one who throws
| it as well as the one who is hit. Truth
| enlightens, mud cannot cut, truth Is
! sharper than Il two edged sword. mud is
easily brushed away, truth hangs with
| great tenacity. If ye know the truth 1t
| shall make you free"
He related an Indian legend, how
| Eagle Eye" a famous Indian, had
lived a charmed life because he possess
sed charmed charter maiden
| dreamt one night that If it should be
! destroyed the great evil Indian could be
| slain. The Indian chief is to be found
in the nations capital, the track or
blood of the pursuer could be seen from
The mansion to the poor mans hut. His
| ,ieath Is not yet fact, but the hope Is
entertained that it will be and that
! speedily. , He then spoke of the great
sorrow, want and despair that result
! from this traffic, and held that as men
and Christians all should be willing to
work to break it down. There is no
such thing as a respectable rumsell-
er" The license is the charter of priv
| ilege of the cut-throat traffic. 1t was
made to make crime legal, and to make
the rumseller independent.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
Today Sunday was an important
day for Christian people in this city.
Easter and conference meeting in
forming one grand event, which will
remain dea. to the hearts of church,
going people for many a day. The
weather during conference week had
been cold and disagreeable. but Sum-
day morning dawned bright and clear,
| and as the sun rose above the eastern
/ hills. all men and all nature seemed to
| unite In the one salutation. Peace on
earth, good will to men," The pleas
antness OF, the day and the prominence
| and ability Of the men who occupied the
various pulpits, caused every place of
, worship to be crowded at every service.
!. The most important services were at
the Centenary church. where the bishop
| attended. At $50 O'clock love feast
was held conducted by Rev. II. NJ.
| Crydenwise. 1t was very largely at
| tended. The platform was decked yith
lilies and palms. Prayer was Of
| fered by Rev. l.. L. Sprague and after
| the singing Of hymn the bishop con-
ferred the order of deacon upon sew
| enteen young men, as follows: Joseph
! Brundell, Ferris d. Connell, c. NJ. Ohm
stead. s. d. Palmer. Melverin Anda-
riese, o. II. p. Armstrong, Edward w.
Cavenaugh. A. d. Eastman, and the Or
| der of elders upon James Bennigan,
| Frank d. Hartsock, Z. l.. Jeffries, o.
II. Reynolds, l.. L. Van Hisen, John M.
Connell, Leman Sanford and Thomas
| Barker. The collect for deacons was
conducted by Presiding Deacon For
! syth and for elders by Presiding Elder
| Thorpe. Presiding Elder Eckman read
| the seventh to thirteenth verses Of the
fourth chapter of Ephesians. The
ordination followed, administered by
the bishop, after which Presiding Elder
Crydenwise read the first to sixteenth
verses of the tenth chapter of John.
Bishop Vincent was assisted In the lay
ing on of hands by Thomas Barker,
Rev. j. b. Leacock, Rev. Edward Tay-
lor and Presiding ElSer Latimer of the
general conference. When the ordina-
ton service had been completed the
bishop preached. His discourse was
listened to with breathless silence by
the two thousand people present. He
chose as his text the seventh verse OF
the fifteenth chapter of the Psalms, He
made known his ways unto Moses and
his acts unto the children Of Israel"
He said:
God was revealed unto his people.
The most irrational assumption is that
father never speaks to his children.
God has revealed himself to us, and al
though we may not comprehend we
may apprehend him. When I was
young I supposed that the bible was
written in heaven. but as i grew older
I learned that his revelation to hui
manity was entirely different. God re-
yeals himself by actions. God wrought
and man wrote under VARYING mani
festations Of Inspiration. Gods earitrr
manifesto tiOns were not IN books, bus
, in actions. Another power which con-
trols this world is human aovorliincnt
! Absolute monarchy, what power 1t has
over slaves. There Is the power of ma
ture and religion and of personality 1t
is almost eXasperating to- see how one
political man can lead people and hold
the thing lie privately proposes to do
even In opposition to others. The power
of personal influence is the power we
do not fully measure. Hypnotism par
tally explains 1t. These five powers
control the world: Power of nature,
power Of human government. of re-
lgion. of wisdom and Of personality.
"The record of the bible showed that
it controlled the people. He made
known his ways by deeds and never
wrote book. He wrought deeds, the
blind given their sight. the lame given
power to walk and the dumb spoke. I
tell you men can talk when they have
done something. God was never nearer
than He is today and the flowers which
look so beautiful are not memories of
the past, but of what is today. All
history Is under divine control
Throughout the ages God has given
power to do what nature can never do
We call them miracles. don't like
word miracle, for he brings about
his result through natural laws. do
not believe that God has gone to sleep
While he gives us freedom he controls
the outcome"
MISSIONARY MEETING.
This evening at the Centenary church
the anniversary of the Missionary So !
clety was celebrated. The bishop pre-
sided and introduced Rev. A. B. Leo
nard, d. D., corresponding secretary, of
New York city, who delivered stir
ring address.
At the same time at the Tabernacle
was celebrated the anniversary Of the
Epworth league. Rev. O. L. Severson,