The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-23
YOUNG CHRISTIANS
| MEET AT PITTSTON
Il Was the Aanual cenveatioa Of the
Tri.Couaty c. e. Usioa.
OLD OFFICERS WERE REELECTED
Committees Named by President
Manning.. ..C0nventi0h sermon De.
livcred by Rev. +. +. Jephson, OF
Report Read by Sec.
retary 4. T.. Daniels Of Years Work.

The annual convention OF the Trt-
county Christian Endeavor union was
held yesterday in Pittston. the morn
ing and afternoon sessions In the Broad
Street Methodist church and the eve
ming session in the Presbyterian
church. In the union are seventy-seVen
societies Of Lackawanna, LuZerne and
Wyoming counties whose delegates
were not enrolled at the convention,
they being received as Endeavor So
ciety members.
Red and white badges, the colcrs to
be worn at the state sc convention in
Scranton next October, were worm The
Pittston union served the delegates
their dinner and supper.
The morning session began with brief
devotional exercises led by II. II. Nc
Keehan, of this city; an address Of well
! come by the Pittston president, and a
response by J. C. Manning. OF Pittston
the Tri-county president. Included in
the report Of Secretary G. F. Daniels
was the following:
SECRETARY DANIELS REPORT.
where are twenty-seven senior So
cieties in the union, and twenty Junior
societies reported, the latter with a
membership OF 1.1S9. Statistics furn-
ished by forty-five Of the senior So
cieties show a total membership of
2.591, and that number will be increased
| to nearly $500 by the remaining thirty
two societies. The forty-five raised ST.
| 66944 for missions last year and $337.75
! for special collections. such as church
| and denominations work. The total Is
| S2.007.i9. The reported society with the
| largest membership is that Of the Prov
idence Presbyterian church, Scranton,
| with 124. The Green Ridge Presbyter-
| ian society, Scranton. follows with 123;
| the Puritan CONGREGATIONAL, of Wilkes
Barre. with 1l3: the First Presbyterian,
| of Carbondale. with l07, and the White
| Haven Presbyterian with 102.
| THE LanGcliffe Presbyterian church
society, of Avoca, leads in money raised
for missions. and the Plymouth Con-
gregational. Of Scranton. In money
raised for church and special purposes.
| The First Presbyterian, of Hazelton:
the First Presbyterian. of Scranton.
and the Bennett Presbyterian, of Malt
by. follow these closely. One hundred
and eleven persons have Joined
churches from the societies during the
year. The Stella Presbyterian church,
| of Maltby, furnished the most. seven
teen. and is followed by the Methodist
church, of Dalton. with thirteen"
! The remainder of the report dealt
with the work of the year within the
confines of the union.
CONVENTION SERMON.
| The convention sermon was preached
by Rev. T. L. Jephson. of the Berean
Baptist church, Carbondale. Just be-
fore the close of the morning session
President Manning named the follow
ing committees:
Nominations--W. T. Hackett, Scran-
ton f. NJ. Manchester. Wilkes-B Barre
Rev. James II. A. p Denner. Free
land: Miss Louise Williams, Scranton
Miss Louise Stark. Wilkes Barre.
| Resolutions-Rev. w. a. King, Tay-
lor: Rev c. II. Swartz, Dalton: Miss
Jessie Sax, Pittston: Miss Bessie
Swartz. Madisonville
| The devotional exercises at the begin
ming of the afternoon session were led
by s. S. Hoover. of Upper Lehigh. An
open parliament on the following topics
took place: (a) elements of Success
In Committee Work." CD Elements of
Success In Prayer Meeting Work" /"
Secretary Daniels addressed the con-
vention in behalf of the SO state con-
vention in Scranton.
The '95 officers were reelected. II
was decided to hold the tri-county con-
vention next year as near the middle
VI May as possible ana not 10 40 away
with the district conventions. This
was included in the adopted report of
the committee on resolutions which also
recommended the appointment of su-
perintendents of junior work and of
good citizenship.
Beginning at 6 o'clock supper was
served and a reception held in the lee
ture room of the Broad street church.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was largely at
tended. The address was by Rev. DR.
Herman Vanderwat, Of Hackensack, N
j. Rev George l.. Guild. of this city
conducted the conservation service
which closed the convention.