The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-17
WHAT IS YEING DONE
IN THE CHURCHES

Cbroniclings Of Interest to Those En.
| gagged 10 Church Work.
OBSERVANCE OF ST. LUKE'S DAY
speciaI Services at st. Luke's Church
TomOrrOw..Parish Meeting Mon.
day Night..Presbyterian Synod Of
Pennsylvania Meets ut BellefOnte.
Invention Of Rev. f. l.. Miller, Pas.
tor Of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Services in the Churches.
Tomorrow and Monday will be i'm
portant days for the congregation of
ST. Lukes Episcopal church. Tomor-
row is st. Luke's day the festival of
the patron of the church and the SER
vices have been arranged with a view
to making them appropriate to the oc-
| casion. There will be two celebrations
of holy communion, the first at I3O
a. NJ. and the second at 1920 a. m.
! The sermons morning and night will
have q special bearing on the day. To-
morrow afternoon the Sunday school
will have special meeting which Will
be devoted to the consideration Of
mission work. On Monday there will
be an informal parish reception at the
rectory between the hours of 4 and i
p. m. Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Haughton.
of st. Marks mission, Dunmore. will
assist the rector and Mrs. Israel in
receiving In the evening. beginning at
7.i5 o'clock. there will be general
parish gathering in the church. Sew
eral selections will be rendered on the
organ by J. Willis Connnt, a summary
OF the work OF the various guilds of
the year will be read and an add ess
will be made by Major Everett War
| ren.
The Presbyterian synod of Pennsyl-
vania convened in the Presbyterian
church at Bellefonte at IL O'Clock
Thursday morning. DIR. j. V. Stockton,
the retiring moderator, preached the
opening sermon from the text found in
Acts, viii, 80: "Then Philip opened his
mouth and preached unto them Jesus
At the close of the sermon the moder-
ator called the synod to order and con-
stituted 1t with prayer. after which
recess was taken until go O'Clock.
In the afternoon the roll of delegates
was called, showing about 200 members
| to be in attendance. Rev. Francis ~.
Kerns, of Plttsburg, and Rev. j. b.
Laird, of Philadelphia. We're elected
temporary clerks, after which DR..
Loyal Y. Graham, of Philadelphia, was
elected moderator by acclamation,
there being no other nominee. The
hearing of the committee on home
missions and church sustenation occu-
pied all the balance of the afternoon
session. Rev. DR.. Lowrie, pastor Of the
Bellefonte church, gave a hearty well
come to the members OF the synod
| and the response was maze by the
moderator. Rev. DR.. Macintosh read
the report Of the committee on synodic-
al missions, and sustenation. Ad-
dresses on this subject were made by
Rev. Drs. r. NJ. Patterson, s. c. Logan
and Rev. Mr.. McNair. At the evening
session Rev. DIR. Motfitt, president Of
Washington and Jefferson college, pre-
sided. Eloquent addresses were made
by Revs. DR.. Eccles and Patton and
DIR. Conyngham, Of West Virginia, on
synodical and home missions. Rev.
DR.. Logan, deacon, Elder r. s. Davis
on the work among the freedmen. and
b!h Rev. DR.. Warfield, president of La
fayette college, on higher education.
|
Rev. f. l.. Miller has invented an
"envelograph" system for making
church contributions. This offering
envelope has flap as long as the body
Of the envelope, fastened by a fixed
rubber band, and thus the Offering ac-
count Is in no way exposed An Of
fering envelope case is placed at the
entrance Of the church, in which the
| IN, oil nhn m nnl n
numerical order, and each contributor
thus finds his envelope always in the
same compartment. The case Is open,
under official oversight, during public
services, and at all other times it Is
kept locked. Blank spaces are sup
piled for entering the regular Lords
| day offerings for current expenses, and
| for offerings for general beneficence,
special funds, etc. The use of the Of
ferng envelope is simplicity itself. On
entering the church each contributor
takes his envelope from the case, and.
| having carefully enclosed his Offering,
places the same upon the plate when
the offerings are gathered. The finan-
cial secretary receives the envelopes
after the service and enters the amount
of the offerings in the proper spaces
provided. He then returns the en-
velopes to their place in the case.
The eleventh annual meeting Of the
Women's Home Missionary society Of
Lackawanna presbytery was held in
the First Presbyterian church of Car
bondale on Tuesday and Wednesday,.
The following committees were named
! by the president: Nominating COM
mittee, Mesdames Archibald, Hitch
cock and Frisbie; common place COM
| C1,if
Hand and Miss Emily Reynolds; COM
mittee on resolutions. Mesdames Sell
den Blair. Reid and Miss Augusta
Hoyt: auditing committee, Mesdames
Holgate, Law and z. p. Kingsbury.
In her report as treasurer, Mrs. a. +.
Hunt, of this city, stated that the total
amount Of money for the year that had
reached the treasurer was $3,029.S9 q
deficit of $255.29 over last year. The to-
tai value of boxes received was ST.
911.O3. The committee on nomination
reported the following officers to serve
for the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
]. L. Burr. Carbondale; vice-presi-
dents. Mrs. Charles Kirkpatrick.
Scranton: Mrs. P. H. Brooks, Wilkes
Barre, and Miss Fanny Reid. Towan-
| da; presbyterial treasurer, Mrs. A. Il.
Hunt. Scranton; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. r.. c. Meaker: recording Sec
retary, Miss Nettie King, Dunmore; !;
secretary Of freedmen. Mrs ]. V. Darl-
ing. Wilkes-B Barre; assistant, Miss Au-
gusta Hoyt, Kingston; secretary Of
| literature, Miss Emily Reynolds,
Kingston; secretary Of young peoples
work, Miss Virginia Welles, Wyalus-
ing.
1t may not be generally known that
the pastor and members of the Green
Ridge United Evangelical Sunday
school are conducting mission Bible
school on the South Side This school
meets each Sunday at 8 p. IN. in the
basement rooms of Charles Major,
near the corner Of South Wyoming
avenue and Beech street. Although or
ganized less than two months, the in