The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-23
BAPTIST CONVENTION.
Pennsylvania Education SOciety's
Last Session ut Reading.

| Reading, Pa, Oct. 22.-The repre-
sentatives to the convention of the
Pennsylvania Baptists education So
ciety reconvened at $50 o'clock this
morning. Devotional exercises We're
conducted by Rev. ]. Wesley Sullivan.
The receipts for the year We're $lO,-
$3.50 and expenditures $l4, ,202?S includ-
ing an overdraft of $1.9S4.2O of the year
previous. This leaves Il deficiency of
about $500.
| Judge w. Ii. Hanna, of Philadelphia,
refused reelection as president These
officers We're then chosen: President.
George Scott Hart, Philadelphia; cor
responding secretary, George NJ. Spratt,
ID. d.. Philadelphia; recording secrc-
/ tary, j. ID. Walker. ID. d., Philadel-
pha: treasurer. Levi Knowles, Phila-
delphia; general agent, Leroy Steph-
ems. ID. d., Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harriet Ruyl Johns, of Phila-
delphia, presented the claims of the
missionary union, and Miss F. NJ.
Schuyler, of Home missions, made Il
plea for more assistance How to
raise more funds for the education
of young ministers" was discussed
Rev. c. A. Spauldin, advocated the
Salvation army's self denial plan, whiic
Dr. Stanton, of Pittsburg. thought the
ministers ought to be stirred up. Rev.
| n u,
was informed that the students at
| Crosser seminary spent more money
| fer tobacco than books. Professor IL.
C. Vedder. of the faculty, denied the
| rumOr and Rev. J. a. Bennett. ot
Philadelphia, said it was not 81. j. 4:
Judd of Lewisburg, said that the bad
cases enrolled at Bucknell university
| and Crosser seminary were rare Ad-
journed.
The sixth annual session of the Bap-
lists Young Peoples Union OF Penn
| sylvania met this afternoon at TWO
O'Clock. The devotional meeting was
led by ice-President C. II. James.
The committee reported the following
nomna tions who We're elected: Presi-
dent. A. NJ. Rrinckle, Philadelphia;
vice-president. Rev. w. Quay, Rossfelle
! Homestead; secretary, DR.. Frank
Neher. Philadelphia; treasurer, c. wal
ker Jones. Germantown.
Mrs. Harriet n. Jones, of Philadel-
phia, presented a report of the opera
tion during the year. This was fol
lowed by an address by Rev. r. F. Y.
Pierce, of Philadelphia. The next re-
port was on the founding fund Baptist
mission, etc. 1t is proposed to raise Il
fund of $4,000 from Baptists through
out the land. J. Fl. Haslam, Of Norris
town, conducted an open parliment on
"Our State Work"
Resolutions were adopted recon-
meHling as far as possible, where the
yo1pg peoples societies have two or
more meetings q week, that the week
night meeting be given to educational
and instructional purposes, transfer
ring the more distinctively devotional
meeting to Sunday night expressing
qualification that so many pastors are
Ian hntr CT nUth Ck IN
Christian culture cause: endorse the
Baptist Union on its increasing con-
stituency; regard the work of the jun
iors as one of the most important now
before the church and recommend that
all churches take un particular work
in behalf of children regarding the
licensing of saloons as a sin against
God and crime against humanity and
view with alarm the increasing desc
Grafton of the Lords day and urge
all Christians to refrain from work and
travel on the Sabbath. This evening
the annual address was delivered by
the president, Professor II. C.. Vedder.