The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-08
COMMITTEES OF CLASST
Appointments Made by the President.
Rev. Mr.. kerchner.
MINUTES OF SYNOD DISCUSSED
Address BY Rev. Mr.. Yundt. Supsrintcnd-
cnt Of the bethany Orphans Home.
Addresses on Foreign Missions
ut the Evcuiag Session.

Parochial reports of the work Of the
various churches last year were heard
at yesterdays session of Wyoming
Chassis in Calvary Reformed church.
The pastor of each church read his
report, giving the membership, number
confirmed. baptized, expelled. II any.
and the number of members of the sun
day school and Christian Endeavor
union. After the pastors report was
read the president would call upon the
elder of the same church to stand up
and corroborate the report.
Perhaps, there was not a better re-
port of growth and extension of church
work presented than that which Rev.
Mr.. Stubblebine read as setting forth
the history of Calvary church for the
year past. The elders were questioned
closely on whether or not their conSre-
cations paid the pastors alary prompt
ly. Wherever there appeared to he any
laXity on this subject the elders We're
told in plain language that the voice
OF the general synod is clear on the de-
linIuency question and will not tolerate
it. Rev. Mr.. Kerchner appointed the
following committee for the year:
On Minutes of Synod-william ID. Hap
pei G. w. T. Seigle, +. W. Swiffenheiser.
ON Overtures-C. II. Herbst, Elias 5.
Noll, S. Il. Wenner.
On Minutes OF Classis-Charles II.
Brandt. f. Fl. Ruoff John Meitrot.
On Examination. Licensure and Ordina-
w. Cherrington.
On State of Religion and State Report
s. s. Sorber, A. II. Herbts, o. w. Cherring-
ton.
Houtz, s. X. McKeehan.
On Finance-H. A. 5. Bennett, $. f.. Stof-
lett. j. A. Eshback.
ON Nominatons-A. NJ. Masonheimer,
S. c. Meckel, NJ. +. Kalnig.
ON Religious seryices-W. II. stubble-
bine, W. II. Loose, Philip Garnet.
On Orphans Homes. f. Stoflet. A.
Houtz. Henry Stuntz.
ORPHANS HOME REPORT.
Rev. T. NJ. Yundt, superintendent of
the Orphans home at Bethany, SUBJ
mitted his report He has been in
charge several years and felt highly
pleased to be able to state that the
property of the home IL valued at $1,000
today, and 1t Is doing the noble work
Of caring for liz friendless children.
The home at present will not take any
children under six years Of age, bur an
addition is in process Of construction in
which infants and those from that age
up to six years will be cared for.
The committee on minutes of synod
took up the minutes and read them to
the classis. The Wyoming classis was
assessed certain amounts of money by
the synod and q debate was ordered
on the adoption, revision. or rejection
Of the Recommendations of synod. The
minutes of synod recommended that the
Wyoming Chassis contribute $1,04O for
home missions. After the delegates
We're heard a vote was taken on the
motion to reduce this amount to $500,
and 1t was carried.
t.i,
asked to pay $9l5. This amount was
cut down to $500 The assessment of
$64 for Hungarian missions was al
lowed. and the sum of SIS for harbor
missionary work In New York city. An
item Of Sc for teaching elocution at the
seminary, and another item Of $36 for
seminary aid were adopted. but the
amounts are not to be paid from the
treasury of the classis, and are to be
borne by those churches that feel in
clined to stand the expense
The Item OF $305 for CHURCH building,
recommended IN the Minutes Of the
synod was rejected; for the reason that
the classis is now paying more than
that amount for the same object with
In its own bounds. The item of S1S
for Calvin college, Cleveland, was
adopted. The other items of the min
utes of the synod will be taken UP this
morning.
THE EVENING SESSION.
Rev. c. Fl. Brandt was the first speak,
er at the evening session at which the
subject of Home mission work was dis
cussed. The first reason, he said, that
presents itself, calling for the necessity
Of home mission work is the religious
destitution existing in this country; and
he quoted statistics from the census
of the United States to show that while
we call ourselves a Christian country.
the fact confronts us that only two
fifths of the population of the country
are church going people. In the city of
New York there is only one church. TAX
Ing all the religious sects, for every 5000
people. The history of the large cities
is the history of the country, and it.
therefore, is our duty to see that they
are what they ought to be. AS In the
cities lie the possibilities of building up
the country, and as they are the places
where vice and wickedness are fostered,
1t Is incumbent upon us to spread the
gospel among them and overthrow the
influences of evil.
The western states are now In a
plastic degree of developement. The
best criterion of place Is the percent
age of criminals that 1t supports. In
iails out of every million; in the west
there are over 1000 criminals out of
every million. The spread of the gOs-
| pei in the United States is the only
I, safeguard of the government, and on 1t
depends the Christian character of the
rest of the world. The speaker In con-
clusion spoke Of the vast resources and
| possibilities of the nation. collection
was taken up after Rev. Mr.. Brandt
! finished his address.
Rev. c. w. L. Siegel followed with a
stirring appeal for home mission work
| He smoke of the necessities throughout
the land crying forth for spiritual as
sistance and nourishment.
| This evening the subject of FCEaigl1
missions will be discussed by Rev. j
b. Kerchner and Rev. A. HoutZ. Rev
Mr. Stubblebine has decorated the walls
of the church with the red and white
flags of the Christian Endeavor union.
Send In Transcripts.
The grand jury meets on May Is, and
to facilitate it's business District Attor.
To-