The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-23

Worship High Masses and special
Sermons ia the Catholic Churches.
MANY Congregations VIII Contrib
ute Provisions and Clothing for the
Poor.
Every congregation in the city viii
have its special Thanksgiving Day
service during either the morning or
evening Of that day. In each section Of
the city there will be a union service
In all the Catholic churches there Will
he celebrations of high mass and spec
ial sermons in the morning
The Elm Park Methodist and Penn
Avenue Baptist congregations viii
unite III d service in the formers edit
fee at 1890 o'clock. Rev. Dr. G. NJ.
'iilIin will preach. The vocal music
viii be rendered 10y the big chorus choir
of the Penn Avenue church and sing
ers from Elm Park church.
Miss HaWIey, the missionary Of Elm
Park church, VIII receive contributions
Of provisions and money in the lecture
room today and will see that they are
distributed among needy families. The
same Kind of office will he performed
by Miss KriCbaum, the missionary OF
the Penn Avenue Baptist church. She
| will receive clothing. provisions and
money tomorrow in the church parlors.
There will be two morning services
in IT. Luke's Episcopal church. At
730 o'clock Holy Communion will be
administered, and at 1890 there will
be morning prayer a sermon by the
rector, Rev. Rogers Israel, and Holy
Communion. The congregation will
send provisions today to the parish
rooms, 120 Washington avenue, where
! they will be received by q committee
| and distributed among the needy We'd
| nesday afternoon and Thursday morn
| ing. Contributions Of money should be
! sent to the rector.
| At st. Luke's Dunmore Mission, st,
! Marks. there will be morning prayer
Holy Communion and a sermon begin
! ming at Q o'clock THANKSGIVING din
! ner will he served Tickets will he
/ sold at 25 cents each. \ large number
/ of tickets have been distributed gratu-
itously among the poor.
AT SECOND CHURCH.
The Thanksgiving Day service in The
/ Second Presbyterian church will begii
! at 1910 o'clock. The pastor, Rev. DR.
! Charles T.. Robinson, will preach
! Special music will be rendered under
the direction of Professor j. NJ. Chance
| Sundays offerings We're made tor th'
! Christian Endeavor society of tn,
| church ana will be used to procure
/ provisions for the poor. Following
Will be the music programme:
Organ prcludc-March Trumphale,
Salons
Anthem-"I Will Give Thanks"
From the Cantata of Bclsha2zal
| Quartettc for mixed voices Thanks
giving Hymn. "................ SChncCk"l
| Ductt-'I VIII Sing Praise"
Misses Black and GaraGaI
| Anthcm-"We Praise Thee. ......llerhcr
Organ postlude. Bachelor
/ OTganist,.....,.,........ Mr. j. VI. ChanC'
Neither the Young Mems nor TIL
Young Women's Christian association.
viii have a Thanksgiving Day service
The building of the former will b.
closed from j. TO $50 O'Clock. The as
sociation extends through The Tribune
an invitation TO all boys and youn!
men TO avail themselves of the com
forts of the rooms throughout the da!
and evening, particularly during th
latter period.
In the First Presbyterian church tn
preach during the service which vii
he held in the morning. There will b
music appropriate to the day.
There will be a special service il
Grace Reformed Episcopal church be
ginning at 1880 o'clock.
UNION LUTHERAN SERVICES.
There will be q union service Of tn
Evangelical Lutheran churches.
will he held in the evening in HOl
Trinity church. corner Of Adams ave
nue. and Mulberry street, and VIII be
sin at 7.30 o'clock. Rev. G. G. Spiekc
is the pastor of the church. The Eng
lish sermon will be preached by ReI
w. c. l.. Lauer, of st. Paur5, and tn
sermon in German by Rev. j. w. Ran
dolph, Of st. Peters. The pastors q
the other churches will conduct tn
Iiturgical services.
There will be THANKSGIVING service
at Grace Lutheran church on Thanks
giving morning at 1890. The pasto
Rev. Foster 4. Gift, will preach.
In Green Ridge there win be specia
services in all the churches in in
morning.
In Dunmore the Methodist, Presby
teran and Baptist cougrcga tions wi
hold a union service in the latter
church on Dudley street in the morn
ing. The sermon viii be preached b
Rev. c. IL. Hayes, OF the Methods
church.
Thanksgiving services of an impres
sive characte" will he observed b
the churches Of the North End. A
the Protestant English speakin
; churches which comprise the congrt
cations Of the North Main Avenu
Baptist church, Puritan Congregation
al church. Presbyterian church and tn
. Christian church, viii assemble at I'll
Methodist Episcopal church, whcl
they will Jointly offer up praises I
the Divine Master. The service is
| be conducted in the morning at TO-
o'clock. The sermon for the OcCasiO
will be delivered by Rev. William Bu
sin, Of the Christian church. Spccij
music will be rendered by a sele,
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