The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-10

brate the closing OF the twenty-ffth
year of his pastorate.
on Thursday evening, April %, the
Rev. Mr.. Randolph, of st. Peters Lu-
theran church, on Prescott avenue,
Petersburg, will be rendered farewell
reception by the church and his Luth-
eran colleagues. The Rev. Mr.. Ran
dolph will leave with his family for
Europe on the Saturday following.
Mrs. A. l.. Ramer. of South Lincoln
avenue, will conduct the Children's
Mission band this afternoon at 2.3O.
The juniors are taught sewing and in
structed in Scripture during the pleas
ant hours spent with Mrs. Ramer. The
class meets every Saturday afternoon,
and have very interesting sessions.
n beautiful praise service has been
prepared for the evening service in the
Second Presbyterian church. The
Bible exercise called Jesus of Nazar-
eth" consisting of solos, duets quar-
tettcs and choruses, will be given by
the entire choir in connection with re-
sponsive readings by the pastor and
congregation.
At the annual convention of the Flor
ida state Sunday School association re-
Gently held in De Land, Fla, F. e.
Nettleton, of Scranton. was reelected
superintendent of the Home Glass"
department of the Sunday school. and
also president of the Volusia County
Sunday School association. Mr.. Net
tleton is expected home this month.
Rev. w. S. Jones was to have
preached his farewell sermon to the
congregation of the FIRST Welsh Bap-
tist church last Sunday, but was pre-
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of his young son, Idris, which oc-
CURED that afternoon. The afflction
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones is especially sad,
as they lost another child while abroad
last summer
During holy week services will be
held in st. Marks Lutheran church ev-
cry evening at 7.30, beginning on Mon
day night. On Good Friday morning
u special service will be held at 1890.
At these services the history of the pas
sion of our Lord, as recorded by the
four evangelists, will be read and con-
templated in connection with the full
litany service.
There will be no meeting Sunday af-
ternoon at the Young Women's Chris
tian association, but the young wo-
men of the city are cordially invited to
attend union meeting at the Young
Mems Christian association Wyoming
avenue. L. D. wishard, of New York
will be the speaker The theme will be
of special interest to all young people
Service begins at 345 p. m.
In the absence of Rev. c, NJ, Gifin.
d. D., who is in attendance at Wyom-
ing annual conference, which Is now in
session at Oneonta, N. Y, the pulpit of
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day morning by the Rev. ]. f. c. Saw
yer, y. D., editor OF the Northern
Christian Advocate, Of Syracuse, N. Y.
DIR. Sawyer is spoken OF as being one of
the most able speakers in the Methodist
Episcopal church. In the evening Lu-
ther d. Wishard, college secretary of
international committee of Young
Mems Christian association, will speak
Among the progressive church socie-
ties on the West Side is the Fidelian
society of the Jackson Street Baptist
church. Its officers and members are
as follows: President, Mrs. John
Thomas; vice-president, Miss Minnie
Davies; secretary. Miss NJ. Hitchins;
treasurer. Miss N. b. Nichols. Mary
A. Morgan, Annie Jones. Matte Thom-
as, Jennie Harris, Mrs. j. Griffiths,
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Williams Ruth Howells. Lizzie Price.
Maggie Thomas, Martha Nichols, Cas-
sic James, Emma Lewis Maggie Grif-
fifth, Leah Howells, Sadie Thomas and
Anna j. Davies.
The rite of confirmation will be ad-
ministered in three OF the Lutheran
churches of the city tomorrow, Palm
Sunday. Rev. Lisse, pastor of Christ
Lutheran church, will confirm a class
or seventeen catechumens. In St,
Peters Lutheran church Rev. Ran
dolph, pastor, fourteen young persons
Will be confirmed. Rev. A. L. Ramer,
pastor of St. Marks Lutheran church,
will administer confirmation to eleven
persons, These young persons have re-
ceived weekly instruction from their
respective pastors for the past six
months in the fundamental doctrines Of
salvation, as taught in the word of
God and expounded in Luther's cate
chism.