The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09


has not reached the grade of the red
Indian, who i'm the breath Of the wind
felt the Great Spirit saw Him in the
smoke of the camp fire, lived for Him
and hoped for the happy hunting
grounds. If we but reverently look
behind all nature, to where stands the
Greater, we shall be wise indeed.
But God is disclosed i'm other ways
than through the book of nature. How
little the young people really know of
the Bible. We must get down to the
realization that there must be some
thing besides the Sunday school. We
have not enough knowledge for prac-
tiCal purposes. our young people get
It i'm little ships and scraps. When
they marry somebody gives them a
Bible. They put it on stand in the
corner, put a tidy on its top, with
vase on top of that. by and by some
body gives them plumy grass from
California and they put that in the
vase. There they are--stand, Bible.
tidy, vase, plume-and there they stay.
How many could direct "a Japanese in
the divine light and plan of God as
shown in His Word?
CLOSED YEARS AGO.
This book closed more than a thou
sand years ago. Has nothing hap
pened since? Have there been no
more followers of Jesus since the days
of John on PatmOs? The speaker then
referred to Hans Makart's picture of
the girl martyr and the rose in the
arena and said: There are tens Of
thousands who would not deny the
Master even for the rose of pleasure
today" Tut do you know the story OF
these ages? Yet you do not need these
helps to see Jesus. Any one who will
may see Him.
If we do see Him we shall want to be
out at work for Him. For after the
vision comes service. We often feel
discouraged and disdainful because we
have helped the unworthy out. There
are millions of people who have burdens
to bear that have not come through
any fault of their own.
They need sympathy and help. 1t
may require a great deal of patience
and an unusual amount of tact, an
overcoming of prejudice. We need to
| overcome prejudice of color of race.
Unless we, in the country, rise above
the shrinking from the body of people
surrounding there will be a mine
sprung on us some day that will cause
us to wish we had overcome our preju =
| dccs sooner. We need knowledge to
overcome danger
We need training for this service.
! Bismarck set about it to train his sol
| ders as children in the gymnasium
| and when Won MOltke had laid out hi;
| plans there came the FrancO-Prussian
war and the result showed the value of
| trained soldiers.
| Ben Hur went out day by day to live
| by his beautiful Arab ;teeds. He
| trained them every hour aid stayed
| close to them and it is when in the
| race he sings the soft midnight song
! to those Arabian horses that they win
! We Of the Methodist church must leave
! off our boasting over numbers, wealth
| and power and proceed to the training
/ of young men and women, and have
| them realize that a great deal can be
done even while in training.
| Today sessions will be held morning
afternoon and evening.
DELEGATES PRESENT.
The following are the delegates pres
! ent:
New York-NIr. and Mrs. Frank w.
! Harding Boston; G. W. Ketcham, Mich
OILS; G. Il. McCracken, NineVah; Rev. \.
NJ. Crydenwise, Binghamton; Lizzie Car.
michel, Binghamtun, Earl Baker, Union
! Edythe NJ. Moore, oxford; Mrs. d. l..
/ Meeker, McDonOugh; Marion G. Ballcn-
tine, Binghamton Rev. q. NJ. Bell, Mar
! rowsburg; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Z. Perk-
| ins, Rev. w. J. Hill, Sidney; Rev. j. H.
! Thomas, Alton; Arthur Hoose, II. 4.
| Greene, Mt. Vision; Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
! Bennett, Sidney; Mr.. and Mrs. Il. D.
| Gcnning, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Nicholson
George A. Harding, Waverly; Samuel
| NJ. Lewis, Kattleville; w a. Cody, Whit
ney's Point; Rev. l., d. Wartsock, Mara
thon; n. Brown. Dauby; c. w. Weste.
welt, Harpersville; Mrs. c. NJ OlmsteaI
! Castle Creek; Rev. and Mrs. j. II. Race
| Alex d. Decker a. l.. lord, DR.. a. j.
| Van CLEFT, BmghamtOn.
| Pcnnsyvania-Mary Garder. Dalton
| Rev. and Mrs G.. n. Underwood, Gibson
Carrie Wall, Kingsley; Ira d. Stephens
| Nicholson; j. b. Colvin, Franklin Val
| ley; Addie T.. French, North Jackson
Josephine l.. Blaisdell, Margaret Evans
| Annie Anthony, Glen Lyon; Robert Nc
| Loren, Rush; G. Guy Snowden, Lizzie
llamden, Moscow; Pearl Billings, East
| Lemon; o. f. Potter, SusQuehanna; Rob.
ort y. II. Spencer, Moscow; Rev. l.. b.
| Weeks, Nellie Embleton Annie Kear
Sterling; Mrs. A. +. Jones, Hamilton
II, II. Northrop. j. w. Shyman, Mont.
rose; Arthur Peck Forty Fort; Rev
Thomas Eva Fairdale; Rev. II. j. Hcrne.
mon, Honosdale; Rev. G. IL. Prentice
Waymart; G. G. Jacobs, Newton; Gertie
Fuller South Gibson, Mrs. Charles cap.
WELL West Nicholson; Rev. and Mrs Johr
l., Bailey, Centremoreand; Rev d. NJ
McKeelar, Clifford; Rev. and Mrs. w
Frisby, Taylor; Rev. II. G. Harmed
Uniundale; f.. S. West, Avoca; Miss Sur.
dam, Nanticoke; T. b. Singer, NoXen; II
| A. Stull, Anderson; Edna Kester, Luzerne
Amanda Kanarr Emma Wllloughby
| Parsons; Rev. n. j. Hawley, Askam; Rev
| stephen JAY, Ashley; Ella j. Lee, Sterl
ing; Rev. and Mrs. j. b. Sumner Wav,
erly; Rev. j, W. Price, Shavertown
Rev. William L, Lindabury, Damascus
Samuel Olmstead, Prompton; Fannie Hop,
per, Wyoming; Stella Wedeman, Blanche
| Taylor, Peckville; II. A. Williams Gud,
ford Mary l.. Burlison, OXford; Malvern
l.. Anderuse, New Berlin; Miss Jennie
Smith, Minnie Smith, Fandalc; Jay Lys.
ira, Nettic Garfield, lie Raysville; Rev
and Mrs. f. II. Parsons, Milford; Rev
and Mrs. G.. l.. Williams, Hopbottom
Maurice Chapman, New Milford Leslie
Andrews Kirlwood; L. b. Keeney, Wind
ham; Mrs Anthony Hawk, e. A. sax
Caryerton; f.. \. Stutl Anderson; Mrs
| w. 5. Brown, NoXen; Elias W. BeWitt
| Charles Payne, Pleasant Mount; G.. II
Davis, Springvillo; Matte Brown, l.,
| Raysville; Elizabeth Wilbur, Factory
vile; c. T. j. Fisher Susquehanna; Sadi,
r.. Miller CarbCndale; Rev. and Mrs, q
T.. Ace, Nicholson; Rev. W. r. Cochran
Susquehanna; Matte A. Carlin, Auburn
Centre; Z. ID. Shannon, shannon Hill
Harriet Green, Laura Nj. White, Wilkes
Barre; Rev. a. w. Cooper, Hawley; Mrs
| A G, TOleV HOucelale. Rev and NIrg