The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-10

The meetings Of the Arlington Bap-
tist association were resumed yester-
day morning at o'clock with devo-
tional meeting in charge of Rev. G. G.
Gillett, pastor of the Clifford church.
This meeting was followed by talk
about the ladies' training school of
Philadelphia, by Miss Ina Robinson.
She presented the methods of training
and made an appeal for aid.
Rev. w. II. Conrad, secretary of the
state mission work, delivered an ad-
dress upon the work of the society and
urged q good attendance at the state
meeting to be held next month in
Honesdale. This gathering, Mr.. Con-
ard said, depended greatly upon the
members of the Arlington association
for success.
Rev. F. B. Dobbins, d. D., secretary
of the American Missionary union, de-
livered an address, during which he
said: "It Is an obligation for every
Christian to do all in his power to give
the gospel of Christ to the whole world.
The obligations for missions remain
the same at all times" The doctrinal
sermon was then preached by Rev. M.
J. Watkins, of Factoryville.
ABOUT MISSION WORK.
The home missionary committee
made their report, which was followed
by addresses of the missionary pastors
of the association. Rev. A. b. O'Neal
spoke of the work which has been done
| in the Dudley Street Baptist church,
Dunmore, during the four years of his
pastorate. A short time ago a number
of Italians began attending the church,
which has placed the thought of mis-
sionary wor' in his mind among the
Italians. Mr.. O'Neal hopes soon to COM
| mence the study of the Italian Ian
guage, so that he may do more effect
i've work among that people. Rev. w.
F. B. Brown, of Jermyn, spoke of the
effective work done in JermYn since
his pastorate. Rev. ]. l.. Williams
spoke of the work at Forest City.
| The foreign mission committee re-
| ported that out Of the thirty-one
churches only twenty-one had reported
| The other ten did not contribute or else
did not report. For foreign missions
s62S.71 has been raised by the associa-
| tion during the year, which is $292. II
less than contributed the previous year
The decrease has not been in the small
| churches, but in the large ones. Mr.
| Brown closed his report by making ar
appeal to the churches to pay more at.
tention to foreign missions hereafter
than before.
Rev. D. j. Williams, of Blakely
offered the following resolutions, which
the moderator tabled until the after
| noon session:
Whereas, We believe that the churcl
exists to defend what is just and righ
and to oppose and overthrow what Il
wrong and unjust, and
| Whereas, We believe that the economic
welfare of the people is intimately con
nected with and exercising a great inilu
ence upon their welfare We believe tina
every effort should be made to remove ev
erything that tends to impoverish and de
grade our fellow beings.
Whereas, We recognize the compan.
store as an imposition upon the right
and a source of inpoverishment to tn
mining poptllattont wherever it exists
Therefore be 1t
| Resolved, That we condemn the com
pany store as an imposition upon tn
rights of men ard We deprecate the fac
that our legislature at Harrisburg has no
done anything definite with view to it
abolition,
At the afternoon session the resolu
tions were tabled.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
President Ford then announced tn
following committees: Obituary. Rev
w. A. Miller, Rev. w. B. Grow and w
B. f. Brown; benevolence, Revs. ]. L
Williams, j. r. Ellis and J. Russell
temperance, Revs. c. c. Gillett, w. Fl