The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-11
MIR. CRITTENTON
AT THE ARM0RY
FIRST Of a Number Of Meetings in the
Central City.
YOUNG PEOPLES SERVICE TONIGHT
Armory Has Been Wen Lighted and
ExccIientIy Arranged for the Meet
ings-."Consecration'' the subject
Tomorrow Night--Fiorence Mission
Rescue Work 10 he Explained In
Elm Park Church sunday Evening.
Other sunday Meetings.

The first of the Crittenton revival
meetings in the Adams avenue armory
was held last night and was attend
ed by about 500 persons. The big drill
floor had been splendidly arranged for
the meetings which will last until at
least the middle of next week.
Canvas seated benches which VIII
accommodate at least 1000 persons
were about half occupied last night.
large platform for choir and speakers
has been erected at the east end OF the
hall and six arc lights erected.
large corps of ushers directed by j. w.
Browning will find seats for the large
crowds that will attend the meetings.
The ushers are A. l.. Collins, Homer
Pease, Harry II. Morris, F. Carpenter,
J.. l.. Haldeman, James Lawson, G. +.
Hess and others.
The singing is led by q choir Of twen-
ty-flve voices gathered by Professor
j. NJ. Chance, organist of the Second
Presbyterian church, and directed by
Mr.. Wallace, the soloist and music
leader who accompanies Mr.. Critten-
ton. The instrumental music is by
Charles Doersam, pianist and William
Stanton, cornettist.
LAST NIGHTS SERVICE.
last nights service was of the re-
| viVal order and was conducted by Mr..
| Crittenton from the beginning as will
| be all the future meetings. At 7:45
o'clock the service opened with the
| congregational singing of a number
OF gospel hymns and a prayer by Rev.
DR.. c. M. Giffen, of Elm Park church.
That the majority of those in the
| large audience were of the Christian
and church-going class was attested
in their ready and continued response
| to Mr.. Crittenton's request for testi-
monials by means of quotations from
the Scriptures. For ten minutes one,
two or three were constantly on their
feet repeating the more familiar pas
sages Of the bible. There was another
hymn sung by the audience and then
Mr.. Crittenton announced the time and
nature of future meetings.
This afternoon at o'clock there will
be a bible reading on the subject
Abiding in the Young Mems Chris
tian association building In urging a
large attendance Mr.. Crittenton re-
marked that a man whose business
was so extensive that he couldn't de-
vote an hour a day to the Lord had a
larger business than the Almighty in
tended he should have.
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
Tonight's armory meeting is to be
especially for young people. 1t will be-
gin at 7.30 O'Clock and a general request
for attendance has been made upon the
many young peoples church societies
Tomorrow afternoon a children's ser.
vice will begi2 at o'clock and in the
evening there'will be the regular ser
vice when "Consecration" will be the
topic of Mr.. Crittenton's address. The
subject will be divided into three parts
THE Command, the Possibility, thu
How" In the course of this addres!
Mr.. Crittenton will relate for the frs
and only time during his stay here the
story of his own conservation to re
ligious work.
Sundays meetings will be as follows
| Morning, Jackson street Baptis
church; afternoon, Providence ar
mory; evening, Elm Park church. II
, Elm Park church the Florence mission
rescue work will be described. TIL
discourse will be in the nature of
popular lecture.
Last night Mr.. Crittenton's talk wa
introduced by a solo, II Shall Know
Him by the Nail Prints" sung by MI
J Wallace. His text was, Behold wha
. manner of love-" He made fervid ref
, | erence to Christ's sacrifice upon tn
cross and quoted the Bible freely Il
citation of the abounding love of tn
) Almighty for a sinful world. At tn
, close of the discourse there was a serie
of silent prayers, hymns sung in 10y
voice and a period of exhortation.