The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-20
Religious


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closed this week in Wilkes Barre, was
an important event. Few people out
side the immediate circle of this or
ganization realize its significance in
the constantly widening influence il
eXerts. 1t is not until one attends n
convention that the full and complete
conservation made by thousands of
young women i'm the land is family
| understood. The beauty of the work is
that it touches all classes. The college
girl with her splendid. brilliant intel
| lect, her eager ambitions and rosy an
! ticipations of a useful life comes into
| the magic circle drawn by the beau
tiful character of other earnest girls,
and suddenly her outlook changes and
| the world, her career her own life have
new meaning, and how far the effect
| of her own awakened impulses thus
rightly directed may extend, iss some
| thing no earthly prophet can foretell.
| The girl in lowly life subject to temp
! tations of which her college sister
knows nothing, is also brought under
| the sway of young women in city as
| sociations whose lofty ideals lift her
| beyond the sordid conditions she has
known. Between these representatives
of class distinction range a long line of
| workers who reach out and touch the
| heartstrings Of the community with
| such a blessed and wonderful touch
| that no human soul can reckon the re-
suits on earth, much less in the life
| beyond.
According to a circular letter issued
by the executive committee of ten Of
| the Rescue Mission it is a question
| whether that institution can be con-
| tinued for another year. The commit
| tee has found 1t no easy task to pro-
vide funds for the missions support
| and, as far as they are concerned, it
| will close Jan. l. The facts in the mat
| ter are revealed in the following cir
| cular:
Dear Friend We, the members of the
executive committee of the Scranton Res
| cue Mission, take this means to inform
| you that 50 far as we are officially con-
! cerned the mission will close January l,
| 1898.
For six years we have given Of our tirac
| and assumed personal responsibility for
this work, and we feel that the burden
| should be placed upon other shoulders,
If the Christian people of Scranton are
| interested enough in the mission to guar
| antee it's financial support for another
| year, new workers can be found who will
! take up the work and doubtless accom-
| plish better results than heretofore.
| The Scranton Rescue Mission was
opened at III Franklin avenue. February
| II, 1892, and for six years its doors have
never been closed. The class of people
| whom the mission reaches and appeals to
| is not reached, as We believe, by any other
Christian organization or by the churches
| Since the mission opened, 2,2Sl meet
| ings have been held, attended by over
| 1770O0 people, many Of whom have been
| converted and rescued from the slums Of
| our city.
In addition to the other work, a lodg-
| ing house has been maintained where
| those considered deserving have found
| shelter, some free and others at prac-
| tically nominal figure. The number of
| free lodgings furnished is i,52l and of
paid lodgings 1850. Consider the intu-
| once tor good which such an institution
wields in a city like Scranton. You have
| been a regular subscriber to this noble
| work. We are sure you have been blessed
in giving to it. VIII you continue to
| give, is the important question, or would
you prefer that the mission should close?
| With you rests the responsibility. We be-
lieve that there is no better work to be
| done in this city, and that it should not
| be allowed to close VIII you give to
| those who will be called upon to take up
the work in our stead the same hearty
and cordial support you have given to us?
| Your prompt response upon the en-
! closed card before December l will indi-
cate whether or not you desire the work
| to continue.
That the work may continue and in
crease in good is the prayer of your
obedient servants,
Luther Keller. William NIcClave, j. A.
| Lansing, w. J. Hand, ID. b. AthertOn, A.
| W. Dickson, J. w. Guernsey, C. d. Jones,
j. T. Porter T, J. Foster, Executive Com
| mittee.
There will he a change inaugurated
in the Sunday afternoon devotional
meeting at the Y. w. c. A. tomorrow.
| a novel testimonial meeting will be
held, to which all ladies, whether men,
| bers of the association or not, are cor
daily invited to attend and give per-
sonal testimony of the help they have
received from the splendid series of
meetings addressed by Mrs. Norvel
during her stay in the city The meet
ing will begin at 345 and adjourn at
430 sharp. Mrs. Brewster and Miss
Huber will conduct the song service
Tuesday evening and open parliament
will be held at the rooms, at which
time any and all questions pertinent
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answered. Miss Brooks, state secre-
tary, will preside at this meeting.
! Rev. S. Guy Snowden caused consid-
cradle CONSERVATION last Sunday even
ing at Moscow by making an attack
from the pulpit on dancing, He con-
cluded his sermon by this appeal:
Young people, for the sake of virtue
and honor. for characters sake, give
up this devlish amusement. Avoid il
as you would one who goes about seek
ing to kill YOU. Then your health will
be preserved. your mental develop
ment will not be hindered, your spr-
itual interests will not be jeopardized,
and your character will be spotless"
The first service in the Amerman
Memorial chapel Of the Penn Avenue
Baptist church will probably be held
on Sunday, Nov. 27. On the following
Sabbath the formal dedicatory service
will likely be held. The structure is
almost completed, the only work to be
done being that Of putting the doors
and windows in place and painting.
A letter was received by the secre-
tary of the Home for the Friendess
: this week from Bioker II. Washington,
: the famous negro leader Of his race,
} asking for a report and certain data of
our institution.
The Sunday afternoon meeting for
women at the South Side Young Wo-
| ,,on,s Christian association roor,c I0O1