The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-06
RELIGIOUS NEWS NOTES.

Rev. w. S. Jones is visiting friends
in the West.
There will be prayer services at the
First Welsh Baptist church tomorrow.
The First Welsh Congregational
church will hold a social on Monday
evening.
Supper was served Tuesday evening
in the Penn Avenue Baptist church
lecture room.
The Pastors union held a meeting
Monday in the Young Mems Christian
association parlors.
Rev. j. r. Morris, of the Bellevue
Calvinistic Methodist church, was a
visitor in Bloomsbury this week
The Tabernacle Congregational
church conducted a successful St. Da-
vid's day banquet and entertainment
last Monday.
An elaborate programme entitled
Life Triumphant" will be rendered by
the Jackson Street Sunday school on
Easter Sunday evening, assisted by
the choir and orchestra.
Rev d. Jones, of the First Welsh
Congregational church. will preach to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock on The
Teachings of Christ-His Person and
His Work" The evening sermon will
be in English.
An all day convention of the Chris
tian alliance was held Tuesday. The
day services We're in FinnS chapel
143l Penn avenue, and the evening ses-
sion In the Green Ridge United Evan
geliCal church on Capouse avenue.
Colonel Pattie Watkins. as she is
known and beloved by hosts of Scran-
tonians, will be in the city March IL
and IA for the first time since her mar
riage to Major Fred Lindsay. Major
Lindsay will accompany her. They
come in the interests of the Volunteer
army
There will be a change in the Sunday
evening service at St. Lukes during
Lent Evening prayer will be said at
4.3O, while popular mission service
will be held at 7.30 p. m. At the mis-
sion service the rector expects to de-
liver course of sermons on THE
Church"
Rev d. Jones, pastor the First Welsh
Congregational church, is the agent in
America for Novello, Ever & Co., pub
fishers of hymnals of England Mr.
Jones this week received an assign
ment of $500 worth of congregational
hymnals, which he will distribute ac-
cording to orders received before.
Rev. John Cavanaugh, of the Free
Methodist church, Scranton, will
preach in the following places on the
Sabbath: Waverly at 1890 a. m; :. sc
for the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation at Dalton; Highland, 7.3O p. m
I'M
the coming week in Waverly. All
welcome.
An illustrated song service and Cos
pei talk Will be given at the Young
Mems Christian association service al
".45 tomorrow afternoon. The lantern
slides which will be used are from a
new selection of the most striking car
toons by the famous Rams Horn art.
ist, Frank Beard. The service will be
cid in the entertainment hall of the
Young Mems Christian association and
is free to all men.
An outline of the purposes and plans
of the international convention, a ma
tional Sabbath School association, has
been compiled by C. j. Kephart, gener.
al secretary of the Pennsylvania State
Sabbath School association. 1t com.
prlses national, state and county work
and is primarily designed to develop
and improve along uniform lines Sab.
bath school study among evangelical
denominations. l.. f. Bower, secretary
and treasurer of the Dickson Manufac-
turing company, is the president of the
Fifth State district of the convention
The gospel meeting at the Young
Women's Christian association on sun
day afternoon will be led by Rev. Mr.
Aldrich, pastor of Grace Reformed
church. This is a special invitation tC
all XOung woman TO be nresent- Ser: