The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-15


For board of education ........ LIS ~
For board of church cNtCnsiOn... 1.ij2 81
For board of freedmen ......,..... S,O47 80
For board of aid for Western col
lego ......,............,........ 4,2i7 0G
For board of Sunday school work $40 q
For board of ministerial relief. 8,S23 81
For stistentation of weak churches 1,Gi3 ~
For general assembly fund ...... 2,0i1 O6
For miscellaneous contributions. $3.50 IS
whole amount of benevolent CON
tributions .........................1O2.5 .1O2 $50 O6
For congregational purposes dur
ing the same period ............1Ol,55 ,553 2S
Whole amount of money raised S2O3,S39 -
The annual average ............ 2O3S3 SO
ASSUMED GREATER BURDENS.
With the coming i'm of this pastoratc,
the board of trustees of this church
moved forward to assume heavier imam
Cial burdens. a manse was needed and
promised. They were the pioneers here
i'm the example they set of erecting q
mansc worthy of the future Of this city.
| Other prominent churches have SIN "a
then cmulatcd and are emulating their
example. But when they erected our
manse there was not another equal to 1t
in Eastern Pennsylvania for convent
/ cnce, comfort attractiv>ncss and beauty
of situation.
As of the board of trustees. so of the
| session of this church. They are brcth-
rem beloved wise Counsclors, earnest CO.
labOrers and sympathizing friends with
true spiritual insight into the churCh's
greatest needs and fine loyalty to Jesus.
AS | look upon these eight dear brethren
| can recall no differences between us, no
/ word of theirs that has ever given me
! pain. We have seen eye To eye. We have
| knclt together until our hearts have been
/ melted into one. This work could never
| have been done without you true yoke
! fellows" Upon the name of one who led
| us in spiritual life and power, ANA who is
/ not with Us, because God took MIN, our
beloved brother, Charles Watson, we lay
| the unfading wreath of loving memory.
The Sunday school which has broadcncd
! out into three bands, is another most inn
! portant factor in making up the decen-
/ nial history. 1t Is a large tributary wlicn
| has poured into the church channel a con-
/ stant stream of sweet fresh young fife.
/ | count it a privilege aud a blessing which
| ! most cordially recognize, that we have
/ had i'm the Sunday school department Of
church work, such consecrated, intelligent
| service, through all, these years. And
| particularly that We have had for more
| than ten years at the head Of our church
| school, one whose ability, devotion and
| spirit | praise God for.
Dear Christian women of the Home
| Missionary society, let by your self-sac-
| rifiCing, interchangeable president send
| ing the streams of your henetcenCe out
| on to barren fields of the west and south,
delightng worn home missionaries and
their families and needy students in many
! schools under the care of our great
! church in this country.
RICH PART OF THE RECORD.
Your unremitting work. augmented by
| your church aid society, forms rich part
| of this record of ten years. Dear Chris
! tian women of the Foreign Missionary So
| ciety, with sacred memories of holy dead,
| whose departure we can never cease to
mourn, while you have only increased
| your zeal; you have helped to make China
and Persia, and other heather lands
| praise God for this church, and because
| of your most liberal devisings, a recent
| beautiful memorial of the late beloved
president, Miss Emma Vail a choice
blessing from the Holy Spirit has rested
| upon US. The briefest historical survey
of this pastorate, now of ten years dur
alton, would disclose in the forefront of
helpful, blessed cooperating forces the
| most efficient service of these gOdly Chris
| tian women.
This special forward movement began
with the visit Of the Rev. Robert Wilder,
one of the organizers of the Student Vol
unteer Missionary movement, and since
that time the special missionary among
young men in India of the Lafayette Ave-
nue. church, Brooklyn, and who now, in
his years vacation at home, takes, for
that time, the work among the theol )g-
iCal scminarieS which was laid down by
our dear son of this church, Rev Henry
| w. Luce, that he might carry out his
cherished plan to be a missionary to
| China. IL was during this visit of NJ
| Wilder's to this church nine years ago
| last summer and Under the impulse awak-
| ened by his influence through the Holy
| Spirit that your pastor SUI fsted to the
| Christian EndeaVOr to str. TO raise
| enough to part pay at least the salary OF
| some foreign missionary. the fact that
| the Rev. John q. Watson, the oldest son
| of our beloved elder, Mr.. Charles Watson,
| and who was then "a hCmc missionary in
Oregon had just given himself to the for
cign mission world gave the rallyIng
| thought to our young people. Tney
moved with a most earnest purpose and
| in a canvass of the church, through
| some very generous subscriptions and a
large number of small subscriptions Which
swelled the aggregate they raised enough
not only for Mr.. Watson's entire support
| but that Of his wife, and after a pro.
foundly tender and impressive farewell
service, addressed principally by the Rev
| DR.. EllmWood, secretary Of our foreign
board, they sailed for Persia nine years
= ago last September, and have been oul
honOrcd missionaries ever since. From
, that action of our church, the Christian
Endeavor society, there went forth, as
a perennial fountain, streams of new
, missionary interest at home and abroad
MISSION SCHOOL STARTED.
The Christian Endeavorcrs felt strongly
moved to start a mission school some
where in the city, and after much prayel
and consultation with the session, a mis-
sion called "rhe Branch" was begun on
the corner of Adams avenue and LarCt
street, which has been signally blest o.
God. The earI est and sef-saCritlcns
unrlyprS i'm that field have bgau most wise
, iy and faithfully led through these years
10y Mr.. Charles II. Chandler now an el
der in our ChulCh. About this time
= | strong desire was felt that some devoted
, | Christian woman might be specially Sc
apart and supported by the women of thi
church for work in this city.
| Through some very generous suDscrip
tons for this purpose, and the efficient as
: Stance Of the church aid society, the ar
rangement was completed and Mrs. caro-
: line Stevens was appointed to that work
Her gentle spirit and her fidelity will no
soon be forgotten by the many friend
, she made here. After some little time o
faithful service, Mrs. Stevens retired ol
account of her health, and Miss Mary +
: | mans seminary at NorthGeld ana Of tn
= | Moody Training school, Chicago, eutcre
: | upon the work. She was a young Woma,
, | Of peculiar gifts and devotion, and II
:, cnumeratng the forces which hav
worked together to make these ten year
memorable her name with her saInte
life in heaven will stand high,
= She started the mothers meetings an
| chldrcn's meetings in the Branch and OF
n | the West Side Of the city, and also IN
: Junior Christian Endeavor society i'm thi
+ church. Through her influence, the at
e tention of two specially gifted and de
.