The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-08

dren"-Rev. L. J. Morris, Wilkes
Barre.
EVENING SESSION.
7.00 Introductory service-Rev. Mr.. Rob-
inson, West Pittston.
7.30 Sermon--Rev. II. n. Harris, Mt. Car
mel.
SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION.
MORNING SESSION.
900 Service of song and prayer.
$50 Address of Welcome.
Business session.
1O.15 Address, what Position Should the
Temperance Question occupy in
Our SchColsg' - David Thomas,
West Pittston.
1890 Address, 1.-The Relative Importance
of Sacred Geography in Sunday
Schools''-Rev. ID. j.. Harris, Will
iamstown.
1100 Address, How Can Taste for
Healthy Literature Be Cultured in
Our Schools?"-J. p. Davis, Kings
ton.
u3o Open conference
AFTERNOON SESSION.
200 Devotional exercises.
230 Reports,
400 Address, "The Training of the Child"
DIR. w. II. Williams, Mt. Carmel.
$50 Address-ReV. William Smith, Nam
400 Address-Rev. E. IL Roemig, Leb-
anon.
EVENING SESSION.
700 Song service.
7.So Address-Rew. Z. II. Roemig, Leb-
anon.
The Young Women's Christian asso-
citation will observe a week of prayer,
from Oct to 16, during which the
young women of the world are to be
especially the subject of prayer. The
regular Sunday afternoon meetings
will be held, and every day following
there will be a noon prayer meeting.
On Monday at p. m. the board will
meet for prayer. Thursday being the
day Of prayer, there will be n special
evening service. Sunday, oct. 16, the
state secretary, Miss Dunn, will lead
the afternoon meeting. Young women
are cordially invited to these services.
The following special musical pro-
gramme will be rendered at the Call
vary Reformed church, corner Monroe
avenue and Gibson street, Sunday, at
7.30 D. M:
PRELUDE ..............---.-...... .OrGanist
Rally song ............-.............. .GeiDel
Gloria ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lehman
Gather the Children ..~.............Geibol
Seed Time and Harvest t..............Geibel
Harvest Gathered Williams
All Good Gifts ......................Sch
Goiuen ShedNcS ,GelDel
Come Thankful People .......A. Kingsley
A special number will be a violin
solo by Master Thiele. Secretary Pear
sail. of the Railroad Young Mems
Christian association, will speak on
Army Work"
The Womens Home Missionary So
.ciety, of the Lackawanna Presbytery,
held its annual meeting at Wyalusing
this week. Among the clever papers
read, one by Mrs. II. V. Logan, of
this city, on the work among the for
d eigners, attracted much favorable
comment. This work is exciting a
great deal of interest and deserves
more than it gets. Mrs. a. +. Hunt,
of Scranton, made an excellent ad-
dress. Avoca was selected as the place
of the next meeting.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, Miss May Strong,
West Pittston; vice-p president, Mrs.
Charles kirkpatrick, Scranton; Mrs.
+. II. Brooks, Wilkes Barre; Miss Fam
ME Reed, Montrose; Mrs. II. Il. Cav
lord, Wyalusing; Presbyterial treasur-
er Mrs. a. f. Hunt, Scranton; cores
ponding secretary, Miss NJ. Mates
Scranton; recording secretary. Miss
Nettie King, Dunmore; secretary of
Freedmen, Mrs. ]. " Darling. Wilkes
Barre; secretary of literature, Miss
Emily Reynolds, Kingston; secretary of
young peoples work, Miss Virginia
Welles, Wyalusing. Among the ladies'
in attendance from this city were Mrs.
"A. T., Hunt, Mrs. w. e. Plumley. Mrs
II. V. Logan, Mrs. Freeman, Miss
King and Mrs. Doty.
The torty-second anniversary Of the
Lackawanna Bible society will be held
in the Second Presbyterian church
Sunday evening, oct. ., at 73O n. m
All persons interested in the Bible arc
cordially invited 10 be present. An
address will be delivered by Rev. lanes
MORROW, ID. d., secretary Of the Penn
sylvania Bible society.
All railroad men and their families
are cordially invited to come and hear
Rev DR.. Hughes, Of Kimberly, South
Africa, who will speak at the Railroad
department of the Young Mems Chris
tian association, Sunday afternoon at
345 o'clock.
The ministerial association of the
Wyoming conference will be held Mon
day and Tuesday next at Waverly.
Rev. Wilson Treble is president and
Rev. F. w. Young is secretary. The
session open at 2,30 p. m. Monday.
An opportunity will be given Tues
day evening, October II, at Elm Park
church, of making a tour through Pal
estine and its adjacent countries with
out leaving the city, as Mr.. James G..
Shepherd will at p. m. deliver his
lecture on "A Pilgrimage to the Prom
ised Land" Mr., Shepherd is a very
pleasing speaker and his lecture can
not but be most entertaining.
The annual election Of Sunday school
officers Of the First Presbyterian church