The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-16


your congregation; they will not put up
with Eibborsh You must study. | am
not talking to these old preachers. They
preach a great deal better than you ever
will unless you mend your pace. Make
great preachers of yourselves. You can
do it, You do not want personal glory.
On the field of Jena Napoleon devastated
the Germany army. The day after the
battle lad walked over to field and
examined the muskcts. Finally he said
our people were butchered by the French
because of our inferior guns. He hast
ened to Paris. wrought under Napoleon's
gunsmiths and finally I'm years after Ma
poleon slept beneath the bilows on the
island the massacre of jena was avenged
by the needle gun invented by the little
lad grown tall.
Big words are the tombs in which we
bury our little ideas. DO not write" eX-
Spend time in your
study. Don't preach too long. twenty
five or thirty minutes is long enough to
preach twice a day to the same people
Every man can be a good pastor. There
is no excuse for him to be anything else
Take care of the children. Know every
man, woman and child i'm your church by
name.
The class then reported and was
questioned and DR. n. H. Dresser, of
Minnesota and f.. T. X. Greene, of the
Central New York conference: DR.. w.
T. Smith, secretary of missionary So
ciety; Rev. Il. A. Noble. of the Brook
lyn hospital, were introduced. The ses-
sion adjourned with henediction by DR..
Dresser
The afternoon session was devoted to
the Woman's Home Missionary so
ciety. Mrs. w. II. Pearce, president
of the society was absent. Mrs. G. b.
Kulp, Of Wilkes-Barre, corresponding
secretary COVE a beautiful report. and
as the Cheanango district has shown
little interest i'm the Home Missionary
work, she related the history of it's II
years.
DR.. Hard made a pleasing address,
speaking of the stations now occupied
by woman. II is too late to apologize
for her place at this time. Society and
| the family would be unbalanced with
| out her 1t is too late to minfy her
| power. She is already at the front, in
! law and on the platforms, giving as
| illustrations the names of Frances
Willard and Anna Dickinson.
As great leaders he mentioned Joan
| of Arc and Elizabeth Fry. Most chari-
| table organizations are conducted by
women. The Home Missionary So
| Ciety does definite work limited to this
| land. Particularly are the industrial
| homes recommended in Orangebury
and Camden. S. c., New orleans, Nor
| rstOWn, Tenn, Jacksonville. Fla. Here
girls are taught housekeeping, sewing,
| cookery and their work cannot be over
estimated. Many a pastor in the south
and west would have gone hungry and
| cold had it not been for this Organiza-
| ton.
Rev. Samuel Moore, pastor of the
| church. gave a delightful talk on his
| missionary work Of seven years in the
| Puget Sound.
At the meeting of the Women's For
| eign Missionary society this afternoon
| Mrs. c. f. Mogg, of Wilkes Barre. pre-
| sided and DR. Mogg offered prayer.
| Mrs. Mogg made a fine address, full of
| stirring enthusiasm. Mrs. George Kulp,
| Of Wilkes Barre, the corresponding
| secretary. gave a brilliant address on
| the history of the movement for seven
| teen years 1t now has 75. 900 members
! and $500 auXiliaries. Addresses were
also delivered 10y DR. Hard and Rev.
| Mr.. Moore.
| An address on baptism was delivered
] by Rev. Dr. j. a. Faulkner. He said
| there are two ways of securing inform
|
ancient literature and archaeology. The
| first mention of baptism after the new
| testament is given by the apostles.
At the evening session DR.. w. T.
| Smith, secretary of Missionary society,
| spoke on worldwide missions. He
| gave much information on the subject.
| DIR. Mogg gave small dinner at Ea gle
hotel tonight in honor of Bishop Fow-
| lAr n hot mr. IlrI n nd
| Mogg, Mrs George KuIp, Mrs. C. B.
| Penman and DR.. c. NJ GifIin
CONFERENCE NOTES.
The Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety will hold its anniversary to-
| morrow afternoon Mrs. c. Il. MCgg
of Wilkes Barre will preside. Rev DR.
S. L. Baldwin, the wel-known mission
ary to China, will make an address
DIR. and Mrs. Baldwin landed last week
from a trip to China where they spent
their twenty-iifth anniversary of work
there, having been sent for this Cele-
bration by the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society.
Bishop FOwler's address to the can
didates for full orders of the ministry
yesterday morning, was one of the
greatest ever delivered to a class OF
probatiOncrs. The keen, crystalized
thought, the epigrams, the jewels OF
dictiOn and the strange, quaint eX-
pressions followed each other i'm q
dazzling flow, certainly unequaled by
any other great orator Of this country
Rev. James Morrow, d. D., Secretary
of the American Bible society, and a
brilliant speaker will occupy the pul.
pit of the Elm Park church today.
II. c. p.