The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-15

society came up at this point and an
| animated discussion followed. DR.. T.
G. Smith spoke in favor of keeping up
the work began by a noble layman
meaning Hon. William Connell. He be-
| lieved the benevolence should he car
ried on, but not on war basis.
In the course of his remarks DIR.
Smith paid high tribute to Mr.. Con
| nell and stated that the society had
done great good that the agent. DR..
Van Cleft. had done as we'll as any
man could do. He believed that no
| concealment had been intended by the
committee.
In the relation of oil this matter no
reflections has been made on the agent
in any sense. II. NJ Crydenwise wished
to state that the insinuatiOn regarding
warfare in the matter was n mistake; !;
none existed. Information was all that
Is desired. Or. Giffln arose to say that
the matter will be discussed on Satur-
day night at the anniversary of the
Aid society. 1t was voted to receive
the report of the truSteees with relation
to the further employment OF an agent
and a continuance of the one per cent.
tax for the fund.
COMPLEMENTARY RESOLUTION.
Rev. A. F. Chanfee presented reso-
luton complimentary to Rev. Joseph
Madison who is about to retire after
forty-three years in the ministry. Dr..
James Morrow, of the Bible society,
made an address at this point in the
interest of his work. He paid a trib-
ute to Rev. S. 5. Kennedy and ex-
b,t Go in
ness.
Chancellor Day, Of Syracuse univers-
ity, was then welcomed with hearty
applause. He spoke in the interests OF
that institution, giving encouraginf
facts upon the increasing advantages
Three new courses, civil and electrical
engineering and Pedagogy. have been
added. A club is included in the rec
reatiOn arrangements, whiCn affords no
opportunity for drinking intoAiCapts.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the am iversary of the H Il, rioal So
cirty under the direction 90 Ur NJ :.
Hard. Rev. Thomas H,'rcUn offered
pri%"r. DR.. Y. c. Smith conc ted the
responsive reading. The Wyoming con-
ference quartette. Rev. St"nhCn Jay,
NJ, S. Hard, |. r. Thomas, ]. H. Race.
Interesting address.
DR. Jonathan X. Peck, archivest, told
o, his new treasures. Among them
we're pictures of the delegates Of The
general conference of 1864, photograph
Of the Wyoming trio, a book entitled
Luther Peck and His Five Sons" BY
the archivest, covering eighty years of
history, with the war of the giants in
1919 and the withdrawal Of the ,uth
sr.' portion of the church.
Mrs. Nina NJ. Blackman gave an IN
teresting paper on Norwich Pastors
and Presiding Elders" 1t recounted in
teresting details of a hundred years of
Methcdism in this town. this being the
centennial year of the church's history.
She was little child in the church i'm
which Rev. Samuel Moore was pastor
in his former pastOrate here, before he
went to frontier work
REV MIR. RICE's PAPER.
Rev W. q. Simpson announced the
next hymn and Rev. Charles L. Rice
read an excellent paper on THE Local
Preachers | Nenerated In the Long
Ago. Oliver Lewis, of Luzerne coun-
ty, was among those mentioned at
length. The paper was valuable in his
toric information.
Dr, john Alfred Faulkner. OF Drew.
gave an address, THE Story of
Methodist Schism," which related 70
a division in the church some Years
acc.
The old board Of officers were re-
elected as follows: President, NJ S.
Hard; vice-president, the presiding
elder, and corresponding secretary. G,
A. Benjamin; treasurer Isaac Ship
man; librarian, L. l.. Sprague; archi-
vest, J. X. Peck
This evening the anniversary of the
Church Extension society was cele-
Orated. Rev. X. p. Ripley announced
the first hymn Rev c. A. BENJAMIN
and Rev. Lyman B. Weeks conducted
the responsive reading The Wyoming
quartette sang, after which the confer
enee treasurer made his report.
The Rev. NJ. $. Hard, d. d.. spoke
from the theme TOO Many Churches"
He said!
with lifetime spent in the east where
churCheS are so abundant il may be a
conclusion that the churches already
had are too poorly attended This fact
however Is far from being true through
lhe south ana west, Within month a
pastor appealed to us for aid i'm Kansas.
stating that there were twent y-eight
square miles in which he lived, that Inara
wat not a Protestant church Of an de-
nomination.
woman in Spokane stated TO us a few
months ago that she goes six miles of a
week night once in three weeks 10 hear a
sermon and that there are no churches
nearer to her. A Scotch miner said 10 us
lhat he heard sermon in Montana once
a year,
Having helped 1862 churches into being
!. Is lalr 10 presume that the bulk Of
These churches would never have been
built had IT not been for church extension.
Kansas has within its territory 800
Methodist churches, but ~ have been
aided by the board
THIS work surely would not have bee,