The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-03
UNIQUE FORM OF
MISSIONARY WORK
SEVERAL YALE GRADUATES
HAVE ENLISTED IN 1T.
One of the Members of the Band is
Arthur Williams, of This City.
Young Men Have no Aid from
Any Missionary Society and no
Support Save Their own Efforts.
Members Of the Band Spoke in
Various Churches of the City--out-
line of Their Work.

Scranton has the distinction of being
the starting point of a unique move
ment, the exact significance of which
can scarcely be measured or perhaps
even understood at this time. Some
thing was said on Saturday in these
columns of the proposed work Of the
Yale Band, which is composed of five
young men whose avowcd aim is to
arouse interest in foreign missions.
These Ave are from five different states
in the Union and are representatives OF
three great churches. Mr.. Arthur Will
liams, whose home has been in this
city for some years, is known by a
large circle. He is a Yale graduate
and is the only one of the Band whose
work is to be directed along single
professional line. Mr.. Williams has
always had the intention of going to
the foreign field and has prepared for
it not only in theology but as a physi-
clan. lie is a valued member of the
Second Presbyterian church and pos
sesses many brilliant qualities which
will be of special service to him in
foreign work.
OF the others. Mr.. ID. B. Eddy is
from Kansas and is the son of the late
receiver of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway before it was purchased
by Jay Gould. He is one of the most
earnest members of the Band, and
indeed is considered to possess perhaps
the most marked evangelistic ability.
His utter cCnsecration to his chosen
work impresses all who hear him
speak.
]. l.. Thurston is the son of a leading
pastor in Massachusetts, whose re-
markable record in raising missionary
funds is we'll known. c. V. Vickey has
been the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation college secretary of Nebraska
and is a fine speaker, as is also Mr..
c. b. Gage, of New York. All the
young men expect to go as foreign mis-
Sionaries.
HAVE NO AID.
The young men have started out un-
der no auspices save their own. They
have no aid from any missionary soci-
ETY. and no support save their own ef-
forts and the help they may receive
from kind friends in the cities where
they labor. The idea emanated entire.
ly from their devotion to the cause
They early in its history became in
tereSted in the Student Volunteer
movement which is now rather gener-
ally understood and which aims pri.
marily to secure college students to sc
to the foreign field encouraging these
volunteers to study with that view.
These young men of the Yale Bant
thought out the plan of going over the
country stirring up enthusiasm in tn.
churches, particularly in the young
peoples societies in behalf of the work
Before definitely committing them.
selves to the project they consulted
eminent men in various churches ant
finally placed the matter before the
missionary boards of the four grea
! churches, Methodist, PresbS terian
Baptist and Congregationalist. These
with one accord gave their most hearty
encouragement and seemed to agree
| with the enthusiastic young men tha
they were called of God to do thi!
work.
The members of the Eand spoke il
various churches yesterday and las
| evening addressed young peoples
| meetings in different parts of the city
| Tomorrow night they will meet Will
! the Epworth League cabinet of the city
| union in Elm Park reading rooms
| There will also be meetings in sever
| al other churches throughout the city
! on Thursday afternoon the ladies o
the city are invited to meet at in,
Second Presbyterian church when the!
will be addressed by the Band, and OF
| Thursday evening a general mas
meeting will be held in Elm Parl
church if possible. After leaving thi
city the young men will go to Harris
burg, Baltimore. Washington, Dayton
o., and other points. After visitin,
Chicago they will return along rh
northern and eastern part Of the coun
try, terminating their tour at Boston
ADDRESSES YESTERDAY.
Among the addresses made yesterda,
those of Mr.. Eddy at the Second Pres
byterian and Elm Park churches at
tracted special attention. He spoke Il
an impassioned way that appealed I
| all his hearers and with a smplicit
that went to the heart of his subjec
at once. He said that all but one o
| the four mission boards had told tn
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