The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-11

Under the name "laymen's week." at
Elm Park church. the pastor, DR.. Gif-
fin. has arranged for special services
the coming week. He will speak on
sabbath morning on "Laymen's
Duties" and the following laymen will
lead the meetings: On Tuesday George
Mahy and the Young Mems Christian
association band; Wednesday, l.. i.
Bower, of Asbury church; Thursday,
l.. w. Pearsall and Yoke Fellows
band; Friday, J. G.. Shepherds Ep-
worth league. These are to be revival
services and are intended to indicate
the place and power of the laity in
pushing the church work to a success.
Beginning Monday evening, March
49, a series of evangelistic meetings
will be held in the Washburn Street
Presbyterian church for two weeks.
The services will begin at 7.30 p. IN.
and last Just one hour Notable preach
ers will speak at these services. The
general public is cordially invited to
attend.
William p. Butler a well-known
business man of Mauch Chunk, will
speak TO men at the Church of the
Good Shepherd tomorrow evening. The
meeting will be conducted under the
auspices OF the Good Shepherd chapter
of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Mr..
Butler is one of the most active lay
men in the Protestant Episcopal church
and one of its strongest speakers. He
will speak at st. Luke's church to-
morrow morning.
Professor j. NJ. Chance has prepared
the following music for the evening
service tomorrow in the Second Pres
byterian church:
Organ Prelude, Pastoral ........... Salome
Anthem, when My Heart Is over
whelmed' ......................Br Bradbury
Offertory, Duet protecting Care"
Mendelssohn
Misses Black and Garagan.
organ Postude .............,.,........Stc
Harry Curtis, secretary at North
Tonawanda. n. Y, will address the gos-
pei meeting at the Railroad Depart
ment Young Mems Christian associa-
tion Sunday afternoon at 3.45 o'clock.
All railroad men and their families are
cordially invited.
The death of Rev. A. J. Kynett which
occurred recently, has made vacant
the office of senior corresponding sec
retary Of the board of church extern
sion of the Methodist Episcopal church.
The president of the board is Bishop G..
d. FosS. 1t has been decided to defer
action on filling the vacancy until the
general conference to he held in Chi
cago in May, 1900. The other corre-
spending secretary, DIR. w. A. Spencer.
will now be the executive officer and
his assistant will be Rev. ManleV s.
Hard, d. D., who was pastor of the
Centenary church in this city for five
and one-half years. For the past six
years he has been the assistant corre-
spending secretary, a position filled for
the sixteen years previous by Bishop
c. C. McCabe.
The Women's association of the First
Congregational church of Detroit has
adopted a resolution favoring the re-
moVal OF hats at every church service.
The initial movement was made last
Sunday, when two young women re-
moved their hats so that persons back
of them might see former pastor, who
had returned for the day. This action
was warmly commended after the SER
vice and a request was read that the
custom OF removing hats be at once
.tarted, The action of the Women's
association was the result. The decis-
ion is a sensible one.
A summer school Of theology is to be
opened next July at Harvard. The aim
of the school is ito provide a place
where clergymen and divinity students
may gather for the study of subjects
which may have intrinsic and current
theological interest. and where they
may feel the inspiration which comes
from direct contact with the best and
most recent results of modern scholar
ship" The courses TO be offered will
be on the Old Testament. church his
tory and theology. Fifteen lectures will
be delivered in each. besides occasional
evening lectures. The work for the
summer of 1900 will be in the New Tes-
lament, homiletics and the compara-
tive study of religions. The success of
the school is fairly assured by the list
OF instructors offered: From Harvard
there Will be Profs. c. c. Everett. C.
IL. Toy, q. II. Palmer ID. G.. Lyon, !.
w. Platner and ]. II. Ropes. From
other institutions there will be Prof
Allen of the Episcopal Theological
school, of Cambridge; Prof. Clarke. of
Colgate; President Hyde, of Bowdoin;
prof. McGiffert, of the Union Theologi- |
cal seminary, and Prof. Mitchell of the |
Andover Theological seminary.
In order to celebrate the close of this |
century and the 10th birthday of Cen |
eral Booth, which occurs in April, the |
Salvation army intends to make an |