The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-21

Lecture by w. X. Krips Sessions
Continued Today.
The first session Of the educational
conference on the work of the Amer
lean Baptist Publication society, ar
ranged by Rev. r. +. Y. Pierce, of this
city, was held last evening in the Penn
Avenue Baptist church, of which he is
pastor, and was attended by an audi
ence which completely filed the large
auditorium of that building.
The American Baptist Publication
society publishes and controls the sale
OF all the Baptist literature issued from
the presses of this country. In addi-
ton 10 this 1t does the home mission
ary work of the Baptist denomination
In this country, and is also q sort of
general clearing house for the litera-
ture or the world. a number of the
heads of the various departments of
this great association are now in this
city and the purpose of the educational
conference is to give the Baptists of
northeastern Pennsylvania an oppor-
tunity of hearing from the lips of these
men the story Of the great work the
society is accomplishing.
DIR. GATES PRESIDED.
AT last evenings meeting DR.. L. NJ.
Gates acted as presiding officer and
introduced the various speakers The
evenings programme was opened with
an organ voluntary by Prof. Haydn
Evans. Rev. S. G. Reading, of MOI tn
Scranton, then gave a scripture read
ing from the Acts of the Apostles on
the descent of the Holy Ghost.
Rev. r. I. Y. Pierce then extended
greetings on behalf Of the Penn ave.
nue. church to those present from the
other Baptist churches and to the as
sociation workers, who are to address
the sessions today. He expressed the
hope that the meetings would be of
! great spiritual benefit to those who at
| tended.
The choir sang the "Halleluiah''
| chorus is a splendid manner, after
which Rev. r. G.. Seymour, d. D.. of
| Philadelphia, the missionary and Bible
secretary Of the society, delivered a
| brief address.
DIR. Seymour spoke interes tingly of
| the amount Of Bibles and religious 1T
erature issued by the society and the
/ great work being done by this means
/ to save souls to God. He referred to
| the fact that the Bible is now printed
in 400 languages out of a total of 9.O6i
! languages and dialects spoken
| throughout the world, showing that
| there is yet vast deal Of work for
| the christian people OF the world tc
| do In spreading Gods truth to the ends
of the earth.
! He told in an eloquent manner of
the great influence welded over the
/ Christian church bW> the life of the
| little child and Of the necessity of
| taking care Of and teaching the young
! to follow in the footsteps of Christ
| Regarding this matter he said that the
/ publication society had been instru-
| mental in taking care of childhood
| by establishing upwards of 10000 Sun
! days schools throughout the land. In
| this connection the doctor also spoke
| of the advantages to be derived from
| having Sunday school teachers taught
| how to teach the truths of the Gospel
AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE.
Mrs. Brundage then sang "The Holy
! City" in an especially charming man.
! ner; in fact, so we'll that the audience
forgot for a moment that it was in a
church and applauded loudly. She
was followed by w. X. Krips, OF
Philadelphia, who gave a profusely
illustrated address on Nineteenth
Century Missionary Methods, or the
Gospel Hitched to Steam" Mr.. Krips
has direct charge of the various book
stores controlled by the society in diff
ferent sections of the country and his
address was a practical talk on the
work accomplished by the gospel cars
sent out by the society.
The first pictures shown were eX-
cellent views of the society's magni-
cent building, located at 1920 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, and considered by
many to be the handsomest office
building in the country. 1t is built
on the site of the old building, which
was completely destroyed by fire in
1896 The structure in twelve stories
high and GOx275 feet in size. The
society also has a separate printin3
establishment in Philadelphia which
outside of the government printing es.
tablishment in Washington, is thC
largest and most complete in the coun
try.
Views were then shown representing
the gospel cars, Of which the society
now has nine in active service. These
are extra large railroad cars hand,
somely furnished like a small chape
inside and occupied by regularly or.
dained Baptist clergymen. These are
| transported over the various railrOat
lines to remote sections Of the coun,
try, where Christian work is done by
! those in charge.
THE MISSION CARS.
The views shown last evening showed
the cars i'm service among the Chinese
in California; among the Pueblo In.
dians in the same state; among the
silver miners in Nevada; among the
MeXlcans in the southern part of Texas
and among numberless other people no.
afforded facilities for regular church
attendance.
The sessions Of the conference will
be continued all day today, in the
morning, afternoon and evening. The
local Baptist clergymen will contribute
a share of the mornings programme
and addresses will be made during the
day by Rev. Philip L. Jones. u. D..
Rev. o. f. Flippo, D. D., Rev. C. r.
Blackall and Rev. r. G. Seymour, Of
Philadelphia, and by Rev. John II.
Harris, LID, president of Bucknel
university.