The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-18
Religious....

been the corresponding secretary, IS
the first to hold the position. Mrs. D.
/. wild of Rockdalc was chosen dele
gate to the national convention to be
held i'm Chicago.
In accordance with the report of the
nominating committee, presented by
Mrs. l.. G.. Floyd, the chairman, the
district secretaries were reapponted
and the head of departments named as
follows: Young peoples work, Mrs. j.
G. Deacock of West Pittston; supplies
Mrs. j. w. Thomas Of West Pittston;
reading circles, Mrs. @. j, Lewellyn;
local work, Mrs. U. II. Bump of Scran-
ton, and home missions, Mrs. j. w.
Hat'twell. The society adjourned to
meet next year I'm Oneonta.
a program of music, which promises
to be really quite elaborate, at least
for the Thanksgiving season, is to be
given in the Providence Presbyterian
church by the splendid choir, under
the direction of choir master G. +.
Whittemore, on Sunday evening pre-
ceding our national Thanksgiving.
Studious care has been devoted to the
selection of the music and already sew
eral evenings have been spent by the
full choir in the painstaking work of
preparation. A service of anthem
praise i'm all respects worthy and APP
propTiate for Thanksgiving Sabbath
| may be confidently anticipated by peo'-
pie who enjoy praise worship. Choir
master Whittemore has recently
strengthened the choir by accepting
thSee excellent accessions-Miss Con-
| ger, soprano; Mr.. Fred Smith, Basso,
| and Mr.. Richards, tenor, for the APP
preaching special service. Miss Clara
Sanders will also assist the choir.
John Phillip Quinn, whose lecture be.
| fore the ministers of the city was
| noted iSl a recent ISSUE of The Tribune
| will conduct a meeting in the Lyceum
| theater on Sunday afternoon at $50
His lecture will be on the evils OF
| gambling and will be forcibly illus
| trated by the exhibition OF many of thu
methods used to fleece the unwary.
This meeting is held at the reques
| of the ministers of the city offered a
| the meeting referred to above, and will
he open to all men. An attractive fea
ture will be the singing of the Can
adian evangelistic trio, who are nov
at work In Carbondale, and who come
to Scranton and give their services on
Of regard for Mr.. Quinn. whom the!
have long known.
Great preparations are being made by
the young people of the difteren
churches for the coming visit of Mcssrs
Gage and Niclrey of the Yale Mission
band. This band has been doing hom
and foreign mission work in our larg
cities the past year and the band be
gan it's work in our own city. TheS
two gentlemen and earnest worker
will visit us the first week Of Decem
ber Saturday evening, December g.
meeting Of the members of the mis-
sionary committees and bands will b
held in the parlors of the Elm Par
church at o'clock when Messrs. Gag
and Nickrey will give talks. Sunda
afternoon, December 3, at 4 o'clock,
mass meeting will be held in the audi
torium of the Penn Avenue Baptis
church and all young people intereste
in Christian work are invited to al
tend. Addresses will also be made q
this gathering by Messrs. Gage an
Nickrey. Sunday evening, at 730, the
will be at the church service in tn
Second Presbyterian church.