The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-19

The second day of the LaCkawanna
Presbytery. which Is in session at Ply
mouth, was devoted to business ses-
sions. A large amount of routine work
was accomplished. The Presbytery is
a fine looking body of men and the
sessions are largely attended. \ num-
Der of Scranton men We're i'm attend
ance yesterday. Among whom were
Rev. DR.. Logan, Rev. DIR. James Me-
I1eod, Rev. DR.. C. l.. Robinson, Rev.
DR.. Lansing, Rev. Mr.. Stenman. Rev.
Mr.. Guild, Rev. DR.. Nordt, Rev. Mr..
Moffatt. Nessrs. j. II. Torrev, Frnk,
Carr, T.. X. Tracey, T.. A. Reynolds
and G.. W. Benedict
The morning session opened at .
o'clock. Rev. ID. II. Smythe, of Avoca.
| leading the devotional exercises. Rev.
A. NJ. Higgins was received from the
Preshytery of Newton and Rev. Il. s.
Ermentrout, from Huntington. \ rail
from the Second church of Wyalusing
for the pastoral service Of Rev. +. :
Ermentrout was read and the commis .
sion from the church by C.. a. Stowell
! was heard. The call was then found
| in order and placed in Mr.. Ermcn-
! trout's hands. He was granted leave
! to hold the call until the next meeting
of the Presbytery.
| EVANGELISTIC WORK.
! A similar procedure was employed
with regard to Rev. David Davis Rev.
| T. A. Nuls Phi. D., made a favora DE
1 report i'm reference to local Evangelist
James G. Campbell. The reports were
| accepted and his license renewed for
six months, continuing under the pas
/ tOral charge Of Rev. r.. a. Nulls and
l in charge of the church at Bernice.
Thomas Burns, a member of the
! LangCliffe church, who expected to en-
/ ter Lafayette college work, was in
troduCed to the Fresbytery by his past
or, Rev. ID. T. Smythe. Samuel Nc
! DOWell, n member of the Stella church.
and a friend in Princeton University
was introduced to the Presbytery by
/ his pastor. Rev. NJ. " Bartlett. j. p
Edwards and David r. Evans. mem
bers of the Plymouth church. and Stew
art Day. of the Bennett church, We're
introduced by their pastor, Rev. T.
Flack. Stewart Day is the son Of Rev
w. j. Day. who was unable to be pre-.
sent at the session. The Young mer
were received and placed under the care
of the pastor as candidates for the gos.
pei ministry.
4 number of Clergymen We're intro
duced. Rev. G. w. Harvey, pastor OF
the Christian church; Rev. w. L. Ev-
ans, pastor of the Congregational
church, and Rev. John Bath. Dele
gates to the General assembly at Min
neapolis We're elected as follows: g
T.. Guild, J. ]. Rankin, p. II, Br Dok s
| L u ID II
w. ID. Crandall, l. j. Lansing.
MISSION DEBT ALMOST PAID.
Rev. DR.. John Dixon, of New B"uns-
| wick, gave the address of last eve
| ming. DR.. Dixon is the assistant sec
| retary of the Board of Home Missions
and is brilliant speaker. lie told Of
the debt which once oppressed the
board with the weight of $4,000 but
which has been reduced to $14,U... The
Lackawanna Presbytery has paid to-
| ward this debt $763.i2, including a con,
tribution of $3.50 from DIR. Hodges
| church. Wilkes Barre. The Presbytery
has contributed the sum of $5,0l9.77, az
advance of $3.50.
If the debt be secured and the boarl
can report it to the General assembly
|
work in Alaska, along the Yukon val.
ley where it is proposed to send thre'
ministers, perhaps five, and TO Port
Rico, where one or TWO VII. be sent
The board expects to heed calls il
some new and old places long demand
ing service. No church is greatly
prosperous unless it is active in mis-
sion work
| The speaker then proceeded to de-
scribe graphically the heroism in mis-
sion work. In no place is this show
more than in Alaska, where along the
Yukon, men are ready to go and suf
fer untold privations for gold. They
are also ready to go for Christ anC
missionaries there bury themselves al
cut off from communication with tn,
world, save perhaps once a year. they
are worse off than in Central Africa
where they can reach the outer worlC
in twenty-four hours by telegraph.
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