The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-04

dress on "NNhat the Christ Child
Brought" The Yoke Fellows band
will also assist i'm the service.
On the following Tuesday evening
Secretary George Mahy. of the Young
Mems Christian association. will give
the address at service for men only,
and the Workers band will assist in
the meetings. Mr.. Mahy's theme viii
he What Must | DO" The Sunday
evening service will be oren for all:
the Monday and Tuesday evening
meetings will be for boys and men
only.
Rev. A. l.. Ramer, Phi. D.. pastor of
st. Marks Lutheran church, recently
prepared short circular giving sug-
gestions to his congregation. These
suggestions were made concerning
THE Lenten Season: How to Observe
It," Since then all the other Lutheran
pastors in the city have had copies
made and distributed among their own
congregations. Following is the text
of the circular:
The Lutheran church has wisely kept
the church year, with its festivals. The
season before Easter, called Lent is set
apart for meditation, prayer. repentance,
self-denial offerings for the spread of the
gospel. Every Christian who has a pro-
per conception of sin and the infinite love
of Christ, which constrained him TO die
i'm the sinners stead, desires to reflect
upon these things. WIN you, then, he
among the disciples of Jesus going up TO
Jerusalem to behold the suffering and
death of our Lord and Master? During
the Lenten season this part of our Lord 5
life will form fitting themes for our public
worship. The awful truth needs to be
brought home to your heart and holy
devotion for the Saviour awakened in
your soul. The means to accomplish this
must be spiritual, not carnal. Your pas
tor makes the following suggestions as a
profitable exercise for growth in grace
and spiritual knowledge:
Daily Bible reading and prayer in the
family and in private.
A careful reflection upon your manner
of life.
Examine yourself in the light in which
God sees you.
Faithful attendance at every public SER
vice.
A spirit of forgiveness to those who
may have offended you; forgive and ye
shall be forgiven.
Absent yourself from all sorts OF world
ly amusements.
BY the grace of God seek to overcome
your sins.
Walk as in Gods presence; His eye sees
you.
Remember Chrlst's sufferings for you;
honor and praise Him for it.
Practice self-denial economy. thereby
laying up an Easter offering for the
Lords work.
THAT We may be blameless and harm
less, the sons OF God, without rebuke, in
the midst of a crooked and perverse ma
tion; holding forth the word of life; thai
1 may rejoice in the day of Christ, that
I have NOT RIM i'm vain. neither labOrpQ IN
Vain."-Phil. 2. 10, Is.
The litany prayer will be used on weel
day services during Lent. In holy weel
the passion history, as recorded i'm th'
church book, will be read. The subjects
for study and meditation in holy weel
will be:
Palm Sunday, evening "The Alabaste
Box of Ointment;" Monday, 1.-THE Pas
over and Paschal Lamb" Tuesday
"After the Passover" Wednesday, "Ar
Thou the Christi" Thursday, "Art Tho
a <ing?" Good Friday morning. "Jesu
of Nazareth King of the Jews" Goo,
Friday evening. "rhey Shall Look on Hin
Whom They Pierced"
daily Lenten prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, VIII
hast willed that Thy Son should bear fo
as the pains of the cross, that Tho
mightest remove from us the power o
the adversary; help us TO remember an
give thanks for our Lords passion tina
we may obtain remission of sin and II
temption from everlasting death tnrCup
the same, our Lord Jesus Christ" AmcI
An interesting report on religious af
fairs in the Hawaiian Islands has jus
been made by the Rev. j. Leadinghar
TO the American board of commission
ers for foreign missions. Mr.. Leading
ham says that heathenlsm is a 70
that will try the best efforts of Chris
tian teachers in the islands. Beside
the lingering remnants of Hawaiia
heathenism is that which has bee
brought from China and Japan by i'm
migrants from those countries. Shint
and Buddhist priests are active in tn
support of their faith among the jap
anese laborers in some places i'm tn
Islands. on a recent trip to the islam