The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-04

A meeting of Lackawanna Presby-
terry was held Wednesday afternoon at
40 in the Forty Fort Presbyterian
church to examine John w. Me
Comb for the purpose of ordination
and installation The PresbyterN was
well satisfied with the examination ana
sustained it in all its parts. The eau
of the rorty Fort Presbyterian ChurCh
was placed in his hands and by nm
accepted. The service for ordination
and installation began at 1.3O in the
evening. and the church was crowded
with the members of the church and
other people of Forty Fort. Rev Fer
dinand Won Krug of Kingston preached
the sermon and proposed the constitu-
tional questions. Rev. Dr. ;. {. Logan
of this city offered the opening prayer,
and Rev. Dr. p. II. Brooks. Of Wilkes
Barre read the Scripture lesson.
Rev. Mr. Won Krug propounded the
constitutional questions to the candi-
date and the congregation, which were
satisfactorily answered. The candidate
then knelt and the ministers laid their
hands on his head while Rev DR.. II. H..
Welles made the ordination prayer Al
ter this ceremony Rev. Mr.. Won krug
declared the ordination Consummated
between pastor and people The
charge was delivered to the pastor by
Rcv. w. c. Mickey, of Shickshinny,
and the charge to the people by Rev,
Ebenezer FlaCK. After the singing or
the hymn and the benediCtion by the
new pastor. the congregation came for
ward and welcomed their new pastor.
Rev. Mr. McComb comes from the
presbytery of Indianapolis and was
educated at Princeton university. He
succeeds Rev. II. :. Dunning who now
resides at Middlctown, y. Y.
reunion of the Rescue mission con-
verts was held i'm the mission building
on Thursday evening. \ turkey sup
per was served from $50 to I.3O. About
seventy-five persons were present, and
after supper a song and praise service
was conducted in the mission hall.
Music for the occasion was by Miss
Blanche Dolph, Miss Florence Weir
and Mr.. Garden. Miss Matte Munson
and Miss Grace Coglizer sang a duet
very acCeptably. The contributors 70
the supper were Mrs. II. NJ Boies Mrs
f.. H. Ripple, Mrs. DR. Robinson, Mrs
T.. y. Willard, Mrs DR. Brewster, Mrs
Selden Blair Mrs. f. l.. Fuller. Mrs.
Frederick Fuller. Mrs. Alex. STEELE
Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. r. w. Luce, Miss
Blanche Dolph, Miss Florence Dolpk
Miss Florence Robertson, Miss Zeidler,
j. T. Porter William McClave, Luther
Keller, Cyrus Jones, J. A. Lansing. T.
G. Coursen, Charles Kirkpa trick. viii
Jackson, Henry J. Carr, a. j. Saunders,
Lackawanna Dairy company.
The following music will be used NJ
he evening service in the Second Pres
byterian church:
Organ prelude-Andante in G major.
Dubois
Gladstone
oGsrtory, quartette. Jesus Thou Art
tairer' ...,.............. Biedermanr
Misses Black and Garagan, Mcssrs.
Beynon and Morgan.
Organ postlude e..................Sa SaIome
Mr, j, NJ. Chance, organist and direc.
tor.
Rev. r. F. Y. Pierce. pastor Of tn,
Penn avenue church has again beer
invited To give a course of lectures NJ
the EpWoTth League Assembly anC
school of Methods at Los Angeles, Cal
fornia. This is the third time that TN,
executive committee of the Epworti
Leagues of the Pacific coast have re
quested Mr.. Pierce to meet with then
in their annual conventions. The meet
lnSs will be held In February hut tn,
exact date will not be arranged unit
the committee Learn what dates will
be most convenient for Mr.. Pierce I,
he with them. 1t is doubtful that Mr.
Fierce will consent to go to the Pacif
coast this winter. He has many call
for this character of work and woul,
have no time for his growing churcl
work, if ne listened to them all. Ill
has consented to give course of lee
lures at Moody's Bible Training Insti
tute in Chicago, and at the TTnivcrsit,
of Chicago in December. This Is al
that he is willing to do out of the cit,
before the holidays.
Warren A. Ferry, assistant secretar.