The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-21

manent Committeeman Appointed.
The last day of the LaCkawanna
Prcsbytery at Plymouth was one in
which much business was transacted.
The morning session opened with de-
votional exercises conducted by Rev.
NJ. Watkins of Brandt DR.. ]. III.
| Keeley spoke in the interests OF the
Anti-Saluon League, and Rev. j. =.
MOffatt read the report of the COM
mttee on the Freadmen's work.
| In the absence of Rev. DR.
! Hodge. Rev. Dr. Mcleod was appoint
ed examiner in theology. and Rev. Dr.
| :. &. Logan to conduct the eXamina-
tion in church government.
The commission in the case Of the
| lIlmhurst church was named as fol-
| lows: Dr. r.. a. Mills, Revs. Harshaw,
| Gibbons. Lee, Elders j. w. nollen-
back. Davenport Burr and Atherton.
Rev. Mr.. Peckover, who had been
| received from the Congregational
church. was reported as being called
| to the Presbyterian church at Mes
| hoppen. The installation viii take
place May II, Rev. G. +. Guild presd-
| ing. He will also offer the prayer and
PROFOUND the institutional questions.
Dr.. Hodge is to give the charge to the
pastor, aud Rev. j. ]. *. Fletcher the
charge to the people.
Rev. DR.. Hodge. Rev. Mr. Peckover
and Rev Mr.. kinter will direct the ar
| rangementS.
Rev. Dr.. :. G. Logan's ninth semi
annual report of the executive commit
tee on missions tu our people of for
eign speech was read by Rev. DIR. G. j..
| Robinson. 1t opened with q dnscrip-
ti"n of the excellent work done by Mr..
Monteleone at Duryea.
MISSIONARY WORK.
There are three ordained and two H.
centiat" missionaries with their wives
as helpers who have labored faithfully
for the last six months over Il field full
| ~ forty miles long ana from six to ten
| miles wide. With these have been as
so"tated six lady missionary teachers.
! all supported bV the Presbytery's
| FUNDS: also from six to twelve volun-
| te"ls, helpers in Industrial and night
| schools. Quite a portion of the outfit
| iulniture and regular expenses of these
| missions and schools, has been pro-
Nlded from the fields occupied. but the
support of tn" workers and their npr-
esSary supplies have all been providei
| by the committees while the greater
| portions of the funds have been gath
cred by the personal solicitation of the
superintendent.
| AS to the Italian work. il was re-
ported that Rev. l.. D'Anna breaches
! every sunday at 9l5 i'm the First
| church Of ScrantOn with an attendance
| of from fifteen 10 fifty. At his last
! communion service siXty-nine Italians
were present. Every Wednesday night
| he breaches at his own house to ten or
| twelve hearers
| ON Washburn street. where he had a
night school, he breaches every Friday.
Every Sabbath afternoon he is heard
in the Dunmore church chapel with
an attendance Of from fifteen to forty
five, and every Thursday night i'm
| houses Of the brethren. In the whole
field of the Scranton mission he has
hfty-seven children attending Sunday
! school. In eight years 129 Italians and
one Frenchman have been received into
| the communion of the church, almost
all by profession of faith. Ten Ital-
| ians We're received the past year and
the Italian brethren have given Sl2O
annually for two years toward support
Of the pastor and the mission work,
| There are at present twenty EIGHT
catechumens in preparation for church
membership. out Of his mission have
| come three worthy missionaries, who
are laboring successfully in various
| fields under Endorsement Of the church
THE PITTSTON MISSION.
The Pittston mission has been estab-
| lished since 1892. Under the ministry
of Rev. Joseph Nitale, a member of
the First church. seyenty-eight Ital-
ians have been received into member
ship of the West Pittston church. He
breaches To an attendance of fifty and
has a Sunday school with an average
of thirty-tiVe. In the First church,
| Wilkes Barre, sixteen Italians have
been received under his ministry.
Missionary Rocca has labored at Car.
| hOndale under the direction of Rev. Mr.,
Lee and has a Sunday school of sixty
four children.
Rev. \. b. Konkal who has been at
| PeCkVlle since 1895, was educated
theOlogically at Union Seminary, N. Y.
He speaks many tongues, has held at
| least 800 meetings in four years at
| Pccllville, Forest city Dolph Breaker.
Marshwood and Taylor. The languages
spoken by the people at the services
were Slavak, Magyar, Russian, Polish
aud Lithuanian. There are sixty
five names on the church roll although
many more are regular attendants.
In four years these people have
| raised among themselves for church
work. $54361. lie has taught two night
schools for two years in which 100 PEI.
sons were reached and his wife Ia lght
a sewing school for two years in which