The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-24

Three sessions of the congregational
association were held in the Plymouth
church yesterday. In the morning re-
PORTS were read, committees appoint
ed and officers elected Rev. A. II.
Clafin, Of Allegheny, delivered an ad-
dress in the afternoon, and the speak
ers al the evening session We're Rev.
Z. A. Boyl, Rev. w. l.. Evans, of Ply
mouth; Rev. II. A. Schautiler,, of
Cleveland, and Rev. w. II. Stacy, of
Lansford.
At the morning session yesterday.
which opened at $50 o'clock, Rev. L.
+. Weider, of Philadelphia, led the
devotional exercises and prayer was
offered by Evor Evans, of Nanticoke.
The registration of delegates, which
was began at the opening session
Tuesday, was continued and the fol-
lowing names added to the list print
ed in The Tribune yesterday: Rev. y.
w. Jones, d. D., Philadelphia; Rev.
A. II. Clafin, Allegheny: Rev. II. a.
Schaufller, Cleveland Rev. ]. j. Jen-
kins, Rendham; Rev. W. L. Evans and
wife, Miss Sarah Reese, John L. Jones,
Rev. Thomas Mckay, Plymouth; Isaac
Price, North Scranton; Rev. Henry
Dowding, Edwardsdale; Miss Lillian
Davis, Mt Carmel; Rev. w. Herald
Stacey, Lansford; Thomas 7. Williams,
NJ. D., Mt. Carmel.
BUSINESS SESSION.
The business session followed. at
which several standing committees
Were appointed and the reports of the
various churches read and placed on
record. The election of officers result
ed as follows: Moderator, w. II. Os-
terhout. Ridgway; assistant mOdera-
tor, Rev. r. N. Harris, Mt. Carmel;
scribe, Rev. c. A. Jones, Kane. The
latter read the list of churches regis
tered, there being 100 in the state, all
of which have reported except seven.
The Oldest ordained minister at the
sessions rs Rev. Isaac Thomas. of Ho-
ratio, who has been in the service
since 1858. Rev. r. S. Jones, of North
Scranton. is the Oldest settled pastor
having been at his present charge
since 1872. The Oldest church in the
association is at Ebensburg, having
been founded in 1907. The highest sal
aried minister is $1,000. while the low
est takes what he can get.
Rev. r. S. Jones. ID. D., of North
Scranton, read the report of the In
ternational council at Boston, and he
was rendered vote OF thanks by the
delegates. The visitors We're provided
with an excellent dinner in the church
by the Ladies Aid society.
The afternODn N session was interrupt
ed by the funeral of Mrs. d. r. Will
liams, and it was after 4 o'clock be-
fore the delegates reconvened. Owing
TO the !ateness Of the hour several
numbers on the programme were post
poned until the evening session. Rev.
A. II. Clafin, of Allegheny. gave q
talk on 1.-THE Absent Christ and the
Present Lord" which was attentively
listened to.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session opened with a
short song service, followed by read
ing of Scripture and prayer by Rev.
]. :. Upton, of Ridgway. The address
of welcome, which was omitted from
the afternoon session, was made by
Rev. Z. a. Boyl, and very appro-
priately replied to and acknowledged
by Rev. W. l.. Evans, of Plymouth,
after which the Congre CATION sang
"Blest BE the Tie That Binds" The
moderator Rev. r. N. Harris then in
Cleveland, Ohio. to speak on 1.-The
Slavic Work"
The reverend gentleman at the. out
set plainly showed that this was not
a foreign missionary work, hut a noble
work which is being carried on in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Me-
braska and in other parts Of the Unit
ed States. The people among whom
this work is being carried on are i'm
migrants from either Hungary and
Russia known as Slavs.
The speaker gave many statistics,
proving the mighty success which, by
the blessing of God, has been attained.
He gave a vivid description of the DIFF
ficulties that have prepented them
selves, but which by the power of
God had been overcome. He pictured
the condition OF the Slavs right here
IN Scranton, ana pleaded for aid for