The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-09

VJ tiSt church each sunday cNcn-
ing attest the appreciation OF
the people in the pastors effort
10 illustrate the story OF the IRE oi
Christ. The views of the celebrated
paintings of j. James Tissot are placed
upon the canvass with the ana OF II
powerful Stcrcopticon Tomorrow eNeh-
ing the pastor will use the new SCREEN
making the views twenty feet square,
50 as to bring out the detail and color
ing. Abou, thirty views Will be given,
illustrating some of the miracles ana
other events in the life of our Lord. TO
accommodate the larg" numbers III at
Tendance. chairs have been placed in
the .ss,'es and in every available part
of -15ssE auditorium. but the pastor has
requested that this practice be discon-
tinued. to avoid any possibility of dan-
scr. Thusr desiring seats may attend
early. a preliminary song service will
be nausurated tomorrow evening.
ON Monday. Nov. 1, the bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal church. while
in session in cincinnati, o., elected
Rev. Manlcy :. Hard, -. D.. first as
sistuut corresponding secretary of the
board of church extension of the Meth
odst Episcopal church A vacancy oc-
CURED in the corresponding secretary
ship by the death of Rev. DR.. w. \.
Spencer in September. He was elected
to that Office by the general conference
I'm May, 1900.
The discipline of the Methodist
church makes 1t the duty of the bishops
to fill the vacancy. They did this by
promoting Rev. James NJ. King. ID. H.,
who was the first assistant, to the full
corresponding secretaryship. They also
promoted Dr.. Hard from the second as
sistant's place to the first. DR.. Hard
lacked but four votes of being elected
to this position at the last general con-
ference. lie moved to Evanston last
january. The new position to which
he is elected may require him to move
10 Philadelphia. which is the headquar-
ters for the board of church extension
OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
The November meeting of the Wilkes
Barre Scranton Pastoral association
was held on Monday at the home of
Rev. o. T.. Ettwein in Pittston. The
following We're present: Revs. j. +.
l5eates, l.. Lindenstruth and II. J. +.
Sencker, of Wilkes Barre: A. l.. Ra-
lner. &. q. Spiekcr and w. &. l.. Lauer,
Of Scranton. Theo. Zubcr and q. l..
Ettwcin, Pittston: Robert Conrad,
West Pittston.
Rev. Seuekcr was elected chairman
for the ensuing year ana Rev. Eft
vein secretary and treasurer. The
forenoon session Was chiefly devoted to
an eXegetical study of the second chap
ter of the Book of Acts. In the after
noon DR.. Kramer presented Il paper on
the Book of Acts. The subject of the
Apostolate. the choice of Matthias by
lot and other kindred topics We're dis
cusscd. The next meeting will be held
in Wilkes Barre on December .. when
the association will he the guests of
Rev. j. T.. BcateS, of St. Johns I.u-
theran church.
\ mission will open at Holy Cross
church, Bellevue tomorrow morning,
to continue for two weeks. The mis-
sion will be conducted by three Domini-
can fathers-Revs. Splinter. Dinallan
and O'Neill. The first week of he mis-
sion will be for women, and the second
for men. Each evening. except Sattlr-
days, at 80 o'clock, during the two
weeks. there viii be the rosary and Il
sermon. Each morning there will be
services which both men and women
can attend. BEGINNING Tuesday at $50
y. ln., confession will be heard, and
every day from to and 10 to /. II, M
and from $50 to &. and to 10 y. IN.
The Rev Robert Y. Roberts. NJ. A. u.
D., of Wilkes Barre, Pa, viii exchange
pulpitS tomorrow with the Rev. Will
lam Davies Of the Bellevue Welsh cal
whistle Methodist church. DR.. Rob-
erts is ii good preacher and those who
Will come to hear him can expect en-
joyablc and edifying sermons. He will
preach at 10 o'clock in the morning in
The English language, and al i o'clock
in the evening in the Welsh language.
All are given a sincere welcome.
Dr. -. :. Bentley has returned from
conference of his church held in
Clarksburg. w. Va. Bishop b. w. Ar
melt, ID. D., of Wilberforre. o., a men,
Der of the late orumcnical conference.
who enjoys the distinguished honor of
presiding over that august body. in
turn with other great church men, pre-