The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-12
SESSIONS YESTERDAY
AT BEREAN CHURCH

many Delegates Attend the Meet
ing of the Arlington Baptist Asso-
ciation-The Interesting Features
of the Day.
Yesterday morning the nincty-fourth
CorvcntIcn of TIE Aiilgtrn Baptist
association convened in the Bcrean
Baptist church, Carbondalc. From
early in the morning and all through
the day delegates arrived in town by
trains and trolleys so that when the
evening came there were about two
"tndrcd delegates in attendance. The
Baptists of CarbOndalc have shown
great kindness and hospitality in the
way of entertainment and many will
lave here for their humcs with pleas
ant memories and new friendships
formed. The downpour of rain in the
early morning settled the dust of the
streets and refreshed everything.
At ~ o'clock Rev. w. j. Guest, of
Worcester, y. Y, and moderator of
the association took his place upon
the pulpit platform in the main au-
dtorium of the church and called the
association to order There were about
three hundred persons in the congrc-
cation and all joined heartily in tho
singing of coronation" after which
Rev. G. \. SpaldinC offered prayer.
R"v. H. J. Whalcu, u. r., reported on
behalf of the committee of arrange
mcnts aud the programme presented
was adopted. The moderator then
proceeded to read the rules of order
which was followed by the reading Of
the letter of the Boroan church. This
letter paid Il glowing tribute To their
pastor, Rev. II. j. Whalen, d. D.. for
his faithful and loving labOrs among
them and stated that nine members
had been received into the church by
letter and eighteen by baptism during
the past year. 1t is generally the GUS
tom for the pastor of the entertain
ing church to deliver the address Of
welcome to the convention. But the
usual was divcrged from on this oC-
Casion, Rev. w. Il. Grow who has
been member of this church for thir-
ty-siX years, was assigned tn perform
this duty. Rev. Grow is one Of the
two oldest ministers of the association
and though past 81 years of age, he is
yet hail and hearty and his eye is not
dim. lie has been in the ministry
hfty-four years and has had a some
what remarkable and successful car
cer In an appropriate manner he
heartily welcomed the delegates To this
church and to the homes of its mem
bcrs.
MI. Keller Moderator.
The annual election of officers was
held and resulted in the election of
Luther Keller, moderator: +. NJ. Koch
the motion of Rev. X. +. Y. Pierce, d.
D., the following committee was ap-
pointed by the moderator, Rev. DIR.
Pierce, Rev. DR.. Spencer and John
Omen, to draft a set of resolutions OF
sympathy and forward them to Presi-
dent Mckinley. Mento Jacobs. con-
Nertod jew, was presented to the con-
grcgation and spoke briefly of his chris
tian experience. The chief feature Of
the morning session was the introduce
tory sermon and was preached by
Rev. e. G. Glllett, of Clifford. The
scripture lesson was read by Rev. ".
J. Guest and Rev. W. j. Ford offered
prayer. Rev. Gillert chose for his
text ! Kings, 1880: And Elijah said
unto all the people, come near unto
me. And all the people came near unto
him, And he repaired the altar of the
Lord that was broken down" His
topic was: Work Preparatory to a
Revival 1t was an excellcntly pre-.
pslcd, thoughtful and we'll delivered
sermon and received high commcnda-
tipn.
\ motion was made by Rev. w. ].
Im"i Il adopt the following amend
m,nt to the constitution: "Early in
the session the moderator shall ap-
loint II committee on resolutions to
which all resolutions must he pre-
sntei before being read in the asso-
citation. This committee shall report at
tine concluding business session of the
association Rev. David Spencer, ID.
D., was given the opportunity to pre-
sent the interests of "Thc Baptiss
Commonwealth" one of the dcnomna-
tional journals published in Philadel>
phia. The following persons were ap-
pointed ON the auditing committee:
Rev. James Fielding, DR.. Il. q. Bed
doe. and G. NJ. Halfway. With the
pronouncing of the benedictiOn by Rev.
William Miller this session came to a
close.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon was busy one, being
full Of meetings and addresses at va
rluus places. At l:30 o'clock meet
ing of the Scranton ministers confer
ence was held in ono of the Sunday
school rooms presided over by the
president, Rev. &. y. Spalding. An invi-
tation was accepted by the conference
tr banquet on September % as the
guest of Roy. Thomas DeGruchy, u.
ID, pastor of the jackson street Rap-
tist church, scranton. The conference
decided To resume its weekly meetings
in the Penn avenue church, Scranton,
on Monday, September 80, at which
time the pastor of the church, Rev.
r. +. \. Pierce, ID. D., will give his IL
luStrdtcd lecture on the passion play.
There was a large attendance at the
afternoon session of the association
which began at > o'clock by Rev. II. r.
Thompson, Moderator Keller then
called for the next part on the pro-
gramme, namely reports of various Of
llcers, T., VI. Beck reported for both
the board of trustees and the treasurer.
{. NJ. hathaway reported for the au-
diting committee and these reports
were adopted as presented At this
point Moderatoe Keller read bulletin
which he had received from the Tri-
bune branch office here showing favor
able progress in the condition of Presi-