The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-15


the president Rev. Martin V. Will
liams. of Bnghamton.
The devotional exercises were led by
Rev Nj. s. Godshall, of Waverly. Pa.
who read a lesson from the second
chapter in the Second Book of Timo-
thy The Simpson church choir and
the renowned male quartette assisted
in the service. and the congregational
singing was Il feature. of which the
orator of the evening, Rev. Edgar IL.
Brown. d. d., pastor of the First Meth-
odst Episcopal church, of Albany, n.
Y. remarked that it was the best he
had ever heard
Miss Bessie Mayo Slote recited the
thrilling story of "Iliram Pettebone,
and was accorded a pleasing ovation
EPwORTH LEAGUE COLORS.
The colors of the Epworth League
were much in evidence, Il neat design
in the form of wheel having been
placed above the pulpit. A large num-
Der of pastors were in attendance.
among them being the following:
Rev. ~. T.. Hall. ID. d.. Oneonta, n. V,
presiding elder Oneonta district Rev. j..
T.. Warren, Carbondale. Pa, presiding
elder lronesdale district; Rev. j. -.
Sweet. ID. D., Binghamton. n. v, pfeSiu-
ing elder Binghamton district; Rev. M. ".
Williams. Binghamton; Rev. /. \. snip
man. Susauehanna, Pa; Rev w. f'risbN,
Sidney, n. y: Rev j. j. Henry, liick-
Org Grove. Pa: Rev. c. NJ. Olmsteaa,
Gulford. n. y: Rev. f. ID. EIartsock. Nit.
Upton, n. y: Rev j. G. Thomas. Par
SONS. Pa; Rev II. G.. Harmed Pixies
| Creek. Pa; Rev. j. l.. Race, Rendham,
Pa: Rev. NJ. S. Godshall. WnvcrlN. Pa;
Rev X. NJ. Pascoe. Thompson. Pa; Rev.
| j. Madison. city: Rev. Nj. l.. I.naberrN,
| West Nanticoke. Pa; Rev. w. ID. Iatl-
| rop, Kirkwood. n. Y; Rev. j. W. john
| SON West Nicholson, Pa: Rev. q. II.
PrcntSs. Moscow. Pa; Rev. r. NJ. FurcN.
Yates. Pa; Rev c. II. Newing, Dun
more Pa; Rev. G. A. Place. Honesdale,
Pa: Rev. Abel Wrigley. Mill city. Pa;
! Rev. +. W. Young. Dalton. Pa: Rev. c.
b. Henry. I.uZerne Pa: Rev. Carl Coun-
| Gilman, camptown. Pa. Rev IL. ID.
Smith, Brooklyn, Pa: city, DR., Giftin,
James Bennirger, c. y. Cure. T.. Singer,
e. Benjamin, II. c. McDermolt.
The address on the subject of Royal
| Living,' by DR.. Brown, was Il mastery
| effort and the speakers pleasing man.
| ner and apt way of illustrating his
IDEAS together with his happy vein of
humor. won for him the admiration and
attention of his hearers. He spoke. in
| part, as follows:
| No nation has received more titles than
ours and none are more appropriate than
| that of "a nation of inventors Our
| inventivencss is ii national trait, and | am
pretty sure We are all -Arians, meaning by
! that tho people that move upward
American machinery and tools lead the
world. and the American operative is the
most intelligent and ingenious operative
under Gods green sky
| If Americans have no way of doing;
| things, they make IA way aud all inven-
| tors have to meet the test, but many
do not meet with public demand, and so
| the American people are peculiarly gift
| ed to figure out their relation to God. the
same as the inventor meets the test and
public demand. Many people have thcor-
| les of life, of religion and of their duty
| tow"rdS God. But all must meet the su-
prrmc test.
| The theory that cannot stand the test
Of daily life will not stand the test of
dying. for if it stands the test ii must be
| for an increased reverence Tor God. and
enable MS 10 reach out the hand of help
| fulness to others. The right theory of
religion will stand the test OF living and
| dying, and for proof that such Il life has
| been lived, We need only to accept the
divine nature of Jesus Christ ON salts
| factory grounds, for His life was lived
under the severest hardships.
\ ROYAL LIFE.
Ills was II royal life lived in perfection
| and struggling in the face OF poverty. The
lessons from his life have turned more
| people into the avenues of faith and help
| than all the operators ana magnateS of
| today Christ worked and was not cul-
tured as the world counts culture today,
a l.,,sI, 4
ucational institutions. founded more H.
braries. and is responsible for more puri-
. flying literature than any one else. lie
| has led the conquostS of all the world,
| and conquered more than all the generals
! of time.
| Jesus Christ fought. bled and died fol
| VS. and in Him centerS all chronology as
! the head of the kingdom of truth There
are in this, world more than ten millions
of his subjects read to fight for him. Such
IA life as his is available for all of us if We
will but accept. But ii is hard to get
people to mnde, stand and believe that
| fact. Many rich people on this earth are
not worth cent in the sight of God, fol-
| God does not measure men by the houses
! they build or the clothes they wear but
/ by their faith in Him.
| The great lesson in life To he learned
is that God is calling to us To travel OF
the road leading to II royal life, and Il
he Disciplined to step aud work toeeth
in the church of Christ for lie says, III
any man will come after me, let him den!
himself and take up his cross and follow
me- The law of royal living Is the Law
of sacrifice. and our real value is evi
denced by our ability to sacrifice FOL
that which is above MS and better thar
MS, and II only measured by God $ stand
ard
God wants man to take IN His If,
and pass It on. ana the man who won
do this is thief ana Il robber, blasting
his own and other lives, The only roat
10 IL happy life is sacrifice. and there il
Il jolly, happy, Christian life, for all wh'
will accept Christ. The way TO glory l.
the way of the cross, and If you follow
Jesus YOU must deny yourself take M
His cross and follow Him.
TODAY'S SESSIONS.
Three sessions of the convention vii
he held today. beginning at $50 "A, m,
y. m. and I,30 D. m The morning vii
he occupied in business, spiritual liter
AIRY and social discussions, and at the al
ternoon service several address will b
made
In the evening Rev, Samuel +, l'pham
ID. D., of Drew Theological seminary
Will speak ON our Debt to the Methods
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