The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-11
!, News of Carbonda1e.

Carbondale ladies felt a joy, love and
pride In receiving the delegates. The
country was agog, u short time ago,
! she continued, over the arrival OF u
| royal visitor and elaborate arrange
ments were made for his entertainment.
But are YOU not members of the royal
| family and heirs TO the crown? For
| twelve months the Carbondale MEM
bers have been awaiting your coming,
hoping to be inspired and helped by
your zeal. We cannot give you the
keys of our city. az is often done In
the case OF distinguished visitors, but
the latchstrings of our homes and
hearts reach out to you.
Mrs. j. Selden Blair. of Scranton, in
responding for the delegates, heartily
acknowledged the warm cordially of
the invitation. and affirmed that she
was glad of the opportunity to TESTIFY
to the unbounded hospitality of Car
bondale women, for she had often been
| their guests before.
| Mrs. j. p. II. Raynor presented her
| report as treasurer 1t showed an in
crease of about 500 over last year.
The sum sent from the Scranton dis
| trict for the missionary cause was 3d.
| O0S.77. This was the largest sum sent
from any of the districts in the Lacka-
wanna Presbytery. The aggregate sum
of the districts was $1,000.
When the report was accepted, Mrs.
Welles offered prayer, In which she
asked the Lord to accept the thanks
felt for the money that had been gath~
cred for the work.
At this juncture. Mrs. George Mills
delighted the delegates with charm
ing vocal solo.
The presentation of reports of auXil-
iaries and bands followed. There was
good deal to interest the delegates in
the various reports and there was Il
good deal that was encouraging ana
helpful One society told how TINS
scheme and that suggestion bore fruit
among the members in various ways.
Then those societies whose results were
the greatest will undoubtedly act as
incentives to increased efforts among
the less successful auXiliaries and
bands.
One of the references during the
presentation. that struck Il note OF sad
ness was that which was made to the
death of the late Mrs. John Niles. Her
loss was referred to as irreparable in
the life of the Carbondale auxiliary.
and one that cast Il dark shadow over
the members. The sum of $306.19 was
collected by the Carbondale auxiliary.
Among the societies, which were par
tiuclarly noticed for their results were
| the Forest City band for it's average at
tendance and the societies of the Sec
! ond Presbyterian church. Scranton. the
collections of which reached the record
notch.
| Miss Anna Williams. of Green Ridge,
read an address. which was from Mrs
| Elizabeth Gregory, of Wilkes-Barr
| and related to the work of the mission
bands. Among the valuable sugges-
| tions presented during the review Of
the years work, was one touching on
! the organization of bands in places
where none were located, in prepara-
| ton for the observance of the twenty
| fifth anniversary of the missionary So
| ciety of the Scranton district. This
will be next year, on rather the year
now entered. and it is the hope to make
| it the banner year
/ In this connection. Mrs. Welles, after
| the paper was read, urged deeper
| interest in the idea of the meeting of
| the societies as Il Presbyterian society,
which takes place every five years 1t
was her wish that this society could
meet oftener, and she informed the
delegates that in Philadelphia there
| was the greatest astonishment when it
was learned that the meeting was only
every five years.
| Mrs. Frisbie read a message from
| Mrs. Eleanor Nanderberg, who is en-
gagged with her husband, DR.. Wander
| berg in missionary work in China. The
| delegates We're greatly pleased to hear
| from Mrs. Vanderbers, and listened
| w 18th eager attention to What was re-
earded as Il personal letter by all of the
delegates, so deeply interested are they
| in the authors labors in the far east
Mrs. Nanderberg referred with particu-
lar pride to the good results of educa-
| ton among the Chinese.
A Talk on India.
Perhaps the most absorbinsly inter-
esting feature of the afternoon session
| was the informal talk by Rev. c. A.