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City Pastors and
Their Hard Work
, Religious Developments of One Keek
in All Our Churches.
""tXHIARY ACTIVITIES NOTED
Carefully CompiloJ CoinpcnJium of News
end Personal .Mention Relating to the
Churches and the Benevolent and
Chaiitablo Religious Societies.
Extensive preparations ere being
wade at Carbondale In view of the an
nual session of the Wyoming confer
ence, which -will he held in that city
on April 10 and the following days. It
is computed that almost 300 Methodist
ministers will attend the conference,
so that the work of providing enter
tainment for such a large number of
visitors will entail considerable trou
ble to Rev. "William Edgar, the local
pastor, and the committee who ure en
thusiastically assisting him. Bishop
Andrews will preside over the delibera
tions, which will be carried on by repre
sentatives from an Immense territory
In Pennsylvania and New York states,
from Nanticoke, Glen Lyon and Wana
mle on the south to Exeter and Schuyl
er's lake, near Cooperstown, N. Y., on
the north: from Waverly, N. Y., and
following the Susquehanna down to
Mehoopany, there taking In the section
from the fiver to Harvey's lake, and
from Waverly, N. Y., up, taking in
Tioga county and part of Tompkins
county on the west; from East Worces
ter, N. Y., following down the Dela
ware and Hudson railroad to Sidney,
.taking In a portion of Delaware county
to Hale's Eddy, N. Y. ; following down
the Delaware river to Lackawanna,
Pa-, on the east. The territory em
braced by the conference Includes six
districts, viz.: Ilinghamton, Chenango,
. Honesdalo, Oneonta, Owego and Wy
oming. Considerable interest will bo centered
- Upon the leading persons who will take
part In the discussions. Ulshop An
drews, who will preside, resides at New
York city, end is secretary to the board
of bishops, an Important position, af
fecting all th conferences in the Unit
ed States. He is 60 years of age, is an
eloquent preacher and distinguished
for Ms unique executive ability.
Chaplain McCabe, one of the secre
taries of the National Board of Mis
sions, has promised to be present, and
will deliver an address on the absorb
ing topic of missions. The chaplain
has earned the title of "Prince of Beg
gars," so great ere his persuasive
powers, end his eloquence has placed
him in the front rank of America's
eloquent sons. On April 11 Rev. O. C.
Severance, of Plymouth, will speak
upon "The Battle of Gettysburg" at a
reunion of Grand - Army men nf the
conference. Cuptaln W. A. May, a
prominent member of Elm Park church
and Sunday school superintendent, will
plead for the cause of superannuated
"ministers.
Mrs. Potter, of Illinois, a lady who Is
Justly celebrated for her zeal In the
work of the Women's Homo Missionary
society, has also promised to attend the
meeting and deliver an address which
it may well be anticipated will bo a
feature of the conference. Miss Mary
A. Danford, from far oft Japan, has
also hnade arrangements to attend the
Annual maetlnir of tha Women' For
i Great Special Sale . J i
eign Missionary society, which will be
held on Friday afternoon.
The great love feast, an Institution
beloved by all good .Methodists, will be
held on Sunday morning, after which a
sermon Will be given by Bishop An
drews. On the same day the memorial
service and ordination of elders will be
held, and in the evening the Epworth
league anniversary will be celebrated,
when Rev. Dr. Sehell, of Chicago, gen
eral secretary of the International Hp
worth league movement, will deliver
the anniversary address.
Among other notable men of the de
nomination who will attend will be
Professor Rogers, of the Drew Theo
logical seminary; Rev. Manlcy S. Iinrd.
D. D.. and Rev. V. II. Spencer, D. D..
of the Church Extension society.
With tlio Workers.
At the annua.! business meeting of the
Providence Welsh Baptist ehruch, held
on Monday last, very encouraging re
ports were presented by the treasurers
of the various funds connected with the
church. Each one showed a substan
tial balance in hand, proving the last
year to be the banner year In the his
tory of the church. A more gratifying
feature, however, was the marked ac
cession to the membership. Rev. W.
K. Davles, pastor, is to be congratulated
upon the success of his ministry.
The following article regarding the
growth of the Episcopal church is repro
duced from St. David's Guardian, Rev.
?. H. Mill, rector, being the writer:
In 1 S71 the church had thirty-nine dio
ceses and nine missionary jurisdictions,
fifty-one bishops and 2,70 other clergy.
The number of communicants reported
was 170,000. In IS!),, we find that the
number of dioceses had Increased from
thirty-nine to fifty-three, the mission
ary jurisdictions from nine to eighteen,
besides eight missionary jurisdictions
In foreign lands, and the number of
blstwuis had grown from fifty-one to
eighty-two, while the number of other
clergy was very nearly 5,000. Todny
the church has about 600,000 communi
cants and a membership of more than
2,000)000. The proportion of communi
on tits to the pop ulat ion t wen t y-f 1 ve yea rs
ago was one in every 225; 1n 1S20 the
proportion of communicants to the pop
ulation was one In 410. Today there Is
a communicant for every 103 of the
population. In 1850 the population of
the United States was 23,847,8S4, nnd
there were only 79,987 communicants In
the church. Today the state of New
York alone with only 6,997,853 popula
tion has 240,000 communicants. These
are remarkable figures and it 1b not
surprising that they attract attention.
The (Roman) Catholic News said re
cently: "The gain of the Episcopalians
in this country, steady, onward, unde
niable, and that at the expense of tho
denominations called evnngellcal. Is
one of the remarkable characteristics
of our times." The New York Evening
Post as well as Public Opinion have
devoted much space to the considera
tion of this growth, the latter remark
ing: "The growth of the Episcopal
church far exceeds proportionately that
of the population at large, or of nny
other religious section of It In partic
ular. It looks llko tho 'church of the
future.' "
An Interesting meeting was held by
the Daniel Payne Epworth league of
the Howard Place African Methodist
Episcopal church on Tuesday evening,
when the question of "Resolved, That
labor Is more powerful that capital"
was dlBcussed. Excellent speeches were
made and the horny-handed sons of toll
won a great victory. n
Mrs, Ebeneiser Wllllnmfl, one of tho
energetic Radius of the Simpson Memo
Special
400-402 Lackawanna Ave
rial church, entertained tho scholars of
her Sunday school class at her resi
dence, 206 Chestnut street, on Thursday
evening. Mrs. Williams has labored for
a considerable time in connection with
this important church and her efforts
have been attended with great success.
A confirmation class has been organ
ized by Rev. A. L. Alrich, at the
Grace Reformed church, and meets
on Wednesday evenings. Arrange
ments will be made to present the can
didates for confirmation to Ulshop
Nicholson at an early date.
A committee hns been appointed by
the members of the Grace Reformed
church to make arrangements for or
ganizing an annual Young People's
conference, AV. W, McCuIlough is
chairman.
St. Luke's Register, Brooklyn, Is to
hand and is brimful of the good things
which always flow from the pen of
Rev. Henry S. Swentxol. To attempt
a digest of all the articles would be a
great task, but It might be observed
that the rector Is extremely busy with
a large number of Lenten services, at
which he delivers an address dally.
Each day there ure two, three or four
services.
Lust Tuesday evening a meeting of
the trustees and stewards of the Simp
Son Methodist Episcopal church was
held In the parlors of the church. Near
ly every member of the board was pres
ent. The presiding elder, liev. J. G.
Eckman, presided. After the report of
the pastor for the year, which showed
that the church was never In a more
flourishing condition In all its branches
than at present, by a unanimous vote,
the pastor, Rev. L. C. Floyd, D. D., to
whom the church In a large measure Is
Indebted for its great prosperity, wns
asked to return next year, he having al
ready nerved four years.
The Washburn Street Church Chris
tian Endeavor society have assisted In
various wnys to furnish the new
church building, which will be dedicat
ed during the coming month.
An Invitation has been extended by
the Simpson Church Christian En
deavor society to nil the West Side so
cieties to attend a sunrise prayer meet
ing on Enster morning.
A meeting of '!I0 committee will be
held at the Young Men's Christian as
sociation rooms on Tuesday evening.
Endeavorers attention! The music
committee for the convention of '96 In
vito members of the various Christian
Endeavor societies of Scran ton to sub
mit original contributions of hymns to
be used with tune No. 116 in Gospel
Hymns No. 6 end 6. "Banner of tho
Cross," the ono selected by the com
mittee, will be used as the rallying
song until the convention. Kindly di
rect all communications to A. E. Sloan,
913 Mulberry street.
Welsh lllhlo Society.
Tho annual report of the Welsh Bible
society for the year ended March 20
Indicates that the society, which was
established at Hyde Park on Sept. 8,
lnr.0, Is still In a flourishing condition.
At the beginning of the year the treas
urer had a 'balance In hand nf $92.1(1, to
which were added Hype Park dona
tions, $28.7f; Bellevue donations, $19.93,
and books sold by the librarians, $19.3r,p
making a total of $100.19, which wns dis
tributed as follows: New York soci
ety, for books, $3G.1S; New York society,
donation, $30; for express Insurance,
$10.79; balance In treasurer's hands,
$83.22. The value of books In hand at
end of year was $106.70. The newly
elected ofllcers arc: President, Benja
min Brace, 542 Decker court; secretary,
William T. Williams, Sixth nvenue,
Ucllevuvj trosurut William G. Will-
lams, 41:8 Thirteenth street, and libra
rians, Messrs. Protheroe and Watkins,
203 South Main uvenue.
Wuflings from the Choirs.
Among the recent additions to the
choir of the First Presbyterian church
are .Mrs. J. M. Atherton, Miss Emma
Fuller. Miss Lilly Joseph, Miss Nellie
De Grow, Miss Louise Linder and Hec
tor James.
W. C. Weetlen was In the city yester
day making arrangements for the Eas
ter music to be presented nt the Second
Presbyterian church. Mr. Weeden will
take charge on April 7.
Thomas Bynon, the tenor soloist, will
remain with the choir of the Second
Presbyterian church to assist Director
Weeden.
Miss Jean Slee, contralto of the
Second Presbyterian church choir, has
accepted an appointment to organize a
choir nt Rev. Dr. Erdman's church,
(Presbyterian), N'orrlstown, N. J. Mi s
Slee has won a large circle of friends
in the city who will sincerely regret
her departure, and will miss her charm
ing voice, which has earned for the
popular singer such a prominent posi
tion In the musical world.
Llewellyn Jones, who acts as ac
companist to the Railroad quartette,
has successfully discharged the duties
of assistant organist at St. Luke's
church during the Lenten season.
Kees Watkins, chorister at tin- Wash
burn Street Presbyterian church, has
been compelled to resign his position
owing to throat trouble, which Inter
feres with the discharge of his duties.
His resignation was received with deep
regret and efforts are being made to
arrange matters so that he may retain
the position.
Items of Personal Interest.
Rev. J. W. Williams, pastor of the
Dunmore Presbyterian church, is re
covering from a severe attack of grip.
Mrs. Richard Hlorns wns compli
mented upon the successful manner In
which she conducted the evangelistic
services nt the regular meeting of the
Women's Christian Temperance union,
and hopes are entertained that her as
sistance may be given on future occa
sions. Presiding Elder Thorpe conducted
the lust qunrlerly meeting of the year
of the Forest City Methodist F.piseopal
church on Thursday evening und de
livered an able sermon.
Tho numerous friends of Rev. George
E. Guild, of tho .Providence Tresby
terlan church, will regret to hear that
owing to Illness he has for the past two
weeks been unable to attend to his
ministerial duties.
Rev. A. F. Ferris, pastor of the Furl
tun church, Is engaged on a lecturing
tour In western New York, ami In his
absence tomorrow Rev, It, S. Jones, D.
D., will occupy the pulpit of his church.
Rev. M. D. Fuller raptured a burglar
a few days ngo. The reverend gentle
man was reading In his study, when he
heard the front door opened and closed
In a cautious manner. In ascertaining
the cause, he found that an umbrella
hail been abstracted, so with the nglllty
of youth he rati down the avenue,
chasing the thief. A close race ensued,
but Mr. Fuller won and secured the
umbrella. He let the thief go, .how
ever, after Administering a rebuke.
Itev. Francis Gendnll, of Jertnyn, ac
companied by the members of the Ep
worth league, paid a visit to the Peck
vllle league on Tuesday. The compli
ment will be returned at an early date.
Professor Haydn Evans, at St. Pat
rick's church, and J. Willis Conant, nt
St. Luke's church, deserve to bo compli
mented on the meritorious taste dis
played in tho seluctlon of the number
WAJTl
at their Lenten organ recitals. There
is no doubt that the careful discrimina
tion shown by them will tend to the
ultimate elevation of standard music
in the minds of those who attend the
recitals, and this is a very desirable
end to attain.
Evangelist James Scovill has been
very successful in the services which he
has conducted in the Conservatory hall
during tho past few Sundays. Mr. Sco
vill is no stranger in the valley, hav
ing conducted evangelistic services in
some of tile city churches as well as
ether churches In the vicinity. In which
work lie Is now engaged. He expects,
during the summer, to have associated
with hint In the work other evangelists
and will use one or more tents pitched
In one city, so that the non-chureh-golug
people can be reached.
Tomorrow's Special Services. 4
Rev. F. II. Parsons will preach his
last sermon i't Clark's Summit, before
conference, tomormlf night.
The Lenten devotions, comprising a
sermon and benediction, will be held in
St. Mary's church, Forest City, tomor
row evening, when Rev. J. J. Curran,
of Carbondale, will be the preacher.
Memorial services for the lute Mrs.
Rachel Nichols, will be held tomor
row evening, nt (i o'clock, in the Susque
hanna Street Baptist church, Olyphant.
Presiding Elder Thorpe will conduct
the forth quarterly meeting service nt
the Peckvllle Methodist Episcopal
church tomorrow morning.
The thirteenth anniversary of, the
Plymouth Congregational church will
be celebrated tomorrow. In the morn
ing the exercises will be devoted to the
children, and Rev. Thomas Bell will
preach the anniversary sermon in the
evening. The annual roll call of the
church will be held on Monday, when
a reception of the members will also
be a feature of tint evening.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at the Providence Welsh Congregation
al church tomorrow.
Coming I vents.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at the First Presbyterian church on the
first Sunday In April, Instead of the
second.
Special services will be held at the
Scrnnton Street Baptist church on
April 7, to celebrate the seventh anni
versary of the pastorate of Rev. T. J.
Collins.
Important exercises will be held at
the First Welsh Baptist church on Sun
day week, when a review of the Sun
day school work of the past quarter will
be conducted by General Superintend
ent John D. Phillips.
On Monday evening the Junior Chris
tian Endeavor society of North Main
Avenue Bnptlst church will hold an en
tertainment, one of the features of
which will be a series of .drills by the
children, led by Mrs. Choppell and Miss
Powell.
The semi-annual session of the Lack
awanna, presbytery will convene at the
Second Presbyterian church on Monday
evening, April 15, when 'the retiring
moderator, Rev. W. H. Sw ift, of Hones
dale, will preach the special sermon,
after which the election of his succes
sor will be held. The session will con
tinue on the Tuesday, Wednesi.ny and
Thiirsdny following. The oillclul pro
gramme has not been completed, but It
Is expected that It will bo circulated
during the coming week. .
The entertainment! committed are:
Rev. Charles K. Robinson, Charles H.
Chandler and C. W. Klrkpatrlck, nnd
these gentlemen are at present butlly
engaged In securing hosts for the nu
merous dulegatvs who will attend.
TOMORROWS SKRVICI-S.
St. David's Church Corner of Jacks.m.
street and Bromley avenue. It 'V. M. Ill
Mill, rector. Morning prayer and sermon'
at litliii: evening prayer and sermon at
7.30. Sunday school at 2.3n. Friday even
ing service at .:io. Litany service dally
nt p. m. during Lent except Friday and
Saturday.
St. Luke's Church Rev. Rogers Israel,
rector. Fifth Sunday (l'nssioni In Leal.
Holy communion, s a. r.i.; service and
sermon. 10.3U a. m.; Sunday school. 2.3n p.
m. ; evening prayer, 3. So p. in.; mission ser
vice, ".so p. 111.
St. Luke's Mission, Pnnniore Rev. A.
L. 1'rhan in charge. Holy communion,
S a. in.; Sunday school. 3 p. m.; evening
prayer and sermon, 4 p. m.
First Baptist Church Pastor Collins
will preach Sabbath at 1.::0 a. m. and 7
p. in. F. W. Pearsall. railroad secretary,
will speak In the morning and Rev. K.
I Bonis will preach In the evening. Seats
free. All welcome.
Trinity English Lutheran church--Adams
nvenue, corner Mulberry stn cr.
Itev. Kdwin Limn Miller, pastor. Services
at 10.30 a. m. and 7. 3D p. m. Tile pews are
free and all worshipers are welcome.
Green Ridge United Evangelical Church
liev. G. L. Malec. pastor. Sunday school
at 9.30 a. in. K. L. C. K. at u.30 p. m.
Communion service at 10.30 a. ill. Rev. II.
W. Ruck, presiding elder, will preach the
sermon. Preaching in the evening by the
pastor. Everybody Invited to all these
services.
Howard Place African Methodist Epis
copal Church Preaching at 1o.su a. in and
S p. in. by the pastor, Rev. C. A. MoGce.
Green Ridge Baptist Church-Rev. W.
J. Kurd, pastor. Services at 10.30 a. in. and
7.30 p. in. Subject 111 the morning, "How
to Overcome Evil:" in the evening, "A
Work of Faith."
Ill tn Park Methodist Episcopal Church
W. II. Penree, pastor. 10. SO a. in., holy
communion, conducted by Rev. J. G. Eck
nian. The pastor's theme In the evening,
"Victory over Self." Sunday school at 2
p. in. Epworth league at (1.30 p. m.
The Second Presbyterian Church Rev.
Charles E. Robinson, D.P., pastor. Ser
vices at 10.30 n. in. ami 7.30 p. m. The
Rev. W. R. Partridge will preach In the
morning In exchange with the pastor. In
the evening the following question will be
considered for five minutes: "How About
the Restoration of the Jews to Palestine?"
The sermon will be on "How to See the
Father." All seats free In the evening.
All welcome nt nil services.
Green Ridge Presbyterian Church Rev.
N. G. Parke, D.B., of Pittston, Pa., will
preach at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Morn
ing topic, "Acquaintance, with God."
Evening topic, "Take Heed How Ye
Hear." Bible school at 12 o'clock. Chris
tian Endeavor meeting at 6.30. Everybody
welcome.
All Souls' Church Pine ptreet, near
Adams avenue. Rev. G. W. Powell, pas
tor, will preach tomorrow nt 10.30 a, m.
nnd 7.30 p. in.
I'enn Avenue Baptist Church Rev.
Warren (1, Partridge, pastor. Services at
10.30 a. in. and 7.30 p. in. Subject in the
evening, "Obedience- the Test of Plsclple
shlp." Strangers cordially welcome.
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Morning prayer at 9.30. Preaching by tho
pastor, Rev. L. C, Floyd, nt 10.30. Sab
bath school at 12 in, Junior league at 3 p.
m. Epworth lengue at ti p. in. At 7.30,
sermon by Rev. J. G. Eckman, presiding
elder of the Wyoming district. Seats free.
Strangers welcome.
Free Christian Church Penn nvenue,
between New York and Marlon streets.
Preaching by Samuel Wilson, of Ruh
wuy, N. J., nt 10.30 o'clock. Subject,
"How to Know God;" nnd 7.30 o'clock,
"Life from the Dead."
Conservatory hall, 402 Lackawanna ave
nue. Every Sunday nfternoon Gospel
song service at 3.15. Preaching ut 3.30
o'Olook by Evangelist James Seovlll. All
wojeomo.
Trinity United Evangelical Church Cor
nvr LuU and Kuril (trout, Rev, J. U,
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Whltmire, pastor. Preaching at 1 '. 1 a.
m. Sunday school at -! p. m. Prayer and
praise meeting at 7 p. m. Scr.T-.im ami
holy communion a; 7.3o p. m. Rev. H. 'A'.
Buck. pro i. ling elder of l.v wlsl ni'-ir dis
trict, will eflieiiitc. All are cordially In
vited to eome and hear him and hcatlMy
join in the movable service.
Grace Church (Reformed Episcopal!
Morning prayer and sciniou at 1".:M a. :n.
Rev. A. c. Gnebelein, of New York, n.'s
sioimiy among the Jews, will pica, ii.
Evening prayer and sermon ;ti 7.o0. The
pastor will preach. Subject. "Walking In
the Light," John, viii, 12. Sunday s, h ml
Immediately at the close of the mori'i'U
strviee. Young I'eoole's Society of Curs
lian Endeavor every Sunday evening at
0.30. Strangers welcomed ut all scrvic-.-s.
Seats free.
Grace E'lirfsh Lutheran Church Ih v.
Foster U. Gift, pastor. Services on Sim
day at the Young Men's Christian
elation at 10.30 a. m. and 7.3,i p. in. Sun
day school at 11.30 a. m. II. C. Hineim
will speak in the morning and V. W. Pc.ir-5-ell,
of the Railroad Young Men's Chris
t.au association will speak in the evening.
Everybody welcome.
Green Ridge Baptist Church Rev. W.
J. Ford, pastor. Services at 10.30 a. m. and
7.3o p. ni. Subject in the morning, "How
to Overcome I'.vll;" in the evening, "A
Work of Faith."
Calvary Reformed Church Monroe nve
nue nnd Gibson si reel. Rev. W. it. Sttih
bleblne, pastor. Preaching at 10.3ti a. m.
and 7."0 p. m. Morning subject, "Growing
and Prevailing." livening subject. "Jehu
lakm's Penknife." Everybody welcome.
Jackson Street Baptist Church Tiui
pastor will preach tomorrow both moru
la and evening. Services, preaching 10.30
a. in. and l p. m. Sunday school at 2 p. m.
Court. Street Methodist Episcopal Church
The pastor, P. It. llawxhurst. will proa ii
In the morning on "The Power and Pur
pose of Patience," nnd in the evening oi
"The Contest on Carmel."
Bocsn't Think It Penslhlo.
Professor E. E. Halliard, of the T.'ofc
Observatory, does not think much of the
'scheme of a Chicago man for building en,
enormous telescope near San Diego, Cnl.,
which is to have the largest glass In the.
world, made up of a numberless small
lenses. "He Is working on n wrong hypo
thesis." he says. "What he wants Is not
a great glass of the kind propsed, but to
do what has not been done tlnd a means
of quieting the atmosphere. In other
words, his proposition is an absurdity."
(icrman Naval Artifice.
Search lights are such good targets for
the enemy's guns that tho Germans are
arranging to throw Hie light tlrst oil a
mirror nnd thence on tho enemy, thereby
consenting Its real source.
Dangerous Use of Strong
Purgatives.
Most pills and purgatives which net
quickly upon the bowels, Irritate and
often destroy the mucous conts of the
stomach and bowels. Indeed, their
cathartic action la directly caused by
the Irritation of the bowels, which they
produce. Their action should be sooth
ing and stimulating instead of irritat
ing. A continued use of such remedies
produces chronic Inflammation of the
stomach and bowels. This often ends
In dangerous diseases. The use of
the genuine Imported Carlsbad Sprudel
Salt Is highly recommended as an aper
ient, laxative and diuretic, because its
action Is due solely to Its solvent and
stimulating properties. It soothes nnd
nllnys Inflammation, nnd Is therefore
much preferable to all strong purga
tives. Beware of Imitations. Dr. Toboldt'S
lecture on Carlsbad Salt and pamphlets
mailed free. Eisner & Mendelson Co.,
sole agents, 152 Franklin street. New
Turk,
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