THE SCR ANTON TBIBtTNE MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 13, 1896,
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Our Patterns of Fine Pap;r
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We have all grades of stock.
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We have the finest show room
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Curtain Poles, Wall Mouldings,
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Bicycles, Velocipedes, Tricycles
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ft. O. Newton, of Hnwley, spent Sat
urday In this city.
t'hurles R. Krear. of Lake Winola, was
ill the illy Saturday.
Miss Grace Fair, of Bailey, la., who has
been spending the winter with relatives
In this city, will return home tomorrow.
Rev. M. D. Fuller, of Owexo, N. Y
formerly pastor of the Providence Meth
odist Kplsi opiil church, called on Scran
ion friends Saturday.
invitations haw beon Issued for
weddlns of Miss Josephine Richards and
ci-i. uu n emies jav evening
at the residence of Miss Richards' par
ents, .Mr. and .Mrs. David Richards, of Wy
umlng avenue-.
' lMXi: KKOOK NIGHT,
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St. Paul's rimrcli Tulr Records largest
Attendance of Week, Saturday Night.
"i'he Inryest crowd that has as yet
been present at St. Paul's church fair
In Green Ridge was there on Saturday
night, when the St. John's society o'f
Pine Brook, with u lnrge following of
friends, attended. The door prize of
If 3 was won by Mrs. John Kearnev. -
The fair will continue for three 'weeks
bud each night some special attraction
Will be offered.
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NEW PASTOR OF ELM PARI
Rev. Dr. Charles M. (.if fin is Heard
by Two Large Audiences.
HIS FORCE AND MAGNETISM
Displayed in and Out of the Pulpit.
Sketch of Ills Progressiva Career
lie Talks Very Plainly to
ills Congregation.
KfV. Dr. C'harle M. Glffln yesterday
began hl9 pastorate of Elm Park
church. From the moment he began
his mornlns address, which could not
be termed a nermun. it was made ap
parent that he was a man of great
force, magnetism and pulpit power and
one whose great mental vitality would
invite general comment and make him
a very conspicuous local personage.
The morning congregation was large
for even the big Elm Park church, and
the hundreds who were held almost spell
bound by Dr. Ultnn's eloquence must
have discussed him favorably after the
service, ns in the evening the main and
rear auditoriums and the galleries wore
completely filled.
It had been officially announced that
Dr. GIlBn's morning and evening topics
would be. respectively, "An Introduc
tory Question" and "The Church which
the Minipter Wains." The new pastor
had remarked Friday that the first
RtV. CHAkl.ES
mentioned title meant "The Minister
which the Church Wnnts." and this
was r.u Hi' the nub of his inaugural
address in which he did not hesitate to
refer In plain language to the criti
cisms which might lie attached to his
work, mid he Intimated just us plainly
t hut he was not the servant of any
faction or persons, but was a simple
and human priest of God and would
perform his work according to only the
Almighty's commands.
Klther In or oui of the pulpit Dr.
Glftin shows himself to he equally a
man and preacher, one who knows the
world as well ns theology. "Scented
smiumets " an expression he used In
the morning, are evidently not In his
line, although one would readily be
lieve after once hearing this versatile
man that things theoretical and analyti
cal are to him easily uocesslble. Ap
parently he Is one who has deemed It
necessary to study humanity and ma
terial things, to study the object, in
order to know how best to Influence
it. At all events there was not a te
dious or tiresome moment during his
yesterday's addresses, which indicated
that nt the outset he had judged ylght
ly his new congregation.
HIS STYI.K OP ADDRESS.
Dr. Glffln preaches without notes und
his manner Is much more like that of
a finished public orator than a preach
er, lie cu;.'H no, uoiiear 10 nnve any i
more trimmings or rhetorical dressings
to his speech than lie does to his open,
hearty und outupnken personality. In
the pul'i'.t, nr. rather, around the put- j
pit. for he does not remain long In ore ;
position or spot, he talks plainly and
earnestly seemingly without being con
scious of consplculty. His posture is
never forced nor stagey; he- is simply
natural, and with constant gesture and
facial expression gives an easy force
to his thought and words. This versa
tility Is always In evidence with him
as when one moment he leans over the
pulpit and slowly and distinctly utters
some expression he wishes to particu
larly emphasize, or walks to the edge
of the platform to" do it; or when his
face reveals the sadness of another
thought or is clothed In sternness In
expressing some thing that Js iibhnrent.
At all times he calls black "black" und
calls white "white." running the
chances of being sensitively plain rath
er than being misunderstood.
In private life he Is perfectly free
and ready to be approached, one who
evldenly wishes to keep in touch, to
be acquainted with the world, men
and things In order that he may be
better e.ble to reach these objects
through the medium of his church and
theology. Such Is art inadequate pen
picture of a man who seems destined
to be much talked about In Scranton
and the Wyoming conference of the
Methodist church.
SKETCH OF DR. GIFFIN.
Dr. Giflln began his ministry in Ohio
and came here from the Methodist
Episcopal church of Mount. Vernon. N.
Y., of what Is considered "the best"
conference In this country und in which
Dr. Giflln has had the best pastorates,
lie was born, in Cincinnati and in his
earlier years pursued thut kind of an
education which, it was intended,
should have best fitted him for legal
study. It was while studying in the
Cincinnati Law school, where he was
the boy student of the institution and
where Hon. Benjamin Butterworth was
his classmate und fiict'U. that he de
cided to enter the ministry. However,
he graduated and was admitted to the
bar, after hs pastoral work began In
the Cincinnati conference. After be
ing but a brief period In that confer
ence he was Invited to Brooklyn where
be served many yeurs at the follow
ing churches: Seventh- Avenue, Nos
trund Avenue. First Place and Glace
churches. In that New York East con
ference he Iihu also been pastor at Ntw
Haven und Mount Vernon, from which
place he i cine to Scrunton. The Mount
Vernon church Is one of the best and
most important In the great conference
on the borders ol which r Is located.
This cougieisutiun is largely composed
of business m"i whose offices and
stores are located In yew York city.
Dr. Oltlln has been paster In Balti
more and Covington, the latter ap.
polntment belntr at (.'nlon church, con
spicuous throughout Methodism on ac.
count of Amos Shlnkle blng Its chief
member. Mr. fchlnkle was considered
the leading' member In the general con
ference and was president of the book
committee for many years.
DEGREES CONFERRED IPON HM
Dr. Giflln possesses the degree of A.
M. from the Wesleyan university at
Mlddletown, Conn., and D. D. from
Dickinson college. He has traveled fre
quently and extensively abroad and
from his foreign observations has pre
pared several lectures of great value
and instructiveness. and which have
created no little favorable comment.
One of his trips abroad was to lt
speaker at the First Ecumenical con
ference eield In London In 1SS1. on which
great occasion he was aligned a place
on the regular programme of the com
mittee of arrangements. He has dune
much writing for religious publica
tions, especially those of his own
church.
He was married in Brooklyn. N. Y
his wife having been born In Alabama.
They have three sons, two of whom will
enter the ministry. One is a Junior at
Wesleyan (Conn.); the oldest is at
Drew Theological seminary, Madison.
N. J., and the second son Is In business
In New York city.
Dr. Giflln Introduced his morning
address with a mistake. It was a hu
morous error, however, and was caused
by misinformation. He said there were
many persons in the church undergoing
a trial at that moment, a new soprano,
the congregation and himself. The
"new soprano" was really Miss Sulli
van who has been one of the quartette
for some time and who had Intended
assuming a position in a Yonkers choir
yesterday but remained here and occu
ulcd her usual seat in the organ loft
i owing to the non-arrival of the new
M. OIFFIN, D.D.
singer. Dr. Giflln must have discov
ered his mistake by the smiles among
his audience, but the episode was at
once forgotten by his further reference
to the trials. He had no doubt there
would be much craning of necks, cock
ing of ears and trial among those be
fore him In sizing up the new pastor
und In speculation as to whether he
was this, that or the other. He want
ed it just as distinctly understood that
it was reasonable that he should be
having a trial in sizing up and In spec
ulation as to how he was going to like
his congregation. The one was as fair
as the other and he did 'not propose
to begin his work with any misunder
standing. HIS FIRST SERMON.
He then announced his text with such
manner of distinctiveness and inten
tionally forced gravity that the pass
age was received with a perceptible
ripple of mirth. It was Acts x:29.
"Therefore I come unto you without
gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for;
I ask therefore for what Intent ye
have sent for me?" He said:
The words In the text are those of a new
fashioned preacher. I repeat them now
to you. You have sent for me, now what
are your Intentions in the matter? This
Is not a question of the church's right
alone nor a bishop's; It is equally mine.
I say It is a heresy to believe that bish
ops have the only understanding of ap
pointments and that the laity shall get
left. If such were true, then where Is
the great, free underlying principle of our
Methodism? Nor is the right ull yours
in this matter, for I Insist that I have
quite as much right to know what kind
of a flock 1 go to, as you have to criticise
nie or to select a preacher. Some man
over there thinks It's all right If I am
satisfied with the olllclal board. Let's see.
I want you to know whether or not I he
long to any board, committee or click. As
God Is my witness I belong to you all
of you the poorest ns well as the richest
and no influence or thing can move me.
1 would like to be deluged with praises
of your late pastor; that is good, and I
would. If I could, nluck bouauets from
each of your hearts and throw them to him
with a god-speed for his labors In a new
Held. Rut I don't want to be held up and
compared with any former pastor of this
church, no matter how efficient or ineffi
cient he may have been: 1 am willing ,o
be tried on my own merits, on the gauge
God set for ine. You know n new wife
will not submit to comparisons with the
virtue and niceties of her half-score of
predecessors; neither will I.
THERE ARE MANY KINDS.
Maybe fault will be found with the
matter or manner of my preaching. I no
tice that among your hotels there are
many kinde; I notice that God did nt
create one kind of fragrant flowers; you
have here In your city churches tf nearly
all denominations well, all this varie y
means that humanity is not all sameness
and that any one kind of thing will not
suit everybody. Just so with my preach
ing; I cannot suit everybody anl.shouldn't
be expected to, and If we begin with a
fair understanding at the start there will
be no occasion for undue flaunting of crit
icism later on. There will be such if
sweetness instead of strength or pleasant'
r.v rather than nrollt is wanted.
I agreed when I came here that we
should sometimes not ngree. That Is nat
ural, in every community there are ser
mon-taster who go about from church
to cnurcn tor the sole object of making
mincemeat of the sermun3 llicv bear.
There will no doubt be many of them here
tonight and are of a class that want every
part of everything to be tlrst-chus and
pleasant. They exhibit the broad brain
of a man who goes to the butcher's shop
and liOkea his liliuer into the meat in!
says "why don't you have it all tender
loin?" If I do the work of Uod In this place I
must do It according tu the kind of thought
und machinery God bus put In me. Ev
ery preacher has his own stock of stvles
and 1 assure you I shan't always speak
this way and I suppotu-'you hope not. I'll
not pluy one string. foithe breadth of mv
business Is more than that, but 1 won't
guarantee that you will nil be satisllej.
Paul and Julia did not satisfy all con
gregations and even Jesus Christ has
been lilzsed ut.
NOT A MOl'NTEBANK.
A man over there says I'll be ull right
If I draw a crowd In here. Wnew! So thea
ter manager U more unxioua than a
preacher t te large audiences,' but I'll
nut play tho mountebank to nil this
rhuivh. I'd lutiicr have Christ, my wlro
and six persons for on audience than iM.O'i')
ncbodks taut get nothing and never will
In any world we ever heard of and who
came with empty souls anil go away with
the sums load with them.
Some woman says "we sent for vou to
do the extraordinary." You've mlsv'ed the
mi'k. 1 knew the owner of that fainotM
little tliorouphbted Jer.iey f.w culled
"Quten." one of the tlrat of in mannl'tr
cent breed to be Imported here. She had
been-giving such great quantities of milk
that It cream produced twenty-seven
pound or butter pr week. I saw her
when they were experimenting with her.
when her patient body was burning with
fever and her eyes cried out the shame
of the forced diet they were cramming
down her throat in order to Increase her
milk-giving power. Her milk Anally made
but fourteen pounds of butter and she
died. No: you had better think I'm here
to be ordinarily faithful. I'm not a fault
less machine. Michael Angelo was not
a perfect painter; neither am 1 more than
human; I'm sometimes dull, sometimes
sick. ,
Another woman say "we want a good
visiting pastor." So I'm to be a Dr. Nlce
iicss, the pleasant man! To say that a
minister Is to be a floor-walker reems. to
put It mildly, somewhat lowering the min
istry of the church.
I experimented a year with one family
along these lines when young In the busi
ness. 1 visited that family evory Monday
afternoon, rolled on the floor with the
baby, greeted the husband when he came
home to supper and stayed to supper my
self. At the end of the year that family
said I had not been a faithful visitor, so
I have given It up. I wilt visit you. but
I cannot eat breakfast with you every
morning.
V.'ILIi PREACH THE OLD STORY.
Now after myself replying to some of
the expressed opinions of what I am ex
pected to do I will give u sensible answer
and one which you and you and you would
give 14 you were called upon to stand
here an t answer It sensibly. You have
sent for me. I take it to preach the oil
story and nothing new. I'll do It. You
fay you want a manly man and not u
sniveller to help you? If that's votir pro
gramme, 1 reply "thnnks." Uod helping
mo. I can fill that bill and In doing It we
can hcl; each ether in saying "peace be to
thy walls and prosperity within thy pal
aces." The following verse illustrates the
thought in the closing: hymn:
Except the Lord conduct the plan
The nest conceited schemes are vain
And never can succeed;
ve spend ourj wretohud strength for
naught,
But if our works in thee be wrought
They shall be blest indeed.
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N Y., who Is on a visit among Scranton
friends, sang the offertory at the late
mass In St. Patrick's church, yesterday.
She has a soprano voice that I remarka
ble for volume and sweetness and her
classic rendition yesterday evidenced to
all who heard her that it Is also well
trained. 'Miss Magrann Is a daughter of
oCnductor Edward Magrann, of the Uel-1
aware. Lackam-anna and Western road.r
who Is well known to Scrantonlan.
Rev. J. C. Hall preached at the Jack
son Street Baptist church yesterday.
Special services were held In the provi
dence Presbyterian church yesterday. In
the morning holy communion was preced
ed by a reception of the class that wilt
enter Into covenant relations with lite
church. A sacramental sermon was
rreached by the pastor. Rev. George E.
Guild. In the evening the service was es
pecially one of song and Included a repe
tition of the Easter programme.
The railroad and city departments of
the Young Men's Christian association
were addressed at their afternoon Gospel
meeting yesterday by City Solicitor Tor
rey and General Secretary Mnhy respect
ively. At the Scranton Street Ttaptlst church
last evening the Young People's union
conducted a rally. Rev. S. F. Mathews
opened the meeting with an Invocation.
Dr. H. G. Bediloo gave an address, fol
lowed by a statement, "The Work of tho
Year." by Harry Davis. It showed that
the union Is flourishing. , The following
sing as a quartette: Via Joes, Caroline
Floyd, y.. K. Lord and John Phillips. Jllss
Helen Long recited "The Children's Cru
sade," and an essay was read by Fred
K. Niece. Miss Floyd sang and Miss Edith
Williams read a paper on the subject,
"Who Will Go and Work Today?"
Rev. J. B. Sweet, the newly-appointed
pastor of the Simpson Methodist Episco
pal church, preached his initial sermon
at the church yesterday morning. In t'.'.e
evening the sermon was listened to by
a very large congregation of prominent
West Siders. Mr. Sweet created an Im
mediate following of friends. The morn
ing assemblage was also a large one, and
was composed chiefly of the members of
the church. The topic of the morning ser
mon is suggested In the text; Ephesus.
ill, 8. "The Unsearchable riches of
Christ." In the evening the text was
taken from Hebrew, "By faith the walla
of Jericho fell clown after they were cn
compased." The choir, under the direc
tion of Professor William Jones, re
conducted a rally, Rev S. F. Matthews
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