The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-11-07
JERSEY crrY,s MErHoprsrs.
Their Anniversary at the Tabernacle
Last Thursday Night.

Their Anniversary at the Tabernacle
Last Thursday Night.
The Methodlsts of Jersey City are nu-
merous and wealthy class and have the
good fortune to be endowed with as hand
some church Structures as numerous, and
presided over by as intelligent and as brill
liant clergymen as,any other denomination
in the county. So numerous are they as a
matter of fact that when Presiding Elder
Craig set himself to work casting about for
a suitable place in which to hold the an
niversary celebration he could find no place
so peculiarly adopted for the purpose and
which would accommodate his people 10
conveniently as the Tabernacle over
which the Rev. John w. Scudder presides.
Every seat in the house was occupied and
many people stood through the entire ex-
ercises. Almost every church in the dis
trict was represented. The chairman of
the evening was Judge Hoga ms, who per-
formed the functions Of his position in a
most creditable manner. On the platform
were seated Rev. Bishop Fowler, Rev. Mr..
John Riley Thompson, Hon. H. b. Hogans,
Judge of the SUI rene Court of Ohio, Pre-
siding Elder Lowrie, Rev. DR.. l.. r. Dunn
and Rev. DR.. John Atkinson. After the lat
ter had led in prayer, the vast congregation
joined in the oft sung and popular hymn,
Watchman, Tell Us of the Night" Be-
tween the hymns, the meeting was adj
dressed by Chairman Hogans, Rev. John
Il. Thompson. of Brsoklyn. late pastor of
Hedding church, and bishop Fowler, the
latter of whom was rendered reception
later in the evening at Trinity church on
York street, where Mr.. Robert z. Doherty,
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an address of welcome to the Bishop, to
which the latter responded in few neat
remarks. Then ref. eshments were served.
Gne reception committee consisted of:
Jersey City-Centenary NJ. E. Church,
Robert Doherty and Samuel O. Church;
Emory NJ. f., j. d. Brewer and G. w.
Roberts; Grace NJ. E., J. @, Bird, NJ. D.,
and j. Autenrieth, NJ. D.; hedding NJ. E.
G. A. Stevens anu I'll, A. Chamberlain;
James M. E., S. G. Lowndes fand G. w.
Kie1sted; Lafayette NJ. E., w. b. Wheeler
and G. H. Hitler; Linden Avenue NJ. E.,
{. E. Ferree and Fl. N. Walker; Palisade
II. E., G. G. Rawlings and Ii. A. Tappen;
st. Paul's NJ E., j. L. G. Crawford and
j. Ii. Merritt; Simpson NJ. E., w. E. Hal
lenbeek and c. L. Gilmore; Trinity 81. E.,
David Taylor and Samuel Sterling; West
Side Avenue M. E., VIM. Cummings and
CHARLES Judge. Hoboken-First M. E.,
@. L. Pitts and Samuel Warren; West Ho-
boken NJ. E., j. V. Rolf and D. P Wester-
ervelt. Rev. d. r. Lowrie, Presiding
Elder.
At the Tabernacle Mr. Carroll G. Raw
lings, chorister of the Palisade M. E.
Church, led the singing, assisted by the
united choirs of the Methodist Churches of
Jersey City and HobokeD. Mr.. John Nc
Gowen, organist of the Fist Baptist
Church of Hoboken, presided at the organ.
1t was announced that during the past year
the NJ. E. Churches of the Uuited States
had raised over million dollars for mis-
sionary purposes. On motion of DIR. At
kinson, and seconded by Presiding Elder
Lowrie, vote of thanks was rendered to
the trustees of the Tabernacle for the use
of the church. for the anniversary free of
charge.
For all the varieties of Iall and winter socks of
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