The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-20
NEWS OF TEE CHURCHES
Items of Interest to Many
City Congregations.

St. Paul's NJ E. Church, on Third
street. is making extensive preparations
to celebrate its fortieth anniversary,
which will occur on the second Sunday
of November. The services. as arranged
for the day, promise to be of much inter
est, not only to members of st. Paul's'
but to any who may care to attend. The
ministers who have presided at st. Pauls
during its forty years of existence and
are now living will be invited to be pres
ent, and it is expected that nearly all of
them will attend. The services of the
day will commence with love feast early
in the morning, over which the Rev.
George Hughes, editor of Guide to Holt
ness, will preside. This will be followed
by a service at half-past ten O'Clock. when
DR.. Lowrie, Presiding Elder will offici-
ate. A sermon will be delivered by the
Rev. Mr.. La Rev.
In the afternoon there will a service of
fraternal greetings, when addresses will
be made by John r. Brown, DR.. Parmly,
DIR. McKelvie. the Rev. Cornelius Brett,
the Rev. John L. Scudder and the Rev.
Mr. Snodgrass, of Hedding M. e. Church.
There will be a grand platform rally in
the evening, when Dr. 1,owrie will again
l..
Hughes, DR.. Dunn, DR.. Van Horne, the
Rev. John Parker, the Rev. George +.
Dickinson and the Rev. S. b. Hammond.
The music at all the services will be of a
superior class, and the choir is making
extensive preparations for the day. St.
Pauis, which is one of the oldest churches
in the city. is justly proud of its record Of
forty years standing and feels that Me
right to a grand celebration has been
earned
Doings at the bergen Baptist Church.
The Bergen Baptist Church has ac-
cepted plan for the extensive improve
ments which will be made in the church
and has placed it in the vestibule where
all the members can see it, and should
they perceive any alterations that seem
advisable they will be considered by the
trustees. The work of Improvement will
not be commenced until next summer,
and it is expected that $1,000 will be ex-
pended in the alterations. Much has
been already done and the new parlors
are both elegant and serviceable
The testimonial presentation to MIR
Charles Seidler, which has been occupy
ing the time and eliciting the interest of
Inc members for some time past, occurred
Ion Tuesday evening. Mr.. Seidler, it will
be remembered, paid more than half of
the church debt. and the members were
desirious of giving some evidence of their
appreciation for this most acceptable aid
The testimonial consisted of set of reso-
buttons engrossed in handsome book,
elegantly bound in seal. The book was
illustrated with pen sketches of scenes Of
the church, all exquisitely executed.
The young people of this church have
already contributed 5000 of the $500 they
subscribed to the chapel improvements.
Mrs. Loesch, an active member Of the
Bergen Baptist Church. has applied to
the trustees Of the church for permission
to place memorial tablet to her husband,
the late Richard c. Loesch, in the church.
No doubt the request will be granted, as
Mr.. Loesch was a most esteemed member
of the church. Mrs. Loesch has contribu-
ted large sum to the church improve
ment fund