The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-12-31

He is going to put up new building,
the Mayor continued, (which will be a
credit to the city. A place where Young
people can come and enjoy themselves.
But don't give him credit for that. God
Almighty put it into his heart. He always
succeeds in everything He undertakes and
He is going to have that building. Per-
sonally / am glad to be here but more as
the Mayor of the city, and to thank you
on behalf of the citizens for paying off
your debt In the words of little Tim,
God bless us every one" +" iApplause.)
Mr.. Scudder said he thought the Mayor
had put it ON rather a little thick, but it
gave him an opportunity to announce u
course of lectures to be given in the
church. The papers of Jersey City, he
said, had been very kind to the church,
and it gave him pleasure to introduce q
representative of the press, Major u. X.
Pangborn, who was also a good faber-
nacler.
MAJOR PANGBoRN's ADDRESS.
The major began his remarks by saying
that there are three things which each
and every man would like to dodge
death, debt and the devil, and then con-
tinued:
II feel a personal interest in congratu-
lating this church and people on what it
connection with the Tabernacle goes
back quarter of a century. Although
| am living in another part of the city
still feel as though was coming home
when enter it's door.
Since its organization the church has
been democratic church in the true
sense of the word; chnrch of the peo-
pie. No one could enter those doors and
say he was not welcome. 1t is a social
church. The members greet each other
cordially and make each other feel per-
fectly at home. There is less of class here
than perhaps in any other church in the
CITY,"
luding to the faces he missed and de-
clared that their works follow after
them.
The choir sang the Gloria from Mozart's
Twelfth Mass. and Mr.. Scudder intro
duced the Rev. w. G. Snodgrass, OF He'd
ding Methodist Church.
THE MR.. SN0DGRASS' ADDRESS.
Mr.. Snodgrass spoke of the experience
of similar kind to the occasion being
celebrated through which he passed
three years ago, and said it reminded
him of the boy who had a tooth pulled.
Just before the tooth killed him it came
out. So just before the debt killed him
it was paid. He declared that the occa-
sion was one of the most joyous funerals
he had ever attended, and that he was
heartily glad the mortgage was dead.
COOKED MORTGAGE.
The Rev j. +. Thompson of the Uni
verSalist Church in introducing whom
Dr. Scudder said that orthodoxy had
changed somewhat because it had been
sWeetened with universalism, was the
next speaker, He referred to the hot
muffin and prompt delivery company in
Nicholas Nickleby, and said that one
might think that a cooked mortgage
would make good spiritual muffin. He
said that he had gone there only to orna-
ment the platform. but that DIR. Sender
had asked him to make a brief speech
Some speakers reminded him of the rifle
expert who puts the bullet through the
bull's-eye every time, while others are
like the fellow who goes into the woods
with q shotgun and shoots all around hit
ting all the game in sight.
The Mayor, he said, was like tie latter.
and in his speech had gone SO completely
over the ground that there was nothing
speaker felt sorry for the other speakers.
Mr.. Thompson congratulated the Taber-
nacle most heartily upon getting rid of
it's debt
After the choir had sung "Bulah Land''
Mr.. Scudder read an extract from the
Rev. Mr.. HalloTan's letter in which an
expression was used which greatly aston
ished him. 1t was, ''We hope to follow
suit" Mr.. Scudder said he thought that
was an expression used in playing cards,
but he was not certain until ne had con-
suited one of the brethren on the plat
form.
He then introduced the Rev. d. J. Ell
lisoE of the Bergen Baptist Church, to
which he SAID was due the credit of start
ing this ecclesiastic disease of debt pay
ing.
REV. MIR. ELLIsoN's ADDRESS.
Mr.. Ellison told how his church had
paid off its debt, but disclaimed the honor
of originating the debt paying disease. as
he had caught it from some one else. The
Rev. Cornelius Brett the next speaker
was introduced as one who lives little
nearer heaven than we do; on Jersey City
Heights.
Mr. Brett said that he was the man who
had enlightened DR.. Scudder as to the
meaning of the phrase 81 Follow suit" and
tnat the DIR. had threatened to sgive him
away before all the audience and the re-
porters."
"Our brother who lives on the hill, - he
said " has had a trump card. You follow
ed suit and Judging from the glorious re-
suits hearts are trumps. May you always
have handful of theml | will not con-
gratulate you as Reformed minister but
as citizen of this by no means little city
and subject of his honor the mayor
Theodore l.. Parker, the representative
of the trustees, paid a warm tribute to
Dr. Scudder and Treasurer Whyte ad-
yanced to the front of the platform hold
ing the mortgage aloft and eXclaiming:-
That's the victim"
AN ORIGINAL FUNERAL.
DIR. Scudder took the victim and said:-
II have been asked to deliver a funeral
address over this gentleman. All funeral
addresses are short and every minister
here knows 1t is pretty hard to tell the
truth at funerals sometimes. But in this
case it is an easy matter to speak out.
"You have been a reprobate all your
life. You have been a hard case and have
caused heart hurnings and sorrows all
your life. 1t is sometimes a hard matter
to tell where dead people go to, but we
know you are going to perdition just as
fast as George Stevens, the jolliest under
taker in Jersey City, can send you there
Mr.. Stevens then placed the document in
the crematory and applied the torch as
the solemn strains of the dead march from
In Just three minutes the document was
reduced to ashes, placed in the urn, and
handed it to Pastor Scudder, who said -
''As look in this urn and behold there
ashes, cannot believe my eyes. feel as
though / wss dreaming. | am not intoxi-
Gated. l have only been drinking Jersey
City water today and that's pretty strong
sometimes. /"
He then announced that he had re-
ceived pledges of 81 200 for his new build
ing, which il large enough will be called
the Peoples Palace.
The Rev Mr.. Biddle pronounced the
and then the guests ad-
iourned to the reading room TO eat the
funeral baked meats.
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