The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-01-26
PREPARING FOR MILLS.
A Week of Prayer TO Pre-
cede His Eyangelistic
Work.
ITEMS FOR CHURCH GOERS.
What is Being Done By the Congre-
CATIONS Of the City.
ms FOR CHURCH GOERS.

Every night next week with the excep-
ton of Saturday night. union prayer
meetings will be held at the different
churches preparatory to the evangelistic
services of B. Fay Mills The meetings
have been arranged as Monday,
North Baptist Church; Tuesday, Second
Presbyterian; Wednesday. st. Pauls, NJ.
E.; Thursday, Lafayette Reformed; Fri
day. Second Presbyterian. On the Mon
day following Wayne Street Reformed;
Tuesday, Hedding. M E.; Wednesday,
First Baptist. Mr.. Mills is expected to
arrive on Thursday. February, 9Th.
The Rev. w. A. Kiefer, pastor Of the
Linden Avenue NJ. E. Church, is ser
iously i'll and viii not be able to preach
today.
On Tuesday evening next the local
union of the Hudson County Christian
Endeavor Society will hold its annual
meeting in the Bergen Baptist Church at
which the reports of the officers of the
union will be read and addresses will be
made by entertaining speakers.
Tomorrow evening a reception will be
given at Kessler's Hall by the congrega-
lion of St. Nicholas r. G. Church, Jersey
City Heights.
The reyivaiist meetings of Evangelist
Lounsbury at Grace NJ. f. Church are
great success twenty-five conversions
have been reported.
The sociable given by the Ladies' Fund
Society of the Park Reformed Church on
Friday evening was a fiattering success.
A fine literary and musical programme
was rendered, after which refreshments
were served by the following ladies'
Mrs f. p, Benedict, Mrs. A. Creyeling,
Mrs. Olmsted, Mrs. Blizzard, Mrs. Ward,
Mrs. G.. H. Raymond and others
The Rev. X Fl. Basmajian, the Turkish
missionary will deliver an address at st.
johns German Church this evening"
His subject will be "The Bible Land
in the Bosom of Mohammedans." Mr..
Basmajian will be assisted by his wife
and two children, who will sing in the
English, Greek and Turkish languages
The Unsectarian Mission have decided
to hold eyangelistic meetings every sum
day in connection with their afternoon
service at Humboldt Hall. The first of
the meetings will be held tonight and
will be under the direction OF Mr.. j. G-
L. Crawford, assisted by several Boston
and New York ladies.
The attendance at the Sunday services
of the Centenary NJ. E., have lately shown
slight increase, probably due to the re-
cent nightly meetings.
AT four O'Clock this afternoon Gospel
services will be held at No 54l Commune
paw avenue by the South Bergen w. C..
Il. u. The Band Of Hope meets at the
same place every Friday afternoon at
three O'Clock.
ST. Marv's Guild, of st. Matthews
Church, will give an entertainment to-
morrow evening in the Sunday school at
tacheu to the church. The proceeds Will
be devoted to Christ Hospital.
ntxriNer RI the illness of the kew DF
Houghton. the Rev. Richard b. Post, of
Perth Amboy, will preach at Trinity
Church, Hoboken, today
The Tabernacle Band viii give an en-
tertainment and supper at the Tabernacle
on Wednesday night
J. M. Wilton, ID. D., of New York, Will
occupy the pulpit in the Tabernacle this
morning. In the evening MAJOR General zen raj
o. o. Howard viii deliver lecture on
Y M. G.. A. work
The yearly financial report OF the Holy
Family re Church, just issued, shows
Total income, 81. 914.5S: total expense,
81, 567 IS; surplus, S5lg3o. The debt OF
the church is SIS, 40.
The financial statement OF ST. Joseph 5
Roman Catholic Church, west hoD ,1s
for 1890 has lust been issued, and shows
on income of 81 GAG expenses, S3.694 70.
The debt OF the church is about SJ,OO0
At three o'clock this afternoon re-
union of the Young Peoples Society OF
Christian Endeavor Will be held III the
Second Presbyterian Church, preparatory
to the eFangelistic services OF IL. ray
Mills
The annual collection for the education
OF young men for the ministry viii be
taken up at the Second presbyterian
Church today.
The Rev. Mr.. McKelvey has entirely re-
covered from his late Illness.