The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-15
IN 7HH CHURCHES.
Preparations to Receive the
Summit Baptist Church's
New Pastor.
ADMIRABLE FRESH AIR WORK.
Honoring Sunday School Superin-
tendent Sterling---General
Religious Notes.

Great preparations are being made for
the installation OF the Rev Edward Mac
MINI as pastor Of the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church, The event will be ce1e-
brated on June "a In the church, and it
will be an occasion of much rejoicing to
all the members, as the church has been
quite unsettled in It's affairs since the
death Of its late pastor. Mr.. MacMinn is
Of Scotch descent, and is an excellent ard
jealous worker. He was pastor OF the
Baptist Church at Moorestown when he
was offered the pastorate of the Summit
Avenue Baptist Church.
A SERVICE OF INTEREST.
The programme for the service prom
ises to be very interesting. DR.. Parmly
will preside. and the other clergymen
who will participate in the service are
the Rev. G. w. Nicholson, the Rev. D.
Ellison, the Rev. Frank Fletcher, the
Rev. T. Steelman, the Rev. William
Eakins, of this city; the Rev Mr. Mott,
of Bayonne. and DIR. Hampstone, of
Brooklyn. Mr. MacAIinn has been filing
the pulpit of this church for more than
month, but the formal installation has
been delayed until June "a. In the short
time he has been with The church he has
made many friends among the congrega-
ton.
Today in many of the churches is be.
ing devoted to the children. Those who
did not celebrate the day last week win
do SO today, and the number will include
about halt or she churches in the city.
Beautiful flowers will ornament the
affairs. and the children viii take an inn
portant part in the services.
AT TRINITY CHURCH.
In Trinity NJ. K. Church unique fea-
ture OF the celebration will be a boat
made Of many colorea and fragrant
flowers. Within the boat, which will be
placed across the platform, Will be four
Teen daintily dressed little girls. Each
of these will recite some verses, and to-
gether with all the children viii sing
hymns and carols. The sermons, like
those of last Sunday viii be made OBJ
ject lessons, and the illustrations are
generally delightful to the children, who
hold this day as one OF the brightest in
the church year.
In the Catholic churches of the city the
laying of the corner stone of St. Brid-
gets new school viii be most important
event. The Holy Name societies Of the
Catholic churches viii parade through
the streets to St. Bridget's Church and
then lay the corner stone. Bishop Wig
ger will make the address.
Summer Fresh Air Work.
The Fresh Air Fund started last year
by the Rev. G. II. Moffett, of the Church
Of the Holy Innocents, Hoboken, in ac-
cordance with suggestions made by TIE
JERSEY CITY NEWS. is to be continued
this year, and there is reason to hope that
the good work of this summer will even
surpass that of last.
The first report OF the fund states that
during the eleven weeks which the house
,eA-t III
20 girls and 1856 children. a total of 206,
were able to avail themselves of the bene-
fits ofa brief holiday In the country. The
total expenditures, which include rent.
500; railroad fares, Sl38.0S; freight and
carriage. SOC, AZ; furniture, SASS: physic-
ian and medicine, S22.1g, and provisions
and sundries, 1858 46, were S7sS.9l. and
the receipts being only S740.53, there is q
deficit of $48S8 Among the contributions
are an "Offertory ON Ascension Day"
1859, s229-s6; &c. r s Sale,p s21o47; and
subscriptions, S195.50.
For the summer of 1890, through the
kind courtesy OF the owner, q house near
Miiburn, N. j., has been placed Mt the
disposal of the All Saints Sisters OF the
Poor, who hope to open it in about week,
and want TO take as many individuals
under their care as accommodations and
funds will permit. For the latter, the
Rev. Moffett makes strong plea The
cause is an especially worthy one and it
is to be remembered that small contribu-
tions help toward the accomplishment of
its object
THE SISTERS OF THE PEACE.
Last Sunday, June 5, the Sisters of
Peace House at Englewood was
thronged with visitors from New York
and Jersey City TO witness the dedication
of the new house by the Rt Rev. Bishop
the building, after which followed the
Litanv of the Saints and Benediction of
the Blessed Sacrament. Bishop Wigger,
assisted by the Rev Father Cassidy and
Father McAtee, Of ST. Peters Church.
this city, and the Rev. Father THEM, of
Englewood. The house has been built
for the sole accommodation of summer
boarders, and has been laid out on a mag
nihcent part of the Palisades overlooking
the Hudson. 1t is a handsome three
story building and can accommodate at
least three hundred boardeIs.
Remembering Their Old Glass Loader.
The Sunday school room OF Trinity N.
E. Church. York street, was crowded
Friday night by members of Mr.. Samuel
Sterling's Friday evening class and few
invited guests who celebrated royalty the
twenty-third anniversary of its organize
tion under Mr.. Sterling's leadership.
Some half dozen prominent ministers
were partially screened from view by
beautiful flowers which lined the railing
to the enclosure wherein sat the vener-
able and worthy leader, who during the
past twenty three years has missed but
three Friday nights attendance.
He was in one of his happiest moods.
With the nlodesty Of a girl who has
passed her sixteenth year Mr.. Sterling
seems TO have carefully concealed his ex-
act age from his cohorts, a trait that has
given rise to considerable amusement in
the way of speculations in reference
thereto and created an impression that
he is really older than his looks
would indicate. Friday night he
attempted to relieve curiosity by
giving his cxnct age to the second.
Reducing all but twenty-one years of his
life to weeks, hours, minutes and sec
onds, he began with so many seconds, SO
many minutes, SO many hours and SO on;
and when he concluded--no one present
possessing the skill of lightning caleu-
lator-the class was still in the dark con-
corning their leaders age. No one un-
acquainted with Mr.. Sterling would be-
iieve him to be q humorist; but he is, all
the same.
There were many comp limentary things
said about him last night, some Of the
speakers even going so far as to give him
the credit of keeping life in old Trinity
amid the adverse surrounding cfrCum-