The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-24
THE new mission.
The Building Is About Com
pleted Opening Ser
vices on Sunday.

The new Scotch Presbyterian Church
Mission on Grand street, near the
trestle work, will be formally opened
The painteas are now at work putting on
the exterior finishing touches. 1t is q
large and pretty chapel, built of wood
on brick foundation, with an interior
finish of Georgia Pine. The building is
painted sombre green color, has q slate
roof, and the front, in addition to the
large circular topped windows, is further
surrounded by two peaks.
The interior Is well lighted and fur
nished with bent wood chairs, so ar
ranged as to afford seats for teachers to
face their classes during Sunday school
sessions. There are $40 seats. There is
room for another hundred. The pulpit
rostrum has circular front, with a
rallied pulpit.
The ceiling is circular. The gallery is
converted into apartments for the mis-
sionary, with six commodious rooms and
bath. Tine parlor is supplied with large
double sliding doors, enclosed by rail,
and can be utilized to accommodate an
overflow meeting. 1t Is q mission house
of which the Scotch Presbyterian Church
may well feel proud.
The total cost Of the building will APP
proximate $4,000. The old carriage step
,
in front of the old First Presbyterian
Church, on Washington street. will be
transpianted to the front of the mission.
Mr., George r. Mckenzie is credited
with having mainly supplied the funds
the erection of the new mission. 1t will
be in charge of the pastor and session of
the Scotch Presby Church for some
time, but will eventually assume an
independent form, with the Rev. Mr..
Houston, the blind evangelist, as pastor.
Mr.. Houston is at present attending the
Union Theological Seminary, New York,
with view to becoming an ordained
minister. Whether church or mission it
will, however, always be affiliated with
the Scotch Presbyterian Church. The
church is to be voluntarily sustained.
There will be no pew renting. Located
as it is in growing community, there is
every promise of its future success
The idea of establishing a mission of
this sort was first suggested in the Scotch
Presbyterian Church about year ago.
The matter was submitted to the Pres
bytery, which reported favorably on the
scheme and voted 500 toward its
sbs ts for tbs the Rey est Honaon AoSu
was holding evangelistic services
at the church, and the idea of keeping
him permanently here suggested itself to
Mr.. Mckenzie. He became thoroughly
interested in the proposed mission house,
and thought he saw in the scheme the
prospect for a future home for Mr.. Hous-
ton. The late Mrs. Mckenzie also took
great interest in the proposition to estab-
lish the mission.
The building will not be dedicated until
after Mr.. Houston shall have become an
ordained minister. At the formal OPEN
ing next Sunday afternoon, a sermon
will be preached by the Rey- William M.
Taylor, D. d., sot the Tabernacle, New
York, one of the foremost divines in
the country. DR.. Mitchell, of the Scotch
Presbyterian Church, will preside at the
services, and Choirmaster Evans will
direct the music. Elaborate preparations
are being made for the event. which will
partake of the nature of q praise and
thanksgiving service.
\ The hours for holding services after
next Sunday Will be as follows:-Sunday
school, nine a. M; regular preaching at
four p. M, grand rallying evangelistic
services every Sunday evening at quar-
ter to nine p. M, preceded by a fifteen
minutes service of song.