The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-05
CHURCH ACTIVITY
AL Of Them Preparing for
the Serious and Social
Winter Work.


The Tabernacle is beginning its win
ter work in earnest, and tila many
s9"ieties attached to the church
are now well started. There is prob
ably no church in the city tnat has
more useful or more interesting WAYS for
loatiUg after the young people and chill
dren and bringing them in the church
than the Tabernacle The sewing schooi
and the kitchen garden, which reopened
the last Saturday in September, is most
enter aiming To children, aud Mt the same
time very Instructive Many branches of
useful work are taught, dressmaking, MIL
hnefy, knitting, croeheting and plain
sewing and embroidery receiving es-
peciai attention, and the little girl who
perseyeres and makes dress is presented
with her work, and there are many chill.
dreu who go 10 the school to learn to sew
TO whom this is great inducement.
The school and Kitchen garden were
organized by Mrs. Scudler about year
ago, but owing to iii heath she has been
compelled to give up all active work.
The next interesting chlldrens' society is
the Junior Society of Christian EndeaVor.
OF Which every one has heard SO much.
There is also singing school here for
children on Thursday afternoons, and an
excellent course of vocal training is gone
through. For the older people the Taber-
nacle has many attractive societies, some
OF which nave hardly begun their wi inter-
work yet.
ST. PAuL's HOME CATHERINE
On Tuesday evening ST. PauRs Church
Will haze home gathering or reunion
q tne mempers after their absence dur
ing Tho summer. The early part of the
evening will be a good programme of
music.,Rn this will be followed by sup
per. All who partake of supper will be
presented with q souvenir The enter
lalnment Is under the auspices OF the
Ladies Aid Society. OF which Mrs. Hal
leron is president, Mrs Craumer, secre-
tary, and Mrs. j. II. Merritt, treasurer.
This society has been dong unusually
good WORK during the past year and are
III very f1ourishiug condition. At pres
ent their work will be to aid the church
officers to have the talked of repairs done
on The church and parsonage, 10 keep
the parsonage In repair Is their especial
work, but they intend going beyond it
this once and give all their work for the
benefit of the church improvements.
NEW THINGS FOR THE HOSPITAL.
st. Margarer's Guild of Grace Church
has the care OF supplying the maternity
ward Of Christ Hospital with necessaries.
The expense OF doing this Is done by the
dues and fines of the mem bers. The dues
are fifteen cents month and FIVE cents
hne for each absence from q naBering
These soon connt up and together with
fairs and emit .rtainm an5s enables the
Guild to do the work it has undertaken
A short time ago the members placed ia
the ward three nice comfortable chairs
and table. handsome cradle and some
stand covers. The Lady managers Of the
hospital some OF whom are also members
OF ST. Margaret's meet at tho hospital on
Thursday afternoons to do the mending
of which there IS always great plenty.
On St. Luke's Day which comes IN about
three weeks there Will be special services
at the hospital in tho morning, after
which breakfast viii be served for the
members Of the Guilds who actively woSk
for the hospital