The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-03

tinguished for its amplitude. 1t is forty
miles wide and nearly one hundred and
forty miles long. Six lines of railroad,
ten preachers and their fine horses con-
tribute towards helping the presiding
elder reach the country appointments.
CENTENARY AND OTHER CHURCHES,
Jersey City proper, has eleven churches,
and the first in order IL Centenary. By
the power Of grit and grace, remarkable
work has been done during the
Church has been remodeled and
handsomely decorated, Sunday school
facilities greatly increased, and $500
pipe organ placed in the rear of the pull
pit. The parsonage refurnished, costing
IN all nearly 5000, and all raised but
81 500, which is due on the organ.
'sGrace Church is more graceful now
than at any time during the past four
years. Good work has been done in the
payment of 81, 400 on the debt and for I'M
provements. The Sunday school is
fiourishfng and forty probationers re-
joice in the pardoning love OF God, 40.
Emory is one OF our most helpful fields,
and shows large aud well organized
membership. Among the things done
this year is the furnishing of handsome
parsonage, and payment on the debt,
making q total of 81 500, and all paid.
Missionery collections 500 in advance Of
last year.
'At Hedding great unity and marked
prosperity prevails. An old debt of 81 600
is cancelled. and large accessions by con-
version have taken place. The Star
League of young folks, numbering over
seventy five, udner the watchful care of
the pastor, is bearing precious fruit.
EVERY interest at James has received
careful attention and merited success,
Lafayette reports year of progress. The
beautiful parsonage has been furnished
by the ladies. The Sunday school
is too large for their chapel. $500
has been raised for debt and
sons are on probation. Linden Avenue
Church and Chapel were dedicated lest
May, and, with the parsonage, it makes
one of the most complete and beautiful
pieces of property in the district. The
property mas cost $4,000. About
Palissde, with all bills paid
to date and 81, 500 raised for bonded debt,
with the population gradually increasing
and the congregation growing. The mort
gage on st. PauIs Church, of $4,000 iscan-
celled.
Simpson Church was never more
united, vigorous and hopeful than at
present, with nearly one hundred access
sions to her membership. Our society at
West Side avenue is not so large as some
in the city, but it is one of the very best
in all that goes to make a model church.
DOWNTOWN RELIGION.
Trinity with q history of.which any
church might well be proud. now feels as
never before the loss of some who IN
the years gone did grand service in her
ranks. The population in that section of
the city is changing rapidly, and not
for the better All our churches
iu lower Jersey City suffer from the re-
moval of many of their best workers.
Old Trinity has done grand work for God
during the year and has yet glorious
mission With our reduced financial
strength at many points, how shall we
meet the moral needs of those who are
crowding our centres and antagonizing &
our American Institutions? We boast of
the great connectional bonds of our
Methodism that makes us one great
church, bringing into our fold the strong
and the weak, the rich and poor, causing
ms to rejoice together.
''The thing that Methodism ought to do
as the greatest eyangeliziDg force in the
world, is to organize a Board of Home
Missions, and thus help to care for the
future of our cities and country. We
nave fields in our districts as important
and promising as can be found in India
or Japan.
The membership of the district aggre-
gates nearly seven Thousand five hum
dred. We contribute about twelve thous-
and five hundred dollars to the poor, an
average of ST. SO per member. There has
been raised S30, 900 for improvements, etc..
during the year.