The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-03-23
GRBEuVIL s NEW FAME
The Reformed Church Edi-
flee Will Be a Poem
In Terra Gotta.
UNIQUEINTERIOR FEATURES
Convenience and Beauty Consulted
in Every Detail--- History
of the Church.

of the handsomest church edifices III tho
city when completed. Being Of the latest
style of architecture, and located as it Is
at the junction Of Greenulle's two lead
lug thoroughfares, it is indeed an i'm
posing structure, and one that Greenvilie
and the Reformed Church congregation
in particular may be proud Of
The new building is of brick, with
granite and terra Gotta trimmings, and
will be well adapted in every way to
meet the wants of the congregation.
Every comfort was considered by Ar
chitect Henry Palmer when he drew The
plans, and the Building Committee,
Messrs Vreeland Oliver aud Schultz. are
satisfied with every particular. II is
built adjoining the new chapel and COW
ers about seven thousand feet OF ground,
having seating capacity OF over one
thousand.
The architecture is Gothic in style and
is very imposing The building fronts on
Ocean avenue, on which side il measures
about seventy feet, running back on the
Danforth avenue side about ninety-fiye
feet. Two handsome towers are in
the front, one 128 feet high
and the other eighty-eirht feet
high. The largest is on the corner of the
building There are three large entrances
on the Ocean avenue side, leading into a
vestibule about - feet wiue. From the
vestibuie, steps lead to a spacious bal
cony located between the two towers.
The main church room is about S9xG5
feet. and will. when finished, be hand
somely fitted ap. The pulpit is in the
centre, at the rear, and the organ is tofbe
placed at the north corner, adjoining the
pulpit platform. The consistOry room is
ut the opposite side of the platform, with
a door leading TO the platform. There is
side entrance on Danforth avenue, and
a. A.
church and from the vestibule to the
chapel aud lecture room.
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS.
The floor in the church Is built on the
up grade as in theatres and the entire in
terror is so constructed that the preacher
can kmake himself heard without any
extTR effort. The ceiling is very high
and massive oak trusses and braces, rest
ing 81 strong OAK king posts, give it q
safe Support. Several large memorial
WINDOWS are to be put in and the place
will be welllighted The ventilation will
be perfect and all the modern improve
ments will be introduced. 1t will be
lighted by gas, the fixtures to be fur
niShed by the Kings Daughters OF the
church. Steam will be used to heat the
building aud every precaution has been
taken TO prevent fire.
Contractor William Lane has the work
in charge and he expects to finish it in
the building VIII be handsomely fur
nished aud the congregation will have
every possible convenience. The entire
cost will not fall short OF $50, eco.
Ground was broken the latter part of
last May and July 81 following the cor
ner stone was laid with very appropriate
services. The Rev. William p. Bruce,
the energetic Young pastor, will shortly
arrange fsf tile dedication aud the del
cafien week will be a series OF red letter
days In the annals OF the Church Society.
A HISTORIC REvfEw.
The building fund is rapidly growing
aud il is expected by some that the close
of the present year will see the building
altogether cleared of debt The history
OF the church society is an interesting one
1t was organized il 1871 Ia the old school
house on Old Beruen Road. The Rev. A.
II. Young was the first pastor and through
his strenuous efforts the little cougrega-
ton finally raised enough money TO build
Il brick building at Ocean and Danforth
avenues, adjoining the cdifice now in
course OF erection. The corner stone of
tile little church or chapel was laid with
appropriate services in The spring OF 1873,
and many who participated in the service
of that memorable day are now
prominent members of the church.
In 1882 Pastor Young accepted a
call to Newton, N. j., and short tim9
after the Rev. O. L. Pockman accepted
man left in 1886 to fill pulpit in New
Brunswick and the Rev. Mr.. Bruce was
among the applicants for the GreenyilIe
pulpit. He was chosen by the consistory,
and fresh from college he accepted the
Greenvilie charge. During his three years
and several months as pastor he has done
excellent work, adding largely to the pros
perity of the society. 1t was mainly
through his untiring efforts that the work
on the new building was brought about.
In December he was taken seriously i'll
with typhoid fever and for the past few
months has been recuperating in Old
Point Comfort, Va.
The TabernacIe's Sunday School.
The Tabernacle has one of the finest
and largest Sunday schools in this city,
but although it numbers such a large
membership the teachers and officers
think it has by no means yet enough and
are constantly devising plans TO add to
the membership. The hour at which the
Sunday school ia held is considered by
many very announcement, the hour being
twelve o'clock, and those who attend
other churches or do not attend any
church find it difficult to be at the Taber-
nacle at that hour
RIVAL BIBLE GLASSES.
before ENauRtllSL NILS peSieSeu Uue
wickedness of this city there were
i'll the Tabernacle Sunday school two
Bible classes-one in a most hourishing
condition and with a fair membership,
the other numbering but four pupils.
With much envy the class OF four watched
the rival class steadily increase, both IN
mem bership and in interest, and finally
came to the conclusion that something
must be done The vast amount of plan
ming uud scheming that occupied the four
pupils and, their teachers WAS kept In
jealous silence, but one Sunday the four
pupils and their teacher, being able to
continue their dissatisfaction no longer.
with much adoo, openly declared that
when next Sunday came they would have
a cluss that could show d respectable
number of pupils.
WHAT THEY DID A SECRET.
What the desperate pupils decided to
do they Kept secret, bnt were careful to
make known their intentions to the rival
class New impetus was OF course given
to this, and ali interested anxiously
awaited the following Sunday. 1t came,
and when the school was called to order
in marched the class of four, with its
number of. pupils increased to twenty.
With much complaisance they viewed
the rival class on the opposite side of the
room, who, with all its hard work, could
only muster eighteen. The work goes
steadily on. and last Sunday the class OF
-four had twenty-five members, and the