The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-03-01

DIR. John Rudolph Is the pastor, was held
thia week. 1t was All interesting event.
The annual social reunion of the society
was held on Monday evening at the
Martha Institute.
Work will be commenced next week on
the new structure OF the Zion Evangelical
Association, to be erected on Charles
street near Nelson avenue.
The Rev. r. G. Luhrs, the popular pas
tor of st. Johns Lutheran Church on
Summit avenue, now occupies the new
house he recently purchased. at No. 50
Graham street Pastor Luhrs has become
a busy man. Week before last he Off
ciated ut fourteen funerals Of little ones
of his parish that had died of the diph-
liberia, a fatal malady that has made sad
havoc among the scholars of his large
Sunday school,
The Junior League of ST. Johns
Lutheran Sunday school. will give an en-
tertainment at Kessler's Hall on March
II to raise funds to carry on their charit-
able work among poor child ren.
The Rev. DR.. John Rudolph, the pastor
of the German Reformed Church, Hobo
KEN is publishing history Of the United
States. Il is said to be an able and very
extensive publication. Dr.. Rudolph is
one Of the most learned and successful
German pastors of the county, and withal
his learning aud success is an exceed
ingly modest and retiring man that
.
The Rev. DR.. J. Houghton of the Trim
ity Episcopal Church, Hoboken, the chap
laiu of the Second Regiment, and the
Rev. John l.. Scudder. chaplain of the
Fourth Regiment, are the two military
pastors of the county: The Rev. G..
Jenevey Of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Hoboken, the Rev. Frank Fletcher of
West Hoboken, and the Rev. John Rus
sell of Union Hill are the only three
veterans of the late war within the
county who are honercd with ecclesias-
tical titles and have churches.
One of the effective agencies of the
Zion Lutheran sunday School, Green
vile, introduced by the interchangeable
pastor to promote the efficiency of the
teachers, is a training class OF young girls
to pre- pare them to be teachers aud to act
as a reserve CORPS to take the place Of
absentees.
An extensive and most encouraging re-
vival is now in progress In the Morgan
Street Baptist Church, Union Hill.
AT the recent anniversary of the
Woman's Foreign Mission Society OF the
Central Avenue Reformed Church at the
residence of Pastor Wright IL was re-
ported that the organization had raised
nearly one thousand dollars. aud was in
every way in a fiourishing condition.
Several of the Young Peoples Associa-
lions identified with churches In the
northern end of the county are arranging
grand jubilee Tor Easter 10 De held at
some central point Mr.. Richard r.
Green has been invited to deliver tue
welcome address, and Miss Annie Cline
the Harlem eiocutionist has been engaged
to recite.
The young people OF the various Ger
man Baptist churches Of the county on
Wednesday evening held grand rally an.
Hoboken. The Rev. DIR. GrummelI OF
Brooklyn lectured, and the exercises
wound up with q social
Preparations In the Tabernacle are rap
idly being made for the musical aud
gymnastic entertainment to be given
March 10th in the interests of the PeoBie's
Palace work. The new physic Il instruc-
tor. David Bramlev, with twenty athletes,
and the Harmony Male Quartette are
among the attractive features