The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-12
CHOIR CHANGES.
New Singers and 0fganists
in Various jersey City
Churches.
LOCAL CHURCH NEWS.
Notes on the Doings Of Pastors
and PcOple-GeneraI Relig-
Gus Items.

Inc changes which take place each year
in the church choirs are now being made,
but, OF course, do not 20 into effect until
May / The changes are not SO numer-
Gus this rear as usual. and some of them
Will net be entirely completed for several
weeks yet. The greatest Of the changes
Will be made in Grace Episcopal Church,
which has for number of years had
quartette choir. This win be completely
done away with, and boy choir will
take its place. The organist, e. Fl.
Bearse, will also leave Grace Church, and
VINO will be his successor is not yet known.
me boy choir will be assisted by a large
volunteer choir
BERGEN REFORMED CHANGES.
In the Bergen Reformed Church the
music Tor the coming year Will be made
particular feature of the service. The
choir Will still consist of d quartette with
w. w. Covell, bass, who remains for
this year. Miss Minnie Patten, the So
prano. also stays. Mrs Monlton, con-
tralto, and Fred Parker. tenor, will retire
from the choir, and their places will be
filled by Miss Spinning of Newark and
Mr. Forrest, now of Calvary Episcopal
Church, New York The choral services
which have been 30 successful during this
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will be excellentiy fitted for the require
ments. The organist, Harry w. Brig
ham, will remain another year.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN.
In the Second Presbyterian Church
there will be q new soprano, Mrs. NJ. j.
Francis She has sung considerably in
this city and her voice is much liked.
Miss Rene Cranmer will remain as the
cpntralto and E. Anderson, tho bass, wilt
also stay. There will be a new tenor,
Eugene Hicks, and large chorus choir
will assist the quartette. E. L. Cranmer,
who has been organist in this church sew
eral years, will stay.
THE TABERNACLE.
The changes in the Tabernacle choir
will not be many. w. t. Fleck. the or
ganist, will retire and Victor Baier will
succeed him. Miss Nettie Hellerman, the
I contralto, and W. r. Engel, the
bass, win not stay. Their successors
Thave not yet been chosen. Miss
Florence Turner, the soprano, and Ed
ward blanchard, tenor, win stay. The
chorus choir OF the Tabernacle is very
large, and they still want fifty voices.
Whose who would like to join the choir
Will receive excellent vocal instruction
free. Mr.. Baier will be assisted by II. E.
Macomber.
ONE CHANGE N HEDDING.
But one change will be made in He'd
ding NJ e. Church Miss Norcross, the
soprano, will retire, and her place will be
filled by Miss Jen1ie CIerfhew. who will
also be in charge Of the Sunday school
singing. Miss Caswell, the organist, will
stay.
No changes will be made in st. PauPs
II. e. Church, and very little change will
taxa place in the North Baptist choir.
Mrs. Mesher will remain, and John In
wright will continue as orgauist.
ST. MARY's EPISCOPAL.
In st. Mary's Episcopal Church the
new boy choir will be in good training
by May l and all the singing will be done
by them. There are no other important
changes in any Of the church choirs. and
en- the first Sunday in May new faces will
be seen IN nearly every choir In this city.