The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-24
VINEYARD Or FAITH.
The Handsome New Church
Of Christ Episcopal
Congregation.
WEST SIDE N. E JUBILEE.
Bergen Baptist Anniversary-Ge GEN
eral and Local Church
Notes.


The congregation of Christ Episcopal
Church on Claremont avenue are to have
new church which will be very hand
some. 1t is the gift OF the Rev. DR.. S. II.
Satin, aud will cost thirty thousand
dollars. It Is q memorial to his wife
and daughter. both of whom died in this
city Dr. Battin will be pastor emeritus
OF the new church. For over twenty years
he has been pastor OF Christ Church. and
is now assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Hulett.
The new church will be located on the
corner Of Arlington and Ularemont ave-
nues, and will be built of yellow brick
with stone trimmings. It will be sixty
Two feet wide and one hundred and forty
feet long. 1t will be in RomaDesuue
style and will be one Of the handsomest
churches IN this city
Building Inspector Clarke has issued q
permit for the church, andit will be COM
menced the first of July II is expected
1t viii take two years to complete it.
ANNIVERSARY OF WEsTsTDE NJ. e.
The rwentitth anniversary of the West
Side Methodist Episcopal Church will be
celebrated today. The church has been
undergoing repairs, both without aud
within. Yesterday it was finished, and ii
now stands in readiness for the jubilee
WhIch mas long been anticipated by the
congregation. The church has made
rapid progress since it's organization.
In the autumn of 1870 Sunday school
was opened, and every Sunday the ses-
,sions were held at the residence of w. H.
Beach, who was elected perintendenr,
and who has to the present day filed the
same Office.
The interest In the school increased,
and during The winter services were held
throughout the neighborhood, each resi-
dent In turn offering his house for the
meetings. In April, 1871, the Rev H. NJ
Simpson was sent by Conference, and
preached the first sermon on Easter day.
AT that service eight thousand dollars
was subscribed for the building of the
church. The laying of the cornerstone
was in October of the same year, and on
May IL, 1872, the church was completed
aud formally opened by Bishop Peck.
The Rev II. NJ. Simpson had success
full Passionate, and his successors were
Rev. S. p. Hammond, Rev. II. d. Opdyke,
Rev. James Boyd Brady, Rev. r. NJ. Gar
to- Rev. j. ]. Boutwell, Rev d. II. Wes-
ton and Rev. John Achison, vino is the
present pastor. The church organized
with fifteen members, and it now has a
membership of two hundred. The exer-
cIses will commence this morning with a
sermon by Rev. II. NJ. Simpson, followed
by an historical address by VIM. II Beach.
The afternoon services will be given at two
o'clock. There will be excellent speaking
by a number Of clerRymen of different
denominations. Some of the speakers
are the Rev. Charles Herr, the Rev Cor
nelius Brett the Rev. John l. Seudder,
the Rev. ID. J. Iilison and the Rev. Will.
lam q. SnodRrass. The Rev. Father
Hennessy of St. Patrick's Roman Catho-
lie Church was invited to make an adj
dress, but regret was received from hi n
stating his inability TO attend. The even
ing service will be under the direction of
the Epworth League, of which society
N Atkinson is president. Rob-
erJ Doherty, among others, will speak.
An elaborate programme of music viii
be rendered at eHch service. William H.
Beach is Chairman of the Committee OF
Arrangements. and he has been working
earnestly to make the occasion one to be
remembered By all who attend
ANNIVERSARY AT BERGEN BAPTIST.
An interesting meeting is soon to take
place in the East New Jersey Baptist
Association. 1t will be held in the Ber
gen Baptist Church on the first Tuesday
and Wednesday in June.
This meeting is the 1ftieth anniversary
of the association, and a large attendance
is expected by the Committee of Abrams e-
menIs There will be three sessions each
day, opening in the morning with the
usual devotional exercises and the read
ing of the annual report by ]. x. Folwell,
Of Westport, N. j. On Monday night the
Rev. DIR. Yerkes of Plainfield viii deliver
an address on THE Progress of Fifty
Years. 'Several other .clergymenwill speak
at the different sessions, DR.. Boyd of the
Memorial Church of Newark and DIR.
Robinson of Railway are among them.
Fifty-four churches will be represented.
In Jersey City the churches belonging to
this association are the North Baptist, the
Summit avenue Baptist. and the Bergen
BAPTIST Church. There will be present
between four and five hundred delegates,
and the committees are making every
possible arrangement for the comfort Of
the strangers. The Reception Committee
consists Of VIM. Reed, Chas. Sauderson,
Frank Wolsey, John Applegatey James
Potter. Edward Potter and Charles Reed.
A Ladies' Committee of Entertainment
has also been appointed, consisting OF
Mrs. D. J. Ellison, chairman, Mrs Chest
lev. Mrs. Maxson, Mrs. Loesch and Mrs.
4 special programme of music is being
rehearsed. and vocali6ts from different
parts Of the State will sing during the In
Another affair which is occupying the
Bergen Baptist people just now is the de-
parfure of their pastor, the Rev. ID; J..
Eijison. for Palestine. He will sail on the
City of Paris about the middle of June.
Mr. Ellison while being interviewed
said.-.'Yes, the Church has kindly given
me four months vacation, and at the
last meeting OF Lu6 tFuStcC5 al ttppA opAift-
fion of five hundred dollars was made to
defrav my expenses. But this have re-
fused to accept because it will be taken
ont Of the church treasury, aud our
church is in need Of the money for re-
pairs. Our people are earnest workers,
and our present financial success IS
chiefly due to their efforts.
TRINITY SUNDAY SERVICES
Today is Trinity Sunday, and all the
Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches
will celebrate it. In the Episcopal
churches the choral services and musical
programmes will be exceptionally good.
n Grace P. E. Church this morning. IN
addition to the Holy Communion and
choral service, the Rev. q. ;. FORBES VIII
he ordained by Right Rev. Bishop =. A.
Sfarkev' Mr.. Forbes is well known IN
nearly ail the parishes Of the city. having
sne amen two years in Grace Church as a sS'
liant and while there he married MISS
Sallie Fleming of this city. since eneu
he has been appointed rector OF %. Mary :
Church in Haledon, New Jersey, ana
after his ordination he will return anu
Commences his work as rector IL 1nae
parish.
LOCAL, CHURCH NOTES.