The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-11-10

complimeuted the Tabernacle folks on
their successful Palace work. Il believe in
sanctified common seuse." ne continued:
Our fathers dealt with the problems OF
their day. This is q great forward move
ment. l hone to see the Tabernacle a
temple of the living God, wherein Jeho-
yah longs to dwell"
JERSEY CITY's FUTURE.
DIR. Bradford of Montclair, alluded
touchinglv to the work of the Rev. John
Milton Holmes, who established the Tab
ernacle. The speaker pictured the scene
of the funeral services Of the pastor IN
the church. during which an old colored
roman after all had taken a look at the
corpse stepped slowly forward and,
STOPPING to press a kiss upon the marble
brow, passed through the rear door
weeping. II believe" he said, "this
present task is but carrying outthe work
began by John Milton Holmes in this
city twenty-five years ago."
Their the speaker dritted into a humor-
Gus view. "We have heard so much OF
the brag of Chicago and the twin sisters
of the West" he said. 'Chicago found
nexed Hyde Park and the Lakes, and il
let alone she'd annex the whole State of
Illinois. Then again we have heard a
good deal about st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, the great twin sisters of the North
west. The population of both these cities
WOAlo "a II q AdhutO
alongside or us, il we were allowed to
annex Hoboken, which Is really u part of
jersey City. But New York casts her
great shadows upon us ana we feel that
our municipalities are insignificant. But,
after all, what are all our W in this
SCI tion embracing the Oranges and Mont
clair bat the suburbs of New York? l
hope the time will come when a stranger
will not have to bring two or three bottles
OF apollinaris In order to have something
fit TO drink when he gets here. We don't
want you to annex Montclair and the
Oranges until you get -FOUR hands clean.
/ was out walking with your pastor some
time ago and we counted eight saloons in
a space of $40 feet. That will do until
you get your new water supply.
the Tabernacle is located in a section
in which there Is great spiritual destitu-
ton. 1t is not a mission church, but it is
a church with a mission. In Montclair
we put an item in our list of benevol-
ences for city missions aud city missions
In this case mean the Tabernacle of Jer-
sey City. Its present work is in the line
of a great forward movement. We are
not to guage the methods by the work In
the churches on Filth avenue and up
around Central Park in the midst Of
holy res~pectability."
Turning to Pastor Scudder, DR.. Brad
ford Occasioned some amusement by ao-
ruptly asking: "Have you ever had the
degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred
upon your"
81 would like to have the degree of
Doctor OF Humanity conferred upon me,''
replied the pastor.
very we'll. then, PHI confer the degree
of d. H. upon you. That may be var
iously interpreted-Dead Head. for in
stance. But, seriously, | think you are
entitled to the degree Doctor of HUI
manity."
Major Pangborn congratulated the
Tabernacle people upon the successful
OF "a novel enterprise"
The assem- blage was then invited to in
spect the appointments of the temporary
Palace. and were shown through the
buildings by a committee of ushers
headed by Professor G.. G. Stimets.
William II. Turner, aud other prominent
of the Tabernacle Church.