The Sunday morning news., 1891-01-25
THE CHURCHES.
Bergen Presbyterians Inter
ested in the Rebuild
ing of Their House
of Worship.
NEW YORK PREsBTTERY CONVENTION.
Grace EpiscopaI's Year BookGen~
erai Church News of Interest.

TO the members Of the Bergen Presbyter-
Ian Church. who are deeply interested at
present in the progress of the building
which Is going on there and 20 which
each pleasant day adds new WORK. 1t is
about year ago since the pastor and
members OF this church, whose congreRa-
tion included some OF the wealthiest
families Of Bergen decided that larger
accommodations were needed for the
church aud Sunday school. As soon as
this decision was made active workers
tion, and on April L 1890, work
was begun on the church
and on the Sabbath School building at
the rear of the church, which Is entirely
new. On this latter the work was COM
menced aud it has been completed and
used for several months TherebuildinR
Of the church was adiftieult undertaking,
as It has been completely remodelied and
greatly enlarged.
EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS.
The exttsior Of the church 1s being
built Of brick aud on the west end will
be tall tower, with an entrance TO the
vestibule in It. There will also be an
The old gothic front OF the church wiz be
allowed to remain. but the general APP
pearance is greatly altered by the tow
er aud the large. square dome
which surmounts the building This
serves the double purpose Of adding
numerous windows, lights the interior
with soft, mellow light. Within the
church is greatly changed On either
side OF the altar a large transept has
been built. which greatly increases the
seating capacity Of the auditorium. The
a. - =
changed. The Gothic entrances have been
modelled Into three rounded ones, and
four large, rounded arches on either side
OF the auditorium reach from the en-
trance to the transepts- This, together
with the other alterations, gives the inte-
rior the form Of a Latin cross, which is
very effective and beautiful The ceiling
has been made much higher by means of
the DOME The entire woodwork of the
interior will be Artificial oak and the
windows will be of cathedral glass.
There win be some memorial windows.
The old organ will be taken out
and q new one substituted. The
church will be very handsome one when
completed. which will be IN May, and
both the pastor and members desire great
praise for the earnest work they have
done to accomplish It. The cost of the
improvements will be about fifty thousand
dollars.
AT THE EsUMdITsAyENuE CHURCH.
A convention Of the Pfesbytery OF New
York was held Wednesday In the summit
avenue United Presbyterian church, and
forty delegates from eighteen
Presbyterian churches were pres
emf. All but two congregations
denominational congregations III New
York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and the dis
trict In New York between Newbnrg and
NewYork citywere represented. The treas
urer made the interesting report that $49,-
500 had been raised during the year.. The
election of delegates to me SeperaI Is AS
eoates--The Rev. r. Armstrong. the Rev.
n II Wallace. the Rev. w. g. Martin.
Aiternates-The Rev. J. A. Shaw, the
Rev. D. j. Patterson. and the Key X: w.
Kidu. Elder delegates--Joh Ohm Earle. John
Meaus, and f. Brown. Alternates-Lyle
Reed. Robert Blair and Donald Macrae.
The other necessary business was soon
transacted, and the convention proved an
unusually Interesting one
THE YEAR BOOK OF GRACE CHURCH.
The year book OF Grace Episcopal
Church, compiled by the pastor, the KEY
G. 5. Bennitt, Eroves very imseresuihg ,,,;,.tsg
which has been considerable, during the
year is given. and the charities and other
objects for which the monies is expended
told about. Each guild has particular
work to do. The Mems tuna, Wnicn -
very large, looks after all the men IN tne
parish in u spiritual and social way. while
the Womens Guild spend mucn
tine doing works OF charity.
One ~ the most interesting
guilds IS St. Margaret's, whose duty L is
10 look after Christ Hospital, and mucn
they do in interest of the SICK tnere
Financially the year book gives 9 gooa
report, and the results speak PLAINLY OF
the hard work that has been done IN the
church.