The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-01-11
REBUILDING ST. PAUL'S.
The Old Church Will Soon
Be an Ornament to
the City.
PARSONAGE IMPROVED TOO.
Items Of Interest from a Host of
Churches Ben Har at Ber-
gen Reformed.

Snu4ShSn DCH Hut dt Dtf-
gen Reformed.
The cold weather and the sncw storms
Aave inrerfered somewhat with the
work which is being done upon a number
of the churches In this city, but on every
day that the weather will permit CON
siderable has been done to the improve
inent, and only few weeks delay will
be caused. ST. Paul's N. Il. Church is
rapidly being transformed into d build
ing which the members will scarcely
recognize as their former home. The
old church was very plain frame struc-
tnTe, with no pretenaions whatever to
beauty. But now, the extensive renova-
tions will make it an ornament to the
city and the pride of all the members of
St. Paul's.
VARIOUS CHANGES.
The front of the building Is OF Philadel-
phia brick. with trimmings OF granite
At either end of the front Is being CON
structed tall tower, and In
each of them will be an entrance
to the auditorium. The old gallery has
been taken away and the organ and chair
E1tt~-@fk
organ will be completely renovated and
made quite as good AS new, and the ex-
terror will be artistically decorated The
pulpit, of carved wood. will be made to
rtll, and when not Ia use will be placed
under the choir gallery wheresit Will add
that part OF the church. The interior
will be finished with antique oak and th e
frescoeing on the walls and ceiling will
be unusually beautiful The windows
will all be memorial windows of cathe-
dral glass, and the front window will be a
work of art 1t will be in four panels,
and on each panel will be painting OF
one OF the four Evangelists. The floor is
being made to incline considerably. and
will be handsomely carpeted when COM
pleted. A prismatic reflector in the CEN
tire of the ceiling will be a great improve
ment on the old way of lighting the
building. There will also be O handsome
lecture room finished like the church,
except Instead OF frescoeing the frescoe
paper will be used.
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PARSONAGE.
The parsonage which adjoins the
church is also undergoing extensive Inn
proyements. The front Is like the church,
Of Philadelphia brick 1t will have q
pretty bay window all the way up to the
third story and q French roof of slate.
The building has been raised two feet.
The wood work of the interior will be
antique oak, and the frescoeing In pale
olive and hight pink. 1t Will be hand
someiy furnished. but the style Of
the furniture has not yet been
decided upon. The carpets VIII probably
match those in the church. When the
work IS all done and the church people
are settled in their new home they will
no doubt feel more than repaid for the
hard work It has cost Them
BEN Huk AT THE BERGEN REFORMED,
On Tuesday evening the Christian Cul.
ture Society OF the North Baptist church
will give series of tableaux from Ben
Hur.7 under the auspices OF the Ladies
Missionary Society Of SC. Paul's Church
and the Ladies' Aid Society OF the Bergen
Reformed Church. They will be held III
the chapel OF the Bergen Reformed
Church and viii commence at s o'clock
There Will be sixteen tableanx and most
OF them VIII have Two scenes each. They
are taken from the best scenes in the boot
and the costumes chosen are both pretty
and picturesque, the many opportunities
for tasteful dFaping aud graceful group
ing having been taken advantage Of
There viii be voluntary upon the organ
before the tableaux, and during them
Prof. w. j. Oalian win read the appropri-
ate passages from the book. The evening
will close with recitation Of the "Chariot
Race The cast is as follows:
Ben-Hur, Mr. Fred Brown: Messiah,
Mr.. Thomas G. Greene, Jr.; Herod, Mr..
B. F. Wakefield; Balthasar, Mr.. Zamora
MeIchoir, Mr.. Louis Titus; Gaspar, Mr..
John Passman, Simonides. Mr.. Barrent
Inwright; Malluch, Mr. Louis Titus;
Roman soldiers. Messrs Cochran, Brown
and Lewis; slaves, Messrs. Cairns, White,
Walters and Albeit; Ester, Miss Male
McKeran; Iras. Miss Kitty Terry: the
mother OF Ben Hur, Mrs. Robert Mearns:
Tirzah, Miss Stella Castle; Amrah. Miss
Rebie McCue; children, Miss Jessi G
Lewis and Master Frank r. Dodson;
soloists, Misses Ferris aud Throck-
morton.