The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS.
Temperance Meeting TomOrrow-Cadets
and Cantatas-Notes

Temperance Meeting TomOrrow-Cadets
and Cantatas-Notes.
The Jersey City Branch of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will hold a Gospel
temperance meeting on Sunday, December IS, at
four O'Clock P. NJ, in Humboldt Hall. The music
will be especially good. A cordial invitation to
attend is extended to all.
The Emory NJ. E. Church is about to enter
upon a new phase of church activity. The
Cadet Corps. a military organization in connec-
ton with the Sunday School and church, has
outgrown its quarters. There are two divisions,
the juniors, numbering seventy-tive boys from
ten to sixteen years of age, and the seniors, over
forty, from eighteen to twenty-five. 1t requires
a large room for drill purposes for such com
are decidedly inadequate. They could
rent a room, but it would remove
the society from that union with the church
which is Its main object. So the committee in
charge have been meditating building a one
story frame honse In the rear of the church lots,
for drill purposes, and use during the week for
social meetings. entertainments, reading rooms,
or for similar purposes. The matter has Deen
definitely laid before the authorities, and as Dr..
Lowrie said last night, will be settled one way
or another within two weeks.
The energy with which the matter has been
pushed is due mainly to the Rev. DR.. Lowrie's
determined efforts. He has always been u friend
of and believer IN young people, since he was
one of them himself in years, as he is still at
heart. When he started the Young Peoples
Meeting at Mt. Tabor. there were less than a
dozen in attendance; now there are between
eight hundred and one thousanu. For twenty
two years he has kept up the work for young
people, and they know who will always help INN
at any time and i'll anyway.
The Rev. DR.. Lowrie has almost entirely re-
covered from his illness. He walked out yester-
day without crutches, although he still finds it
more convenient to employ them indoors.
Illness mas again visited the family of the
Rev. DR.. Chas. Herr, of the First Presbyterian
Church. whose little child is suffering from
scarlet fever. The case is declared to be very
light and no danger is apprehended.
The Sunday School of the Lafayette Reformed
Church will present a special service on Sunday
evening, December rs, called The Promised
King" The soprano of the choir is now Miss
Minnie A. Kimball.
The Rev. 7. j. Kommers will preach tomor-
row, in the Lafayette Reformed Church. the
second of a series of sermons on .'Marriag e
After a long illness the Rev. David Mitchell,
pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church,
resumes full duty tomorrow.
At the Bergen Baptist Church tomorrow even
ing there will he a special song service; Five
new members will be baptized and Rev. Mr.. Eli
son will preach the sermon.
At the evening service in st. Johns Free
Church tomorrow. Bishop Norris of Oregon will
preach before the Missionary Guild of the
Dr.. jackson will preach tomorrow morning
and evening in Hedding NJ. E.. Church, In the
of .John and of Christ" In the evening there
will be a peoples service of song, with a short
sermon upon jay Gould and his Wicked
Wealth."
The anniversary exercises Of the Summit Ave
nue. Baptist Sunday School have again been
postponed, this time until the Christmas festival
December 2S.
fist Church will benefit by a concert to be given
in the church next Tuesday night by S1e New
Orleans Jubilee Singers. These plantation
artists are old IavorlteS in the city.
The Lafayette NJ. E. Church, the Rev. @. i.
Little, pastor, returns thanks to The JERSEY
CRY News in its paper, The Little Charchbeana.
for its account of the Tramp, Tramp Club, ~
formed of boys in the Sunday School. Deem
Der %, the Rev. John g, . ridge will lecture in
this church on "Piciures4ue America
The formation of a Presbyterian Alliance of
all the churches of this denomination in the city,
was accomplished during the week at the Rev.
DR.. Hers First Presbyterian Church. The Or
ganization is similar to those which exist in
almost all large cities, and it is only surprising
that it has not been made bsfore.
The children of the Lafayette Reformed Sun
day school will receive presents this year at a
tree during the holidays. The Bergen Reformed
Sabbath school will also receive presents. The
BOYS Brigade in this Sunday school has proved
so successful that a similar company has been
organized among the girls, Captain Laws in
command.
Mr.. John Holland, violinist, and Mr.. Louis
Sherwood, organist of the Lafayette Reformed
Church, wall give a musicale IN the church early
in January.
The Rev. NJ. L. Gates, pastor of Grace NJ. E.
Church, on Sunday last announced that tomor-
row he desired every member who was on the
church book to be present. If any could not be
present he wished they would send O postal card
or a slip of paper, stating their position, and if
they meant to consider themselves non-members
to send their formal withdrawal. He said the
roll of the members would be called and each
one be asked to answer his name. He said mer-
chants took an inventory of. stock at the begin
ming of each year and it was well for the church
to know how it stood.
course OF readings will be given next month
at the First Presbyterian Church. Among those
who will appear are Thomas Nelson Page, the
author Of Men Lady" and +. Hopkinson Smith,
author of Colonel Carter of Cartersville,n who
will read selections from their works.