The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-04
OUR SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Many Active Workers
Among the Down Town
Churches.
HOLDINGS FINE RECORD
Flourishing Baptist Churches
Centenary and Simpson NJ. E.
Local Religious News.

Now that Anniversary Day has come
and gone, and the children of the W
town Sunday schools have passed In re-
view before the city potentates ana
refreshed themselves after their toll with
ice cream n ten-minute speeches. the
Superintendents all draw IL long breath.
and take a mental account of stock, so to
speak, for the coming year. The Super
~lntendent of Hedding M. K. Sunday
School, Mr.. j. V. Forster, has n decidedly
encouraging outlook. The school num-
bers over three hundred pupils. arranged
in thirty classes, and graded according to
age and ability. The First Assistant IS
Mr.. Thomas A. Low. Second Assistant,
DR.. 5. w. Clark. Mr.. Rexford M. Yale
preserves the records as Secretary.
and q f1ourishing primary de-
partment is conducted by MISS
Georgiene B. Welsh, whose position rs a
teacher is established by her success on
she faculty or H~abrouck Institute. Con-
nected with the Sunday school Is Che
Juvenile Missionary Society OF which Mr..
M. G. Hall is President. and which mas
rendered material aid to the mission
cause, furnishing the sum of $500 annu-
ally, The Juvenile Missionary Society
meets regularly and its members are EN-
thusiastic in their work. The Young
Peoples Society Of Christian E~ndeavor.
which is connected with the school, VIII
be entirely r~eorgonized next Monday
evening, June o. mt the regular election
of officers. Mr.. Elmer b. Yale is now The
Acting President. Children's meetings
are held III the church every wednesday
afternoon at four O'Clock, and large
numbers of the Sunday school are In con-
slant attendance.
IN THE GC0TCu
The Scotch PRESBYTERIAN Church has a
large Sunday school which meets at half
past two p. NJ, and is conducted oy. Mr..
Richard Vevere, the superintendent.
There are nearly 200 children under in
struction. and between fifteen and twenty
teachers make up the faculty Mr..
Thomas Hetherington is Secretary and
Miss Maggie Ogg, Treasurer. Connected
with the school is IL Junior Endeavor
Society numbering twenty-five members,
conducted by Miss Maggie Mitchell.
daughter Of the pastor.
near Mercer, has n hourlshing
Sunday school which numbers moro
than 500 pupils. The ewing Class
in connection with the school is an import
ant feature of weekday church work.
1t was organized last February by the
wife of the pastor, Mrs. Theodore heisig.
who has ever since given it a large share
of her time aud attention. There are
fifty pupils on the roll, with an average
attendance of forty. The class has be-
come proficient in the various stitches
used in plain sewing, and viii soon dis
band for the summer. Miss Lille Rouse
of Mercer street will conduct the class
during the absence of Mrs. Heisig in Ger
MANY, There is also a large Junior Eli
deavor Society conducted bv Mrs. Halbert
of Jewett avenue which numbers more
than forty members and holds interesting
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Sunday school in Lafayette which meets
in q neat chapel on Wilton street, and is
well attended.
The North Baptist Sunday School is
among the largest in the city, having an
average attendance of 440. The Superin-
tendent is Mr.. Benjamin +. Wakefield,
and Mr.. J. G. Crilley is Secretary, assist
ed by Mrs. Il. fl. Morrison. There are no
societies recognized as direct auXiliaries
of the Sunday School. but the members
of the Christian Culture Society are all
taken from its ranks.
St. Paul's NJ. Z. Church, Third street,
numbers over 400 on its Sunday School
roll. Superintendent William A. Hum
mer is i'll charge. assisted by Mrs: Smith
of Fourth street. in the Girls, Depart-
meut. aud by Mr.. George B; Ludlum.
Secretary and Treasurer. The entire
school is included in a missionary society.
for whose benefit Il collection Is taken
each month, and which has a separate or
ganization.
Simpson M. E. Church has a Sunday
School enrolment of over 500. Mr.. Cor
nelius Gilmore is in charge, and the fe-
male department is conducted by Mrs.
w. w, Ruggles. The Superintendent Is
assisted IN his duties by Mr.. LYMAN
Hnrsshey. The librarian is Mr.. Frank
Furman. There is n Missionary Society
similar to that of ST. Paul's, whose secre-
tary is Mr.. John Ruggles, and treasurer
Mrs. William Cleveland.
CENTENARY NJ. L. CHURCH.
The Centenary NJ. Il. Sunday School
has an enrolment of over 500. and an at
tendance never falling b low 300. AT the
recent election of officers, Mr.. Frank NJ.
Jeffery was chosen uperintendent. Mr..
Charles Van Aiken, Assistant Superin-
tendent, and Miss Sara Robinson
ment. The Secretaryship is in
the hands OF the Messrs. Bates.
and Mr.. Peter Morse Is Treasurer. The
librarian Is Mr.. Frank Bloom; choris-
ter, Mr.. John Watson and pianist,
Miss Gertrude Farmer. The primary
department is an important feature,
having an enrolment of over
200. Miss Sara Carter was in charge
Of this work for several years, but as
h ONE missions ave made great demands
OF her time. she was obliged to relin-
ouish her duties. and Miss Florence
Trowbridge consented to take her place,
w it'll the assistance of n corps of young
la dies. A pleasant feature of the Sunday
sc hooi is the large attendance of adults,
as several Bible classes are filed with
Ri en-. There are few Sunday schools
w hich influence in a more marked degree