The Jersey City news., 1892-05-07

Baptist Church. The company will be
the same as that which appeared to such
advantage in the North Baptist Church,
Tabernacle and Bergen Reformed Church
last season. The entertainment Will be
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society.
The Bergen Baptist Church will soon
have new iron fence around its grounds.
The stone posts are set, and In week or
so the long needed feature will be In
place.
The Young Peoples Society Of Christian
Church will hold sociable next Tuesday
evening at the residence of Mr.. William
Maver, Arlington avenue
The series of organ recitals given Dy
the Music Committee of the First Pres
byterian Church, the Rev. Charles Herr
pastor, will be continued on Tuesday
evening, May II. Mr.. w. c. Carl, OF New
York city, will play, assisted by Miss
Lucy Nelson, soprano. Both artists were
heard at the second recital, and a pro-
gramme as enjoyable as before will be
rendered at the next. Admission Is free.
The Right Rev. Bishop w. M. Wiggar.
of Newark. is announced to come to st.
Thursday, May 10, to administer the Sa-
crament of Confirmation to large num-
Der. The Rev. Father Hennessy and the
Rev. Father Sheehan are giving much Of
their time to the instruction of the confir-
nation Glasses. The special evening SER
tended.
May 26, the Feast of the Ascension,
Bishop Wigger will be at St. Mary's r.
@. Church to administer confirmation.
An unusually large number will take the
sacrament at that time. The Rev. Faith.
ers Kelly. Farrell and Mooney are hard
at work preparing the class for confirma-
tion. Instruction is given at half-past
seven o'clock fol adults and those obliged
to work through the days, and young
people are prepared Mt half-past three
o'clock-boys in the Catholic Institute,
girls in the church basement.
st. Michaeps r. G. Church, Ninth
street, is crowded to the doors every night
at the May services In honor Of the Vir-
gin.
During the past week two large church
sewing-schools have closed work for the
summer, Mrs Collerd's large class in the
Armory,- which is connected with st.
Johns Free Church, and Miss Helen
Moore's school of seyentv-fve members,
connected with Christ Church.
The most famous soprano OF the colored
race, Miss Sisierietta Jones, known as
"The Black Patti" will appear at the A.
NJ. E. Zion Church on May IL, assisted by
excellent talent.
Pastor Krantz of Old Trinity M. 4.
Church, has been confined to the house
by illness for short time. Bat he is
around again and will occupy his pulpit
as usual tomorrow. At the morning ser
vice probationers and new members will
be received into the Church. The Holy
Communion will then follow. In the
evening the New Orleans University
singers will assist the pastor In holding
Gospel service. A large crowd is ex-
pected. "Old Trinity" is holding her
own, even though she Is downtown
church. Pastor and people are laDoring
heroically to make the work succeed tenn
porally aud spiritually.
An open air preaching service will be
inaugurated tomorrow on vacant lot at
Mercer aud Monmouth streets, by the
Rev. David Mitchell. who will be assisted
by the young people Of the Scotch Church.
The reverend gentleman goes to Portland.
Ore, next week to attend General Assem-
bly,, which is called this year to consider
a number of unusually interesting ques-,
tiOns.