The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-05
LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS.

Free Organ Recitals at DR.. Herr's-Mis-
sionaries at Lu~nch-Notes of Interest.
Tie first of the second series of free or
gan recitals in the First Presbyt erian
Church, Emory street. will be held No
vember 81. Mr.. Frank G.. Dessert will
preside at the organ. 10 The first series,
last Water, the church was crowded at
| every recital,
Mrs. g. V. r. Brinkerhoff entertained
the ladies of the Missionary Society of the
Lafayette Reformed Church at a luncheon
at her residence on Communipaw avenue
last Tuesday. There was a general meet
ing of the ladies of the church to take
measures TO supply The deficiency in the
fund for running expenses. 1t was de-
clded TO hold entertainments and solicit
individual subscriptions.
A series of ten-cent entertainments will
be held weekly until further notice, in
the Centenary M. E. Church lecture
room, Pavonla avenue. The programmes
will be varied in character and the COM
mittee promise that the audience will re-
ceive much more than its moneys worth.
The Social Union of the First Method
ist Church will give a spelling bee, Nov
ember II. 1t will rather be a word build
ing match than an old fashioned spelling
bee. and a large number of young people
have put their names on the list.
The Hudson County sunday School
Association will hold its annual meatinr
in the First Baptist Church, Hoboken. on
Tuesday, November s. Programmes have
been received by the different Sunday
School Superintendent, and will be dis
tributed tomorrow in the schools. All
superintendent aud teachers are quail
fed to act as delegates and are cordially
invited TO attend,
The State Convention of Sunday School
Association will be held November 16
and ~ in the Rnconi11n NJ TLCb-,ol
Newark.
There will be a praise service tomorrow
evening in the Lafayette Reformed
Church Gospel hymns will be used and
Rev. DR.. kommers will preach a short
sermon.
There will be a special service of song
in the Bergen Reformed Church tomor.
row night. Mr.. Louis r. Dressler, Mrs.
Frank H. Molten. Mr.. Fred Parker ana
Mr.. William I. Brow II will provide the
music. The Rev. DR.. Brett will give one
OF his popular Sunday evening talks.
Saint Marks Church Sewing School
meets every Saturday morning at half
past nine. The room is filled with child
rem. and the classes are among the most
popular in the city. A complete course
in plain sewing is given without charge.
The children of the First NJ. E. Church.,
of Bayonne. will give a cantata Meet
ing of the Nations" in the Newark Bav
Boat House, Thursday evening. Novem.
Der 10. There will be fifty children in the
cast Each nation will be represented by
a child in costume, who will sing the ma
tional air of the country. Preparations
for cantata have been progressing for
for Il long time. Proceeds for the SIM
day School.
Mrs. John Van Horne has been elected
to fill the place of Mrs. ST. John, recently
deceased. on the Board of Managers Of
the Home for Aged Women" on Bergen
avenue.
The Rev. DR.. Lowrie, Pastor of the M.
Il. Church, will.preach tomorrow evening
to young men. The Senior Cadet Corps
OF his church, consisting of over forty
young men will be present in a BODY
with their captain, J. b. Faulks, Jr.
The pastor of st. Paui's NJ. Il. Church.
Third street near Erie street, will begin
a course of sermons tomorrow evening. to
be continued every Sabbath evening dur
ing the month, setting forth the vie VS. of
the friends and enemies of the Bible.
relative to the Scriptures.
The scheme for establishing a coffee
house under the auspices OF the Woman's
Christian temperance Union is we'll
under way. The subject was agitated
nearly two years ago when Mrs. Richard
u. Grant subscribed 500. and Mr.. George
L. Mckenzie. since deceased, $25. Sub
scriDtions were also received from AR.
Vivers, IS; Mrs. Cascade, IS; Mr.. Archi-
Ddiu "A. OdlupDell, %, ana Mr.. Gibson. 3
This amount has been reserved until the
present time. MIR. H. 0. Perry has also
presented a half ton of coal. Mrs. Hannah
Cairns reported at the last meeting of the
w. G. T. U. that the Temperance School
in Humboldt Hall had been opened. with
a very small attendance. Notices will be
read next week in the public schools of
the neigh borhood
The new building of Christ EPISCOPAL
Church, Clerk street and Claremont ave-
nue., will be formally opened on Sunday
evening, November Is. The church is
gift of Rev. Stephen Battin, a form err
rector, in memory of his wife and eldest
daughter, both of whom were earnest and
devoted members of the church. II is in
a modified Byzantine style of arcnltectnra
built of yellow building stone. and de-
signed TO meet every need for q church
edifice. The construction has occupied
more than a year.
The Kings Daughters of the Lafavette
Reformed Church raised a considerable
sum for the work of the Classical Union
for Missions. which met yesterday in the
Bergen Reformed Cnuron, but as a rule
had been passed WHICH provided that all
reports should be- transmitted py the
church society treasurer, and as tSe
Kings Daughters had not so informed
themselves, they are left with a report
which they were not called upon to read.
Miss Annie Adriance is the President
and Miss Crissy Du Mont Secretary of the
Auxiliary Paper Mission.