The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-01
LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS.

ette-Temp erance Talk-Miuor Noies.
Rally week" at the Lafayette NJ. e.
Church, Pacific avenue. will begin tomor-
row morning with q preaching service by
the pastor at 1890 O'Clock. AS the name
implies, it is a gathering of forces for the
winters work-a sort of taking account
of stock before gong on with business.
1t is the first OF these occasions In the
church, and is but one Of q long list OF
useful features introduced by the ener-
Retic pastor, Rev. G. E.. Little. Tomor-
row afternoon the Sunday school will
rally III the chapel. where Rev. j. G.. Jack
son, of Hedding Church. viii deliver an
address. A yesper service in the chapel
will be conducted by the young people at
$3.50 2. NJ. after which there will be a
layman's meeting in the church. MIR.
John Heck will preside and w. II. Beach,
of West Bergen, will address a union
meeting of the church and school,. The
younger people will rally on Monday
evening in the chapel for Il Sunday school
sociable, where there will be n programme
of sopgs ana reel. ations followed by re-
freshnents. Tuesday evening is the
Class Meeting Rally, TO which former
members and guests are invited. Wednes-
day evening IL j. requested that anyoLe
who has ever belonged to the
church will attend the Prayer
Meeting Rally, at which Mr..
E. f. Grower VIII preside. En-, SO who
united with the church in the little old
building ars sp sclaIiv invited. Thurs
day evening there will be a great big
soclable. TO which eyerybo ~ IN the least
interested in the church is in rite l.. There
will be short addresses ny Presiding
Elder Faulks, the Rev. John Krantz of
Trinity, and several other ciergymen.
The of Holy Communion will
be administered the following Sunday.
BY the courtesy of Mr.. EigIr- K. Heal,
carriages will call for any in feeble
health, or for honored veterans aud CON-
vey them to and from exercises. It is
specially announced that no one will be
be personally asked to contribute money.
A new company of the Boys Brigade
has been organized at the Tabernacle.
There will be a concert at the Emory
NJ. e. Church, Bergen avenue, October
90, by Swedish singers.
The choir of the First Universalist
Church has r~eorganized and promises to
do remarkably good work under the
leadership of Miss Virginia Doggett.
Edmund |. Welsh will meet the ply
steal culture classes of the Y. NJ. c. A. IN
their gymnasium on Wayne street next
Monday evening.
The annual fair of the First Presby-
terrain Church, Emory street, will be held
on October 6. z and s IN the vestry rooms.
ne L. 20 VI Gs u tAS AdLd(GUUS IbH-
formed Church are planning au enter
tainment to be held at al early date.
The event of the week IN tue Summit
avenue Baptist Church Was the county
convention OF the w. C. L. U. last Thurs
uay. A noteworthy incident was the
presence OF twelve p .stors of the city and
Its envirous Il fact worth noting in a
locality where ministers, as a rule, stay
away from conventions. A colored p9r-
trait OF Frances E. Willard adorned the
platform n Mrs. Edwar 4 McMihn
presided. Mrs. Hannah Cairns of this
city was elected President, as Mrs. Nc
MINI positively refused to run a third
tima. Mrs. Cairns has already filed the
position of chairman with great success.
Mrs. Boole of Staten Island gave an
interesting talk on '.The Drink Traffic
the Arch Deceiver" at the evening se.-
sion. The county organization now num-
bers nearly 300 and Is in u healthy pros-
porous condition.
An interesting free lecture will be
delivered at Union Hall, corner Grove
and Fourth streets, at 7.30 tomorrow
evening, the subject being 1.-The Coming
War; impending overthrow of human
the Only Hope
of the Nations" The lecturer is a pro-
found Bible student q his subject is
based on prophecy.
Services of a very interesting character
will be held in Emory NJ. E.. Church to-
morrow evening. 1t will be known as
"a Home Coming" The youuk peJple
will lead the singing.
A discourse in memory of the late
Thomas M. GOpsitl viii be delivered by
the Rev. Dr.. Van Cleef tomorrow morn
ing IN the Wayne Street Reformed
Church of which he was a member
The new parish building of the Church
of Our Saviour, Camden. will be partially
built of stone brought from Greenland as
ballast by the Kite.
Rev. Edward A. McLaury of Cedar
vile was elected Moderator of the West
Jersey Presbytery, in session on We'd
nesday at Cold Spring. Inc pastoral re-
lations of Rev. A. j.. Snyder of Deerreid
and Rev. William Schmitz of Green witch
were dissolved. Rev. A. H. Brown was
reelected s%ynodlcal missiousry. The
calls of Rev. Thomas Thompson 10 Elmer
and Rev. j. 4. Crumviue to Bloomfield
were reported. The next meeting will b.
he'd at Elmer. October 4.
The Rev. G. B.. Mitchell, who has been
pastor OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
OF PlaInheld for the past -four years, has
accepted a call to a large church of the
same denomination in Kansas City. He
IS very popular here among all people,
VINO regret that he Is going away, H9
enters Upon his new pastorate on Noyem-
Der l.
The Rev. j. r. Westwood, D. D.. the
eloquent p eachtr and successful evange-
list of the New Jersey Conference, who is
now located ut Long Branch. will occupy
the pulpit of Trinity M. E. Church at
both services tomorrow. He was rromi-
nent in The profitable revival services
held at Tf1uity last winter, aud is well
known as one OF the eminent preachers