The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-30

ings will be held In the building. The
choir 10 congraEnlattng itself on having
six Sundays Tor a vacation.
Rev. j. y. Thorn pson. formerly pastor
OF the Church ofthe Good Shepherd. (Uni-
versalist), Ivy Place. visited Jersey City
this week to attend the funeral OF the late
COMMISSIONS William Muirheid. Rev.
Mr.. Thompson is now settled in Akron,
OHIO.
The first Of a series of union vacation
services Of downtown churches will be
held next Sunday morning In the Free
Reformed Church. Grand street near
Washington street. Rev. H. g.. Cronin
will preach. Strangers are especially in
v1ted to attend these services.
Rev. Chr. WoelfKin will preach at the
morning and evening services of the North
Baptist Church. Fourth street and
Jersey avenue, Tor the last time until
September. In Intervening he will con-
clude his course of lectures. D
Rev. j. G. Jackson will preach to.mor-
row morning in Hedding M. 4. Church,
Montgomery street, on the subject 1.-The
Blood of Sprihkling." In the evening the
topic will be AT the Brook Besor." Rev.
Mi. Jackson leaves town next week for
his vacation.
The Rev. Nathan Sherwood, who re-
Gently resigned the Passionate of the
Waverlv Congre2a ional Church of this
city, will supply the pulpit OF the Rev. L.
j. kommers In the Lafayette Reformed
Church during tue month of August,
while tie pastor Is in the White Noun
tains with his family.
The Rev. A. q. Hathaway of Indiana
will occupy the pulpit of The WestmIn ster
Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning.
During the month OF August the pulpit
will be filled by supplies.
Ihs Rev. William ID. Grant will preach
for the last time until September at the
South Bergen Reformed Church tomor-
row. Services will, be held In the church
on The second and fourth Sundays OF
August, when the Rev. Charles w. Van
Zee, of Rutgers TIE logical Seminary,
will conduct the services.
The Bergen Baptist Church is under
going extensive alterations by which the
interior WILL be remode1lcd ana newly
decorated. 1t Is TO be hoped thai during
this Identifying process, some one will
remove OF renew the sign on the front
which once warned small boys to refrain
from breaking windows. The weather
has destroyed its usefulness MS a sign
board, and IL never Was OF much use for
decorative purp. SIS. While repairs are
going on, services are held in The chapel
adjoining on Wednesday and Friday
evenings.
Not the least important of "city mis-
slonsn Is the pump in the yard of the Ber-
gen reformed Church. It would be in
teresting to know how many wayfarers
have stopped to refresh themselves here
in the course OF the summer, and how
many tin pals full of the beverage have
been carried away by small children and
maid servants.
James Ciegg, who is to speak In the
Scotch Presbyterian Cuurch tomorrow
night, is q converted e~x-coIvict and burg
lar. He has spent evenJeen years be-
hind prison bars. Two yeais ago, while
on his way to commit burglary, ue was
turned aside by the singing In the Gre
morne Mission, was converted. and has
ever since been actively engaged III
Evangelistic work.
The congregation of the South Bergen
Reformed Church hope to break ground
with a view to building early in the com
ing month. This decision was reached
last Wednesday night, when the action
of the Committee on Building was ap-
proved by the Consisrory. The new edi-
flee Will cost $780, 0
The pulpit OF Emory M. E. Church will
be supplied during The month If August
by the Revs. j. N. Young, T. S. Woly-
neaux, A. j. Conklin and Z. Chadwick.
during the absence of the Rev. DR..
Lowrie ut Mount Tabor. where he is
President of The Camp Meeting Associe-
tlon.