The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-29

whom besides himself but one survives.
the lev. George Hughes, formerly OF this
city, now OF New York. where he edits
the Guide to Holiness The interest with
which ais remarks were attended showed
how highly the society prizes the WORK
OF n so devoted TO the cause.
The Centenary M. E.. Church, Pavonia
avenue. has a new singing s~ociety-the
Epworth Musical Society. 1t was organ
lied but u short time ago, yet it already
signs in church entertainments and fur
nishes music for the meeting of the
League from which it Jake its name.
There are about twenty-five members,
young ladies u gentlemen from the Ep-
worth League of the church, with Mr..
John Watson as chorister. They are re-
hearsing selections from such standard
authors as Verdi, Rossini INT Donizetti,
Rehearsal nights are on Mondays. The
society furnished the music for last
nights lecture delivered by the Rev.
Cornelius Brett of the Bergen Reformed
Church before the society.
The choir ami congregation of the Gen.
tenary M. E. Church is fortunate in their
selection of Miss Gertrude VI. Farmer as
organist of the church. The music loving
public of the city is we'll acquainted with
Miss Farmers talent as IL pianist. which
she has used so many times for the
benefit of worthy charities, and her
merits as an organist are by no mestls
inferior.
st. Paul's Lutheran Church, st. Paul's
avenue, will ne elaborateiy decorated
with autumn leaves aud flowers tomor-
row morning, when services wibbe held
1n commemoration of the workof Martin
Luther and the rise of the reformation.
Among the speakers a~nnpunced to at
teud aresthe Rev. DR.. G.. Burkhard, the
Rev. II. Schoppe, the Rev. y. G. Luhrs
and the Rev. A. Stuckeft. The choir will
render special music for which they have
long been preparing.
The committee In charge Of the Y, M.
c.. A.. fair, to begin November s. are en-
terprising to say the least. they have
made arrangements with the Western
Union to ran a private wire to their club
house on Wayue street ON the night of
the Presidential election, and will post
charge Of the tables propose to make
them SO attractive as to divert attention
from this feature.
Rev. Charles Eaton, DID,, pastor of the
Church of the Divine Paternity, Fifth
avenue. New York. will deliver a fine il
iustrated lecture next Wednesday even
ing, November 2, in the First Unlversalist
Church. It will describe the famous
coaching tour through England and Scot
land. when u party OF celebrities, of whom
James G. Blaine was the greatest, ac-
cepted the hospitality of Andrew Carne.
gle. On this trip Blaine received the news
OF the Presiden Sial nomination. Rev. DIR.
Eaton was one OF the party. and will tell
what he saw. The views are from photo
graphs taken by Mrs. Carnegie.
The Sunday school of John Knox Pres
byterian Church, Manning avenue, will
celebrate its third anniversary tomorrow.
Simpson NJ. e. Church will observe
Temperance Day tomorrow. The pastor
will preach on the topic morning and
aVpn1n0 Ha will treat In fha aw0pfn~ Tho
several remedies suggested In recent
times, as High License. Prohibition,
Suasion, No License, Church Saloons, as
the Rev. DR.. Rainsford suggests.
This Rev. Charles B. Chaplin is to assist
the Rev. David Mitchell for some time
during convale3cence. Mr.. Chaplin gave
great satisfaction to the Scotch congrega-
ton last Sabbath. He was for some time
a popular pastor in Schenectady. He is
earnest, thoughtful and Scriptural as a
preacher. He enters on Sunday week on
the full duty, while Mr.. Mitchell goes for
a while to Morristown, N. J.. on q visit to
his old friend, the Rev. John Nc
Naughtan. d. D., pastor of the First
Church.
Tomorrow's services &C the First Bap-
fist Church will be specially interesting.
They viii be in commemoration of the
completion of the first centenary of
modern missions. In the morning the
pastor. the Rev. Theo. HeislK, will preach
a sermon on the life and work of William
Carey. In the afternoon the Sunday
school will render Il carefully prepared
programme and in the evening the exer-
cises will be in charge of the 7. P. S. C.E.
At Hedding NJ. E. Church a Peoples
Service entice entitled IAN evening with
the hymn-writer, Charles Wesley,n will
be given. This service will consist of six
of Wesley's hymns, bearing upon a COM
r-@u I'M T1rrtr Hy fra nr- aa0H
congregation, i~nterspersed with organ re-
cital. anthem by choir, biographical
sketch OF Wesley, remarks by the pastor
upon the hymns and responsive readings.
A printed copy of the hymns and read
ings will be furnished to all present, and
it is desired to make the service truly
popular. Everybody is therefore in
vited.