The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-03
ZION'S JUBILEE ENDED
Interesting Exercises Last Night
Pastor Burkhard Gets a Present

Last night, at the Zion Evaugelic al
Lutheran Church OF Greeuville. the
fourth and last of the Silver Jubilee SER
vices were attended bv larger number
than any of yesterdays services.
The services were set apart especially
for the 359 members OF the church who
were confirmed in it since 1870 OF these
seventeen have died aud sixty seven have
left town. OF the remaining 2G6 over 200
were present last evening. The classes
of the different years formed in the base,
meut of the church and marched to SEATS
in the front Of the church. From the
1870 class there were TWO members out Of
total of six; from 1871 there were six of
eight.
Rev. c. G. Fischer of Elizabeth.
N. j., preached q short sermon
in German from the text: "Be
true to death. and I will give you
the Crown OF Life" AT the close OF this
address in English. He alluded to the
frequent mention In the Binle, TO swal-
lows and sparrows. The Bible said, he
told the congregation, that swallows and
sparrows build their nest to keep warm.
This nest (slludiug to the church,, they
had built, and for twenty-five long years
it had done its duty nobly. He
spoke of the attachment the members
of the congregation must have formed
for the bars building because it had
Sheltered them for so long time. There
might be better churches in town, he
said, some far finer than this one; but if
the sentiments OF the congregation were
what he supposed them to be and VIVA t
his would be under similar crcumr
stances, they wonld best hnd expression
in the old American song, which
approaches the dignity of hymn,
Home, Sweet Home" "There is no
p ace like home." he quoted, and there is
DO church like our own little nest.
In another part of his address he ex-
rssssd his pleasure at the motive which
brought them together. You have all
bsen confirmed in the same church-most
OF you by the same minister. Twenty
years after the first confirmation in the
church you have come together. That is
a fine thing, but do not let it be twenty
tears before it occurs again. Why cam
not you come together once. twice or
more times every year aud form an asso-
citation of the confirmed of the Zion
Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The music by the Lutheran Choral
Union was very fine. The selections
were four in number. The Gloria
Patri," of Dohring. sung in German,
opened the services. Dr.. Roberts seek
Thou the Lord" also in German. was
sung. This consisted of a tenor solo by
Charles T. HeriR. a soprano solo by Miss
Anna Lamcken, the directress of the
choir, and aschorus Tor double Quartette
| with sopraue obllgalo by Miss Lam
cken. "The Lord is my Sbephsrd," by
| H. w. Fairbauk, was sung In English.
| A male quartette sang The Wayside
| Cross" in English.
At the close of the services Pastor
| Burkhard was called into the choir loft
and presented with handsome pipe. the
| gift of the Lutheran Choral Union.
| President Charles Herig made the
| presentation address In German. This so
| surprised the Pasl or that he could hardly
| reply. He escaped on the plea that he
| must doff his vesrment. Later on he
| took occasion to compliment Mr.. Rerig
| very highly for his address. He express
ed great pleasure that it was delivered
| in German, and understood Mr.. Herig's
| siotive in SO delivering 1t. That he sal !,
really made the gilt more precious TO him
| for some of tho congregation thought he
| ought to abandon the cid form of con-
| ductin0 the church service iu German.
| This.address made him feal that he hat
| some sympathizers In the present form.
| The members of the Union perpetrated
| little joke on the pastor. Each
of the male members provided him
| self with a package of tobacco
| and a box of matches. Each package oil
tobacco was of Il different brand and
each box Of matches was of a different
make. Mr.. Burkhard gathered them al
| iu, making running comments on th'
names and pictures of the boxes as hs
| did so