The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-09
! CHURCH'S PROGRESS.
Success Which Has Attended
the Efforts of he Seventh
Day AdVentists.
A PERMANENT LOCATION.
The Ground Purchased, and a
Church to be Sobn Erected
Their Faith.

The Seventh day Advsntists since lo-
eating in Jersey City last S%spsenbsr
have made phenomenal psogrsss. That
progress Is best explained by tina Pastor.
E E FRANKIE. who. in conversation With
a JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter on the sub
ject. said
II am a regularly ordained minister of
Day Adventists. / came to this CITY
from Maryland abou September .. We
pitched our tent on the corner of Ocean
and Bramhall avenues. aud our meet
ings began Ssptember II. The siz OF
our teut was 30x50, aud hsd = sesting
capacity of about $50. Prof. Ii. Plnder
OF No. 402 York street was organist, aud
still serves IN that capacity. Amos Nit
chell was tent master, while l did the
preaching. At first nauy came out of
curiosity, thinking we were the Salvation
Army, but within a week after our
opening the tent was crowded nightly
with q good, steady audience. Many
times the ground around the outside Was
crowded with people who could noe get
seats inside.
A PERMANENT LOCATION.
"About six weeks ago a meeting was
held in the tent to consider the advisa-
biitty of securing q permanent location.
The congregation all favored purchasing
a lot and erecting a building. About a
week after tEts meeting the new store
room, corner of jackson avenue n
Uuion street, was routed and since then
our meetings have bean held thsrc. b.
fore leaving the tent a cnurch was orgau-
ICED, which now numbers Al members
with quite a number who are ready 60
Join. No definite steps were taken to-
.---L -. Nva 1rrA na1AAf TnfiI
about three or four weeks ago when IL
was positively decided to erect a building
large enough to accommodate our audi
ences.
Al a meeting held two weeks & it
was decided to purchase u plot OF ground
on Oak street 81 feet front by 100 feet
| deep for 81. 300 cash. We intend to erect
a wooden building, not very expensive.
but perfectly comfortable and large
enough to seat all who may wish to come.
The lot will be paid for as soon as trasfer
can be made and we have already about
$500 on hand and promised for the build
ing. with a prospect OF securing all we
need soon.
''Since we came to the city we have not
taken up one collection. We have a box
near the door. and the people generally
donate without having a collection
sasket pushed under their noses at each
service. We do not belisve IN fairs and
| festivals which are only patents for the
convenience of stingy saiuts. Free will
offerings have paid expenses tor rent ana
| lights thus far.
1.-THE officers of the church are as fol-
lows:-E. E. FRANKIE, pastor; Mr.. A.
Watkins aud Mr.. A. Mitchell, Dea-
COPS; Mr.. H. Pinder. Treasurer; Mr..
| Alexander Bell. Clerk. or the
| church membership t~wenty-three were
baptized in Newark Bay, and tins
Il atparo rarafuod M nrnfoalinn nf faith
having been baptised before by othef
churches.
THEIR FAITH.
"Our faith is very simple, We have no
discipline. catechis ms. confessions OF
faith or creeds outside of the Bible. We
are what our name implies. Seventh
Day ADVENTIST" Seveuth day (Satur-
| day. observers, because that is the only
| day ever CONF andel to bc kept, and was
| kept by Christ aud his Apostles after
him, aud by Christians until 32l years
| after Christ, and We ara Adventtsts be-
u We are looking for the soon
coming OF Christ the second time.
We are not time settlers, aud
do not believe any person can name the
time of Christ's CO ning and yet We can
know when 1t is near; see Matt. 24:33 aud
l Thes. 5: 1 to 5. We believe In Absoiuts
separation Of church ana state. and poll
tics aud rellgtoa, aad have no usa for any
power but the power OF Goa In matters
of religion. All religious laws are relics
OF barbarlsm. We believe Ia equal
rights for all-Protestant, Catholic, J W
and Infiiel-as guaranteed by tae Ualtad
States Constitu ion. In saort. we staud
In the principle Of Christ. Render To
C@sar the things that are Caesars. and 10
God the things that are God's.'
"Oar meetings &c present are held In
the new storeroom. corner of Uaion
street and jackson avenue. Presching
on Tuesday. Wednesday and Sunday
nights at 7.45. and on the Sabbath
1 Saturday at 8 P. M, Prayer meeting
Wednesday mig ut. Our Sabbath School.
which numbers almost one hundred
meet. every sabbath Saturday AZ TWO
O'Clock"