The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-26
CHURCHES OPENING.
General Awakening After
the Summers LethargY
Music Projects.
GENTgHARY's EpWORTH LEAGUE.
Notes from the CITY Churches
Return Of Popular
Preachers.
cENTENARY's EpWORTR LEAGUE

Although one may yet beein TO date
letters with the word ''August." II ts not
yet too SOON to be thinking about the fall
plans OF the churches. By next Sunday
the tide Of returnipg ministers Wall be
setting coward thu city in real earnest.
and the shutters that have for SO many
weeks ohscured the view Of STAINED glass
windows from thu street, Will be thrown
back and the sexton called In TO superin-
tend q "fau clsaning.n
The Rev. John l. Ssuddsr aad the Rsy.
J. Lester Wells will be back again and
ready for work in the Tabernacle the
second week ia September. the Taher-
naeie has been thoroughly oyerhauisd
since the congregation left II tor tne last
time this summer back in july. In fact ,
the "odor of sancsitYn has been somewhat
obscuref by the odor of fire. sh paint.
Fresh paint has snch . cheerful. whole :
mospkere, anyway. The choir will be
under the direction OF Mr.. Baier. and In
October there will be mostly praise SER
wees.
MUSICAL MATTERS.
Speaking VI psaiss services brings up
music. ST. Matthew'S Church, SUSSEX
street. has aa excellent choir. In Sep
temher they will produce several due
works by modern aud classic composers.
Later on there will be free organ rscisets
every mouth. By which it Will be seen
that old. 81. Ma5sheEs sriik maintains 1ns
reputation for good music that II esnsb.
lished years q In the recsorata Of D.
Richard Abercrofnbte, who will BIG hell
In blessed Hiemory so long as Christ Hos
pltal, Of which he Mas the founder. snail
stand.
The Lafayette Reformed Church will
open to September, when the Rss. Mr..
Kommers returns from Liudsn, The
Bergen Raforiped. the Bergen Baptist
and the First Untyerssiist will do HEe-
wise. The First Uaiyersatiss will mold q
special service che FIRST SUNDAY Of Qclo-
Der.
ST. Johns Free Church. Summit ave-
Bue, has bravely kept eDen ail summer.
so it will have little change for the mouth
OF Sept +mber, excspt that the Rsv. MIR.
sIsriminer who has gone e As.mssta.
ctnss will reassenlple on the hrsg We'd
nesday eyealng ot Olitaher.
CHURCHES TO. oPEN.
The Scotch Presbyterian on Mercer
street. Wayne Street Reformed and Free
Reformed on Grand street, Will tsopen
on September 10. The Second F esby-
l6TlAu SuQEGH, I9 4Eit0H 0A&Qd 6C4 tlOSS
have been held all Summer. Will resume
its regular meetings September 10
The First Reformed Church, Bayonne,
will loose ITS pastor. the Rev. w. w.
Knox, On she second sunday of Sep
ID nj ber. He will then go TO New Brnns7
wick. e
The Pilgrim Baptist Society begins the
season Ia an suspicious manner as a
may learn from the notes below. The
G~reenyi1le Reformed Church, which has
been closed for the mouth OF August.
The monthly praise services in this church
will begin in October.
For the past Two months there has
been no niusic at masses In the Roman
Catholic churches. The first high
masses will 90 held on September s..
The Rev. DR.. Atkinson OF the West
Side M. E. Church and the Rev. d.. T..
Gates have reinrned from khetr vacations
spd WILL nreaCh tomorrow.
Nsxt Msanssas Y q sssn,1g g, A uggs: g,
direction Of the Epworsh League, Chap-
ter 4,422. The subject will be, "How i
Christian May Maka the Best Of Things"
The President. Mr.. William Z, Bates.
will preside. The siuging win be Iii
| charge Of q choir composed Of .'Epworta
| Leaguers.n Sub-topirs have Been as
| slgned to different PERSONS who will dis
| course upon them. A cordial invltalion
is extended 10 all 10 bs present aud take
| part. The heads of The different depart
mepts Of the Chapter are as oliows:-Mr
Cole, Mercy sid Help; Mr. William II.
Cole, Literary Work; Miss Lille WATSON.
Social WORK; Mr.. Edward Hall. Secre-
| tarT; Mr.. C. NJ. Van Akeu, Treasurer.