The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-07

his series OF lectures on home probe ms
tomorrow night at the LAT aYette RI
formed Church.
AS already announced, there Is to be
new Norwegian church for the Evangeli-
cal Christians of that nationality who
are at present without a house oftworship.
A fair recently held has added materially
to the building fund. The communicates
now meet In the little white Germa y
church on Henderson street.
The week of prayer really closes to-
morrow, although few churches, as
churches, observe the closing Sunday.
Union services have been held during the
week, at the Scotch Presbyterian, Park
Reformed, Bergen Reformed, Bergen
Baptist and several other churches. The
First Baptist Church held an especially
valuable series of meetings.
Professor Horace Q. Wait, Vice princf-
pal of Hasbrouck Institute. will lecture
on Tuesday evening. January 10, on 'Tne
Social Life OF Greece" in the Tabernacle.
before an audience composed Of five
church C~hautauqua circles.
1t has become : liked custom for a num-
Der of our young people to form "churcn
parties" properly cnaperoned, and &c
across the river Sunday evenings to he ar
some celebrated divine, or some more
Bushnell sang at the Melopoia the tide
seems setting In the direction of DR..
Paxton's.
Miss Sara l.. Culver. organist of the
Lafayette M. e. Church. has recovered
from q serious injury to her hand, which
it was feared would materially affect her
playing.
Revival services are now, as customary
at this time of the year., the order of the
day. The Rev. D. Halleron is conduct
Ing INT at Simpson NJ. E. Church. the
Rev. o. E. Little has just conclu ded the
first week of his at the Lafayette Church,
and the Rev. John Krantz, Jr., is sue.
ceeding gloriously with his great revival
at Old Trinity. York st rect. Evangelist
Clark breaches sermon s and exhorts sim
ners in the real old camp-meeting way.
once in a while the Salvation Army sends
a few tambourine artists in to help The
musicians.
The teachers of the Bergen Reformed
Church have an organization which de-
serves to be copied widely. Every month
they meet in social and executive session
to discuss problems in school manage
ment. and compare notes on the work.
The school itself Is one Of the largest in
the city.
The Young Women's Association con-
nected with st. Aloysius's Academy.
Grand street. will hold its annual meet.
ing on Monday night at the Academy.
Ali the classes were organized this week.
Solemn High Mass of Requiem was
sung at St. Peters r. G. Church, Grand
street, this morning for the soul of Mr.
James Roche.
There will be a special SONG service at
the Greenvilie Reformed Church tomor-
row night. The churches are making q
strong fight for the Newman Rescue
Home. Cards for subscriptions have
been given to almost every church-goer
in the city.
There was a convocation of ministers
at the lecture on George Eliot at the Car
teret last Thursday. Among those who
expressed personal appreciation to Mrs.
Richards were Rev. K. l.. Stoddard of ST.
Johns Free Church, Rev. William
Brush of st. Paul's. Duncan avenue, Rev.
DIR. Rice aud Rev. Cornelius Brett of the
BERGEN Reformed.
The New Jersey NJ. e. Conference Will
begin on March Is.
Revival meetings are being held in Old
Trinity NJ. E. Church, York street. Rev.
w. w. Clark, the Evangelist. is assisting
the pastor. He breaches very able and
spirited sermons. Tomorrow he will
preach on special topics calculated to in.
duce the u~nconverted to seek salvation.
" ISIS Eva jenkins, the visitor. is doing
effective work in looking up strangers
and circulating tracts.
AtCf. ooAlOS ohhSt, luC uC" pnoAOt vi
the Hancock avenue Presbyterian
Church, will shortly be given a reception
by the clergy of this vicinity. The exact
date has not yet been fixed.
The choir of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, West Hoboken, held its annual
sociable on Wednesday evening. at the
residence of the %organist, Miss Lille
Hopkins.
The ladies' bazaar recently held at the
S%ecaucus Reformed Church realized sew
eral hundred dollars. This church Is
is the first of the many church erganiza-
tions of this quiet INT staid borough
that has ever become a permanent sue
cess.
The Rev. Rufus Johnston, pastor oil
the Trinity Baptist Church, is gradually
recovering from a long spell of illness
that at one time was considered quite
serious.
The entire renovation of the interior
of the German Evangelist Church, OF
Union Hill, has made it one of the anesi
and most attractive church edif1ces in
Hudson. The Sunday school room
has been furnished with chairs in lieu oil
the old benches.
The boy choir connected with Holy
Innocents Episcopal Church. Hoboken, i.
probably Que of the largest aud besI
drilled cQurcQ musical organizations oil
the county. The mem bers are also
formed into a drum corps founded By
Richard r. Stevens. the ing son oil
Mr.. NJ. b. Stevens. of CASTLE Point, who
built the church in memory of her de-
ceased daughter. Recently the drum
corps surprised Mr.. stevens and pre-
scented him with a silver cup as O token
of their high esteem. Tbe services OF
this church are strictly In conformity
with the ritual of the high church. The
vestments of the priests, the elaborate
decorations OF the altar. the lighted
candles and the beautiful banners carried
during the professional and retroces-
sional. by the choir and altar boys, gave
the services 4 picturesque effect Qnite in
conformity with the ideas of the highest
churchman. 1t is the only Episcopal
Church in the county where the ritual oil
the High Church is fully carried out. )
The special revival services in Simpson
NJ. E. Church, the Rev. D.. Halleron,
pastor, will be continued throughout
next week. Special services tomorrow.
The morning class meeting, the prayer
meeting at the close of the Sunday school
and the evening prayer meeting proceed
ing the sermon will bear specially on
revival. The pastor will preach special
sermons tomorrow appropriate to that
subject also.
The special song servics by the choil
will be held tomorrow evening at the
GreenYille Reformed Church.