The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-07

REVIVAL OF RELIGION
Magnificent New Organ of
the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church.
ST. JOHNS SILVER JUBILEE
The Members of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church Preparing
for Its Celebration-0ther
Church News.
7. JOHNS SILVER JUBILEE

There seem TO be what may be termed
"a revival of religion" all over the city,
not the revival that means protracted
meetings, but a general awakening Of
interest in matters of the church. Down.
town the churches have united in prayer
meetings, in meeting for the s tudy of the
Sunday school lessons aud In q league
for the general setting right of Jersey
City politics.
AS for the uptown churches, the Sum
nit Avenue Baptist Church shows signs
or progress in an unmistakable manner
The big 5000 organ which Mr.. j.
Wordsworth, the Oakland Avenue
Church organ builder. is constructing
for the church. will be completed in
about two weeks, and preparations ara
bting made for n grand orgau recital on
tie evening OF October 10.
The construction of this organ is quite
an event Ia the history of the church, and
it will enhance considerably the architec-
tural aspect of its interior, as the groups
of decorated pipes will stretch clear
across the pulpit and wall. The centre
group of the opeu diapasun pipes will
rest upon q ledge just above the arched
recess back of the pulpit. III the centre
OF this recess will sit the organisr at the
key board surrounded by the choir, room
being allowed for a choir of sixteen
voices. The chorlsters will be separated
from the pulpit by q low row OF panels.
The organi is what is known as q tubular
pneumatic instrument. Oue OF the
principal merits claimed for it is q new
system OF pressure and 1t
possesses tw~enty-four stops. When com
pleted, the centre group of open sdiapason
pipes will be ianked by q group OF seven
bourbon pipes on each side, and
these in turn hauked on each side by q
group of ten 16>fooJ pedal open pipes.
Only these just enumerated are visible
from the front. but altogether there are
1900 pipes. The front groups rest upon
artlstically designed lodges or Projec-
tions. The ARCHITECTURAL design OF the
recess and the wall embellishments to
harmouize with what constitutes the
organ frontage, Is that OF Architect Mo-
Peek.
Que has but little idea OF the room
required in the construction of sach a
big organ who merely views its frontage.
The organ WAS In q half finished state
when a reporter from THE NEWS called
ut the church just rs Mr..
Wordsworth and his men were about TO
stop work last evening. Some OF them
were working up near the roof of the
church building. Another was working
way down in the basement. The big
open SPACE that leads off from near the
front OF the auditorium was filled with
carpenters benches, and men were en-
ployed planning aud putting together the
pieces of boards OF the big pedal open
pipes, a pile of which several feet high
rested near by. Nearly a mile OF papier
maehe tubing runs Oh from the Eayboard
of the organ like punched telegraph wires
from q telegraph operators table. They
connect pneumatically with the wind
chest above which supplies the 1.2Os pipes
with wind. The feeder, or Generator of
wind, Is located In q room on TO Itself,
aud is to be operated by a Ross self regu-
Jattng wafer motor. a beRut full instru-
meut in itself. located in the basement.
1t alone cost $3.50.
Ali the pipes In front will bear a light
pearl tint. and be ornamental with
stencil work.
Mt. Wordsworth has constructed
several organs in local churches. nota blY
that of St. Trinitatis Germsn-L Init eran
Church in Bower street. where some of
finest organ ~recitals in the city are regu-
larry given The Kings Sons OF the
hold a fair on November Z. s, 9 for the
benefit or the organ fund.
ST. JOHNS CHURCH
Elaborate prepaI atoms are being MADE
by the members of st. Johns EVANGELICAL
Lutheran Church at Summit avenue aud
North street for the celebration of the
twenty-fith anniversary Of the organi-
cation of 1he congregation. The cele-
bration will commence OF Sunday. Octo-
bar 90. In the morning the Lords Sup
per will be celebrated and a short his
torical sketch OF the church will be given
by Pastor j. G. R. Luhrs. In the alter
noon ut three O'Clock the Rev. G. e..
Berkemeier. one of the directors OF the
Orphan g. Home at Mount Vernon will
address both the English aud German
Sunday scnoels of the church, for this
church has one of eacn. As all the
Lutheran congregations In the Vicinity
will attend the festival of the
Reformation in Pastor SchoDpe's church
In Union Hill. on the same evening, there
will be no service at ST. Johns, but on the
following the celebration win be re-
sumed. The Rev. G. G.. +. Haas, Presi-
dent of the New York Ministerium. will
preach a sermon. On Tuesday evening
the Rev. DIR. Charles M~oldendyke,
the predecessor of the present pss-
tor will deliver an English address
congregation. These are especially invited
TO be present. On Wednesday evening
the Rev. L. G.. Koen'g. OF New York.
President of the First Conference OF the
New York Ministerium will preach in
German with special reference to the
will be tastefully decorated and the music
especially fine.
The congregation was organized on
October 81, 1868, and for a while wor-
shipped In u small structure in Summit
avenue, near Lincoln street. A few
years after ORGANIZATION u structure was
erected where the present handsome edi-
fee now stands. and WAS enlarged and
partially rebuilt about five years ago.
The church has $50 communicates and
1850 pupils In the Sunday schools. one
German and the other English. Mr.. G.
Bischof Is superintendent of the German
school and the pastor has charge of the
English one. The Ladies' Aid Society
has seventy members. the Young l. aides
Society forty-hye members and the Young
Mems Society twenty-five members.
AT THE IEDEN CHURCH.
Last night tue Chapter of the Epworth
League, connected with the Linden Ave-
nue. Church, were In the lecture room of
the church. Because of the illness OF
President William Mcintyre. First Vice
President Provost occupied the chair.
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