The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-20
LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS.

| waiter Scout, Oh hamlitoH, Ocotlauu
lectursd on biblical topics at Gospel Hall.
No. i49 Erie street. last night. before a
good ~audience.
The Young Mems Society Of the Peo-
ple's Palace will celebrate its anniversar y
next Wednesday evening, May "a. ia the
Palace. There will be a supper, followed
by a literary, musical aud dramatic en-
tertaipment.
The Ladies Aid Society, of the Bergen
Baptist Church. will give a straw berry
festival in the church parIors, Madison
and Clinton avenues. next Tuesday even
| ing, May %.
The Rev. James William Marshall, d.
D., will preach the first of a series OF
special sermons in the First M Il.
Church. Hoboken. tomorrow evening.
The subject will be True Manliness. !"
Tuesday evening next he will deliver a
| discourse on Eighteen Hundred Feet
Below the Sierras; the Columbia River,
| and Sunrise on Mount Tacoma"
Next Saturday morning the TRAMP,
| Tramp Club" OF the Lafayette Reformed
| Church, and its friends will go on a Pc
destrian tou around Eagle Rock. Staten
Island.
The topic discussed last night at the
| Tabernacle weekly meeting was. "Fhe
Doctrine of Forgiveness" Psalm 32:1 8.
| Next Friday evening, which will close
the present quarter will have for a sub
ject "The Garments OF q Renewed Soul,
Col. 3:12-14."
The Woman's Missionary Society of the
Lafayette Reformed Church was enter
tained at luncheon last Tuesday after
noon by Mrs Harry Mcbride at her resi-
dence, No. 345 Communipaw avevenue.
Next Tuesday evening. May 90. there
| will be an Evening with Longfellow" at
the chapel of the Lafayette Reformed
| Church, conducted by Class No. 10 OF the
ntL-,@. I'll tA rnnAfnw
illustrated by tableaux, recitatious aud
vocal selections, showing the beauties OF
LougfeIlow's verse. The class is conf
posed of some of the brightest young
men of the school.
The Rev. Arney S. Biddle is travelling
through the West, and his pulpit a. the
United Presbyterian Church, Montgom-
cry street, will be filed tomorrow by a
supply. He will remain in the West
several weeks.
The Young Peoples Society of Chris
tian Eudeavor of the LAFAYETTE Reformed
Church gave a dime sociable last night In
the chapel. The principal feature was q
reading of Tennysou's .Charge of the
Light Brigade" by Mr.. Harry g. Louder
bough, illustrated with b%urlesque action
by a number of young ladies wearing
white sheets and masks. These had been
drilled by Miss Jessie Fenner. Miss
Grace Lippiucott sang a soprano solo,
then there was a conundrum match. aud
refreshments OF a and cream were
served. The President of the society is
Miss Crissy Du Mont.
The sewing school of the Lafayette Re
formed Church closed tor the summer
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Louis Sherwood. organist of the
Lafayette Returned Church. will give a
recital in conjunction with Mr.. John
Arnold Holland. violinist. in the church.
n -. ~ ~ ~ 4. uxy n ann and Dina afranf
next Thursday evening, May 25, Begin
ming at eight O'Clock. The artists as
sisting will be Miss Lucy +. Nelson,
soprano, aud Mr.. Edward GoescheL
tenor. The selections will be Largely
from R~hineberger.
ST. Hilda's Guild of st. Johns Free
Church will hold It's closing reception on
Mo nday night, May %. at eight o'clock.
in the Sunday school. The Iron Cross
Guild will take part In the exercises,
st. Mary's Guild of st. Jonn's Free
Church, held its election yesterday after
noon, with the following results:-Presi-
dent. Miss Lizzie Nelson; Treasurer, Miss
Nettie Hathaway; Secretary, Miss Susie
Watson. Reports for the year past were
submitted by the former President, Miss
Addie Mills; Secretary, Miss Grace Wat
sou, and Treasurer, Miss Lizzie Nc
CulIom. Miss Nelson reported the work
of the Library Committee. and Miss
Hattie Headden of Hespital-visiting.
1t was shown that kiG0 Guild had dis
pensed in vavions charities during the
wear over $3.50. Meetings. ara held every
Thursday us 4 z, Al. at the church. For
the coming year Miss Marion Scott will
act as chairman OF the Library Commits
tee, which collects books aud magazines,
some to GO South in boxes. others to be
Church Periodical Society. Miss Emily
Fisk will act as chairman of the Sick
Committee.
The r~ector's Bible Glass of st. Johns
Church was rendered its closing reception
last night at the residence of Miss
Miriam Scott, on Bramhall avenue. The
evening was spent In dancing for some,
aud various games for others. About
eighty young people were present. The
officers Of the class are:-President, Mr..
Charles Newman; Secretary, Miss Daisy
Taylor; Treasurer, Mr.. Harry Fish.
Mr.. Cresswell Mclaughlin will deliver
a lecture ON adam and His Rib" at the
Simpson NJ. E. Church next Thursday
evening, May Is.
A May Pole sociabIe was held at Emory
M. e. Church Thursday night, under the
auspices OF the Sunday school.
All the arrangements were in charge of
Mr.. George A. Stevens. the Assistant
superintendent of the Sunday School.
The church and the church parlors were
CROWDED.. .f-
The question to be discussed tomorrow
evening iu the Emory M E. Church by
the Pastor. DR.. L)wrie, is a timely Que.
The singing in this huron is led By a
precentor. aided by orgau, coruet aud
violin. A service of sacred song precedes
the evening n
In response to numerous requests, the
! choir of, The Bergen Reformed Church
will repeaf tomorrow evening the Service
of Song, which was so beautifully rem
dered two weeks ago. The programme
J. a. fnliows:-
| Organ Prelude. 1Allegretto" ............Tour
Anthem, ssThe Strain Uprise, Allelulia" Wilson
Lords Prayer.---..... .........F. n. Shepperd
GLORIA Patri. in A.............P A. Schneider
Response, % come ye that thirste5h,
Duet for soprano and alto, Power Eternal"
eStabat Mater) Rossini
/ Ofertorv, Sometimes a light surprises
Schneider
Anthem, s'Softly now the light of day, :" Bartlett
Organ postlude- =
Mr.. Louis R. DreSSler. ..-. Organist and Director
Miss L.. Kompf, sopranos; Mr.. f. A. Packer,
tenor; Mrs. +. H. Molten, alto; Mr.. w. Il.
Brown, bass.
Ladies' Night" at the Catholic Club
this week, was NJ exception to the gen.
erai rule of successes which this feature
of the cluU has already acquired. The
| clubhouse was again throaged last night.
aed everybody present thoroughly ELI
joyed the illustrated lecture on Venice"
NY the Rev. Father Kelly.
The subject of DR.. Mitchell's sermon
tomorrow night is sure TO be of great in
terest. being the presentation or one OF