The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-30
AMONG THE CHURCHES.


Union Watch Night services for Centenary
St. Paul and Hedding n, z. Churches will be
held in Hedding Church. Services win begin at
s.sThs King Of Zion" Sermons from RVS.
Grower and Morgan of the Park Reformel
Church, will follow, succeeded ny addresses
will be singing. prayer and testimony. lastipg
until after the New Year is ushered in.
At Emory NJ. E. Church the Rev. D. R. Low
rie, pastor, will preach in the morning at 1921
O'Clock. Watch Night services will begin at .
P. NJ. The EpworteL League will condnct a re-
sponsive Watch Night service for one hour.
10 F. NJ. until IL O'Clock. addresses By the pastor
and Others, with a Love Feast. The singing viii
be led by a large chorus cnoie.
The Rev. E.. T. Grower, OF Lafayette, will
preach tomorrow morning ia the hedding NJ.
E.. Church. Montgomery street. There will be
no service at 80 P. NJ. owing to the Watch
Night service, which will follow al 9 O'Clock.
The big Sunday school of the Simpson NJ. E.
Church. in Central avenue, rendered a fine pro
gramme at its Christmas entertainment on
Thursday evening. After the entertainment
each scholar received a box of candy.
Bishop Alexander Walter. D; D.; will spreach
mouth street, between Seventh and Eighth
streets. There will be a watch nesting. to be.
gin at 10 P. NJ, at which Ren. Fl. NJ. Csphas OF
Red Bank will preach.
A watch meeting will be held at the West Side
Avenue M. E. Church, beginning at 7.45 P. H.,
with a service of song, TO be followed by a ser :
! mon by the Rev. John Atkinson and by other
N~AAASS
Mead will preach.
At the Bergen Mission tomorrow afternoon,
Brother Robert S. Van NorIwick of Emory NJ
E. Church will talk. In the evening there will
be a salvation meeting.
A varied programme of exercises will make
up the Watch night service in Trinity NJ. E.
/ Church tomorrow night, beginning at nine
O'Clock. A sermon will be preached by Pastor
Krantz. a praise service held, different persons
will speak, and altar work will follow. DIR.
William j. Machin. the popular solo singer of
this city. will sing some of his choicest selec-
tions. 1t is expected that a good crowd will be
present.
near Erie street. there will be q New Year ser
| mon at 80 p. NJ, by the Rev. Vim. EaKins to.
| morrow. The subject will be THE Mistakes of
the Old Year and the Opportunities of the
New"
Baptist.
There will be q song servica at 3.45 P. VI. to
morrow in the Lafayette Baptist Church, at
the Lafayette B. and L. Association Hall.
Brother George w. Rockwell will preach on
Past, Present and Future"
A rich musical treat is ia store for the people
at the Bergen Baptist Church. TIE Bradford
| trio, who are known throughout the musicaI
day evening in January. The regular choir
| will be augmented by about IS voices, which
Preston fer the occasion, and taken all ia all,
the music will be such as has not bean heard ia
Jersey City for some time. On January IS the
choir and trio will give a concert, the processes
1 VI " ANVIL fNtAt ~ oto AASJ At6 I40 AR0u9 =
of engaging the Bradfords.
In the morning the Pastor, Rev. D. ]. Ellison
will preach on the subject, The Passing
Years. in the evening on THE Death of the
| Old Year.
The seating capicity of the Summit Avenue
Baptist Church was taxed to its utmost on two
occasions Thursday. In the afternoon he pri-
mary department held its Christmas entertain
ment. Presents were distributed among the
little ones, and ths following programme and
music was enjoyed. In the evening the adult
department held its entertainment, ami all pre-
sent enjoyed the following programme
Singing BY schools; prayer by the pastor;
WELCOME" by c.. Bramm: Two Little Rag
ged Urchias." by two boys and one girl; STORY
B!ae-Eyed Lowed by R; MaeMi1n; Xmas
King" by sixteen girls; spirit Of Xmas
by five girls and two boys; How He Dos IT,
by Arthur Losaw;. singing by school; TX mas
Claus and the Mouse" by Neil Dunulng:
.'Christmas Carroll by Florence and Amy
Stevens;.'sThe Journey of Life, by five girls;
Xmas Glee," by two girls and seven boys.
Distribution of the Caristm IS gifts by the pas
tor.
In the evening tomorrow, Rev. Theodore
Heisy will preach at tue First Baptist Church,
Grove street. between Mercer and Wayne
streets. on the subjecJ. "fhs End Thereof" a
sermon on The closing Of the year.
Reformed
Pastor Gowan of the Grove Reformed Church,
New Durham, received a Christmas check for
800 from his congregation.
The Grove Reformed Sunday School, New
Durham, nnmbsrs LOSS scholars. It holds two
sessions. The one in the morning is held in the
chapel at New Dnriia N. | o oths Is held in the
afternoon IN tue chapel al NesI Ho5owen. The
CHAPEL at Nav Durham y 20 be enlarged.
Lieutenant Woclsey of the 4ih Jersey City
Conpsny Bey's Brigade. OF the Bergen Re-
formed Church, took the pictures OF the COM
pany last night BY fash light.
Tue Lafaystte Rssofmkd ChuTea Sunday