The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-11
RELIGION A PEARL.
bishop Bownan's Sermon
at the Ocean Grove
Auditorium.
NOVEL COLLECTION METHODS
how the Balance Of the Buildings
Debt Will Be Raised
Tomorrow.
Special to the jersey city Te,re.

OCEAN GROVE, Aug. II. 1S94.-The
second days services of the dedicatory
exercises of the new auditorium be-
gan yesterday with a sermon by Bishop
Bowman, the senior Bishop of the Meth
odist Church. His aim was to show
how Christianity is adapted to the needs
of humanity, and his text was Matthew,
10, A, As, and his subject, "The Pearl of
Great Price" He declared that religion
was the only thing in this world that
provided for our spiritual and moral
wants, wants which asserted themselves
as Enthusiastically as our bodily wants.
Religion was also the only thing that en-
ables a man to live az a rational and
accountable being ought to live.
The Bishop illustrated his emarks with
many anecdotes taken from his long
and varied experiences as a minister,
and the discourse was an able and in
structive one, from a strictly orthodox
standpoint.
THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA.
1.-The Church of smyrna the subject
of the second in the course of lectures
upon the Seven Churches of Asia
Minor" which is being delivered by the
Rev. c.. E. Vaudeville. The passage
from Revelation 8:11 bearing upon the
subject was read. and the speaker said
LIdL the SHuTCA vi OiilNIId AdQ IeCStNCG
unqualified commentator from the spir-
it. The compan at Smyrna which suf-
fered so much for the faith was an ideal
church because it was SO rich in hope
faith, love and patience.
The Rev. DR.. A. j. Palmer of New
York, who served in the late war, not
as a non-combatant, but as a private in
the ranks, lectured in the evening upon
1.-THE die no mores.' AS on the previous
evening, c.. K. Hall Post of Asbury
Park, in full uniform, occupied the seats
While another vast audience filled the
great building to overlooking. The Die
no mores,'% the doctor said. were a
regiment of Union soldiers, he sons of
Their %favorite song was:--rWere going
home to die no more" and from that
they received their name"
DR.. Palmer was under seventeen when
with thirteen members of the regiment,
he was captured and sent to Libby Pris-
on. After spending some time there,
and on Belle Island, he was transferred
10 Richmond, where he was very i'll for
a long time. While thus confined to the
hospital his only cheer was the care and
kindness he received from the Sisters
sacrificing spirit the speaker paid an
eloquent and glowing tribute.
TOMORROW'S SERVICES.
Elaborate preparations have been made
dude the dedicatory exercises;
An effort such as only Methodists can
make, will be made to ra1se the Szo'U0O
lecessary to dedicate the Auditorium
rec of debt. Blackboards will be put
up on the platform as last year and the
blocks sold in true auction style. But
while in '93 there was only one board,
Tomorrow there will be three. The sub
scriptions will be started at $500. The au-
thorities hope to find twenty persons who
will give that amount:
At 1880 O'Clock brief addresses will be
delivered by Bishop Bowman. Hon.
James A. Bradley, DR.. Thomas Hanlon-
Rev. Charles H. Waterman and others,
DR.. Hanlon's Bible class will meet as
usual at 2:SO O'Clock; Th're will be scrip
ture investigation, however, Tor the doc
tor will be after s., 500.
The beach meeting at 6 o'clock at the
foot of Ocean pathway will be followed
by the great closing service in the Audi
torium at 1880 o'clock. Bishop Fowler
will preach the sermon, and at its close
Senior Bishop Bowman, assisted by his
brother bishops, will dedicate the Audi
! torium to the services and worship OF
Almighty God.