The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-29

A YEARS GOOD WORK
Hudson County Y. p. S. c. E.
Holds It's Annual
Convention.
.DEAcoNs NEEDN'T BE BALD.
Dominic Rines Gives the Endeav-
orers a Wholesome Shak-
ing Up.

The annual convention of the Hudson
County Union Y. P. S. G. E. was held last
evening in the Summit Avenue Baptist
Church. About 500 delegates were present,
representing the societies of the Bergen
Baptist, Central Avenue Reformed, First
Baptist and First Reformed Churches of
Hoboken, the First Reformed and First
Presbyterian, Bayonne; Lafayette Re-
formed, North Baptist, Summit Avenue
Baptist, Second Presbyterian, Jersey City;
Scotch Presbyterian, John KRox Presbyte-
rian, Tabernacle, Westminster Presbyterian,
Wayne Street Reformed, Park Reformed,
Bergen Mission and Bergen Point Reformed.
The German Evangelical society answered
by letter.
The convention was called to order by
Vice-President William T.. Hunter, who act
ed as chairman in the absence of President
The Rev. Edwin MacMinn made the open
ing prayer and a service of song followed,
led by Mr.. George Corfisld. The Rev. j.
c. Emery read the Scriptures, and the Rev.
J. w. Hathaway offered a short payer. Miss
Clara w. Tilden sang a soprano solo, and
the chairman welcomed the delegates in an
appropriate address.
DON'T SERVE THE DEVIL
The Rev. George T.. Rines of R~idgewood
spoke next and said:-
1.-The meaning Of our motto is, 'For Christ
and the Church That does not mean to
serve on Sunday and the devil the other six
days. Oh, no, it means for Christ always.
One cannot serve him and the devil at the
same time. You must either serve one or
the other. Take the Apostles, see how they
were decidedly on the Lords side. No two
faced business with them. Look at the life
of Christ, and try to shape your course In
life as near to His as you can. Remember,
vEyhar 1oOE t1Jx,n v6IIp hanpot. fhof IL
means perfect Christianity and that is
what it also means to be a Christian En-
deavorer.' / am sorry to say, however, that
many of us who arc under that banner do
not live entirely up to our motto, and very
often fall far short of doing the good we
ought to do. If We are for Christ and the
Church really and TRULY we will not fold
our arms and hug ourselves, hold meetings
once a week or month, as the time may be,
and feel contented, and think we have lone
all that is required of us to do. We should
move out by tho whole spirit of Christianity
like the Apostles did, and try to bring our
fallen brothers and sisters to church.
A DEACON NEEDN'T BE BALD.
''Some people have ar idea that no one
can be IA deacon or elder in a church but a
bald or ~gray-headed old man, or one that is
near dead with rheumatism or some other
disease. But say they are wrong, and that
the young people can fll the places much
DeUL6l. lit lGdCS AL Guo WNIlQ Illus
been lone by the young people, and SO the
greatest work for the Master should be done
by them. Wake up, young people, and do
something! You are asleep!" ~
A GROWING SOCIETY.
Mr.. A. Rosenbeck of Brooklyn then sang
a bass solo, and the Rev. j. Lester Wells
told of the work among the Life Savers"
He said that New Jersey was the first State
to start the work, but that now there were
several others, and he hoped soon the whole
world would take it up.
The Secretary then reported that there
were 81 societies in Hudson County with q
total membership of 2,340. There was q net
gain of $40 members last year, of which 261
nave united with the church, and 126 asso-
ciate members have become active. The re-
port stated that 81, 1856 was spent for
benevolent purposes. The Treasurer re-
ported that $153. GO had been collected to de-
fray the expenses OF the Union. of which
$l0g.50 had been paid out, leaving a balance
in the treasury of SAL {.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Nominating Committee named these
candidates for officers for the ensuing year:
w. T. Hunter, President; H. c.. Baker, Vice
President; G. A. Dellere, Recording Secre-
tary; Miss L. Losey, Corresponding Secre-
tary, and J.. D.. McCroskery, Treasurer.
They were all unanimously elected. Presi
dent Hunter requested all who could to be
present at the National Convention, to be
held at Cleveland next month, and the con
yention adjourned.