The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-08


vice, led by Professor Loren Bragdoeni
final announcements and presentation
of Stae banner. P. NJ, convention ser
mon, BY Rev. &C George y Farveisss " AZ AZ
p. NJ, closing conservation service, teu t,
by Rev. r. w. Brokaw Of Springfield,
Mass P NJ, sermon at First Presnyfe
terian Church, by Rev, j. F. Idggs Of
New Brunswick Theological seminary.
S:45 p NJ, conservation services led py
Rev. Ford C. Ottman in the same church.
nearly all residents of New Brunswick:
The General Committee is composed OF
H B. Zimmerman, Chairman; ! John wal
ker Bingner, Secretary; p. H. Suydam
Treasurer; Rev. DIR. P. T. Parkman and
DR.. d. C. English. The other commit
tees have the following chairmen:- Press,
w. E. Compton; Entertainment, M. It.
Weat; Reception, Howard B.. Buffers;
Enrolment, Freeman Woodbridge; Mu-
sieal Director, Loran Bragdon, leader
of the Rutgers College Glee Club.
The members of all these committees
have been working hard for the sue
cess of the convention. Mr.. Compton,
who is student at Rutgers College,
gave up his entire vacation to the work
of preparing for the event. and he has
accomplished excellent results.
The First Reformed Church was or
ganfzed 175 years ago, and is one of the
first churches erected in the State. The
original building was in Burnett street,
and the present building was erected in
1872. 1t is intimately connected with
Rutgers College in the past and twenty
years ago all of the theological profess
sors of the church were installed there.
Rutgers College is one of the sights of
the town. 1t was started in 1866, and is
the college of the Dutch Reformed
Church.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR SOCIETY.
Although having developed such an
enormous strength the Christian En-
deavor movement has heen on root only
since 1881. On February OF that year
the first society was organized at Port
q a II
now has over 100000 members, the Rev.
Francis E. Clark was the originator of
the scheme, and he stated that the OBJ
ject of the society was the training of
young Christians for duties in church
work and to promote an earnest Chris
tian life among the members.
Like the Sunday-School each society is
in some local church, and embraces no
one outside of that church. There are
about 1900 Christian Endeavor societies,
they being in almost every country in
the world. The societies are in all evan
gelical denominations with the exception
of the Catholic. The United Society has
no control over the local unions or So
cieties, and is simply for the purpose of
spreading the Christian Endeavor idea.
Christian Endeavor Day is celebrated on
February of each year. and is obsery-
ed by unity in prayer for other Chris
tian Endeavor societies throughout the
world and by contributions of money for
missionary purposes
The State Christian Endeayor Union
was organized on December l, at meet
ing in the Presbyterian Church at James,
burg, Middlesex County. Seventy-sevell
people were present enrolled their names
as members, but most of them were not
members of the ten societies that were
represented, and some even were not
residents of the State. They went home,
however, and organized societies, which
soon made the membership take an as
tonishing upward bound.
The firfist annual meeting was attend
ed by representatives of thirty churches,
and while it was an upretentious meet
ing it wasd decidedly helpful and prae-
teal. Those who had organized the
union had worked so earnestly that at
this convention ninety-two societies, with
membership of 5000, We're represented.
There is a local union in every county in
the State and meetings are held once a,
month for ten months in a year, when
methods of work are prepared and plans
are laid.
Rev j. Judson Pierson of Woodbury.,
is the President of the State Union,
having been reelected at the Trenton
convention last year. Rev. Dr.. j..
Clement French of Newark, and Mrs
Alice May Scudder of this city are the
Vice Presidents, and Mrs. Caroline H.
Brookfield is the Secretary. There is
also an Executive Committee composed
of one member from each county.