The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-17
FOR THE YOUNG MEN
Rector Throop to Introduce
The st. Andrew Broth
erhoOd.
GREENyILLE's REVIVAL.
Union Services for Young People
Interesting News From
All the Churches.

The Rev. Montgomery Hunt Throep, the
new rector of st. Matthew's Pc. Church, is
not allowing the grass to grow under his
feet. He announced to his congregation al
most the first time he met them, that he in
tended to shake up the parasitic put some
life into the quiet, dreamy existence OF st.
Matthew's. He has called a meeting for to
morrow evening, when some able and gifted
men win tell the young men of the church
the objects and aims of the Bro therhood of
st. Andrew.
Mr.. TROOPS idea is to establish a chap
ter of this order of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in connection with st. Matthews.
To this end he has been able to secure the
services of Mr.. George Wisner Thorne OF
Newark, who is Secretary OF the local as
sembly of the order, and he tomorrow night,
will speak of ''The Brotherhood and Its Two
Fold Rule Then Mr.. E. A. S. Lewis OF
Hoboken is down upon the programme to
talk upon "True Manliness."
When these gentlemen are through Mr.. E..
w. XII ernan of New York will describe the
average young man and his temptations.
These having been set forth Mr.. John w.
Wood of New York, General Secretary OF
the council of the order will have something
to say. Later in the evening, down IN the
basement of the church, the young men who
nave been enthused by the above speakers,
viii listen to addresses from Mr.. D. Smith
Wood of Newark, President of the local as
semblv of the Brotherhood, Mr.. John w.
Wood and the rector of st. Matthews
Church.
Although the establishment of a chapter
of this Brotherhood is not a new thing IN
Jersey City, for st. Johns Free Church and
st. Mary's,, Hoboken avenue, have each a
chapter, yet in old st. Matthew'S parish it is
something new, and the young men are very
much interested in it. So, too, are the young
ladies, who are extremely anxious to know
if there is not a sisterhood or something
which they can belong to. Mr.. Throop IS,
therefore, confronted with new demands
which he will attempt to satisfy.
Primarily the object of the Brotherhood IS
to bring young men closer to the Christian
Church, and although there are many rules
guiding the members, two are singled out as
the golden rules. These are the rule of pray
er and the rule of service, and are as I'M
mutable as the Median laws.
This Brotherhood must not be c~onfounded
with that of Andrew and Philip, a similar
organization with similar aims in connection
with Nome onformist churches, and a chap
ter of which eminently worthy society is
about to be instituted in the First Presbyte-
rian Church by the Rev. DR.. Chostferr.
UNION SERVICE IN G~REENvILLE.
Since upper and lower Jersey City
churches are ~indulging in revival services,
union services and other religious exercises
to arouse the Christian ~sluggards, to bring
back the backsliders and convert the sinners,
G~reenville churches are determined not to
be left out in the cold. They will take a
hand in this spiritual work next week on
their W account. There are not many
churches in the Celery district to unite and
form union services; but what they lack in
numbers they make up in zeal for Christian
revival work.
The churches uniting are the Reformed
Church. Rev. W. P. Bruce, pastor; Linden
Avenue Methodist, Rev. D. W. S. MCGOWAN,
pastor, and Grace Protestant Episcopal, Rev.
James Chapman, pastor.
On Tuesday evening in n Avenue
Church the meetings will begin, and the
three ministers will take part in the services
with the help of the lay brethren.
The two Lutheran Churches will probably
unite in the revival. Their services will be
in German, and Rev. Mr.. Burckhardt will
preside at those in the "Rooster" Church, as
the building on the corner of McAdoo avenue
is more Familiarity known.
MEETINGS o PEOPLE
In addition to the regular union services
now being conducted every evening by pas
tors from the Tabernacle, Scotch Presbytef-
ian, Wayne Street and Grand Street Re
formed and North Baptist Churches, it has
been felt necessary that specially arranged
meetings should be held exclusively for
young people, or 'sthe young ladies and the
young gentlemen" as the Rev. j. Lester
Wells announced it to a NEWS representa-
tive. The first of these meetings for the
young ladies and Young gentlemen will take
place in the Tabernacle on Monday evening.
The second will occur on the following night,
and the dates of the subsequent meetings will
be announced later in these column. Ac-
cording to the ~indefatigable Mr.. Wells, the
meetings will, it is hoped, be filled with not
only representatives of every downtown
church south Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
cut, but more especially with young people
who are not generally in the habit of at
tending places of worship. The services will
be conducted by the pastors of the churches
forming the downtown union.