The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28

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tap of the gavel was heard accompanied
by the voice of the Bishop crying like
one in Wilderness
THE convention will please come to
order.''
Calling of the roll and other routine
matters occupied the convention until
adjournment for luncheon which took
JERSEY CITY ARcHDEAcoNRY. !.
Immediately after the resumption OF
Jersey City Archdeaconry was progress
ng and the Rev. w. r. Jenvey submit
ed this highly encouraging report -
ID. Bishop of Newark
My Dear Bishop-The mission work in
he Archdeaeonry of Jersey City is full
pects were never SO bright; it's work was
rever better done.
On Thursday. May z, in company with
lain. 1 visited Hasbrouck Heights Here
met between fifty and sixty crt1zens OF
he borough. and we decided to start
ic-ciC nxynp
support of one, and I strongly advise
he formation of the mission, and recon-
mend a vigorous prosecution of the
work.
The next morning we visited the estab-
lished mission of Holy Trinity, at Hills
dale. This mission has met with great
NJ Ladd who accepted q call to Grace
ment exists in the mission. however,
tory upon plot of ground which was
recently given them. The property is
free from debt. and the mission has
There are thirtyAthree families con
nected with the mission. and thirty-five
communicates. The Sunday school num- @
have been baptized and three confirmed.
The offerings have been sl,0o7.o4 u,-
Ridge These are contiguous boroughs,
a county. road only dividing them, with
population of 600 In Montvale most
picturesque chapel is in the course COZ of Of
cost but s., 500 The stone walls cost only
$340. and the stones were taken from
neighboring fields. We held service IN
the building for the first time. This
portion of the diocese differs greatly
from certain other portions, It IS alive
gIth young ana vigorous olt lite ~an,anf and f
population. 1t is but a portion OF the
Greater New. York. and we shall make
a grievous mistake # we do not improve
1t is the same with Leonia, borough,
of which many of it's property owners
are artists of natona tame af Thsrs sant
Sherwood. rector Of St. James Church,
Ridgefield. There are twentyaseyenI a, lam an
mission. During the past year there have
been four baptized and ten confiirmed &c
There are forty eomrnunicanhts an sahno, ana fffy
eSsTareH communion onSG has been celebrated four
ssq a at Plot COST Of Of ffr2sSd s0 ana ha t IS
their intention to erect an ed1flce to
cost s., 600.
said, it It was delayed on account of the
high railroad fare to and from the
place Continuing. the report stated.
There are 46 families connected WITH
which 19 have been baptized. There. are
S5 communicates, 20 services have been
held, the Holy Communion /. nj has been en-
scholars and s teachers in the Sunday
school. -
The good work goes encouragingly on
ait the Mission Church of the Ascension,
Jersey. City Heights notwithstanding
the distressingly hard tin tImes ST The mort mort
from $500 to s2.4OO. There have been %
baptized in the past year, Y 1 have I been 5li
there are nearly 200 communicants, and
The offerings amount to ,s2,064.5O. This
is the best showing in the history of the
wonders have been done in the Cal
vary Church, Bayonne, since the Board
Of Missions gaEe them the small a IS st2e1na
are, 160, numbering $50 .s souls Then } Z
had been baptized noW p, Sc; then = 3 con
were 125 scholars and Is teachers in the
Sunday schoo while DOW now there mere are ,,,,H o
building has also undergone considera-
bie repairing This church has been
The Work of st. Agnes Mission Lafay-
cite, has made decided progress since
last report. A sewing school with an
attendance of 100 has been maintained.
ard there is a boys club with a mem
bership of 40 This mission is supported
entirely by st. Marks Church, Jersey
fsity.
Of st. Luke's Mission and st. Marks
Mission, Paterson the report stated that
they were both in a good condition and
were progressing rapidly. st. Marks is
a self-supporting mission, their offerings
having amounted to $3.21150 last year.
est Thomas Mission, Lyndhurst,'
continued the Archdeacon,. i'has been
greatly hampered by the sickness and
death of the Rev. Il. ]. Clayton, who
was in direct charge of it. But under
the energetic management of Rev. Mr..
Ladd a good report will be made next
ssThe Mission of the Epiphany, Allen
dale, has secured a yerv good lot in a
more central location, and has removed
the chapel building to it,
1.-THE mission at Nordhoff is progress
ing under the protecting care of the
Rev Mr. Flntohcr rector of ST. Pauls
1ur h Fnglewood
.sThis archSeaeo Try is full of mission
work of the most faithful kind. The
great and pressing need is FOR az old
time pentecostal outnouring of the
living God, that the heart of this con-
vention might be touched and the heart
Of the diocese might be touched, and
that means IN abundance might be fur
nished for the prosecution of work
which is lying at our very doors.
ssVery sincerely yours.
s'W. r. JENVEY.''
GONE TO SEE THE SOLDIERS.