The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-24
ITS GOLDEN YEAR.
UniverSaliSt Church of New
Jersey to Celebrate Its
Fiftieth Birthday.
CONVENTION TO Be HELD IN JERSEY CITY
Young Peoples Christian Union
Will Hold Its Second Annual
acknowledgements of
the Event.
CONVENTION TO Be HELD IN JERSEY CITY

The fifty-first annual session of the
New Jersey Universalist Convention and
the second annual convention of the
New Jersey Young Peoples Christian
Union will be held in the First Universal
list Church. this city on Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. October s. 9, and
10. 1896.
This the first time that the State Con-
vention of Universalist churches has been
held in this part of the State. and great
preparations are being made for the de-
legates. clerical and lay. from every town
in New Jersey.
Through the courtesy of Secretary Mr..
Louis Ames. of Bergen avenue. 1.-THE
News" is able to give the public some
Interesting facts in relation thereto.
The convention will open on Tuesday
evening at 7:45 p. M. with an address
from C. Ellwood Nash. D.. D.. one of the
most eminent members of the church.
He will talk to the Y. c.. p. U. The fol-
lowing morning. and all day in fact.
the convention will be occupied with the
Young Peoples Union business. The
morning meeting. opening at nine O'Clock,
will be conducted by Miss Ida May De-
morest of Newark and the topic to be
discussed by that gifted lady is 1.-The
Purpose and work of the Young Peoples
Union.' Following this the members.
the majority of whom are ladies, will or
ganize and then apers will be read
on subjects referring to the Union. fol-
lowed by discussion on reports and any
matters which may come UP. The Young
Peoples Convention will close at noon.
PROGRAMME OF STATE CONVEN-
TION.
After lunch, which will be served in
the First Universalist Church. Summit
avenue and Ivy place. the State Con-
vention of Uni~versalists will be opened.
First there will be organization and
then a communion service conducted by
the Rev. Charles H. Vail. pastor of the
First Church of this city.
The Rev. E. G.. Mason will preach An
Occasional Sermon"
AT 3:15 P. M. convention business.
At 4 P. M. the Rev. Costello Weston
of Newark will deliver and address on
'Our Missionary Needs of the Mo-
ment."
At 7:45 p. M the Rev. w. S. Grove.
D. D.. will speak on the topic. Has the
Past Any Authority Over the PRESENT.
about The Church Today"
On Thursday the programme. will be
e4 $50 a.. M'Mpevotional meeting. CON
Quoted by Mr.. c. C. Blauvelt.
1880 A. M.-Gonvention business.
read as follows:-"Woman and Club
President Of the sorosis Society;
e 8 wbiEnS Mrs. Eng e B : sG's The Duty
of the Hour for the Woman of New Jer-
7:45 p. M.-Address, Honesty in the
Pulpit" the Rev. John W. Chadwick;
Versais Ff'FT We G Ssyi Y YEARS AIRS.
This convention will mark the golden
New Mepp' Jersey ey RI The d first convent Elrat Of the
church was held in 1845, exactly fifty
years ago. Since that time the church
j. Irving Benedict, President; G. F. LOs-
good, Vice-President: Louis Ames, Sec
rotary; G. T. Norton: Treasurer; A J.
Solon Palmer. and c. B. Smith, Trus-
Christian As fGr The Hni Ssw i jersey IS = B bpanen P ef tss
National Society. which has branches
in ALMOST every State. The first Uniyer-
York State. and the first union of So
cieties was realized in the Western New
York Y. p s S e. E. Association. Sub
lied in Bay City. Michigan. This So
ciety set about the organization of a
National Union of the Societies of the
Universalist Church. Albert c.. Greer.
wen known in Newark, was 50 active, in
this that he has justly been called the
father of the movement. AS a result of
their efforts, together with the aid Of
other young people in other societies, a
convention was held October q and p.
1889. in the First Universalist Church in
Lynn, Mass, at the time of the meeting
there of the Universalist General Com
~vention.
AT hat meeting there were 1.4oo dele
gates present, representing thirteen
States and nearly fifty societies. That
of New Jersey was among the largest in
K wear or two ago the convention
appointed a Committee on Summer Grove
gatherings there have far surpassed the
most ~sanguine authorizations of the
church. One has been held every year
since. There are now over $50 live local
member of the National Union. repre-
senting over $4,000 young people, and
there are twenty-five State Unions.
Ladies from Newark Paterson. Plain
field. Oranges. Montclair. Trenton, Cam
den and Morristown will assist their sis
tiers. in Jersey City to welcome the con-
ventien delegates in October.