The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-20
c. E. PRINCIPLES.
Lessons Commended to En-
deavorers by a Hudson
Delegate at Boston.
WHAT HEPRlNcIPLEs HAVE DONE
Mr.. Wells Suggestion for the
Comfort of the Lonely Light
house Keeper.
WHAT THEPRINCIPLEs HAVE DONE

| One of the most ardent and energeuc
| of E~ndeavorers, a well known man IN Jer-
sey City, has at his WI expense caused
to be printed the able address OF the
| Rev. OTIS A Smith on THE Cardlnal
| Principles of Christian Endeavor," de-
| livered before the Boston Convention on
! July II. This gentleman in conversation
with a Jersey City News" reporter SAID
that the speech referred to should De
''conned by rote' by every member OF the
| society.
81 have learned it, he said enthusiast
| tically, "and why can't others? 1 mean
| to teach it to my class"
would you mind repeating 1T nowY
| asked the writer.
Certainly not. 1 shall be only too glad
to do so. 1t is as follows
/" 9Th first cardinal principle of Chris
| tan Endeavor is, implicit trust in
Christ. and unselish. complete and ire
vocable devotion to Christ. Trust in Christ
| is the source of devotion to Christ. This
is the kernel and heart of the first car
| dinal principle, because it vitalizes, dig
miles and glorifes our whole movement.
sThe second cardinal principle Is de-
| votion to the Scriptures. The Bible itself
| is. our mammal of devotion and confession
OF faith and rule OF life.
n" The third cardinal principle that we
can get along without distinctive e%cclesi-
| astical organization. The Christian En-
deavor is a part of the Church. A loyal
subject in a great kingdom
These concluded the speaker, "are
| the cardinal principles of Christian En-
| deavor, which have won their way into
almost every country on the Globe. and
| which have organized The youth of Chris
| tendon into one stupendous society whose
acknowledged head is Jesus Christ, Our
Lord
He maintained that wherever the So
ciety has been established and these prin-
ciples have held sway there have been
increased spirituality. deeper knowledge
of and devotion to the work and more
efficient usefulness in the church and
| withal more joy and sunshine in re-
ligion and more gladness in the soul"
In connection with the work Of Chris
tan Endeavor societies. the Information
al Committee. through the medium of
Rev. ]. Lester Wells. of Jersey City,
has issued a call, and one of the ways
suggested to Endeavorers to help en-, the
work particularly among the life saving
stations, is to send comfort bags to the
crews. MIR. Wells report about these
bags is highly interesting and was read
before the Boston Convention, and is as
CONTENTS OF THE BAG.
The comfort bags are hailed with Joy
ticking. twelve by fourteen inches or
larger, with a string shirred in at the
this wonderful little bag may b. put
buttons. needles, thread of different
sizes. pocket scissors. pocket knife, BAN
dages, bunch of white cotton, court and
/ GtiPkjnp MASTER coarse and fine comb.
brush. pair of wooden wristlets, mits,
! yarn cap. muller, pair of socks, tooth
| brush. automatic pencil, box of letter pa
per and stamped envelopes, safety pins,
package of story leaflets, a Testament
and a bright CHEEKY letter written to
your Judgment and may put anything in
! the bag that will comfort the surfman,
who daily hazards his life, far away
! light house keeper, light ship crews up
| On whom vessels freighted with precious
lives depend for safety"
ino8F Methodist.
Under the auspices of the Epworth
| League of the First M. E.. Church of
fngs tomorrow afternoon. One will be at
| Willow avenue and FIRST street and one
at Seventh street.
The Rev. DR.. Richardson, pastor of the
| First Methodist Church, is suffering with
a severe cold and will be assisted to-
morrow by the Rev. James Roome, Pro
| 1eSSOr OF EE0gllSn Literature, 1duIlOu
| College, England.
The Sunday school of James NJ. E.
Church. Summit avenue and Bowers
East Rutherford Pleasure Park. The
party went via the new Rutherford troll
ley line.
The Tabernacle.
The Rev. J.. Lester Wells. assistant
| stereopticon sermons tomorrow evening
in the Tabernacle. His subject will be
"The Cannibal and Sandwich Islands
illustrating. with views. under oxy-hydro-
gen light the power of Christianity over
| H~eathenism.
Presbyterfan.
Claremont Presbyterian Church, Clare
mont avenue. will be altered and repair
| ed during the summe months. The au-
ditorium will be enlarged and improved.
Episcopal.
The annual excursion yesterday of the
| Episcopal Church of Ascension to Corn
day was pleasant and the large number
that attended enjoyed themselves greatly.
Reformed.
The Sunday school of the Second Re-
formed Church, Central avenue. had a
excursion to ROTOR Point. Special cars
conveyed the party to the Hoboken
wharf where they took the steamboat
| Sirius. which was none too large to hold
their numbers. The sail was delightful
and exhilarating to everyone.
Sunday evening service at the Second
Reformed Church on Central avenue has
| been suspended for the summer months
The morning service will be continued at
1890
Other Churches.
A GOSPEL tent has been erected in the
| vacant lots at Palisade avenue and Pros
psct street. 1t is a branch of the Mount
! Zion Sanctuary of Greenville. Meetings
will be held under the canvas every even
ing and Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
Mrs. IA. Jackson, Robert Jackson and NJ.
ID. Hancox will lead the services, which
as Mr.. Jackson said, will be strictly
urdenominational, unsectarian and apoS-
| tolieal." In 1893 the same tent was erected
in Elizabeth and the congregation that
attended the meetings there ave now
succeeded in building a church. The same
work was lone in Newark last year,
where there is now a church in place
of the tent. Mr.. Jackson said after leav-
ing this city he was going to preach in
Long Branch and Railway.
". MIC. A. Notes.
The third study of Bible characters
will be conducted tomorrow afternoon
at four o'clock in the association build
ing, No. SO Wayne street. The topic will
be Philip and the Eunich." Harry F.
Bush Will conduct the study. All men
are invited.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Tux.