The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-15

Harms and Mrs. Walter IS Gorinan. from
TRINITY IA. z. Church: Misses Janet and
Church.. Miss Mamie auckland and Miss
Gussie Britt. of st. Paups NJ E. Church;
MIsfss M6sfs psnt,a9 n Y ane Inyrght Y q 5ns
Van cleef and Miss S. Meschutt. from the
Wayne Street reformed Church: Miss RI.
A., Asda dMorgow orr and Miss 4 4 Hughes froin
H Halick and Miss Mary 2. Lockwood from
Gsentenaary a NJ e Church; Mrs. Samuel,
Mrs M. Cole. from the West Side Avenue
NJ r. Churcn: Miss Sadie Edgar and Miss
Jessie 5ss johnson. from James NJ. e. Church;
Winner. from Simpson M e. Church: Miss
son, from the. Scotch Presbyterian Church:
Miss Mamie Owens. Miss ]. Powles from
the Tabernacle. and Clara McCarter and
Emma Pine. from the Park Reformed
Rev. E. o. Rowland. of the James NJ. F..
Se:nurch sald:-'This is an age of .associa-
tons, and OF young people, and believe
the young people should ask themselves.
What Is our aim and what results have.
saving of souls. and it IS accomplished
only by the greatest effort. There is ever
peing waged a great war between the
good has and must always have the su-
premacy but the enemy employs grand
forces Z. and az we must use great force 70
mentS against him and we improve our
enance of winning the fight. I believe
IN the institutional church which brings
the worldly afIairs, and especially the
relaxations and exercises or the young
folks; and links them to Christian wor-
Hev ]. F. Morgan said. Like my pre-
decessor of this platform I advocate as
sociations, especially young peoples as
association was the formation Of the fam
Father We are ali brothers rs in Christ. Christ
such as the z M. c. A.. the young folks
Churches hope pc v we shall ia all 'Ns work pa a
fuss and feathers Let us work rather
than talk: remember the Savior has said.
By & their Il, works = ye shall know them ;.
his mock-dramatic speech in favor of
Jersey City; 7 wonder why. ! am at
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION
of you, three times as old as many of
you and four times as old as some Of
Of Oliver Wendell Holmes when so someone
asked him how old he was. Old he
said. OLD? am am seyenty-two years
| find myself the youngest Of you all
Il am before you to welcome you young
men Of other parts of the State to our
IS. Don't smile. Someone has said to me
that New York cast a shadow over Jer-
sey City and hindered its growth. In
agy Mnen Nof haa
an inch in extent. Over the river you
will find the shadow of this city. After
Jersey. How. great is the number Of
bankers, brokers, lawyers, merchants
and mechanics who cross the many fer
ries night and morning to swell the mass
of money-Elakers in that metropolis?
'tDo you seek signs of our beauty and
advancement? See our new library, al
g Of its kind n the the Country u aseh for aa its age
See our new City Hall. 1t came up
through trials and tribulations, but it is
up. up our PUBIC scnoo system is eatlreily
keeps pace with it. And our railroads!
We have the greatest railroad area of
any city of our size in the country. Why
we have railroads and trolley lines that
begin / don't know whore and end in
the sans Place sqt have you Is seen our
ton, that's what it. IS 4 paradise for.
wheelmen and wheefwomen by night as
well as by. day, for the electric lights
No LONGER do young Ladies' and gentlemen.
stroll sby moonlight alone We have
electric lights on our Boulevard
The parlor conferences were held at
the residence of DR.. and Mrs. P. ].
Koonz, No. 275 Communipaw avenue;
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Waite. No. 24s
Boul1er. No. 327 Communipaw avenue. and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Cowles No. 2S2 Bar
row street. AT the first of these resi-
dences Hon. W. E. Drake, Hon. Willard
w. Cutler and Mr.. c. T. Kilborne CON
Quoted a meeting of presidents and di-
rectors of associations, At tse sevond
Colonel John j. McCook, yillard
and George A. Warburton cted a
meeting devoted to railroad wo44.. AT the
third, Mr.. F. W. Langstroth. Mr. Charles
G. Davis and Mr.. George A. Hall ad-
dressed meeting on district work AT
the fourth Mr.. Sumner F. Dudley pre-
sided over a meeting held for the dis
cussion of boys work.