The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-04
AMONG THE CHURCHES.


In st. Paups Protestant Eplscopai
viii be opened next wednesday. evening
for the benefit of the church. The event
will be continued on Thursday evening
also. Each booth will represent a DAY
| in the week, and household articles used
on that day will be sold: The Committee
of Arrangements has pleasant prospects
for the carnival
Baptist.
Beginning Tuesday evening next a fair
will be held in Arcanum Hail, Jackson an9
Glass No. 1 of the Bergen Baptist sunday
school. The fair viii be continued all the
week. There will be the oussomaay
and bunting, the usual refreshment Ia
bles, and a grand exhibition OF dolls ana
water colors. Minerals from the mines q,
Montana and potted plants and ferns wiz
also be on exhibition. An interesting en-
tertainment will also be given each even.
ing, INCLUDING an "5ngin Hun Mnst,d DT pro.
vost and Miss B. Jackson are in charge OF
the entertainments. First class music VIII
also be a feature, and the great universal
bore, solicitors on articles, by chance, VIII
be entirely suppressed. The young people
intend to make this enterprise a big sue
cess and all are working hard to that
end.
congregational.
Perhaps no church mission boards in
America have occupied more historic
| quarters. and that for a great number OF
years. than the Congregational Home
Mission and Church Building Societies
ton in the famous Bible House in Astor
place, New York. But in o four
weeks time the old quarters are to pc
vacated for new and larger ones. me
per story recently added to the United
Charities Building. The three Congrega-
tional boards are to have the entire
floor. which has been made to suit their
needs. The rooms, compared with the
low ceilings and dingy walls of the old
Bible House, are most palatial, and
friends of the boards will scarcely know
them. The new quarters, convenient as
they are, cost less han the old ones.
The famous old Bible House is to be
sold when a buyer can be found for It
Its site is enormously valuable, but in
the advancement of construction 1t has
been left behind by newer buildings.
Reformed.
.Doubt and It's Recipe" will be the
theme of the morning sermon in the
Wayne Street Church. Mr.. Wick preache
denced by many of the replies to the
series. of questions he recently sent out,
seems to be prevalent in this city. IN the
Think" will be continued with a sermon
On the text, us the Young Man Safe?o in
light of the replies to the question; what
influence in our community has the most
facilitating effect morally upon our young
men?'
The Rev. Charles B. Brown, formerly
of Minneapolis, and now general secre-
tary of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION of his city, will deliver, to-
morrow afternoon, at four o'clock. in
the Park Reformed church. an addsess
public talk in this city, and many will
undoubtedly want to hear him. Few
men have had the experience Mr.. Brown
has had in connection with work for
Young men, and he has addressed thou
sands of them in different parts of the
country. He is known as a speaker OF
force and enthusiasm. and holds the
closest attention OF his audiences from
beginning to end.
Tomorrow evening the usual service of
sons will be given in the Bergen Reformed
Church. A new Sacred Cantata entitled
IAN Advent Service music by Mr.. p. A.
Schneider, organist of the West Presby-
terrain Church of New York City. will be
given it's first performance. This work
has but recently been published. 1t is
very melodious and contains solos for
each voice besides concertive numbers,
and will be given by the regular choir
of the church under the direction OF Dr;
L. r. Dressler. The Rev. Or. Brett will
preach.
Methodist Episcopal.
The vocal and instrument concert
given by st. PauPs M. e.. Church last
night was a great success and the mem
bers of the church are thinking of pro-
ducing it again in a very short time.
This was the programme
Part 1.-Glee. Sweet and Low" Mrs.
H. butcher, Mrs. N. Hubbard, Mr.. Jacob
Arm, Mr.. A. Anderson; soprano solo,
"Madrileno,,' Mrs. A. B. Francis; violin
solo, a-ssAdagio." b."Allegro Maestoso,'
G. Berriot, Morris M. Krause; contralto
solo, 'The Gipies," Dudley Buck, Miss
Grace E.. Black, -accompanist, Miss S. L.
Culver. organist Lafayette M. E. Church,;
piano solo. .Etude Caprice" c.. ". De
Berriot Fills OPP l, Mrs. J. e. Bailey,
organist Centenary Nj. e. Church; recita-
ton, "Christmas Day in the Work
House Miss Cecilia Krause; soprano
solo, 8aThe Lost Chord, !" Sullivan, Mrs. A.
panists, gar Mr.. A.. Cook, piano, Mrs.
arranged by Singlee, Morris NJ. Krause:
comic song, selected, Miss Ruth Krause;
piano duet. selected. Prof. Julius Herzog
and Miss Matte Tweedie.
Part II. was A. J. Holden's ~cantata, THE
Garden of Singing Flowers" which was as
follows:,,Madrigal, Brightly Dawns;
Flowers solo, The Golden Sun. Sun,
Gardener; solo, THE Red Rose Flower
Bloom in the Spring Man in the Moon;
solo. Come, Look at My Beauty, Rose;
duet, Il Wish That T Might Hide myself
loft in the Silly Night solo I'd
I'VE Are All lSoddIng' solo, Won't You
chorus tn unis2n. Dying Of the Flowers