The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-19

and attractive in the whole diocese. TIL,
puliding mad been used for other pur
poses 1t was purchased and presented
to the diocese by Mr.. E. w. Dunstan {
| renovated, and is now as though it wal
newly built. On the I'd or December last
| a. Lne request of the Bishop, | laid the
cornerstone. formal opening service
/ was neld that evening Eight priests
and @ as many students from the Genera
| tba trbneo@logical @ Seminary We're present. Witt
| procession. The building was filled + Il
lts utmost capacity with a most interest.
| ea congregation Through the kindness
ana generosity of Mr.. Richard Stevens OF
Hopoken and the Woman's Auxiliary OF
lne diocese, was able to give to the
ss3io nalSSion an altar, Bishops chair, priests
pit lecturn and baptismal font ali o.
quarterd oak. The value of the property
| is -. 800. $500 is still owed upon it, bui
pr99vlsion ra9,ctio mas a been made for the gradua
one hundred and twenty-five souls. forty
communicates, twenty-seven baptisms
| nlhe h eonnrmed and forty in the Sunday
offerings oae have been $500 The Mission
has mas received nothing from the Board OF
Holy Trinity Mission, Hillsdale. is
sneadliy advancing in strength and use
nlIness. oak .pews have taken the
places OF the chairs. a brass altar desk
mas been given as a memorial,
The Rev. Arthur Whitaker. priest in
charge, reports fifty souls. twenfv-fbrea
COMMITMENTS, GL twenty-eight in the Sun
SSU2 This Mission voluntarily reIinolTshed
the stipend of 500 it was receiving from
Thare 1ne Board OF Missions one year ago
Mission property, which consists Of .
lot large enough for a church building !
parish house and rectory and a Very
comfortable building
st. Paul's Mission, Montvale ;s aiso
under the charge of the Rev Arthur
whitaker 1t has its own stone buiIdina
and amen L r described IN my report last year
gu gu d large lot- Its year of work shows
III ~ sous, twenty communicates, six
oaptlsms, thirty-five in the Sunday school
Ms Miss;o,3 oHerihhgs s hge amounting to s4o0 This
to faithful work done in the two ebaya
named m missions, Mr.. Whitaker had held
aSoay as many services as possible at Oradeil.
the Board Wv -oi 'iiS from
III The [i,ss,.N Mission at Nordhoff is supported
entirely by st. Paurs Church EnglewooG ID
ana IS under the care of Rev C;eoree III n
fncntner, rector of the same If recej,,as
h1 nisnfapp nfelp from the Board of Missions. The
souls. forty communicating, thirteen teen ban- saye
SSlsmSs, seven confirmed and forty in the
Senaay Sel1. ~ schoo sool The offerings for the
lay reader under the Rev. Mr. EHnbtnar -
: Ine Mission of the Good Shepherd. Forf
Lee Lee qnder the charge of the Rev. wal
own NJ TSana sherwood, So continues to hold its
omn, Ihere mas not been the growth in
pvpulation looked for. Even the trolley
system Is sometimes a disapnointnanfy
aHo life d9es Th not tg bring all the blessings Of
me increase looked for in vain nnti1
now One hundred and seventv-eiaht
ThaSa STuls are &C connected with this Mission.
There bsue 1re elgnty-one communicating.
confirmed. There are ninety-fiye in the
sunday School The offerings have bean
Boaa fSo1, ms M MISSION receives $125 from the
raa Al u, SAINTS Mission, Leonia, is now
ada.a aeaoy 10 take a most decided step in
aupance; aS,s,5ia : Services have beer held in a
plans are perfected for the erection Of
church building. Building lots have
sea Seen IN m possession of the Mission for
some time. The energies of the peonIe
nave been directed towards the accuuu0
iatlng of building fund. Enough is now
"a N I.ia nand TO Justify them in building. By
Gbnrlsigtmas' ebnig as at the latest the building
si10uid De Iully ready for use
The Rev, J. A. McCleary, of Edgewater
Mill, MN great generosity and discretion, is
giving his services as priest. Mr.. G. NJ.
th1s diocese. is lay reader The Mission
reports one hundred and six souls fiftv-
nve fne, communicating ,a nun thirteen baptisms,
schooG sSIr fonndmea, ns fifty-six in the Sunday
rms Mission receives $50 from the Board
OF missions, paid to the Archdeacon. for
tne T,, travelllng expenses of the lay reader.
The very hard times still seriously af-
Iect the Mission Church of the Ascen-
sion, Jersey City Heights. Still there is
no abatement in the very faithful and
ed the Mission 1 could hardly believe T
was in the same building. The former
worn out gas fixtures had been replaced
of oh larger ana better ones, until with
building was brilliant as compared with
IFS former gloom. Nothing has been done
-nothlng could have been done in the
came to the Rev. James Cameron. nriest
III charge, as an Inheritance. The mis-
Slonary reports six hundred souls two
ty-two baptisms. twenty-five Confirmed
two hundred in the Sunday School and
oHerlngs amounting to 1,500. The Mis-
sion receives $3.50 from the Board. This
pays the interest on the indebtedness
st. Clements Mission, Hawthorne. is
Justifying the wisdom of the Bishop in
permitting and consenting to its forma-
life, yet 1t reports for the last year one
hundred souls, thirty-one communicanfs
eight baptisms, one confirmed, thirty-four
amounting to s575. A solid silver paten
and chalice have been presented the
Mission by a friend of the priest in
cGharge G1 the Rev g. N. Doowart, of the
Church of the Holy Communion, Pater-.
son. The fact that the giver is a Pres
byterian makes the gift all the more APP
preclated. Mr.. William a. Long a can
didate for Holy Orders in this diocese. is
the lay reader in charge. This Mission
receives nothing from the Board of Mis-
Sions.
st. Luke's Mission, Paterson. Is. FAST
nearing that condition where it will be
justified in making application to be ad-
mitted into union with the convention as
a parish. It has fairly earned for itself
this higher degree 1t has approved itself
by its successful work. During the pa ST
year the church building has been en-
larged until it's capacity is two-thirds
greater than formerly, 1t has been trans
formed. No one would recognize it as the
same building. On the evening of the
Feast of the Publication it was formally
opened. The service was of the most
insplriting nature. The night was stormy
but the church was full. Six of the
neighboring clergy were present to thank
God with the faithful Missionary the Rev
Robert Perine, and his faithful congre-
CATION. The cost of the enlargement was
S2,2O0. OF this $1,700 has been paid or
provided for. Only $500 remains. This
will be promptly met. Friends of the
Mission throughout the diocese came gem
erously to the aid of the Mission in fhis
its great work. 1t had been my intention
to give in this report the names of the
contributors, but cannot; the list is too
the missionary, and the Mission, | thank
them ALL The Mission reports five hun
dred souls, one hundred and eighty-tyyo
communicates. thirty-six baptisms, nine
teen confirmed, two hundred and thirty
ys fly IL, In tn the sunday school offerings
friends without, $l116, making a total of
81, 1896. This Mission has received $500 from
the Board of Missions. 1t in its turn has
a mission at Lake View.
st. Matthews Church, Jersey City, re-
ceives a stipend of $500 from the Mission
dry Board. hut. being q par{ch