The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-21
AN07HER new CHURCH
Greenville Choral Union Will
Join New English Luth-
eran Congregational.

Although the trustees of the Lafayette
Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
on C-onmunipaw avenue, have offered ev-
cry inducenlent to the members OF the
| Greenville Choral Union TO join that
! church and take permanent charge OF the
music. the members of the Union have
refused and shortly will give their aid
to a movement to start another English
Lutheran church in Greenville. This much
is definite. ard it is thought that the ser
vices OF the new church will be held next
| Sunday for the first time. The place of
meeting will be Bamber Hall, on Linden
avenue. and the Rev. Eugene E. Neude-
WITT. who is now pastor of the Holy Trim
ity Lutheran Church, will conduct the
services. Pastor Neudwitz will remain in
charge until June. when the Rev. A. G..
Burger will take charge. Mr.. Burger has
not yet completed his studies, and will
not be ordained before June.
The Lutheran Choral Union, it will be
| remembered, was formerly connected with
the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
on McAdoo avenue, G~reenville, where the
members of the Union for many years
furnished the music at all of the services.
Since last fall the Union has been an en-
| tirely independent organization because of
the trouble between Miss Anna Lamcken
ard the pastor. Miss Lanleken at that
time went IN a bicycle trip to Lake Ho-
patcong with several of her friends and
remained at a hotel over night. On this
account Pastor Sanft objected to her trip,
whereupon Miss Larncken resented the
minister's interference and sent in her
resignation as a. member of the church.
Her mother and sister also resigned i'm
medlately after. The designations of the
| rest OF the membe of the Choral Union,
Of which Miss Larncken was directress,
and who took sides with her, almost inn
mediately followed, too, and this left the
church without a choir.
AT that time the members declared that
| they would never join the church again
and they have kept their word. From
that time the Union has held a number
Of r~eheaTsais at the homes of the differ
ent members. and the trouble. instead of
disrupting the Union, as some thought it
would, has only served to strengthen it.
The member of the Union point to the
offers made by the Lafayette Lutheran
Church, and say that they are yindicated,
because Pastor Rabbow of the Lafayette
Church was enc of the committee appoint
ed to investigate the charges made by
Pastor Sanft. The result of this investi-
CATION was never made public, but the
| members of the Choral Union say the Of
fer made by the Lafayette Church is q
direct Slap at Pastor Sanft.
The Union conducted the musical SER
vices at the Lafayette Church both
Easter n Palm Sundays, and SO sue
| ceSsful were the services that the trus-
| tees made all sorts of offers to it's mem
| bers to join the church. This the mem
bers have refused to do, but now another
| chapter in the case appears and one of
the reasons why they will not join the
| Lafayette Church is told by one of the
members of the Union.
Pastor Neudewitz,'' he said, who is
to take charge of the new English Luz
theran Evangelical Church, which is to be
started in Greenvlile shortly, ays that
| Pastor SaTft of the Greenville Lutheran
Church, having heard that he was to start
an English Lutheran Church in Green
vile, IS going to do the same thing in
order to discourage our movement. Pas
tor Neudewitz further charges Pastor
| Sanft with trying to stop the new church
! movement in Greenvife, but in spite OF
this 9 new church will be started any
way"
While the members of the Choral Union
have not said that they will join the
new church., it is generally thought that
such will be the case.