The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-14

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was held for the benefit of the Sewing
School of the Church of the Holy Cross,
Ciaremont and Arlington yenuc The
fair was held under the direction of the
Superintendent of the School, Miss Helen
l.. Moore. whose object was to try to
raise the funds necessary to make the
fore it has been aided by one Of the
Guilds of the Church, but as the fair
was very successful: as well as very
pretty, about forty dollars being raised.
Miss Moore feels that a great deal toward
self support has been done, and the fu-
ture for the school is absolute independ-
ence.
taught in Mrs. Brice Collard,s Sewing
School. about a year ago took hold of
the Sewing School of the Church of the
cess. The teachers are: Mrs. Mathison,
Mrs. e. Mathison. Mrs. Hargen, Mrs
Floor. Mrs. Warren Moore. Miss Nc
Michael and Miss Julia Smith. Three of
the pupils, Miss L. Pepper, Emma Horn
by and Alice Elder. have become prof.
cient enough to teach classes of their own
On one occasion two of these girls asked
Miss Moore for classes. If you want
classes to teach you must find the girls,
as / have none for YOU, said she. So
enthusiastic We're the girls 70 help that
the following Saturday the children We're
introduced. and these girls have become
three of the most faithful and success
full teachers of the school.
The school has been unning eight
years; there are seventy-hve pupils and
the average attendance is forty-seven.
Centenary Methodist.
At the annual meeting of the Sunday
school Of Centenary Methodist Church
held on Monday evening last. the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: John H. Ward qe-elected), SUI
perintendent; C. M. Van AIKEN, assistant
superintendent; Peter Morse. treasurer;
John E. Bailey. secretary; w. e. Davis,
assistant secretary; f. N. Bloom, libra
rian; IL: Wager and Frederick Jones, as
ist; Miss Lille Gumaer. assistant organ
list; Miss Sarah Robinson, lady superin-
tendent; c. e. Henderson, primary super
The reports of various officers showed
the Sunday-school to be in a fourishing
condition. The school numbers $50 chill
dren, with thirty-five officers ana teac en-
year was 240. Fifty new books Were re-
ported TO have been added to the library,
making the total number COB. During the
year 1887 were received and ~dlsDursed.
The school is arranging for Anniversary
Day and Children's Sunday.
Efforts will be put forward to make
to-morrow's service of the Mizpah Broth
especially attractive.
Park Reformed.
The Rev. DR.. Morgan. of the Park Re-
formed Church. will deliver the Tour5n
of his series of sermons on st. Paufs
Epistles to the Ephesians, tomorrow
morning. In the evening his topic will
BIO righteous Wal and it's Lessons.
organized by the Rev. DR.. Morgan, of
the Park Reformed Church. IS proving
quite a success. The members are very
enthusiastic students.
with the Tabernacle, Scotch Presbyterian,
North Baptist and Wayne Street Reform
ed, in Union services during the vacation
of the pastors. 1t has not yet been de-
cided who win conduct the services. The
Rev. DIR. Morgan favorS the taking Oh
turns by the pastors Of the five churches
which will unite.
Bergen Baptist.
The preparations for the annual excur-
sion of the Bergen Baptist Churcn are
now being made. On Tuesday, June ~;
the Sunday-schools of the Baptist and
the Emory e. M. Churches will go to
Iona Grove up the Hudson.
The new envelope system when was
inaugurated in the church about a monlh
opes for each Sunday in the year We're
distributed among the members ana a GER
tain amount is paid by each MEMBER,
Thu putting all the congregation Oh al
equal footing.
Second Reformed Church of Hudson
City.
AT the annual meeting of the Pastors
Aid Society of the Reformed Church OF
Hudson City, held a few evenings Is, 20 81
ensuing year: Miss Amanda Alters, presl-
dent; Miss S. Ebert, ~vice-president; Miss
Christiana Gewinder, secretary, ana MISS
The Rev. Mr.. Williams. a Cuban mis-
si3nary. and whose son is a leader among
the Cuban insurgents. will occupy the
pulpit of the Second Reformed Chufch ol
City tomorrow hight.
Evangelical Lutheran St. Trinitatis
Preparations are being made for a
grand concert for the benefit OF me ivan
eelic9l lutheran St. Trinitatis church,
n Bowers street, on the evening oil May
2s. The choral union of Christ Lutheran
Church. of New York, will take an ac-
five mart. The occasion Will be the ceie-
hrs lion of the sixth anniversary of the
dedication of the church.
Hoboken Y. M. c. A.
Hon. John G. Wooley vii deliver ely T,b one
ire Hoboken. Sunday afternoon, May 10,
at $50 o'clock, under the auspices o lne
local Woman's Christian temperance IN
ion. The public is invited.
From Everywhere.
A new plan of diocesan home MISSION
work is being put into operation py lns
Episcopalians. In place OF the Ola pan ).
engaging men to settle in mission parishes
in mart supported by the diocesan Iunu
in part by contributions from lne
mission itself. central mfSsion-houSes are
he;ng purchased, and in them go TO reslue
q force of clergy. These clergy are. TOT
the most part. oun ana unmarneu llie4'
lust out of the seminaries, who are spenu-
inc their d%ioconate year in TINS way lney
90 wherever in the diocese they are nesa-
ed. and with the help of lay readers NAM
tain two or three times as many mission
stations as under the old plan, at no III
creased cost. and to better satisfaction OF
congregations Associate missions are al
ready Established in the dioceses OF New
Jersey. Washington, Nebraska anu pel-
hans a few others, and during the coming
one is to be established in Ten
nessee This new mission-house will be To-
Gated in the eastern part OF the Stale a,tu
ur;ls maintain mission stations among tne
mountain population. Some men from tine
General Theological Seminary are TO go
"a maintain it's working force. which Will
labor directly under the instruction OF
Rishop Gailor. The plan marks a radlcai
departure in the church IN auestion' oel naf
no less than a systematic attempt 10 Set
footholds In country districts where u
has heretofore been poorly represented.
a uuiet canvass is going on for a new
president of the American Mission AS
ISOLATION. President Merrill E. Gates, OF
Amherst College. is now president, put
he is going abroad to study ~nternational
law. with the general understanding tiae
he will never return to Amherst. Indeed,
the wears leave of absence which he has
been granted is known to be nothing more
than a dignihed discharge, such cav
heing Given. not so much as a FAVOR TO
President Gates as a mild escape from the
mmitt of the college trustees, who ara
the same that brought Gates from Rut-
gers. -
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