The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-07
Wayne Street Reformed.

AT the Wayne Street Reformed Church
the following musical programme vii.
be rendered IT The evening sefvise:-Pre-
thove:i. Violin $3.50. Simple Aveu."
'Thome, Air. Fred Decker soprano SOLO
by Miss Bessie Johnston. and Father
Paddock is Organism, Mrs. II. Lockwood
pianist. and Mr.. Decker vfolinist. Mr..
Mackin will direct the choir
Bergen Baptist, Groenvilie Branch
Mr.. VIII Carlton, the noted lecturer and
song writer, Will pay a visit TO this city
next Fuesday evening. He will lecture IN
the Bergen Baptist Branch Society's room
in Bamber Hall on Linden avenue. His
subject Will be, Drama OF Human Ma
ture.'
Y. nj. G. A.
Judging by Indications. the First Pres
byterian Church. will be crowded to the
doors tomorrow afternoon TO hear the
world and much beloved DR..
Theo, Z. Cuyler, Of Brooklyn. who speaks
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association. In every sense he
Il 70 A sbe naaa ! grand ran e 9la man. ana Is ae fhe
English nation. Thetsgh seventy-six
wears of age he has lost none of the fire
and zeal so characteristic of his address.
Doctor CEyler has chosen a naval sub
ject, which is appropriate IN these days
Of naval activities and he Will speak on
Tins Eonr Anehors" Endoubtediy this
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showing his gifts 70 good advantage. The
ministers viii be largely represented at
the meeting, and seats have been reserved
for the men. Special music has also been
provided and the meeting will be one long
to be remembered.
From Everywhere.
The church Extention Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church has received
since its organization in 1861, S.. d20. 600
The society has aided 1882 churches
I - O. Aflf h ' q ? . nd 1fO rrf nRf1G - r
the Union.
The statistical returns Of the society
OF Friends for 1897 show a total mem
as compared with lie. 2Gs a scar ago
as compared with ITO. 900 a year ago.
This meflas a net gain of 2ll4. or nearly
bership-92. s9S-is in the United States.
where the net gain is 1862. The total
number OF regularly established meetings
for worship afneng Friends is 12i2, with
liza Bible schools.
A joint commission was appointed by
the general convention of the Protestant
Spiscopal Church six years ago, TO re-
wise the constitution and canons of that
ecclesiastical body. The commission has
performed its work, and will submit Its
report next October. 1t is already evident
kprox0ke opposition. Especially will this
be true when the notifications in the
canon regarding the marriage of divorced
persons are reached in this discussion.
&-%~~ N-AN 1SfCtN 4ttF
riaGe OF even the4innocent party in a
divorce for the cause of adultry Is Tor
hidden during the lifetime of the other.
The existing law permits such marriage.
The new section proposed would read:
N minister of this church shall sol
emnlze the marriage. Of either party, to
q divorce during the lifetime of the other
party" Prominent leaders in the Church,
like. Bishop Potter and Dr. w. Huntington.
dissent from iris change. and believe that
the innocent party in a ease of divorce
should be permitted to form a new tie
on producing before the minister a leg
ally certified copy Of the decision of the
Court which awarded her or him Il di-
vorce on the ground of adultry. Tn
protest of these leaders in the Church
against the proposed change will probably
have weight with the convention. The
protest will express. says the New York
Sun, The Protestant view of the Cos
pei omnan or the subject. The pro-
posed amendment would follow the law
and practice of the Roman Catholic
Church. which permits no remarriage I'd
either party after divorce for any cause.
In 1856 the China Inland mission num-
bered seven missionaries in China. Thir-
ty-three years nav passed away, and It
numbers over 100 missionaries, scattered
in sixteen different provinces, at 1o sta
toms, and its income has risen from 1000
pounds to 43, 900 pounds a year.
The circulation of the Bible IN Mexico
last year was 2s,33S volumes, including
American Bible Soeiety's agents reports
that there is a movement within the
church towards a simpler and deeper re-
ligion.
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress" has been
translated into the language of Uganda
languages into which This immortal alt
legory has been rendered.
At Rochester, where the Baptist beneN-
olent societies will met in annual session
in two weeks. the Home Mission Society
will undertake TO show some Of the prog
ress effected by white BaptistS of the
North in their work among the negroes.
Prominent in this work has been CO.
operation with eolored people along edu-
/ not been brought about without strong
opposition on the part Of many OF the
c~oloreai leaders, who profess e believe IN
negro work for negroes exclusively. Co
operation has, however, been MADE pos
| sihle in Kentucky. Virginia. North Caro-
lima and Georgia. and at Rochester three
it works. Another question to come up
there is The Christian Conquest of the
Modern ci,yr The The s e asica VIII a be R ,he
Rev. Or. John Humpstone OF Brooklyn.
The Publication Society Is 70 bring Pr
people. DIR. Diaz had formerly q eonSre-
CATION of above 2.000 in havana, but was
forced to leave Cuba when the insurrec-
ton began. Plans ARE already in con-
| temptation TO send him back to the island
again to take up his work. He will go
under the auspices OF the Southern Bap-
American. mission boards are taking
lively interest in Africa. The General
Methodist Mission Board has just recog-
! nized as regular nineteen missionaries
| sent to Angola. the Congo and Liberia.
This Is a radical change from the system
inaugurafed by Bishop Taylor's scheme
of -self-supporting missions. II has also
made the final arrangement for the trans
fer to it of several properties rner
held by a building and transit fund So
ciety under Bishop Taylor.
Methodist ProteStaEts are preparing TO
observe their SEVENTEEN year OF existence
| as a separate body of Methodism. Meth
odist Protestants had their origin In a
dispute over equal lay representation.
and effected their organization IN Balti-
| more. They are strongest in Ohio. North
/ Carolina. Maryland and West Virginia.
Their largest conference. just adjourned,
decided to observe the anniversary on the
| second Sunday of November next.
The properly in Washington which Rev.
| 1T. Sheldon Jackson, the present moder-
ator OF the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly,. has given for the establishmen of a
college in Salt Lake City. Is worth Sl00, 0e0.
and Its value is steadily increasing. It
was by fortunate real estate Investments
Of modest sums that this Presbyterian
minister. who has spent his life in the
work OF planting missions in the far
West, obtained his property. TIE
campus of the college is fifty acres in ex-
tent located to the south of the city of
Salt Lake. 1t was given by the citizens
of Salt Lake. The main building is to be
three stories and basement with two
spacious entrances. The material will
probably be native rubber.