The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-02
LU7HHRADS ORGANIZE.
Rev. E. Neudewitz Starts a
New Church ID GreenvilIe
With Success.

A new English Lutheran Church was
organized In Greenville yesterday MORN
Ing, and from the present outlook 1t bids
fair to be a permanent fixture. Fully
fifty people were present yesterday MORN
ing when the Rev. Eugene e. Neudewitz
OF the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
opened the services in Bamber Hall, on
Linden avenue. Pastor Neudewitz, who
is the chief worker In the new movement,
is confident that the church will prosper
and become firmly established very
shortly. A few of the Members of the
Lutheran Choral Union. that o~rganiza-
fion which resigned from Pastor Saints
Zion Lutheran Church, on McAdoo ave-
nue., last fall. because of a dispute, were
present at the services. 1t has been pos
itively stated by a prominent member of
the Union that that organization will
never join the new church in a body.
despite the fact that 1t is rumored that
the church was started simply for the
benefit of the members of the Choral
Union.
The members of the Union are at lib
erty to act for themselves SAID the
than a half q dozen Of our members Will
join. l do not think that Miss Anna
Lamcken will become Identified with the
III III liz OaS Il 9i1C AAktby
Vices" The member went on to say
that he thought the movement would
meet with success, as there was q NUM-
Der of young Lutherans in Greenvllie VINO
would much prefer going TO an Englisn
church. The Rev. Eugene Nuedewitz VIII
remain in charge of the new church un-
til June, when the Kew A. burger VIII
be placed in charge.
More rumoTs are now going around 10
the effect that Miss Anna Lamcken, the
directress of the Choral Union, Will play
49, ~ y q arrfna in the new
church. This, however, is not believed
to be true. One reason that the Choral
Union as a body will not join the new
church is that about one-half Of the
members were in favor of accepting the
offer made by the trustees OF ST. JOINS
Evangelical Lutheran Church OF La1ay-
cite. Some Of the members were very
anxious to sing in the Lafayette church,
as the members Of the Union had become
very popular there on the two sundays
they assisted in the music. This fell
through because others thought that 1t
would not look just right, and between the
two sides 1t has finally been decided not
to join any church.
Pastor Saints action in regard to the
LamckeG1 affair is harshly criticised IN
G~reenville, and almost everyone upnolds
| the members OF the Choral Union. There
is still another chapter in the Sanft-
| Lamcken row in regard to the question
asked by Pastor .Sanft and which a COM
Of the member of the committee. Rev.
| F. Hotter and Rev. c. Rabbow, have pre-
| pared a report in which they say thai in
view of the reports published in connee-
| ton with the question, which seem to
convey the impression that all of the
members upheld Mr.. Sanft in his action
| concerning the trouble in his congrega-
| the question asked by Pastor Sanft had
! nothing whatever to do with. the trouble
| in the congregation. The ministers say
| that it would be impossible under the cir
| cumstances to uphold Mr.. Sanft. They
say that they believe the young people
went on a harmless trip and that the
their consent.
The members of the Choral Union are
| very much pleased with the report OF the
at Pastor Sanft for his hasty action in
The case.