The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-18
DEDICATION SERVICES.
Ceremonies That Will Take
Place Tomorrow at st.
Matthews G.. E. 7.
Church.
DESCRIPTION or THE BUILDING
OF THE BUILDING
Sketch Of the Church During
Thirty Years--Among
the Churches.

The dedication services of st. Mat
thew's German Evangelical Lutheran
Church on Wayne street, will take place
tomorrow morning, at 1880 o'clock The
exercises will be mainly in German. ana
onS Monday evening a lecture Will pc
given in English and an elaborate musi-
cal programme will be rendered Inc site
of the new church is on Wayne street.
between Barrow street and Jersey I'VE
nue.. adjoining the Young Mems Lutn-
eran building. which was formerly occh-
MED bv the r.. NJ. c.. A. of this CITY
ST Matthew's Church was organized
January il. 1861. and since that time II
has had three pastors. The present en-
c,,,rbent is the Rev. =. G. J. PETERSON
Win was installed on September !, 1851
ana during his years Of service ne mas
greatly Improved the church ana nas
worked to accomplish what VIII 90
Mace tomorrow morning. Inc chuien
has a very large congregation ana u y
expected, with the new edihce' the me
bership will greatly increase.
The new church has a frontage - =
feet and a depth of 100 feet and will sea-
i OO people. The foundations are OF seone
and fine main walls of brick, with brown
stone and terra Gotta trimmings. Ills
handsome edifice has a steeple that eA-
tends 1870 feet high and a chime OF peips
that was given to the church by the mem
| hers of the Young Mems Lutheran Asso-
| citation. The interior of the church l.
fitted in antique oak and flnishea IN Ing
natural color. he organ loft is directly
over the entrance facing on Wayne street
and the gallery is a very large one, made
in fhe shape of a horseshoe. The altar Is
enclosed by a railing and on the righ'
side stands the Gospel lectern and on the
left side is the epistle desk. The pulpit
is situated on the right side of the atar
back of the Gospel desk
The members Of the different socletles
| connected with the church and the mem
| bers of the Young Mems Lutheran Asso-
| citation intend to work hard and by hold
| ing entertainments of all kinds expect te
| clear the debt off the church in a shor'
while. The cost of building the churcf
amounts to $4,000.
The church wa formerly situated on
Fifth street, and the quarters there
| became far too small. A meeting OF the
gentlemen on the different committees
| was called and it was decided to tear
down the old wooden building and re-
| build in brick on the same site. Plans
/ were then drawn by Architect HOFFMAN
| of Albany. N. Y, and the building OF the
| church began
| Another meeting was called of the
. same gentlemen and they found that
| there was a much better site in that OF
! the old Y. M. C. A. building and the adj
-E--A 80 x.1;o1, xr-a ,rsf nm for sale
! The committee met the owner of the
property and when he made known his
| price. which was SIS, $500, the offer was ae-
| cepted at once and the architect given
| orders to direct his attention to a church
to be built on Wayne street, which he
did. and it is certainly a credit to Mr.
Hoffman.
The gentlemen on the Executive Com
mittee in charge of the building were
| Rev. J. c.. J. Petersen, President ex-
| offeio: Henry L. Rugge. President oi
Board of Trustees; H. Geenther, Seere-
tary; n. Intermann, Treasurer. and W
Schumann.
The committee at large will consist o.
| Rev. ]. C. J. Petersen, Herry L. Rugge
| Henry Guenther, Henry I~ntermann. Vim
! Schumann. Nicholas Lohse, Henry HID
horst and E.. Apmann.
E1ders-G. Viking, Frederick Cordes
j. Rech, G.. Huenecke, 6. Daum ane
Diedrick Oldenburg.
Deacons-J. ~sethmann, ]. Kaehler ant
d. Mertens.
Trustees-W. Hoppmann and F. Kopf.
The church has been very charitable and
| during it's existence it has given awas
over 5000 to the poor Of the city. The to
tai receipts of the church ddring its thir
| ty-seven years of existence have aggre
gated over $110s00
Sunday evening at 7::so F. NJ, an Eng
lish sermon will be given by the Rev
j. J. Heischmann, ID. Of Brooklyn
N. Y. On Tuesday evening at 1870 p. NJ
Rev. Fischer of Elizabeth, win preach az
eloquent sermon on the history Of the Ln
theran Church.