The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-27
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
Linden Avenue Methodist.

AluUeu avenue I~l6LuGMlSts
At the Linden Avenue NJ. E. Church,
corner of Ocean and Linden avenue, Rev.
2. G. butcher, pastor, services of an in
structive nature will be the order of the
Gay. In the morning Rev. Shadrack,
Stephen er k ! Ilrnsv 9 81, yonln ngic an9 sa ppiralans
Madison, n, j., will speak on sArmsnia
and the Bible.' In the evening his
menians." In the evening he will illus
trate his subject by assuming the diner
emit costumes. This speaker comes highly
recommended by Dr. Butts, President has o.
from Armenia by a young and versatile
native should avail themselves of that op-
p%ortunity. Seats free. All welcome.
The last Of the ''hour services at the
Linden avenue Methodist Church, Green
vile, Of which the Rev. e. G.. butcher
The, regular services win be resumed
again on Sunday, September 4. The
hour services which have been held
through the month of August, proved to
be Just to the liking Of the congregation.
because of the warm weather, and will
be held again next summer
Faith Curists' Church.
A very beautiful building will be that
of the Church of the First Born or Faith
Curists, which is now in the course OF
erection on Bramhall and Ocean avenues,
opposite St. Patrick's Catholic Church.
The structure Is to be of gray or slate
colored brick. 1t is to have a floor space
OF seventy-fve quare feet and will be
about thirty feet in height. Already the
mason work has advanced with great
rapidly. and about ten feet or the VANS
have been erected. The building, 1t is
calculated, win be ready for occupancy
before the cold weather sets IN.
James Methodist.
Pastor William Johnston.s of the James
fATathnafcf fNbt1rrb ic GnQ1dinc a norton
of his vacation at Asbury Park. The pull
pit will, however, be ably supplied to-
morrow. The evening service will be held
under the auspices of the Epworth
League. President w. E. Taylor will
preside. The programme viii include a
solo. THE Holy City" by Miss M. Ross.
and a duet, The Lord is My Shepherd"
by Miss Ross and Miss Ada Johnson.
The regular fall rally of the Jersey City
Epworth Union viii be held in this
church, on September 8.
Pastor Johnston has organized a Bible
Glass, which is growing in membership.
1t meets with the regular Sunday School.
Special invitation is extended to all to
attend the Sunday School services to-
morrow afternoon.
Swedish Lutheran.
h Rev. G. Rensen, pastor of the
Swedish Lutheran Church, has been
granted a six months leave of absence
and will go to a Rock Island, ILL.,, semi
Eary, where he expects to have the de-
gree of D. D. conferred upon him- Mr..
Reuser offered his resignation as pastor,
but the congregation would not receive It.
A notable band of Swedish ministers
attended the conference of the Philadel-
phia District Of the Swedish Lutheran
Church, held in Pastor Reuser,s Church,
Wednesday and Thursday. The reports
from the various churches of the district
were highly satisfactory.
The young folk of the church held a
lawn party on the lawn south of the
h,,r "a 1act nunnino o. 81 n Tr0x-nl q worry
enjoyable affair.
Simpson Methodist.
The Rev. Charles Meade, son of the
occupy the pulpit of Simpson Methodist
Church tomorrow. The Rev. Joshua
Meade has heretofore conducted the reg
ular Sunday services during Pastor
Aylesworth's vacation. Mr.. AylesWoTth
will be home by the first Sunday in Sep
tember.
Trinity Baptist.
The Young Peoples Union of Trinity
Baptist Church, Bowers street, held their
regular business meeting last night, after
which a social was enjoyed. An interest
ing and enjoyable programme OF music
1t included a solo by Miss A. Werner, a
dialogue by Messrs. Layrnan, Burdick,
yreedenburgh, F'reile, Odowd and Nash;
a recitation by Mr.. Ramouth and a solo
ny Nil d liz II SAAflA -
of the arrangements was composed of
Charles Stoeckle, Miss Nash, Mr.. Layman
and Miss Frugh-
Second Reformed Church OF Hudson
City.
The choir last night rehearsed some
special music for tomorrow mornings
service, which will be conducted by the
Rev. e. A. Meury. The evening services
will be resumed the first Sunday in Sep
TENDER.
Evangelical Lutheran St. Trinitatis
There will be no regular service except
Sunday school at Evangelical Lutheran
St. T~rinitatis' Church tomorrow. Pastor
Hafer spent most of his vacation in as
sisting in repairing and ~renovating the
church. The regular services will COM
mence on the first Sunday in September.
From Everywhere.
Baptist missionaries in China are re-
joiclng in the opening of a new station
on the island Of Namloa, a large ishing
gregation has sprung up in a most re-
markable way. A young ash-burner
named Kang Bun, a former pupil in the
mission school,, was on the island on BUSH
ness, and fell in with a man of a class by
no means large in number, and which
may properly be STYLED .'picus heathen."
This man, kai-Seng by name, was a ZEAL
Gus distributor of heather tracts, and q
constant w~orshipper at numerous idol
shrines, having even been a pilgrim to a
famous temple on a distant mountain. His
piety found a further channel in deeds of
kindness to his fellowmen. Having a
knowledge of Chinese medicine, he wrote
prescriptions for the poor without charge,
and often supplied them with medicines,
free also. He was proficient in flung
shui,' or ~divination for good luck. and
exercised this craft, also without pay,
in behalf of the poor. This Jealous wor-
shioer of idols and doer of good deeds
heard the Gospel story from the young
ash merchant, and within three or four
ed his idols, charms, books of ~divination,
tracts and the opium pipe in which he
had been accustomed to indulge, and re-
nounced the settled beliefs and ccumu-
lated merits of a life time. in order to
gain pardon and salvation through the
persuaded, had died for him In a distant
land. Many member of his large house
hold, many friends and neighbors, to the
number OF sixty or more. were ikewi
affected by the Gospel, and are now meet
ing for worship, while many of them have
their past lives. When asked how all
this came about, Kai-Seng replies:
Teacher, it was the Holy Spirit" These
facts are gathered from a recent letter
from the pen Of the Rev. William X. Nc
Kibben, a Baptist missionary at Swatow.
A tale of terrible suffering comes to the
PRESBYTERIAN Board of Foreign Missions
from Mosul, in Turkey. 1t is related by
b.. L. Larabee, a missionary stationed at
Oroomiah, in Persia. who has just re-
turned from a three months. tour in the
Sultan's country. For three successive
have been a failure. Each year as the
wheat and barley have headed out an I'M
sect called the s'sinnic'' has appeared in
vast numbers and has sucked out Nhe