The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-12-03

WILLING WORKERS WORK
Dedication Tomorrow Of the
New Mission Building
at Marion.
THE NEW HOME DESCRIBED
A Month of Revival Services
Officers in Charge
Among the Churches.
A Month of Revival Services

The Willing Workers Mission, when IS
located in the Marion section of TINS
city, is little heard of, although It'll very
doubtful if there is a missionary society
in this city that does more charitable
work. This mission has been in existence
for thirteen years, but mission work was
not started until two years after i was
organized. 1t has been successful, and
so large has it grown that 1t was lohau
absolutely essential that a new house Ct
worship should be erected for the ever II
creasing congregation which is unae-
~nominational The new building to be oc-
cupied by this band, will be dedicated to-
morrow, when three services will be
held. The Rev. Howard Hoople of Brook
lyn, will conduct the services and ne will
be assisted by Evangelist A. B. Riggs of
New York City. There viii be a service
at 1920, and at three o'clock in the after
noon the sermon dedicating the missions
new home will be preached. In the even
ing services will be held at 7:45. A special
programme of music has been arranged
by the two ~organists, Miss Ora g.
Barnes and Miss Mary Vanderwater.
The recently erected building is situated
at No. is Logan avenue. 1t is about TWEEN
ty feet high and contains but n large
meeting room. This room is thirty-five
feet wide and ffty-five in length. It is
a frame building. 1t took but two months
to build it, and the cost was 81, 1900. The
two lots upon which the building was
erected were purchased for $500 about two
months ago. The members are quite
pleased with their new home and the at
tendance at the services tomorrow will no
doubt be a record breaking one.
During his week revival services will
he held every evening. Preachers from
al tle adjoining cities win conduct the
services on different evenings. Up to the
beginning OF this year every cent of the
money received by the mission vas spent
in providing for the poor OF that section
OF the city. Because of the expense of
building. little mission work has been
done this year. However. the members
viii begin again in earnest, and even now
are preparing to provide for the poor
around Christmas time. This mission was
started in 1855 by Mr.. r. Barnes. Meet
ings were then held at the homes of the
various members until the mission grew
so large that a room was hired in the old
ST. James Hotel on Giles avenue. Meet
1QSS were lGiQ Il2f6 lOF years, u uutil
about a year ago, when the hotel was
declared unsafe and was torn down. After
the demolition of that old landmark the
progressive band moved TO No 625 West
Side avenue. Shortly after that the plans
were perfected for the new nome which
the mission will occupy from tomorrow.
While Mr.. Barnes was instrumental in
organizing the missionary society, Mrs.
James Perkins and P. H. Pubic assisted
him. These three gentlemen remained at
the head OF this society for years. Mr..
Barnes is still the superintendent, and
leads All the meetings. During the sum
mer meetings are held under the trees on
West Side avenue, and during the past
two or three years, have been well at
tended. There are about s~eventy-fiye ac-
tive members affiliated with the society.
Meetings are held each Sunday, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings.
The present officers are:-W. G. Barnes.
President; c. F. Perkins, Vice-President;
G. s. Woods. Secretary. and C.sL. Slack,
Treasurer; Trustees, J. L. Conklin. S. w.
Williams, Frank Cave. William Brush and
William vandewater, Miss Ora C. Barnes
and Miss Mary Vandewater are the or
ganists.