The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-29
YEARS GOOD WORK.
Annual Meeting Of the
First Presbyterian
Church.
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
Reports of Various officers and
Societies Show the Church 10
Be in Excellent Condition.
INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP

The First Presbyterian Church~held It's
annual meeting last night in the sessions
house on Emory street. 1t was the most
largely attended meeting in years. The
sessions house could hardly accommodate
the persons who were present. After the
business meeting a social session was
held and refreshments were served.
Charles D. Ridgway was chairman of
| the meeting and ]. NJ. Campbell. seere-
tary. The Rev. Charles Herr read the
| sessions report, which includes summaries
of the reports of all the societies of the
| church, and the pastors report of the
| general work accomplished. The most
| interesting portions of the report follow:
1.-THE deacons have ~assiducusly and with
| tender fidelity discharged their service as
| the almoners of this congregation, and de-
| serve our sincerest thanks and esteem.
They have received in all ways and for
all purposes 1886. II, and have expended
s4e4. 81, leaving a balance in their hands
of s132o4.
Our report of benevolence to the Cen
eral Assembly. which includes all that
has gone from us from whatever source
and through whatever channel, is as fol-
lows:-To home missions, $685. s.; foreign
missions, 81, 1856. AT; educational. s154.4 Sum
day school work, S149.6O; church erection,
1920; relief fund, s124.s4; Freedmen,
sI05.07; Synodical Aid. S246.S4; aid of col
leges, 1921; General Assembly, $500; mis-
c~ellaneous, s7SS. Il: total. $4.022.c1, and this
| makes an increase in our gross beneyo-
lence over last year of slS7.
1.-THE roll on April ! 1897, was s710; re-
ceived during the year, by profession Is,
by certificate 20; total received, 50; dis
missed from regular roll, IA; died, IL;
placed on separate roll, 5; erased from
| roll, 5: total loss, SO; net growth, 2; pres
ent roll, April 1. 1898, ~"
DIR. Herr c-omplimented the Christian
Endeayor Society on It's work and stated
that the society had during the year
contributed $25 to home missions and a
like amount to foreign missions. The
Junior Christian Endeavor Society had
accomplished much under the able direc-
ton of Mrs. Darling and had contributed
ST. to the work in Alaska. The contrib
utions of the Woman's Home and For
eign Missionary Society had exceeded
that Of the previous year by $30.94. The
society had contributed s419.S1 to Home
and S268.S so to Foreign Missions.
The Church Home Society raised $3.50
during the year and had paid out of
that amount $3.50 toward clearing off the
mortgage on the church. The Woman's
Temperance Association had received five
new members and had secured twenty
five signers of the pledge to total abb
stinence.
The financial report of the trustees was
as follows:-
Receipts-Pew rents, IS, 790.54; plate coll
l~ections, s1,3S4.31; Rev. Charles Herr. DID,.
pulpit supply, $50; Hansen Co. and gas.
refund, $50; Miss L. NJ. Nelson. for use
of Sunday school room, s45: annual coll
lection Sunday school, 1913. Total, s10,-
6S4.T0.
Observation-Disclosures salary, $1,000;
music. 1900; sections salary, $I20; Sum
day school, s493. &c; fuel. S19a; gas, $685.;
water tax, LOB; insurance. s74.2S; inter-
est, $3.50; printing and envelopes, s12S.S3;
on account of loan, S125.s 80; repairs, s363.5f.
Presbyterial appointments, $500; pulpit
supplies, 5000; incidentals. s131.57: on ac-
count of loan, $780, 6.
]. w. D~usenbury, J.. e. Hulshizer, Geo.
w. Case and Samuel Reed were elected
trustees for terms of three years; George
E. Halsey was elected deacon and Mrs.
H.. D. Austin was elected deaconess. On
| motion of Trustee George Perkins, &c. 500
was appropriated for the expenses of the
church for the ensuing year, and 5000 was
concentrated for the Sunda y-schOOl.