The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-30
Downtown Congregations
Will Worship Together
in August in the Park
Reformed.
VACATIONS FOR WEARY PASTORS
Plan by Which Ministers May
Rest While Flocks Still
Pray---Among the
Churches.

There are many ministers in this city
who are in favor OF holding church SER
vices Throughout the whole summer,
some even sacrificing their usual yaca-
lions for the purpose Of preaching the
gospel to the people. One minister of a
downtown Reformed Church, a few weeks
ago., when spoken to about closing the
church and abandoning the services dur
ing the hot weather, said that he did not
think it was necessary to wholly abandon
church work in the warn weather.
There are many things worse" he said,
thar sitting in a church listening to the
| gospel of God being preached, or hearing
an interesting discourse on some timely
topic. On the whole, a church is a pretty
comfortable place, being large and we'll
ventilated. People often sit in a theatre
for at least two hours in an atmosphere
much hotter than a church. and yet they
| do not seem to mind it. IN the summer
months the services are disposed of with
in an hours time. which plan / think has
met with the approval of many congre-
! cations throughout the whole city"
In some churches, for instance the Tab
! ernacle. on York and Henderson streets,
and the First Congregational, on Bergen
and Boyd avenues, on the Heights, SER
vices are held only in the morning on
Sunday. and this plan. which has greatly
pleased the large congregations of both
churches, will be followed until about the
first sabbath in September, when the
weather moderates. Still there are many
! churches where there are no services at
all during the warm weather, and even
this plan seems to meet with the approval
of some congregations, especially SO with
the Sunday scholars.
But a plan was hit upon by a number of
! downtown elergymen some time ago.
which has been practiced during the last
three or four years; that of holding Union
which month is generally thought to be
the warmest in the year. The congrega-
lions of five churches of the lower part
! of the city viii take part in the Union ser
vices this year, while their pastors will
seek much needed rest after their hard
work of the past year. The churches are
the Park Reformed. Wayne Street Re
1 formed, North Baptist, Tabernacle and
! Second Presbyterian. Tomorrow the pas
tors in the different churches will preach
/ to their congregations for the last time
1 until September 4. The services during
! the month Of August will be held in the
| Park Reformed Church, on East Hamil-
ton place and Eighth street, of which
the Rev. James F. Morgan is pastor. The
first Union service will be held on Sunday
morning, August {. The Rev. Mr.. Evans,
of the Montreal Congregational Church.
will be the pastor in charge of the services
and he win preach every Sunday morning
and evening.
Mr.. Evans is no stranger in this city,
having filled the same position two years
ago. His visit here was marked by a
most successful season of Union services,
and his rno were EXTREMITY interest
ing. The Park Reformed Church is well
| adapted for joint meetings, being very
| spacious and having a very large seating
! capacity besides a choir composed of
over a score of voices. The pastors who
have undertaken the task of holding
Union services are confident that they will
meet with as much success as has attend
ed their previous efforts. Everything pos
sib1e to make the services successful is
being done.
The pastors of the churches which will
close for the month, are going away for
that length of time, but only because they
know their congregations are being left
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