The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-22
War ON SUNDAY PAPERS
Captain Ladd of St. Johns
Episcopal Army to Open
an Active Crusade.
WILL DISTRIBUTE TRACTS
Suggests That the Nickel Saved
Go to Post Collections
Bibles for Conyicts.
WILL DISTRIBUTE TRACTS

Staff Captain Charles Ladd, who is in
charge of St. Johns Post of the Church
Army, at No. 30 Pacific avenue, does not
believe in the Sunday newspaper. and will
begin a crusade against it this evening.
he has plan which he believes will help
10 lessen the number of readers of the
Sunday papers in Lafayette. He will put
II IN operation tonight. He has secured
from the publishers and from other
sources large quantity of religious per-
loqlcals and reading matter which he
deems suitable for Sunday reading. This
ne has done up into packages. each
package containing enough reading matter
TO last one day. He will give one of these
bundles OF reading mater to each person
VINO attends the meeting at the post to-
night, and will ask him to read it on Sun
day instead of the secular newspapers. He
Will suggest that the nickel which would
otherwise be spent for the newspaper be
put in the collection basket at church.
Captain Ladd hopes that his packages
of reading matter may be the means of
accomplishing much good. The Church
Army under Captain Ladds management
is prospering. The interest in the work
increases with each succeeding week. St.
Johns post is now on a firm footing, both
financially and in regard to membership.
All the debts of the post are paid, and
there is a balance of over $3.50 in the
hands of Treasurer w. P Wescott. a
small paper known as s'St. Johns Bulle-
TIM is published each week. and not only
gives an account of all that is going on
in the Church Army, but also gives a
calendar of all the services and meetings
in St Johns Church, the dancing class
excepted.
Staff Captain Ladd does not believe in
dancing. Every other Sunday Captain
Ladd and workers from ST. Johns
Post hold meetings in the County Jail and
distribute reading matter among the pris-
oners. When any confess conversion or
ask for it a prayer book or a testament
is given them. A prayer book was given
to Murderer Clifford at a recent meeting
Many poor families in Layfayette have
been helped by the workers from the
Post. Captain Ladd is organizing the re-
lief work among the poor and has start
ed fund for their benefit To this fund
taken for the poor. Persons who attend
on their birthdays. Special collec-
t1ons are also taken for the
poor. Persons who attend the meetings
are requested to bring qound of some
food to the Saturday night melting to be
d1strlbuted among the poor Two of these
cessful. Captain Ladd is spreading the
work of the Church Army among all
classes and nationalities in Lafayette. He
is now working among the Chinese laun-
dries He has distributed a number of
tracts in Chinese among the Cinnamon.
and whenever he gets an opportunity he
talks to them. One of them attended a
meeting few days ago, In the last
month Captain Ladd distributed four
testaments, one prayer book and 200 pieces
of reading matter The chiIdren's meet
lnSs are a feature of the work. The at
tendance at these meetings now aver
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