The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-12
LUTHER'S BIRTHDAY
Great Reformer's Anniyer-
sary to Be Celebrated by
the Church Of the
Holy Trinity.
PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES
Sketch Of the New Church and
It's Energetic Pastor Among
the Churches.

T0mQrrOW evening, tic IL
English Evangelical Lutheran church u
the Holy Trinity Sunday School, wai
celebrate the birthday OF Martin Luen-
er. The birthday of this celebrated Mohh
falls on November 10, but the celepration-
was nut off until tomorrow. me COM
mittee in charge of the preparations con-
sists Of Miss Schultz, Miss Keenan,, MISS
sitter and Mr.. Schnepper. This commit
Tee has had charge of the drilling or the
pupils for this event, and has worked
hard for the success of the entertain
ment.
The celebration is to be of an entirely
religious character. 1t will begin about
7:45 P. NJ. The children have been work
ing earnestly these past few weeks Tor
the part they are to take, and also TOE
the erection of a new church which the
congregation expects to build in the near
future. The children met last Thursday
evening in the church and turned over
the amount Of money collected Tor that
purpose. The amount has not yet been
ascertained, but the sun no doubt is an
encouraging one
The following is the programme for to-
morrow evenings celebration: Organ vol
fuQiaTE. Tribe Z ~ $1,000
PRAYER. Scripture reading, Gloria Patrl,
our welcome song, by Sunday Sehooi
..The Great Reformer;' responsive Scrip
tare reading, recitation, Luther George
Luhrmann; Luther's battle hymn. Sunday
school; home missions, responsive read
ing. recitation, 1.-THE Banner OF Missions,
Lena Troll; Soldiers of Jesus by
school. exercises by twenty-one scholars.
entitled, Voices From Our Missions;
hymn. 1--WE Claim Our Lord" school;
.sThe Cry for Help hymn by seventeen
rcholars; prayer, by four little girls,
Letitia Wilson, Hannah Jensen, Katie
Decker and Agnes Guirks; address by the
Rev. r.. u. Neudewitz. entitled Home
Missions, the Worthiest Patriotism
nRise, o Church of Cod hymn, by
school. infant class exercises, hymn.
recitations, 1.-TWO Little Hands" Grace
Troll, and "a Speech of a Little Boy,
Harry Klein; offering, responsive Scrip
ture reading, America" the Lords
prayer and benediction.
The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is
one of the most successful ever started
in this city. The position which that
church now holds, shows that an ener-
getic pastor and a willing congregation
can do with a little effort. The English
Lutheran Church has attained quite a
foothold in this city, within the past Two
years, in fact, a most surprising one. A
few months ago, or to be precise, on July
1S. the trustees of the Holy Trinity
Church.. closed negotiations with Mr..
John Mullins for the purchase of the old
MCGEE mansion. on Barrow and Mont
gomery streets, which house is now be-
ing used by the congregation for devo-
tional services. The price paid was Sl3,-
900. The building is a handsome one, be-
ing situated in one of the prettiest parts
of the city, also one of the aristocratic
sections. Van Worst Park is almost OPP
posite the site. Very few alterations were
necessary to transform the house into
a place of worship and these were quick
~ completed before the building was oc-
cupied.
The Rev. Eugene e. Neudewitz. is the
pastor Of this church. Quite recently the
trustees of the church and the pastor
came to the conclusion that it would be
a good plan to start a building fund for
the purpose of erecting a new church on
the site now occupied by the old man
sion. Accordingly, the children, as men
toned above. started the fund and COLI
lected quite a few dollars. However, it
is the opinion of the pastor and the trus-
tees. that a new church cannot be built
in less than two years. 1t will take all
Of this time to raise sufficient funds to
build a suitable house of worship for
the rapidly increasing congregation.
The congregation formerly held SER
vices in the house in which the late Gov
ernor Albeit resided, at Jersey avenue
and Montgomery street. When the move
ment was started in this city. the little
band worshipped in the old building for
merly used by the Young Mems Christian
Association, on Wayne street. This was
on September 9, 1898. Adjoining the old
Y. M. c. A. building were lots bought by
the St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran
Church, as that church intended to build
there in the near future. The church was
built during the past year.
The member of ST. Matthews cengre-
cation did not like the idea of having an
other church of a different denomination
next door, and at a meeting of the trus-
tees it was decided to buy the old Y. NJ.
g. A. building, from the Mackenzie es-
tate. This was done unknown to the
Holy Trinity congregation. and the price
paid was I 0.000. The occupants were
then given notice to leave. 1t then de-
veloped that the trustees had purchased
the property for the purpose of ousting
the Holy Trinity congregation.
For a time the trustees of the latter
church were at loss as to what to do, but
finally after much unsuccessful skirr,asil-
ing. they appealed to DIR. Leonard Cor
don, one of the Library trustees, and he
agreed TO let the trustees have the Nh
bett building for an indefinite period. The
first service was held in that building on
March 8, 1897. and since then the church
has propsered. About three months ago
the ALBEIT house was abandoned. when
the Library trustees decided to build the
new library.
Th church has now about two hundred
and fifty members, and nearly twice tina
number in the Sunday School The pas
tor has been in charge of the church since
It was organized, and his efforts have.
indeed, been fruitful. He had done won
derful work in building that church up.
c. c. JUNIOR RALLY.