The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-13

Walter Williams; Assistant Secretary and
Treasurer, George w. Dickinson; LII
b~rarian. J. w. McCauley; Pianist, Miss
Gertrude Seguine, and Assistant Pianist,
Miss Clara Van Etten.
Linden Avenue ME-.
The Rev. E. C. butcher. pastor of the
Linden Avenue NJ. E. Church, Linden and
Ocean avenues will preach on 1.-THE
Pines, Sunday, May IA. The tenth ami
versary of the Epworth. League will be
celebrated Sunday, May q.
Bergen Baptist.
The Music Committee is still endeavor-
ing to secure several additional ~soloists
for the choir. The chorus will also be
increased by volunteers.
Lafayette Reformed
Miss Lottie Fountain is arranging for
an entertainment to be held in the chapel
about the first of June. The children of
the Sunday school will take part.
Westminster Presbyterian.
The Rev. Arthur Thompson, D. D., will
take for his theme tomorrow morning,
"Undertones." In the evening "Wel-
come will be his subject.
st. Johns.
ST. Johns Episcopal Church choir will
render the following music under NJ. A.
Schwarz, Observation-Disclosures in
G, from fourth organ book, Bach; TIE
Deum, Calkin; Jubilate, Buck; offertory,
Let Me With Light andTruth Be BEST"
Fred. A. Eggert; alto unison chorus.
Evening-Canzona in A minor, Tempo di
Menuetto in c, Guilmant; Magnificat,
Farebrother; Nunc Dimittis, Parker:
offertory, "Hark, Hank, My Soulr, Shell
ley.
Grace p. e. Greenville.
The pastor, Rev. t. c. Mayham, will
preach tomorrow morning on 'sThe Secret
of Spiritual Growth In the evening
there will be a service in recognition of
the tenth anniversary of the Epworth
League, at which he will speak on the
past and future of the Epworth League
as a force in the church. The choir of the
church has been increased and special at
tention will be given to training voices
for choir and congregational singing.
A reception was given last evening by
the congregation of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church to the Rev. and Mrs.
T. C. Mayham. The attendance was large
and the welcome cordial. Miss Florence
AQlttlICitn pldyGu q pldiiO SOiO diIQ 1CCl-
tations were given by Miss Christina
Maeir and Miss Florence Patterson. Mr..
T. w. Coyle made the address of well
come and Mr.. Mayham responded. Among
those present were found several from
st. Paul, Mr.. Mayham's former charge,
and the call was made for an address.
Mrs. Halter spoke complimentary words
and assured the people that Mr.. May
ham had left a host of friends at st.
Paul.
Mr.. w. F. Rossell, of Railway, was Wis
iting relatives who are members of Grace
Church, and being called upon, assured
the people that the work of Mr.. Mayham
at Railway. where he led in the erection
of a new church, the most beautiful in
that city, stands as a monument of earn
est and faithful labors. Refreshments
were served by the ladies n hand shak-
ing was enjoyed by all. 1t is clearly evil
dent that, as declared by Mr.. Coyle in
his address of welcome, the new pastor
and his wife ave already won a place
in the affections Of the members of his
new field.
Y. M. C. A.
General Secretary harles B.. Brown of
the Y. M. c.. A. will deliver an address
tomorrow afternoon. in Hasbrouck In
stftute, under the auspices of the AS
ISOLATION. BY special request Mr.. Brown
will speak on The Influence of Char
acter.'' This subject is n of extremely
practical interest to all the young men
and is one the Secretary is fully COM
netent to speak upon. The address will
abound with incidents of an interesting
character connected with the lives of
many prominent men whom the Secre-
tary has met during his many years OF
association work.
A special EFFORT has lately been made
by the association to reach large num-
church services, and these Sunday after
noon meetings are proving very helpful
to many men. TIL work the associa-
ton has recently been doing among the
mechanic population of the city has been
the means of bringing new men to the
Sunday afternoon gatherings.
From Everywhere.
A call has been sent out for a prelimi-
nary meeting to be held in New York
City for the purpose of organizing a New
York State conference of religion. A
committee of correspondence has been
writing to ministers of that State for
some time, and about forty have shown
warm interest. These forty are said to
represent all leading religious bodies, and
the preliminary meeting will determine tn
character of the proposed conference
and the date it is to be held. The latter,
it is said will be early in 1900. The Cali is
signed by a Congregationalist, a Baptist,
an EpiScOpa1dn ana a Unitarian.
1t is now calculated that about n
thousand Baptists from the east Of the
Francisco to attend the anniversary of
the Baptist b~eneyolences in that city,
and to help the Baptists Of the Pacific
coast celebrate the fiftieth year of the
beginning of Baptist work there. An
official train is. going through from the
Eastern cities, and upon it will travel a
clergymen. A stop is to be made at Salt
Lake City. and a mass meeting held there
to be addressed by the Rev. Or. II. l.
Mission Society; the Rev. DR.. w. H. p.
Faunce, pastor Of the Fifth Avenue
DR.. r. G.. Seymour, of Philadelphia. On
Sunday, May q, and the following day
there will be meetings in Los Angeles. to
be addressed by the Rev. DR.. H. c. Ma
bic, of the Missionary Union; General
Thomas ]. Morgan, of the Home Mission
Society, and the Rev. DR.. A. J. Rowland.
of the Publication Society. Dan Diego,
Riverside n Pasadena Baptist Churches
will nave eminent men in their pulpits on
Sunday, and the meeting in Los Angeles
on Monday will be a mass and jubilee
one. for the Baptists of all Southern
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