The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-06
FORTY YEARS old
Bergen Baptists Celebrated
Their Anniversary
Yesterday.
CHURCH ERECTED, 1859
DR.. Allen Preached the Morn
ing and Rev. T. j. Morgan.
of New York, the Even
ing Sermon.


All day Sunday the Bergen Baptist
Church was thronged with people 1t
was the fortieth anniversary. The cele-
bration began at half-past ten in the
morning, and lasted till half past nine at
night. The services throughout the day
were interspersed with music especially
arranged for the occasion by DIR. Frank G.
Dessert, o%rganist, assisted by Mr.. H. Il.
Pond, harplst, and the church cnolr.
The entire programme was in charge OF
the Rev. j.. C. Allen, pastor; Messrs. Ar
thur E. Farrier, Thomas Miller, Thomas
w. Leake, H. K. Hilton, e. S. Brown,
Mrs. Charles M. Prior, Mrs. r. c. Loosen,
Mrs. oscar Myers.
The anniversary discourse was given by
the pastor, the Rev. J. c.. Allen, ID, in
the morning. He took his text from
Daniel xi: 30, 1.-THE people that do know
their God shat be strong and do eX-
ploits,' and traced back the history OF
the past forty years, saying, 1t Wouid
be of interest in this connection to speak
of the transatlantic progress, to describe
the opening of the Suez Canal, the estab-
lishment of English rule in India, the uni
fication of the German Empire, the found
ing of the Congo Free State, the Emanci-
patton of Italy, and the downfall OF the
temporal power of the Pope, but time is
wanting. Our view must be confined TO
our own country"
The developments and principal Incl
dents in the history of America, inciud-
ing mechanical invention, the C1VI war
and the building of railroads were touch
ed upon as a result of which the pop
ulation of today is LOUDLY that OF thirty
years ago, while the accumulation OF new
wealth added to our country's possessions
in 1890, amounted to about $40, 00O,0oo one
million more than the entire wealth OF
Great Britain in 1895. AT the same
time" added the speaker, the ratio OF
native to foreign residents has practlcai.
w remained unchanged
In speaking of the nations responsible
ity, Mr.. Allen said:-.y"e should not
shrink from increased responsibility IN
consequence of the results of war, but
gladly spread the gospel, the source OIL
our freedom and strength, or order that
other peoples may be free and strong,
and that Gods kingdom may be hasten
ed in the coming of it's completed full-
ness
He next showed that the progress IN
material, and passed to, he religious
progress, which he said more imam
equals the growth of the population.
Nearly s,ooo, eco are the Rrofe sSTha a mnfh-
odists. with their more han 100000, ana
the Baptists with nearly 100000, or one
seventh of our entire population as he c
with it's constituency, gives at least ~,
900, 900, or nearly. one-half OF our total
population as adherents oil tneSe "
branches of the ~Evangellcal Shrlstidh
Church.
DR.. Allen, lis with the United states.
The leadership of the United States, if not
now. soon will be with these two great
bodies of evangelical Christianity. This
fact is big with promise and responsl-
bility. In this wonderful development
Jersey City and the Bergen Baptist
Church nave had their part. Though in
corporated in 1888 Jersey City was little
more than a village forty years ago. In
and Hudson City. Greenville was in
cluded in 1872. The future is bright with
promise for our city and her churches.
Better public spirit prevails, and IN con,
sequence we have better streets and
parks. noble schools, will soon have good
water. and it is hoped speedy consollda-
ton of all the cities in Hudson county:
"These are among the local signs OF the
times which argue well for the future of
our city and her churches. In this future
progress no church will benefit more than
ours. with our extended and rapidly filling
territory. We should have in the near
future LOCO members. But for us, as for
the nation. the lesson of the text is neceS-
sary and emphatic. If we would be free
and strong, efficient. we must know our
God. That knowledge must be expert
mental. In the nature case it must be
AFTERNOON.
In the afternoon at half-past two the
Sabbath school celebrated the day with
the following programme, Mr.; John 3.
Appleby, superintendent, p y SI;l gEiIo =
go 49, Gov Won Mr. r. r.
". II. sutton; .quartette. Eye Hath Not
Seen a aagding G M' E. e cR ma = g chorus h; Us,
asBfse' Thou With Us school; the Lords
Prayer; The Lord is in His Holy Tenn
9 1ISst s sh9ir cbo nAilel vine s ero5s.v n MISS EsT liza
e. Pohle, Miss Grace V. Lyon; The b.
| ble,' Laurence E. Downes; the lesson Of
the day, " .sTTnnees NSble soboal. Son as aea1eadi
Else, Clarence Wilson
DR.. wilding made the address OF the at
%ternoon He ongratniated the : IS sch ha "
| anniversaries. especially in churches. L
| does not embarrass a church 70 be asked
its age. It is a wonderful thing to pc
young, even preachers ave fear OF age,
but YOU can never tell anything about a
! mans age by the almanac. Some wrin-
kles appear on the outside and some on
| has wrinkles on the inside DR.. Wilding
| then related his personal experience and
| the discouragements he met with when
he made up his mind to become a minis
ter.
In the evening the Rev. 7. ]. Morgan,
LID, of New York. was the speaker.
His subject was, THE Nations Vocation
Cod began he, sis the creator of ma
| tons. These nations are kin, and each
| of these nations has its vocation. We
| recognize the fact that God created men,
and yet perhaps we do not dwell enough
on the thought that these men live to-
gether as nations, not as individuals. God