The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-08
THE JERSEY oTT4hNEws WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY 8. 1888
ZION E Is NEW CHURCH
Rev. William Sanft Hopes
to See the Building Com
pleted This Year.

The congregation of the Zion Evangeli-
cal Lutheran Church, of Greenville, has
good cause to rejoice, in view, of the an
nouncement by the p~astor,i the Rev.
William Sanft, in regard to the erection of
a more commodious house of worship.
This announcement was made shortly
after a recent meeting Of the Board of
Trustees. For some time the officers have
been considering the ad~visabllity of build
ing and the excellent condition of the
church, fully warrants the step. Prob
ably not since the church was organized,
many years ago, has such a successful
year been recorded OF the books. h
surplus at the END of the year was
$2,042.52. This is d most extraordinary
amount. when the controversy which
threatened to rend the church asundef is
taken into consideration. This trouble
has been told too often in 1.-THE News to
need repetition. The nearest approach to
his surplus was raised during the pas
torate of the late Rev. George Burkhardt.
The members of the congregation and the
pastor, are delighted with this remark
able showing. because of late runors
have been circulated to the effect that
the church was on the verge of collaps-
ing.
This surplus and the funds in the bank
amount to about l 2,0O0, sufficient to start
the work as soon as the plans are drawn
and approved. On Tuesday evening,
February IA, there will be a general meet
ing of the congregation in the Sunday
school room, when the members will give
their views on the pictures submitted by
two architects, MI. Il. A.. Minuth of New
York and Hermann Kreitler Of this city.
The former built the handsomest
Lutheran Church in New York City, st.
Paul's. Both these gentlemen ave drawn
handsome designs.
When the views of the members have
been obtained. the pastor will call a meet
ing of men of the congregation for the
week following, when an award will be
made. The architect will then be given
orders to prepare plans, to be submitted
to, a special building committee for ap-
provaL.
Just how soon the work will begin on
the proposed new church building is not
definitely known. The pastor, however.
hopes to nave the cornerstone laid about
the beginning of spring and the church
completed before the year is ended. The
church is unusually fortunate in having
the money on hand and the property on
which to build, which is wholly clear of
debt. The property faces on the Boule-
ward and runs back to the side of the old
church, a distance of about one hundred
and fifty feet. There are three lots in ALL
The new church will face on the Boule-
ward. The pastor has planned to have the
old church moved to an adjacent lot,
while the work is progressing, in order to
hold the services without interruption.
The new building is to be of brick and
will contain a Sunday school room. The
pastor has decided to keep well within
the funds at his disposal and does not
wish to run too far into deb.
The old church building is in a dilapi-
dated condition, because of late no money
has been spent in repairs. The members
have remained loyal to their pastor
through the troublesome period and they
are now being rewarded for their loyal
ty.
The pastor called on Mayor Hoos re-
Gently to see about having McAdoo ave
nue. severed before the new church IS
started. The Mayor has promised to have
the work one as soon as possible