The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-10

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Doherty; address Pastor; singing. school.
The public and especially the relatives
and friends of the pupils are invited.
Park Reformed.
A fine patriotic entertainment was given
last evening in the parlors of the Park
Reformed Church by the Motive Society.
The programme was as follows:-Piano
solo, 1.-The British PATROL" by Professor
William f. Williams; violin solo, by Mr..
Lloyd Evans; vocal solo, 'On the Shores
of Havana" by Frank r. Dodson; dia-
logue, 1.-The Rival Politicians" by Chas.
lender and Simeon Smith; drum duet
by members of the Morris Drum Corps;
vocal solo, "Our Country Forever by
William Pfeiffer; recitation, The Song
of Then and Now, by Miss Florence
Mitchell; vocal solo. "When Dewey Comes
| Home,' by Adolph Schroeder; drill by
twelve boys, Mr.. c.. Metz as drill mas
| ter, accompanied by Mr.. Ross as ffer and
| members of the Morris Drill Corps; cho-
rus. God for U.s. by the Motive Soci-
| ETY.. A silver collection was taken to
aid the Sunday-sehool. The affair passed
off very pleasantly.
The officers of the society are:-Miss
Florence Mitchell, president; Frank r.
Dodson, recording secretary; William
Pfeiffer, corresponding secretary; Albert
Osmond. treasurer. The other members
a~re:-yvilliam Newton, Adolph Schneider,
| Charles Hondler, Simeon Smith, Bertram
Black. Lester Bache, John Tanning and
Elliott Greene.
Centenary Methodist.
The Rev. Frank Goodman, pastor OF
| Centenary Methodist Church, had the oe-
| gree of Doctor of Philosophy conferred
upon him at the s-ixty-seventh commence
ment exercises of the New York onl-
versity, held on Thursday evening last,
after a course of study on Semitic and
Comparative Religions. The subject OF
his thesis was, What Was the Jehovah
Cult of the Early Samaritans?'
.Children's Day will be observed at
| Centenary Church tomorrow. The church
will be beautifully decorated with flowers.
The Rev. DR.. Goodman will preach a
special sermon to the children tomorrow
morning. In the evening the children will
| give an entertainment. An elaborate pro-
gramme has been prepared.
Tomorrow week DR.. Goodman will ex-
change pulpits with the Rev. DR.. Bnchtel,
of Calvary Methodist Church of East
Orange.
The Rev. DIR. Cadman, pastor of the
Metropolitan Temple, will lecture at Cen
tenary Church on the 18th instant. under
the auspices of the Mizpah Brotherhood.
Simpson Methodist
Pastor Aylesworth of Simpson Methodist
Church., has invited his congregation to
| attend Sunday evening services during
! the heated term dressed with a view to
| comfort. He has carried out this plan for
| the past five or six years. 1t is not IN
| cumbent for women to wear hats and
men may with propriety wear negllge
| shirts.
The theme of the pastors sermon to-
morrow morning will be, 1.-THE Larger
Life, Tomorrow evening his theme will
be. .sThe Bible Sufficient" being. the last
sermon in a series. entitled 'fhe Bible
for the Times"
children's Day will be observed a week
from tomorrow with elaborate exercises
in the evening. In the morning the pas
tor will deliver a special sermon to the
| children on unseen Forces"
Pastor Aylesworth has hopes of having
with him on Sunday evening, June %, Ira
d. Sankey, whose fame as a composer
and singer in connection with the work of
Evangelist Moody, is worldwide. Mr..
! Aylesworth recently met the great sin
ger at a luncheon in New York, and was
tentatively promised that he would be at
simpson Church on the above mentioned
date. II SO he will deliver a short address
Illustrated by some of his famous hymns.
Mr.. Sankey with his family has just re-
turned from Palestine.
A special series of sermons to young
men will be delivered by Pastor Ayles-
worth next month.
Despite the sitting condition of the
weather the auditorium of Simpson
church was crowded last Sunday evening.
The pastors sermon was illustrated by
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Pastor Aylesworth will take his vaca-
tion In August. His family will occupy q
cottage at Ocean Grove the latter part of
the present month and will remain there
| the balance of the summer.
First Universa1ist.
Children,s Day will be observed tomor-
row with appropriate exercises. The