The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-01-11
FEDERATION VISITING.
Questions to Be Asked By
Church People Outlined.

The Council of the Jersey City Fedora
ton of Churches has entered on sys-
tematic plan of church work, that will
be carried on Indefinitely, and 1t is hoped
with good results. AS was explained sew
eral days ago, each church affiliated with
the Federation. has its particular district
outlined for canvassing. Statistics are
to be secured and turned over to the
Council by March /. The literature sup
piled to each church is sufficient for
thorough canvass of each house On the
cards to be left at the houses and to be
filled in these questions are to be answer
ed:-Name and number of street, head Of
the family, number of people in house,
how many attend church, which church
or churches, how many between ages of
four and twenty, how many attend Sun
day School. If not identified with church,
state which church you are willing to at
tend. On the reverse of this card, the
full list of the churches connected with
the Federation, are printed.
This card will be left at each house,
The Federation of Churches in Jersey
City,
Dear Sir = The Federation of
Churches, which has been organized in
this city, has for one of its objects a
house to house visitation of the city,
in order to determine its religious con-
dition. In a few days you will be called
on by one of its delegates, and we
hope that you will kindly aid its work
by answering beforehand or, if you
prefer, when the delegate call, the
questions on the enclosed card.
The Distrfcting Committee, presided
over by the Rev. Cornelius Brett, D. D.,
of the Bergen Reformed Church, has pre-
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each pastor identified with the work.
Rev. and Dear Sir-The Federation
of Churches prayerfully and hopefully
enters upon the first canvass of the
field, to which its efforts are, for the
present, to be confined. This includes
all that portion of Jersey City lying
south of Newark avenue and west of
the National Dock Railroad and New
York Bay.
You are urgently requested to secure,
efficient, a personal visit to. every
family within your district, for the
purpose of ascertaining the religious
condition of the community.
Will you kindly, at your earliest
convenience, signify your willingness
TO begin the work, when printed mat
ter will be furnished in sufficient quan-
tity to facilitate the enterprise. 1t is
expected that the canvass will be COM
pleted on or before March l, 1901. So
soon as your part has been finished
make Sucn memOFaHud aS you ueSlfS
to assist you in further labors in your
district, and return cards with sta
tistics to the secretary of the Fedora
tion.
AS the value of these statistics de-
pends upon the hearty cooperation of
every member of the Federation, we
pray you that the matter may receive
your prompt and careful attention.
BY order of the Executive Commit
Rev. CHARLES HERR. D. D,
President.
The pastors believe that they can Sc
cure the statistics in the stipulated time
More than one-half of the pastors have
received their literature and the others
are expected to cooperate in a very short
time.
President Herr said that he had prayed
for just such an opportunity as this. He
said he always wanted a particular dis
trict to work in and now that his work
had been outlined for him he was happy.
Dr. Brett said that he hoped all the
pastors would assist in securing data. If
any did not do the work outlined then
the statistics would be that much incom-
plete. No pastor, he said, could afford to
peo1Anf his district