Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-06

Req. Henry Rose
Begins Sixteenth
Year in Newark
Pastor of Church of the Re-
deemer to Celebrate Start
of Activities Here.

Rev. Henry r. Rose preached his
first sermon as pastor of the Church
of the Redeemer on the first Sunday
of December, 1885, fifteen years ago
When he came to the church 1t was
heavily in debt in poor repair and
its congregation had fallen off great
ly. During these fifteen years debts
of some $4,000 have been paid and
$4,000 to $4,000 has been expended
on repairing the church and putting
every department of 1t into thorough
ly modern condition. Today the
Church of the Redeemer Is free of
debt and has congregation that
comfortably fills the church in the
morning and overflows its pews at
night.
Ten years ago Mr. Rose began the
innovation of devoting Sunday eye
nings to illustrated lectures on sub
jects of travel, history and btog-
raphy, as well as religion. He be-
lieved that a church located on q
main street of the city should reach
the passersby and could do It in this
manner. The results have justified
this idea, as the attendance Sunday
after Sunday crowds the auditorium.
The percentage of men is unusual.
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often three-quarters Over twenty
thousand people attend these Sunday
| lectures every season The service
/ is preceded and followed by hymns,
prayers, Bible reading and other dis
tinctly religious features, so that the
people are reached on that side OF
their nature as we'll as educationally.
1t has also been the practise of
Mr.. Rose to choose for his Sunday
morning subjects such themes asFre-
late to the every day life of people.
Just now, for instance he Is giving
q series of eight addresses on THE
Inside of the Cup" because 1t deals
with the big questions of our time.
The result of this policy of live topics
Is a large and live congregation,
even though the church is downtown
and in the heart of the business sec
ton of the city. No theme of in1rle-
date public interest gets by without
being treated from the pulpit of the
Church of the Redeemer.
Mr. Rose has had great helpers in
his work and to them he attributes
his success The Church of the Re
deemer has a Ladies' Aid Society. o
large Sunday school and it also ha1
a Young Peoples Christian Union.
which attends to the devotional and
social life of the young men and
women of the parish. The board OF
trustees is made up OF representa-
tive men OF Newark who approves Of
a thoroughly modern program for n
church and give their time with great
faithfulness to the financial side of
the enterprise
Mr.. Rose attributes much of his sue
cess to his wife, whom he always re-
fers to as his right hand man" she
is an enthusiastic church worker and
in addition to being president of the
Ladies' Aid Society, she has a class
of thirty young women in the Sunday
school and is deeply interested In the
Omonoia Society of young women.
whose object is the publication OF
the pastors sermons
In beginning his sixteenth year Mr.
Rose will assure his congregation to-
morrow that the outlook was never
brighter for the Church of the Re-
deemer than ii is today; that Univer-
salism has won a place for itself in
this city with all fair-minded people:
that 1t Is the duty of his congregation
to more and more apply Christian
principles to their everyday lives and
the everyday life of this city and that
every use should be made of the
church building to make it minister
In every wise way to the best life OF
Newark It's social hall has been
newly equipped with electric lights
and is now in shape for the use of
young and old
The pulpit will be beautifully deco
rated and an excellent musical pro-
gram given. The church has one Of
the leading choirs of the city under
the direction OF James Salvage
Mr. Rose was born in Philadelphia
and educated at Tufts College, near
Boston, also at Harvard University
During his college days he was
member of the football eleven base
ball nine and prime mover in otter
athletics. He thoroughly believes4in
; muscular Christianity. He has also
been interested during all his ministry
in lecturing and has built up a ia
tiona1 reputation for his illustrated
lecture work on the lyceum and Chal-
tauqua platforms. He is viee-presi-
dent of the Bureau of Charities, d.
rector of the Newark, Institute Sof
Arts and Sciences, past grand chap
lain of the Free and Accepted Ma
sons of New Jersey and superintend-
ent of the Universalist churches tof
New Jersey. He says that he finds his
happiness in being busy for others.
1t is one of Mr.. Roses prophecies that
Newark will be the third largest city
of America and Is the grea test pos
sIble field for young men of ideas.
ambition energy and high integrity.
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