Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-07

DINE TOGETHER
Another Delightful Occasion
LAST Night in Celebrating
120th Anniversary

In further commemoration of the
I2Oth anniversary of the founding
of the church IN this city. the MEN,
bers Of the First Presbyterian church
dined together as n big family last
night. The celebration has been 60
ing on since last Sunday when an
historical sermon was preached by
one of the former pastors, the Rev.
Dr. Harlan c.. M~endenhall. Other
services of an historical nature were
held Sunday afternoon and on Tues
da yafternoon and evening. The
dinner last night will be followed by
the rendition OF Gaul's sacred can
tata. The Holy City" in the church
ON Sunday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
The interest of the congregation
in this historic ven was clearly
manifested last night by the enthus-
iasm shown in the big attendance at
the dinner. There was not a vacant
chair at any of the long lows of tab
les that completely filled the Sun
day school room. Mrs. Larson was
at her best in serving an excellent
dinner. ably assisted by some of the
ladies of the church.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
+. ID. Niedermeyer. was the toast
master for the evening and after the
meal was over he expressed his grati-
fication for the success of the cele-
bration, giving to his congregation
the credit for the excellent way In
which the different exercises had
been carried out. modestly eliminat-
ing himself from the enter of ac-
tivity although every member of the
congregation knew that the whole
occasion was made possible by his
inspiring leadership. optomism ana
unbounded enthusiasm.
With Mr.. Niedermeyer at the
speakers table were the Rev. DIR.
Charles II. Mcdonald, OF New York
City. who is secretary of the mems
work of the Presbyterian church,
Mayor William c. Wilson and j. Lo-
gan Clevenger. editor of the Perth
Amboy Evening News. Mayor VIII
son, in a few happy words brought
the greetings of the city and Offer
ed his congratulations on the ami
versary occasion. Mr.. Clevenger
brought the greetings of the press.
commenting on the fitness of pulpit
and press standing together in the
great work to be accomplished Tor
the welfare of the community.
After felicitating the church on
the glories of the past which 1t was
celebrating, Mr.. Cleyenger offered a
word of warning as to h future.
He referred to the fact thai hun
dreds of people upon whom the
Presbyterian church, as well as
every other church in the city. de-
pended for it's continued growth n
prosperity were moving away and
there seemed to be nobody coming In
to take their places. III future gen
erations are to have handed down 70
them as glorious a heritage as that
which those present last night were
ENJOYING it behooved every person,
he said, 10 give serious thought 10
this great movement of the people
who were leaving the city to live IN
other places, and enoeavor to n a
remedy so as to have those already
here to remain here, and also to at
tract still others to come here and
live.
The main speaker of the evening,
DR.. Mcdonald, was then
He gave q stirring talk on the work
that the men have to do in the
church. He appealed to every
church member to do his and her
part in whatever branch of the
church work he or she was best
6tted to serve. He explained the
vast amount of work to be done and
,aid that those at the head or the
various movements of the church
did not dare ask for the sums that
were actually needed to meet the
situation.
Much of DR.. McDonald's address
was directed to the men of the
church.. He appealed to them to do
a mans part. He had particular
reference to the boys and the infiu-
ence that the fathers WELD over
them. not so much by telling them
what to do as by the example the
fathers set for the boys to follow.
up until a boy reaches his teens
said DIR. Mcdonald, 'he will dc what
you say: after that he will do what
you do"
1t was a most inspiring talk and
could not help but arouse the men
of the congregation to a greater
activity in church work. 1t is likely
that a mems organization in the
PRESBYTERIAN church will be the out
come. Il
This most delightful and informal
session of the anniversary observ-
ance was brought to a close with the
singing of the %doxology followed by
the benediction pronounced by the
pastor, Mr.. Niedermeyer.