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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
9
The Week of Prayer features multiple services in Greystone Presbyterian and First Presbyterian churches with speakers including Rev. Robert M. Craig Rev. William C. Rommel Rev. George B. Stewart and Rev. A W Halsey. Activities include missionary talks baptism union services and a missionary offering.
The bronze statue of Monsignor George Hobart Doane arrived in Newark and will be set on a pedestal in Rector Park for the dedication at 11 o clock Thursday. The ceremony will feature remarks by Bishop John J. O Connor Governor-elect J Franklin Fort and Representative R Wayne Parker. Rabbis and church leaders will give brief addresses and Deane Gardner a Harvard student nephew of Monsignor Deane will pull the cord to unveil the monument.
Informal social meetings for men and women held every Sunday in January at 7 10 to 14 0 PM in the chapel of Third Presbyterian Church. Organized by Rev T Kerr and the Men’s Brotherhood to foster fellowship ahead of the 7 45 PM sermon with special music from the church orchestra and choir. Invites extend to strangers and others outside the congregation to attend and enjoy a brief, profitable hour.
The Welsh evangelist George J Simons will give the first year address at Association Hall Y M C A tomorrow at 4 15 pm. The Simons home witnessed the start of the Welsh revival as he and his mother prayed for a national revival and the Lord worked across Wales and nearby nations.
A mass meeting for labor unions will be held at Greystone Presbyterian Church on Thursday evening January 16. Rev. Charles Stelzle, superintendent of the Church and Labor Department of the Presbyterian Church, will speak to a large audience drawn from the county unions. The event promises special musical attractions.
The Rev. Father Denis J. Stafford TD, pastor of St Patrick’s Church, died in Providence Hospital at 47 after an operation. Ordained December 19, 1883, he was a noted Shake-Statean scholar, pulpit orator, and lecturer revered for charity and devotion to human relief. He once refused $50,000 to lecture on a play in a New York theater.
Rev Hidet Ro Dille pastor of Central Methodist Episcopal Church in San Maitcisen sends the New Year message to the World Wesleyan Endeavor Union. He extols the cause’s growth across the continent and California, urging worldwide Endeavor progress and church unity.
In the Canal Zone Panama the Y M C A supports seven thousand Americans at work. Four clubhouses cost 25000 dollars each, run by the International Committee. Facilities include libraries, reading rooms, gamerooms, gyms, bowling, ice cream, and soda fountains. Activities feature talks, debating societies, music, glee clubs, minstrel shows, and orchestras. Bible and Spanish classes, Sunday meetings, and social events improve morals and reduce gambling.
The Guild of St Paul at Christ Church will host a Thursday evening lecture series in the Parish Hall. Speakers include Rev Lewis Gaston Leary on Historic Mediterranean and The Mighty Danube, A R Sarat Roy on Mysteries of India, and John B Golden on Cadet Life at West Point, among others. Lectures run January to February with high expected standards.
Plainfield and Newark delegates prepare for the annual Newark Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to be held in April with 500 delegates. A general committee of local Methodists and subcommittees handle entertainment finances publicity and layman arrangements. Bishop Spellmeyer will preside and address the laymen with a banquet at Truell Hall.
The Epworth League of St James Church outlines a January to March program with talks by Rev. Fred Baldwin and Miss Marion Podle, a watch-night at Bethany, and a special meeting at Mrs. Rogers. Activities emphasize missions, temperance, and charity, plus English teaching and a goal of community outreach.
President Clark’s annual trustees report details rapid Christian Endeavor expansion across South America with new unions in Brazil Peru and Argentina. Japan now hosts 100 societies amid Sawaya’s visit. Europe Africa and Australia report progress as plans unfold for a 1910 world tour and global conventions.
Gov. J Frank Hanly of Indiana writes a strong temperance piece for the Christian Endeavor World urging total abstinence for young men. He argues alcohol damages the body and brain, shortens life, increases accidents and crime, and weakens willpower, urging readers to abstain for health and moral strength.
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