The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-29
NEWARK METHODIST CONFERENCE.
c1owDISo THE TRAVELLING PREACHERS AND
NEoLEcrrsG THE CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS


cnowDSo THE TRAVELLING PREACHERS AND
SEoLrcrrSo THE CONFERENCE CLAIMANTS
PATRIAlcu's ADVICE TO YOUNG MINIsrERs.
The Newark Annual Conference Of she Methodist
Episcopal Church met yesterday in Hcdding Church.
Jersey City. Bishop Peck conducted tho opening de-
vo,iona exercises and presided during the morning.
session. The hours OF session and the part
fixed tho several committees public Worship,
Sunday schools aud tracts, Biblo Society. statistics,
camp meeting. irccdman's aid. temperance, memoirs,
missionary anniversary and publication Of minutes
appointed. Tho eighth disciplinary question
then taken up--who are the supcrnumcrary preach
and In answer some Of the older broth.
rem addressed the Conference, gave account Of
their work during the year, and all save ono
were continued In that relation. The exception
was a minister whose health after years.
rest and travel In the West restored.
and no was put ON the effective list
Father Weed, venerable octoscnarian, addressed
the Conference very effectively He has entered upon
his aith year fortynine OF which he has spent
In the ministry. Ho sim breaches every Sabbath Ito
the spirits prison. he expressed It. aud has much
pleasure and in his work. Hc rs chaplain Of
the New Jersey state Prison Tho old patriarch
asted tho stringent rules OF admission 10 Conference
with tho comparatively easy way by which minis
tors entered half century ago He gave excel
lent athcriy advice 10 tho young ministers to 60 from
thcir knees to their pulpts, and with lively sense
OF Gods presence hcn they could not fail OF success.
The Row. w. g. Crane, another father In lsracl who has
forty tour years tho mlnisrynrsi In the Pha.
dolphin and afcrward In the New Jersey Conference
also spoke OF his work. He has been 'cGeetivo" all
save Ave OF those years. g. H. Jones was member
OF tho Conference year ago, but some
things occurred about that time and subso-
quently which no did like and no with.
drew from the denomination aud united with the
Protestant Episcopal Church at Pniliipsburg, N. j.
lie asked for certificate OF withdrawal from the Con.
ference. But that Is In every nero matter Of
courtesy, and this brother has not yet returned biz
ordination parchmcnts the Conference authorities,
Notwithstanding he has Withdrawn noarly ycaE
Bishop Peck thought he ought to have dono this, and
Of Conference brethren not disposed IA
grant u certificate OF Withdrawal to minister who had
left them nearly u year ago; but by vote BIO was al
make q Of the fact on tho journal and notify
Brother Jones also OF tho Conference action and at
the same time to ndorso tho that up TO tina
timo no left Conference some months ngo he was .
member In good standing Tnis though not regular
certificate must serve the place OF one 10 ths with
drawn brother
coxpEREycE ovEEcRowpEp.
Bishop Peck this point called attention to tho no.
cessty and importance OF appointing committee
whose business shall DO inquire into tho efficiency
or otherwise OF brethren on trial or seeking admission
Conference. That body Is already overcrowdcd, and
there various reasons why mnster may ccnse 70
preach, chronic ailments &C. Tho General Conference
has enacted that nual Conference may "ocate'
brother whom IL shall decide 10 bo generally unaccepts
able without giving him any reasons therefor and
such located brother ceases 10 be member oil SUCH
Conference ana has no further claims upon H. He
may have served tho Church scceptsbiy Tor twenty
nvo years; but " his Conference now think ho
should be located that lott without appoints
mcnt ministerial relation 10 the Confcrence) Il may
locate him without hts consent This thing has been
done by some Conferences already ana with great 10
committee called tor, II appointed, would have 10
listen to all sorts of gossip and stories which might IN
Juro the effectiveness OF man In his last charge
while IN hts previous appointment he light have been
grandy successful For this reason aud others The
proposition opposed, unless tho investigation
could be limited in It's range. There "naif compc.
,cnt" charges IN the Conference. and they must be
filled by ''hnIt compctcnr' men, and then they will Do
accepiaby filed Il is q dangerous precedent cs.
tabish and it should DO we'll guarded Drs. Dashioll,
Bricc Crane, Landon, La Rue and others part IN
tho discussion which was amended AMI "substtutcd''
until tho question became regular tangle and WINS
finally laid on the table by the expiration OF tho time
OF session.
In the afternoon. from two TO three O'Clock. the
Conference Insurance Society held It's annual meeting
| and admitted halt dozen members and acted on
now constitution, which requires that candidates
physcans ccriidcae OF good health and pay twenty.
i've cents imitation and death before thcy
| be elected members. There arc now $50 members IN
tue society The Conference itself again At three
NJ, Dr. Porter presiding, when the statistics OF the
churches handed Ia and tho moneys TOR the Con-
ference ciaimants-thst is, minister's who, from ags
other PHI ysical disabilities unable longer 10 do
Diseased ministers There are ,hrsy-on ciatm.
ants tho Conference funds, and tho sum
asked Tor their support this year 10 $500.
Last year $7,3a9 IS distributed among
them. II stated that between forty and
ny OF the charges served by candidates trial
send In ono dollar tor those claimants II In worry
doubtful whether the stewards will have 81 900 this
ycar 10 distribute lew Of tho larger churches raised
q little than their assessment but tho fceber
fell below In cases from thirty 70 nifty per
cent what they were assessed to raise
In tho evening tho anniversary OF tho Sunday School
dist Episcopal Church, when addresses we're made by
the secretaries and others To-day tho Conference
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