The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-06
But DR.. Buttz Carries His
Point and Drew Students
Are DeaCOnS.
FOURTH DAY OF THE CONFERENCE.
Many Candidates Ordered to Be
Ordained Deacons and Elders,
And Some Continued ON Trial---
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PLAINFIELD, April 6, 1889. This morn
ing's session of the Newark Conference of
the Methodist Church was even better
attended than that of yesterday. There
was scarcely standing room is the Meth
odist Church on Front street, and large
proportion of the spectators was made up
of women.
The whole business of the conference
consisted of preparing for the ordina-
ton of candidates, which takes place to-
morrow The session was long and earnest,
as it always is ON Saturday, but instead of
being in great part taken up by the Bish-
ops address to the candidates and the
members, it was almost entirely devoted
to two grave discussions on questions Of
precedent and expediency These discus
sions were not unexpected, but, as might
have been expected, resulted only in the
election of the candidates under consider
alton.
ARGUING ON PRECEDENT.
When the name of Thomas B. Gardner
was read as that of a candidate for ordl-
nation as q deacon there arose the flrst
serious discussion of the session. Mr..
Gardner graduated from Drew Seminary
last year. and has since been pursuing
postgraduate studies in that institution.
He wants to join the Troy Confer
ence, where the Presiding Elder has
invited him. He was recommended
for deacon's orders by the Wilmington
annual Conference, and there was the
Il. lx,I Ia
of the quarterly conferences within the
Newark Conference, or had he been in
tending to join and to work in the New
ark Conference there would have been no
question of his election. Several speeches
were made, some on one side and some on
the other But, while the solid arguments
seemed to be all on the side of rejection of
the candidate, expediency and sentiment,
religion and benevolence were all on the
other side, and the objectors were left in
the cold.
No sooner was this question disposed of
than the name of James G. Patton, jun
iOr in Drew Seminary, was presented Tor
deacon's orders. Now came a discussion
which, in any assemblage other than a
session of the Newark Conference, would
have been pronounced more than warm.
The Rev. DR.. HI. A. Buttz. President of
the Drew Theological Seminary. at Mad1-
son, rose and made an impressive and elo-
'quent address, in favor of admitting stu
dents still in the Seminary to deacon's
orders. He said that the fact that
young man, instead of joining the
Conference, goes to Drew to study hard
for three years, should not initiate
against him The Rev. DR.. La Rue spoke
against admitting students to orders, and
the Rev. DIR. Freeman and the Rev. Mr..
Gutteridge spoke in favor. The question
was finally settled by an unanimous vote
s,,f Of ha ThiG cQtflQd
the precedent for this year, but it will
come up again at the next session of the
Conference.
WHAT WAS DONE WITH CANDIDATES.
When the name of John l.. Richards
was called, the Examining Committee said
that he had not passed the ex-
animation. The Rev. Mr.. Halloran spoke
warmly, as did the Rev. DIR. Dunn,
who afterward moved that the
Conference ordain him anyway, but as he
had not been before the Examining Com
mittee there was nothing to be done. Mr..
Richards is member of st. Pauls
Church in Jersey City, and is nearly
eighty years old, but was detained from
the committees meeting by a funeral.
He is one of the most valued members of
st. PauPs.
Deacon John f. Frazer was continued
deacon in the third year. and the follow
ing were elected local deacons:-Charles
F. Nettleship, Thomas B: Gardner, James
l.. Shute and George W. Maine.
The following candidates remain on
trial:-W. C. Kinsie and d. L. Howell.
These were advanced to deacons of the
second class:-G. p. Eckman, l.. +. Bow
man and j. M. Ryder.
These were elected elders:-J. B. Heard,
F. G. Baldwin, G. G. Moulsdale, Lewis f.
Van Kampen, Henry butcher and Jona-
than n. Crane.
The following were admitted to full
connection:-Charles f. Sitterly, Richard
I. Savin and Jacob A. Cole. They have
been on probation for two years. Bishop
Merrill addressed the candidates and the
Conference more briefly than usual,
because the discussions earlier in the ses
sion had taken up SO much of the time.
The three men will take their VOWS to-
morrow.
Alfred E. Scott was continued until
next year, as were John p. McCabe,
Robert f. Hayes, James G. Howard and
John o. Winner.
1t was moved by DR.. Bryce that Broth
ers Sitterly and Savin be elected to elders
orders, but Bishop Merrill said that this,
in his opinion, could not be done until two
wears later, as they must be travelling
deacons' two years before they can be
elders, and because he and Bishop Harri-
son had made up their minds that local
deacons'' became travelling. deacons"
only on the day they were admitted to full
connection He left the matter in the
hands of the Conference, however, and the
Conference elected them to elders orders.
James A. Dockam, member of the Bap-
tist Church, and an Elder in that body,
asked to be recognized an Elder by the
Conference. The Conference voted that
his ordination be recognized after he had
taken the ordination vows.
The total and District amounts of mis-
sionary collections of the conference for
1889 and for 1888 are given in the following
table, which shows an increase of $685.:
DISTRICT. 1889. 1888.
Newark k...................-.... $l3,3l3 SJ2, 1856
Jersey City. ty..................... $500 10,012
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