The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-22
DIOCESAN AFFAIRS.
Close Of the Annual Episcopal Con-
Vention at Newark.
suecial to the Jeraeu Gin Ne,rs.

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NEWARK, May %, 1890. The second and
last day of the annual convention of
the Episcopal diocese of Newark con-
vened at nine O'Clock yesterday morning
at Trinity Chur ch After the opening
prayer Bishop Starkey announced the
Committee on Charges in the prayer
book as follows:-The Revs. George S.
Bennett, of Jersey City; N. Barrows. of
Short Hills; w. M. Hughes, of Norris
town, and Messrs. Cortland Parker, of
this city, and Robert Andrews. of East
Orange. The Bishop then referred to
the illness of the Rev. j. N. Stansbury,
and said he was glad to announce much
improvement in the deans condition.
The Bishop read his annual address
concerning the missions of the diocese.
He announced that the missions which
mad become self-sustaining were Trinity,
Totowa; st. James, Newark; st. Mat
thew's, Jersey City, and Holy Innocents,
West Orange, and were entitled to have
regular pastors.
Archdeacon Jenvey, of Jersey City,
presented his report Two clergymen
had been elected lay delegates to the con-
referred to the Committee on Constitu-
tion and Csnons to report upon at the
next convention.
The Rev E. F. Small was appointed ex-
aiming chaplain in place of the Rev Will
liam d. Roberts, who has left the diocese.
The convention then elected the Revs r.
N. Merritt, of Morristown; W. w Holley,
of Hackensack; w. r. Jenvey, of Hobo
ken, and N. Barrows, of Short Hills; the
clerical members of the Standing Com
mittee, and Messrs. f. w. Stevens, of
East Grange: Ed win Stevens, of Ho-
boken; Henry Hayes, of this city, and
Alfred Mills, of MOrristown, were chosen
as the lay members of the same commit
tee.
The Committee on Constitution and
Canons reported back to the convention
the proposed change in the canons, max
ing more clear who were entitled to vote
and to hold office, without recommends
tions. The amendment required that to
be voter a man must be twenty-one
years of age and baptized and who was
either professed Episcopalian or who
for six calendar months before the cleo
tion has been regular contributor to the
support of the parish, either by paying
for sitting in the church, or otherwise
regularly contributing to its current ex-
penses IN the mode adopted in such par
ish, and has paid his contribution up to
the end of the last month before the cleo
tion.
Dr. harrington said That the amend
'ment was vague and indefinite and di-
vided the voters into two classes, those
who were regular communicates and
those who contributed to the support of
the church without being members them
selves.
DIR. Bishop thought no man should be
allowed to vote unless a member of the
church.
On motion of Mr. Prall the matter was
referred to a committee consisting OF
Rev. DIR. Harrington and Messrs. Parker
and Mills to report at the next conven-
tion.
The question of changing the time for
the annual parish election was then taken
up. Those in favor of the change from
Easter week argued that the canvass for
election destroyed the good effects of
Lent and those opposed to the change
wanted the time to coincide with the cleo
tions of the church in England The
matter was laid on the table,
The Rev. George S. Bennitt offered a
resolution voting Bishop Starkey $500 to
pay for the services of secretary or chap
lain, as the Bishops health was failing.
The resolution was adopted.
Bishop Starkey announced his inten-
tion to sail for Europe on June 4, and
that during his absence the standing COM
mittee would have full power in ecclesi-
astical matters in the diocese.
The convention closed with religious
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