The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-13
Their Conference of Minis
ters and LayInen Begins
Its Work.
DISTRICT STEWARDS CONSULT
Speeches of the Evening Session on
Foreign and Domestic Missions.

today. Yesterday was merely meeting
of the District Stewards IN the afternoon.
and d celebration Of the anniversary Of
the Church BenevoIencies at night. 1t is
a new movement on the part of Presiding
Elder Lowrie and is destined to bear
good fruits.
At the afternoon meeting of the dis
trict stewards there were twenty-six pre-
sent, larger number than has attended
at any previous meeting. The main bus
mess transacted was the adoption of
resolution embodying the suggestions of
Presiding Elder Lowrie, urging the set
ting apart Of the Second Sunday in Octo-
ber as "Old Peoples Day." upon which
occasion collection. shall be taken in
support of worn out preachers This
special service to be held every fall is an
offset to Children's Day held in the
spring, and the young people of the
church will decorate the church with
autumn leaves at this autumn service.
A committee consisting of Brothers
Cham berlain, Mckenzie, Wood, Seeman
and Knapp conferred with the presiding
elder in reference to expenses, and de-
cided to allow his salary to remain az
So, 600.
The proposition to hold a number of
conventions during the year was unani-
mously agreed upon.
An interesting discussion took place
relative to the adoption of a system of ex-
planation of the various church benevo-
1encies. One good brother suggested the
circular plan. Another objected and said
the members would not read the circu-
lars.
One brother mildly intimated that some
of the smaller churches felt hurt that the
Presiding Elder did not visit them and
preach to their congregation oftener. DR..
~ ~ ~ l-1s FL
"reminiscences, and mildly intimated that
it was not the duty of a presiding elder
to preach as his time was supposed to be
mainly devoted TO official supervision;
Notwithstanding that he had given up
his entire time without reservation to
church work, and preached five times a
week during the year, putting in two
solid months of revival work back of the
m ountains "Methodism is unit" he
said. I'VE go where we are most
needed
Samuel Sterling, of Trinity, was elected
district steward.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The congregation which assembled in
the evening to celebrate the anniversar-
les of the church benevolencies was not SO
large as was anticipated, but those who
attended listened to two able addresses
in the interest Of foreign and domestic
evangelizatlon.
LIZ SAdA W1Cht VIZ 10 " 1ASC 0CAAE
cred an address on "Church Extension
and the Freedman's Aid Society," was
not present, owing to the death OF his
eighteen-year-old daughter on Saturday.
DIR. j. o. Peck first talked in the inter
est of foreign missions. The speaker
made some interesting statements rela-
tive to church contributions. A minister
in Iowa who had brought up his church
income from 81, 400 to $1,000, had made an
actual count of those who contributed,
and found there were but 2, IA. 2,T21 who
attended the services never gave cent
He admi nistered scathing rebuke to
those who when asked for money for
foreign missionary work, reply, Educate
your heather at home first"
The speaker related the experience OF
Bishop Coburn and DR.. Parker, who
found it necessary to stop after baptizing
| 1853 persons in India while thousands
stood waiting, because they had not the
| teachers of their own tongue, and the
missionary society hadn't the money to
| furnish them. $1,000 had been asked for,
with guarantee of 1900 converts. Mis-
sionaries with families could support
themselves on So per month.
II have always found be said, "that
such people give nothing to even educate
the heathens at home. 1t is mere sub
| terfuge. Any one knows that member
| can give what he chooses, and If he puts
| it down for the Home Mission it will go
| to the Home Missions. If man hasn't
| the salvation of the whole world at heart
| he hasn't the spirit of Christ within him.
| When / think OF that old man, Bishop
| Taylor, trudging over the plains and
| through the jungles and marshes of that
dark, malarious country. at time in life
when most ministers are creeping up on
the superannuated list; at time in life
when most merchants nave lald ASIDE E! a
snug little sum with which to enjoy lit
| tie rest before death claims them, think
| it a rebuke to q million members of the
| Methodist Church"
eve must advance in our contributions
| for foreign missions" /" said the doctor, IN
closing, ''or we must call hault.
| APPLAUDING JERSEYMEN.
| DR.. c. H. Payne, secretary of the
| Church Board of Education, and an ex
| president of an Ohio theological institute
said he felt the wisdom of Presiding
Elder Lowrie's movement. He did mol
wish to dispute the arguments OF the
| Rev. Mr.. Peck He represented differ
ent @ branch of the church work, but it
| was easily seen that the interests OF
| Christian eyangelizatton and those OF
| Christian education must necessarily be
closely allied. Ie fact, all the various in
terests of the Church made up whole
grand structure, from any part OF wnlcI
| blood could not be drawn without weak
| ening the whole; new blood could not bs
made for any one part without strength
4 ening the whole
! The Doctor drew forth applause at the
| mention of the names of Vincent ane
/ Hurlburt as Jerseymen who stood in the
| front ranks of the Methodists.
Money alone will never convert tht
| world,n said the speaker. 1--WE nus
/ have cultured men and women in thu
| foreign as well as in the domestic field o
missions. DR.. Peck alluded to the mai
at the head of the mission In China
That man was a student of mine out il
Ohio We want a thousand more jus
like him. Dr. Peck alladed to tn
hundreds of just such who stood ready t
go. My. friends, only one out OF ten ar
ready, from stand point of ministerial
preparation. We've been obliged to pa.
i out too much money in recalling mission
i aries home. A Bishop has been looking
1 all over the country through a spyglas
for a man capable of taking charge of
certain mission and has not yet foun,
him.
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
'.In our own land last year nearly on
thousand new ministers entered the Cor
ference to take the place Of falling faith
ers. Some of these had not the prepare
tion required. This is an age when an
gels in heaven might tremble to tax
responsibility of Christ's ministry upo
their shoulders Look at our Book Cor
Germ, tremendous building, heated b
/ steam aud lighted by electricity. Loo
at our enormous press rooms with thos
marvellous printing machines. stoo
1 and watched the press upon which on