The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-03-29
CONFERENCE COMING
Principal Business of the
Newark District at the
Washington Meeting.
EASTER In THE CHURCHES
Confirmation Services Church
Notes Local and General For
All Creeds.

Aho ASpnaAA NOuleEeuc6 Will ulSeJ III
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wash
ington, Warren county, of which the
Rev M D. Church is pastor. on Wednes-
day, April 8. There are 227 members o I
this Conference. which will be presided
over by Bishop Willard +. Mallalieu.
The cabinet is composed OF the follow
ing presiding elders:--Rey, Or. A. L.
Brice, Elizabeth district; Rev. DIR. D. r.
Lowrie. Jersey City district; Rev. Dr.
S. Van Benschoten, Newark district
Rev. DR., S. P. Hammond, Paterson dis
trict.
The business will be principally of the
usual routine character, except vote on
the question of admitting women as lay
delegates. There is no compilation of the
vote taken in the various districts OF this
State or Conferen ce, " it'll reference to the
eligibility OF women as lay delegates. The
churches have expresse their opinions on
the question, and sent them t o the Presid-
ing Elders of the respective districts,
and the latter will report to the Annual
Conference Then the Conference
which Is composed Of all the minis
ters and lay delegates elected
by the churches, will take vote on it.
I'D LIZA ttC fobtuH Will ldfb D5eu merely
the expression OF opinion. The General
Conference. at Omaha in 1892, composed
of delegates elected from the ministers
and lay delegates of the Annual Confer
ence respectively, will then listen to the
reports of popular expression, and take
snch action as Is deemed wise in view of
the opinions thus obtained. 1t will re
quire two-thirds majority OF the Gener-
al Conference to admit the women.
FEW CHANGES.
But few changes will be made Ia pastor
ale. In Jersey City the Rev. John
krantz, Jr., will remain at the Centenary
Il he declines a call extended to him by
Trinity, which the Rev. John Crawford
has been obliged TO leave on account of
his health. The latter will 90 to Passaic.
The Rev. James Boyd Brady OF tho latter
charge, has received a call from
f MaassR Wichita pa Ran ana The ano Esy
p: c. Bascom of Dashiel Memoria
Newark, will to to Cross Street. Paterson,
the present pastor Of which, Rev. DIR.
Craig, will take vacation. Rev DIR. +.
G. Iglehart. of Central Church. Newark.
goes to New York, and Central Church IS
looking for supply for year, at the end
of which, it is understood, Rev. Henry
Speiimeyer, who has one more year to
stay az Calvary Church, East Orange, will
return. That will be the third term Rev.
DR.. Spellmeyer will have filed at the
Central Church.
Joyously the church bells ring today,
announcing the glad Easter tidings and
the end of the season OF penitence.
Beautiful flowers will be placed upon the
affairs aud everything will speak of the
joy Of Easter. In all the churches there
is evidences of the elaborate prepar atoms
for Easter and music and flowers speak
eloqueutly of the success Of the work.
In St Johns Free Church the music will
be excellent. A pleasant feature of the
Easter celebrations will be the exposing
of the new altar cloths. the money for
which was raised by the Altar and
Charity Guild from the members of the
congregation and the work Of making
them was done By Mrs. Bumsted, Mrs
jackson, Miss Nettie Lockwood and Miss
Morton the cloths are made beauti-
fully, the embroidery being very artistic
The altar cover is OF white Drocaded satin
and has embroidered on the superfrontal
in gold, three crowns At the TOP and
bottom is an edging of white and gold
passementerie and the bottom has deep
fringe Of gold The stall covers have a
fringe of gold and white and on one OF
is I. h s. embroidered and on the other Is
ST. Mstthew's also has new set of altar
cloths which viii be used today tor the
first time.
CONFIRMATION AT ST. MARKS.
n
firmatlon at the half past ten o'clock SER
vice, aud the sermon will be preached by
Rishop Starkey. This church will also
have something new for Easter, but quite
different from the other churches A
group of statuary. VIII be placed IN the
Church and seen for the first time today.
Ii consists of three hgures-the crucifix :
ion and on either side Mary and James.
The figures are sculptured in marble and
are the work of an eminent English
sculptor. The other services n ST. Marks
will be very interesting ana neantiIuL !.
In St. Mary's Church new reredos OF
carved oak has been placed In the altar
ready for this mornings services. The
reredos Is Ia memoriam for the late
Thomas Fl. Bray and was given to the
church BIZ his daughters, Mrs. George
Young aud the Misses Mary ana helen
BRAY. It issof carved oak in gothic shape
and is fifteen feet high. There are. three
panels. the middle one being niche for
the crucifxion and on the panels, one
either side, are paintings OF adorlng
angels. The reredos cost nve hundred
dollars and Is very beanuInl piece OF
will be extra music and flowers, the
beautiful annunciation lilies being chiefly
used for the affairs.
AT THE BERGEN REFORMED.
On Easter Tuesday unique entertain
ment will be given In the bersen ne
formed Church under the auspices OF the
ladies Of the congregation who nave been
working very hard to arrange it. It is an
operetta, called the Dairy Maids
Festival. The parts will be sung by Miss
Jennie Toffey, Miss Grace Cariin, MISS
Emma Cox, Miss Margie ThrocKmor.on'
Miss Edna Toffey, Arthur Woolsey and
Phillip Brett, assisted By large chorus.
They will all wear costumes OF nne
peasant dairy maid. and carry tne milk
ing pail and milking stools. me men
will be dressed as farmers. ureas s vale
has been taken by M. L. Jacobs and MISS
Fannie Sutphen in drilling the parts and
chorus, and no doubt the performance
will be an excellent one.