Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-03-24
BRIDGEToN, N. j., THURSDAY. MARCH. 24 1892

with marked attention. Presiding El-
der Relyea, of Camden, speaking for
the aged minister, said he had started
more young men for the n inistry than
any other member of Conference, and
he was at the present time giving in
| structions to a class of young men at
his study in Camden. He is now in
| his S5th year, and bis mind is as clear
as bell although bis hearing is some
what impaired.
Secretary g. B. Wight, D. D., read
his report on the publication of the
minutes Of the Conference. The re-
ceipts were announced at ST. 1894 SO and
the expenditures at $1,373.25, leaving
balance of $73. SO due Mr.. Wight.
The annual report of the condition
of Pennington Seminary was read, in
which it was stated that the seminary
had an attendance at present of 275,
and an annual register of about 800.
Out of this number So were young
men studying with view of entering
the ministry. During the year most
successful revival of religion was ex
perienced, aud many of the students
were converted and added to the
church.
The New Jersey Conference en-
braces all the territory south Of New
Brunswick, and extending from the
Atlantic ocean to the Delaware river
and bay, and includes within its juris.
diction, all told, 215 charges divided as
fellows: New Brunswick district, Sd;
Trenton district, 81; Camden district,
50; Bridgeton district,52.
The Conference register for 1891
shows that there are in ell 207 ministers
on the rolls and 10 On trial
There are also on the register 231
local preachers, located in the districts
as follows: New Brunswick 40; Tren-
ton, SO; Camden, So; Bridgeton, 6S.
Since the organization of the Con-
ference, in 1887, about. 115 ministers
have died, some OF them being in the
active ministry and others bearing
supernumeraTy or superannuated re-
lations with the Conference.
The report OF 1891 for the various
districts give the following interesting
statistics: New Brunswick District
Churches, 70; probable value, $570 900
parsonages a; probable value, $113,OOC
church Indebtedness, $74 1928; number,
of full memb bers, 0023; number of pro-
bationers, 1884; number of Sunday
Schools, 81; number OF officers and
teachers, 1865: number Of scholars TO-.
367.
Trenton District - Churches, 70
probable value, S627, 900; parsonages,
"a; probable value, $111, 400; church
Indebtedness, $112,906; number of full
members, 9,456; number of probation.
ere, 1853; number OF Sunday schools,
SO; number of officers and teachers
,454; number of scholars, 1913
Camden District - Churches, IS
probable value, $67s,a5O; number oi
parsonages, 3s;' probable value, $780,.
500; church indebtedness, SOL, 293
number of full members, 1O,359; NUN,
ber of probationers, 1,723; number oil
Sunday schools, 7e; officers and teach
ers, 1851; number of scholars, 1908.
Bridgeton Dis rict - Churches, S5
probable value, $525. TAO; parsonages,
So, probable value, $S5,00O; church in
debtedness, $53, 1858; number of full
members, 12,0s4; number of proba
TONERS, 1888; number of Sunday
schools, "a; officers and teachers, 1,717,
number of scholars, 12,056.
The total number of full members al
the last Annual Conference was Al, ,9l2
and the total valuation of churches
was 50, 1894, 200, and of parsonages
$685.
The total number of Sunday schoo
teachers was 45,s02.
These figures will be somewhat
changed by the reports this year, but
as they stand now they give fair ides
of the work and wealth of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church in the jurisdic
ton of the New Jersey Conference.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., March 49,
To-day's session of the New jersey
Methodist Episcopal Conference, was
the most interesting of the meeting
thus far, and a large attendance was
present at both the regular Conference
and the session OF the Lay Conference.
The order of the day was the election
of delegates ministerial and lay-to
the General Conference, which meets
in May next, at Omaha. At an early
hour in the morning, the Lay delegates
began arriving on the trains from the
different parts of the State, and. by
10 80 o'clock, the large Sund iy School
room of the First Church, where the
Lay Conference was to be held, was
pretty thoroughly filled.
/ The mornings devotional exercises
at 8 80. were conducted nv Rev. VIM