The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-31
YESTERDAYS LATE DOINGs.
DR.. Baldwin's Chinese Song-H Historical
Anniversary.
Special to the Jersey Cttv Nevs.

In relation to the fund for INDECENT
preachers yesterday afternoon. The hope
was expressed that IS, 900 would be raised
at this session toward raising the fund to
$4,000. Rev. DIR. S. L. Baldwin was
called upon to fill the gap in the pro-
gramme occasioned by the absence of
Chaplain McCabe. He said he always
disliked taking the Chaplan's place and
told how he got out of it once by singing
Chinese song. DR.. Baldwin was q mis-
sionary in China for many years and
speaks the language like native. When
he got through speaking yesterday there
were cries of ''SongP "SongW and he re-
sponded by singing this Chinese hymn,
which greatly pleased the preachers:
Kew cheo chee. ay song ping,
Chieng chi chong chake tieng ting,
Mix mang king sin teng ho
keemeng leng,
Kaeng kew cheo. CHA tung al,
kaeng kow hoe CHA chung pal
Ing wong kang sia, kang sia
Kong ma cheng.
A vote of thanks was given to the lay
men who addressed the meeting, William
81. Murphy and S. I. Smith.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
The anniversaries of the Historical and
Educational Societies were held last
night. The name of the latter has been
changed to the Board of Education. The
Rev. DR.. II. A. Buttz, President of Drew
Seminary. presided. The Rev. jeremiah
Cowans, of Baskingridge. Corresponding
Secretary of the Historical Society, read
the ninth annual report. He told of the
purchase during the past year of an old
house at Baskingridge as parsonage for
the church there. The house was the
birthplace of William l.. Dayton, who, in
1856, ran for Vice President on the same
ticket with John G.. Fremont.
The Rev. John +. Dodd of Little Falls,
the Recording Secretary, read a history of
the Newark conference from it's incep-
tion in Trenton in 1857, after the adjourn
ment of the New Jersey conference. He
named many members of the conference
who have become distinguished In the
church at large in the educational. mis-
sionary, literary and other branches of
religious work. He mentioned John l..
Lenhart, who was chaplain in the
United States Navy during the Civil
War, and who went down with the
Cumberland in her memorable engage
ment with the rebel ironclad Merrimac,
on March s, 1862. He was the first min
lister to give his life for the preservation
of the Union. Three mem oers of the con-
ference have been elected Bishops, Isaac
William Wiley iu 1872: John Fletcher
Hurst In 1880, and james Newbury Fitz-
gerald in 1888. He gave these statistics
Preachers transferred from other conferences
to this 10; from this to others, 106. Original
number of members, l06; present membership,
200 OF the origi al members, thirty three are
still connected with the conference. The fol-
lowing bishops served as pastors In the Newark
Conference prev GUS to their election Levi
Levi Scott Edmund S. James, Isaac W. Wiley,
Gilbert Haven, John II. Vincent, John 3. Hurst,
James N. Fitzgerald.
Mr.. Dodd read list of members who have
published books. pamphlets, commentaries, re-
views and notable magazine articles, as fol-
lows:-John McClintock, Hiram Mattisou. John
Scarlet, Lewis R. Dunn, Nicholas vansant.
Freeman, Isaac Wiley, John Atkinson. Howard
Henderson, John i. Hurd, Henly A. Buttz,
Alexander Craig, Solomon Parsons, Stephen L.
Baldwin, Charles e; Ii tile, james J. Bos-
court, Charles R Barnes, Jesse L. Hurlbut !,
| Joseph W. Daily, Jesse S. Gilbert, William J.
Gill. John H: Timbrell. William H. Russell
and Stephen Thomoff.
A CORRECTION.
Rev. T. H. Smith recommended an
amendment to the list. He said that J.
A. Gutteridge had written a book of
travels. He referred to a book describing
scenes and growing towns along Western
railroads, Mr.. Smith said also that
Brother James Boyd Brady had written
pamphlet on the Newark Saen gerfest.
There was laughter at this.
The Rev. Mr.. John M. Meeker inter-
jected:-"See pages 315 to 800 inclusive" +"
This caused a renewal of the laughter
and more OF it.
what do you mean by that?" re-
porter asked.
"Some one," DR.. Meeker replied, "has
been sending postal cards to members of
the Conference calling their attention to
the part of the pamphlet ! alluded to,
which criticiZes the actions of the presid-
ing elders with reference to appoint
meuts."
The report went on thus:-
In 1857 there were but nine Methodist churc hes
| in Newark with membership of 2,057, while at
tha last thara trfa obI .ha .
with 5,77 members. In what is now Jersey
| City there were in 1873 five churches and 653
| members, and in 1891 there were twelve
| churches with 1890 members. AT the organiza-
| tion of the Conference in 1857 there were
| altogether 1863 churches, valued at S605, 400:
| a. parsonages, valued at $s2, 225; s37 Sunday
| Schools with 1l6, $50 scholars; and lay member
ship of Is, ,243. AT the Conference of 1891 there
were reported %. structures valued at 81 SS5 50,
| a gain Of 1903 and an increase in value of church
property of So. 2S0, $50. The number of parson-
ages is 49, valued at Sl7S,029. gain OF 102 and
| an increase in value of S95,S04. The Sunday
Schools number 3l5 gain of IS; scholars, 43, ,210
| an increase of &c, 800. The present church men,
bershp is 80, 1862, increase of "a 0l9, notwith-
| standing the fact that there were 1898 deaths
! of members during the year.
| MILDLY SENSATIONAL
| In an interview after the reading of the
report the Rev. DR.. Brady said:-"1n
| speaking of the kind of men who were
needed to combat the evils of the present
day, the pam phlet stated that among the
| reforms Deeded in the administration of
| church affairs was impartialitv in grant
| ing poor church its request for a
| preacher on as favorable conditions as q
| rich church. The pages referred to
| called attention to the fact tht our down
town churches among the poor should
| not be inefficiently manned; but for the
| salvation of the neglected our best preach
ers should he sent to such churches, These
| pages also called not for more sycophancy,
| but for nobler manhood in the ministry;
not for smaller churches, but for bigger
| preachers: not for men who love prefer
inent and salary, but for men who love
| the souls of those around them sufficiently
| to sacrifice their own comfort for these
mems salvation"
The anniversary meeting of the Confer
ence Educational Society followed, and
| the Rev. DR.. S. f. Upham of Drew Semi
| nary talked for nearly an hour on educa-
| tional work under the auspices OF the
| Methodist Church.
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