The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-20
MINISTER'S IN session.
Twenty : Fourth Annual
Meeting of New Jer-
congregational
lists.
GRATIFYING PROSPERITY SHOWN
Three New Churches and a Gain of
Seven Hundred in Membership.
The Finances for the Poor.

The twenty-fourth annual meeting of
the Congregational Association of New
Jersey commenced this morning at the
Tabernacle, in this city. 1t will last un-
Til tomorrow night. There will be morn
ing, afternoon and evening sessions.
The Association embraces all the Con-
gregationai churches of New Jersey and
the principal cities of New York, Penn
sylvania, Maryland Gncluding Washing
ton, D. c., and Virginia.
This mornings session was mainly de-
voted to routine business, the hearing of
reports from various of1ic ers Of the asso-
citation and from the ministers of various
were the Rev. Messrs. William w. Jor-
dan, Benjamin F. Bradford, Cherries II.
Everest, Fritz w. Baldwin. Amory IL.
Bradford, Samuel l.. Loomis, Charles
A. Savage, Charles L. Goodrich,
Charles H. Richards, Edward A. Law
renee, Stephen M. Newman, George w.
Moore, Charles H. Small Most of these
worthy divines were accompanied with
their wives. All partook of collation.
served at noon by ladies connected with
the Tabernacle Church. =,
The Rev r. L. Loomis of the Belleville
Avenue congregational Church. Newark,
presided.
The most interesting feature of this
mornings session was the report of Cor
responding Secretary Cornelius H. Pat
ton, Il few brief extracts from which are
here recorded.
In 1888 we had in New Jersey twenty.six
churches, and south of us twelve, making
thirty eight in ALL Today we come up 10 this
'tent meeting fifty churches strong Total
membership nine years ago. 5,O42; today, 93lO.
During the same time beuevolences have in
creased from S26,04O to $46 957, and home ex-
pendtures from Sl53, ,02S to Sl8S,691.
The Corresponding Secretary .consld-
cred that the Tabernacle afforded an
illustration of the progress OF the Congre-
gational Church in New Jersey. He said:
the Tabernacle reported 3l7 members. The last
report shows membership of SO. The recent
building of an annex called ''The Peoples Pal
ace, the numerous new lines of work being
carried on, the calling of the Rev. J. Lester
Wells, an assistant pastor. are signs OF q growth
Immediately under our eyes.
The secretary further stated that three
churches were admitted last year.
Hoboken, Germantown and Washington
Peoples, all presenting creditable reports.
1t is hoped to soon welcome two new
churches--the Canton Church in Baltimore
and another in Alexandria. Va. Two
churches have been dropped from the
list as dead. Long Branch and Man
chester, N. J.. The facts in both cases
will be laid before the Church
recommendations should not be adopted,
the statistical tables can be changed ac-
cordingly, before the final reports are
issued. The Newfleld Church, which
was omitted last year by error, reappears
once more. The report also gave some
interesting statistics, showing the num-
ber of ministers removed from the State.
of whom there were fourteen. while three
new ministers have been installed.
The total membership of the churches
is S,310. a gain over last year of 7O2
This is the largest gain ever made in one
year. The gain one year ago was 571; two
years ago 162. The largest church in the
its membership of 1859. Then come Mont
clair with 800, Jersey City Tabernacle
with 670, Philadelphia, Central, with SAT,
and Newark, Bellevllle Avenue, with 376.
The i've churches receiving the largest
number of new members during the year
are; Washington. First. Is; Montclair. 73;
Washington, Peoples, 81; East Orange,
First, 60; Jersey City. Tabernacle, So. The
five churches receiving the most on con-
fession of faith are: Washington. People,
65; Washington, First, Al; Plain
field, 80; East Orange, First. 80;
on School Ss sono,ars rhsre m t,e Are
The five largest Sunday Schools are the
following Montclair, 593; Jersey City,
Tabernacle, 572; Philadelphia, 391; Wash
ington. First. 352; Washington, Ply
mouth, 3l4.
The Home expenditures during the
year amount to $lSS.69l, an increase of
$45.1S9 Adding the benevolence, a total
amount of all money raised during the
year sums up $235.648, an increase over
the year before of $50, 544.