The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-15
CONVENTIONS TO COME.
Jersey City PresbYterY Con-
Venes Next Tuesday
Morning in Sec
ond Church.
SOUTH BERGEN CHASSIS MEETS.
Diocesan Convention at Trinity
Church Newark = Notes
from the Field.

Although the. Newark Conference has
passed. irilwas but Che first of a
long line of spring conventions OF
the various denominations of this
locality. The nearest in point of Lime
will be the Spring Stated Meeting OF
the P~resbytery of Jersey City, which will
be held on Tuesday, April IS. beginning
at ten o'clock a. NJ. in the Second Pres
byterian Church. Third street. The most
important work of the meeting will be
the election OF commissioners to attend
the General Assembly of the Presby'
terrain Church in America, which will be
held in Washington. beginning May Is.
Several candidates for admission TO the
ministry, who were examined last week,
will be licensed and ordained. Thirteen
standing committees will submit reports,
both of their individual work and OIL
their relations to the work Ia general.
Luncheon will be served at one O'Clock
at the Hotel Washington. The meeting
will be composed Of clergymen ano
elders. The programme In detail fol.
lows
Prayer. Roll Call.
Election of Moderator and Temporary clerk.
Minutes. Excuses.
New Members
Corresponding Members
ARRANGEMENTS
Report of Committee on Absence.
Report of Stated Clerk.
Reports from Members Without Charge.
: Nomination of Commissioners 70 the General
Assembly and Order for Election.
Reports OF Standing leach com.
mittee of its own work during the year, and or
the work and need of the Board or
represented.)
Home Missions-Synodical, Shaw; General
including Woman's Society, Carroll
Foreign Missions (including Woman's So
cinty1 Ray i w. Hathaway.
Min isterial Relief, Magic.
Publicatie n and Sunday School Work, Rev.
Mr.. Garretson.
Church Erection. Hutchinson.
Freedmen, Egbert.
Aid to Colleges Qncluding the German Theo-
logical Seminary, Rev. Charles Herr.
Temperance, Young.
Systematic Beneticeuce, Galloway.
Young Peoples Societies, Garretson.
Sabbath Observance. Vermilye.
Narrative.
Election of Commissioners.
Consideration OF Calls to Pastorates
Report OF Examining Committee.
Liceusures.
Appointment of Committees.
Minutes of Assembly and Synod.
Rule on Ordination.
.Reading of minutes for correction.
Adjournment.
NEWARK DIOCESAN CONVENTION.
The Protestant Episcopal Churches OF
the Diocese OF Newark will hold the an
nual convention in Trinity Church, New
ark. either the second or 6ne tnlru IueS-
day in May. 1sne exact date rests with
Bishop Starkey, who has not yet sent
notifications TO the clergymen of the
diocese.
The convention will be occupied mainly
with routine business. AS there will be
no general convention for three years.
there will be M election of delegates.
The work of the session will be IN, gen.
eral. to receive reports from the churches
as to their work for the year, and adj
minister the the affairs of the church for
the northern half of the State of New
Jersey.
SOUTH CHASSIS OF BERGEN TO MEET.
The South Bergen Chassis of the Re-
forn ed Dutch Church will meet in the
Wayne street Reformed Church, DR.
Paul D. Van Cleef and Rev. Robert Il
Wick. Pastors, on Tuesday. May "a. The
delegates will be entertained at luncheon
by the ladies OF the church, 1t will be ar
all-day session.