The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-06
FOR FIVE DOLLAR BILLS.
Session in AID Of the Worn-Out
Ministers Fand-$340 Raised.

The Centenary Church was crowded 60
OVERLOOKING last night. The audience
consisted of members of every Methodist
Church in the city. The announcement t
that the Rev. J. r. Day. D. D.. of Calvary
Church. New York, Chaplain G. C. Nc
Cabe, were to be the speakers, drew the
people out. The services were in celebra-
tion of the anniversary of the Centenary
Fund md Preachers Aid Society.
The first speaker was Rev. DR.. Day.
He was introduced to the assemblage by
the Rev. David Halleron who presided.
The speaker kept constantly before his
auditors the one idea which was upper
most in his mind and that was TO secure
as much as possible of $50, 900, which was
desired. with which TO establish a
worn out ministers fund" de began
by relating interesting stories, OCCASION
ally bordering on the humorous on the
difficulties encountered Dy ministers, and
more particularly Methodist ministers in
the performances or their duties. "The
Methodists," said he, "are shifted around
from place to place TO aid sinners to work
out salvation. We get worn u in the
service, and l regret very much to say
that too often il is the case that people
tire of old ministers. We are not unlike
other men. We get old and feeble, and,
like other men engaged in other work,
we become unable TO render the service
We did when young aud active. Some of
our old ministers get into stralghtened
circumstances, aud many times have a
pretty hard une in making both ends
meet.
IF THEY HAD FLoCKS.
'If we Methodist ministers had per-
manent pastorates, 1t would be entirely
different. We could. | suppose, under
different rules. get d pastorate. and no
matter whether we became old or not our
CONGREGATIONS would take care Of us. 1t
is my candid belief that church people
should do a great deal in this direction.
Ii we were permitted to remain with the
same people thirty or forty years, II Is
only nature TO suppose that those people,
when they saw us used up III the service
of God, would step forward aud do all in
their power to aid us. We would, l sup
pose, be looked alter. But we cannot
stay very long In any one place.
We become thoroughly acquainted, and
then ave to pack up our things and
move, and, OF course, old friends Il old
associates are in some cases lost track or,
and oftentimes interest in us ceases. L
am not criticizing the Justice of this plan
at all, for | nav my OWL opinion about
its justice and wisdom. lean assure 70 u
all. however, that ministers give very
largely to the supporG and maintenance
of the fund we are establishing. In fact,
/ think, give more freely and largely than
laymen in many instances, aud l know OF
cases where laymen could afford 1t much
better than the ministers. The ministers,
bear ID mind, are the ones every titne to
shoulder the self-denial part of the pro-
gramme. while the laymen enjoy all the
benefits of a worldly life. Ministers
struggle along. infnse new life
into church work, and | al
ways thank God when | see
Z--.-- !, 1-.1,t In faroc In
church work aud aiding Christ. We are
all partners in this great work. You, all
of you. preach with your pocketbooks,
while we use our tongues. You have lots
of opportunities to make money, while l
cannot safely say that of Methodist min
listers. You give me part of your pocket
book and / give you part of my tongue.
II once heard a story told of ministers
in Maine who used TO receive a portion
a small one I imagine-of every whale
that happened to be captured or that
foated ashore. Sitting upon rocks,
scanning the sea for miles around, would
be some expectant minister looking for
whales, SO that none would come in
Without his getting his allotted share.
So it is of the ministers OF today, they are
anxiously scanning the sea of faces always
before them in their congregation, look
ing not for whales but for pocketbooks,
SO that they may get their share OF them
also. Now I am scanning this sea of faces
and I see pocketbooks. and we'll filled
| ones, and I must make just one long APP
| peal to you for subscriptions. We want
| at least $500. Now that is only n hun
dred five dollar bills. and | can see moth
| ing but bills of that denomination before
! me, and I feel assured that one and all
will give, and give willingly to the
establishment of a fund which is certain
| ly worthy of every ones mite"
CHAPLAIN M'CABE'S STORY.
Chaplain g. q. McCabe was the next
| speaker to address the assemblage. His
| first remark were of the saving of the
| souls of an entire family just by the ac-
ceptance OF an invitation on the part of a
| Methodist minister t. take dinner with
the family. This minister subsequently
becoming old and feeble, was looked after
and cared for during the remainder OF
his days by the children of the family.
which no alone had been instrumental IN
saving. sBut / am not going to
entertain you with such stories"
\ said The Chaplain, II am going
to get right down to business. We have
a collector engaged and one of our friends
| has cnaranteed his salary. Our collector
is a good, earnest, Woodworking man and
I know that we all will, in a very short
time, see the good effects of the work he
| has undertaken. We must start hin out,
| however, in the proper form. He is to get
a salary of 81, 500, but what we want now
is $500 with which he will be able to meet
| his expenses. We do not aud will not
| allow him to go about from place to place
and be dependent upon peoples CHARITY, or
| nDon having collections taken up for him