The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-11
NEWARK CONFERENCE.
The M. E. Session Which
Opens Here on Aprils
to Be a Quiet One.

April D, at Cuo CeutsHaIy OAuloAs "
vonia avenue, the Rev. j. w. Daily, pas
tor. This statement bears with it a great
| amount of preparation and forethouoht,
| since it means that nearly three hundred
| delegates must be entertained by mem
beers of the denomination for a weeks
stay in the city.
The plan on which this is conducted is
for the %clergymen of the city, to meet in
| council, aud apportion to the congrega-
| tion of each church a number OF dele
gates proportionate TO the numbers OF Tine
congregation. Hedding ~. y. onurca
will provide for the entertainment OF
thirty delegates. Centenary will take the
largest cot .all. Old Trinity will dis
pose of about twenty, and st.
Paul's, as being In a convenient
locality, a somewhat larger nnmbsr.
Some members of the CONGREGATION enter
| tain clergymen at their own homeS,otherS
| provide for their entertain ment at hotels
| or boarding houses. The omnitt In
charge of this arrangement comprises
| Presiding Elder Faulks, the Rev. Mr..
Daily and Messrs. X. d. Grant. q. r.
| Doremus and j. ii. Ward, of Centenary.
BISHOP FITZGERALD TO PRESIDE.
Bishop James Fitzgerald, who will pre-
| side. was one of the first pastors OF Gem
| teuary. and returned on the occasion OF
its .ssilver anniversary" to renew his
friendship with the congregation. lie
has attended several social gatherings
here since that time, as the guest OF Mr.
and Mrs. Richard d. Grant, where he
win remain during Conference. Other
| familiar faces will be those Of Rev. E. W.
| Burr. formerly pastor of the Lafayette NJ.
E, Church, later of Centenary, Rev. Dr.
J.. w. Hoagland and Rev. J. w. Snod-
| grass now of Centenary, Newark, for
| merlv of Hedding Church.
There will be a quiet session, II indica-
| lions do NOT mislead. The local confer
ences are always rather executive than
| legislative bodies, and no important
| questions of church lawmaking will be
| decided. The elergymen of the various
churches are assigned by Conference
every year, the limit of their stay at any
one church being fixed ut FIVE years.
| This limit has been gradually
extended from three years, and
| bids fair to be done away with altogether
at the next General Conference. The
| clergymen are almost TO q man in favor
of such action, and the majority of the
| churches. By this is not meant that the
pastor is obliged to remain for an inded-
| nite period, but merely that there shall
not be a limit TO the number OF times
Conference may reaPpoint him to the
same charge.
NO LOCAL CHANGES.
InGE0 Will UEOUaUIy 10 liz SA1uECo Al
the pastorates of this city, with the ex-
ceptIon OF james Church, where the Rev.
Mr.. Russell aud his congregation have
been at odds almost since his assignment.
At the last years Conference there was
such a changing Of places that unless for
some difficulty in The congregation, it
will hardly be likely that our churches
experience any changes.
The movement for the Endowment
Fund for Disabled Ministers Will receive
attention at this Conference. In this all
clergy men of the city have taken an in
terest, aud have proposed to see carried
through. 1t is for the purpose of increas-
ing the pensions paid to s-uperannuated
clereymen, who now receive a mere pit
lance from the church. =.
Beginning on "Wednesday, services will
be held morning, afternoon and evening
Oh week days, with special meetings on
Sunday. Between sessions, the delegates
from a distance will be entertained at
luncheon at the church. AL societies OF
the church will hold anniversaries, which
will be addressed by eminent speakers.
The details of the programme are not
yet ARRANGED. as it is Zoo far ahead as yet
to tell who will SPEAK before the annt-
versary meetings.
The conference includes the northern
part of New Jersey and a small corner of
New York. There are 27S churches on
the list, all of which will be represented
by delegates.
NOTABLE PREACHERS FROM NEW YORK.
St. Paups Congregation Will Be Visited
by Them During Lent.
The pretty ST. Paul's Church on Dun
can avenue, the Rev. Mr.. Brush, rector,
has come to the front as one of the most
aggressive of our Hill churches. 1t has
recently invited %straugere to hear with
It's own flock, some very excel cut music,
and now for the next fe W weeks, at its
Sunday evening service. it proposes to
acuuaiut them with the best speaker of
the New York Episcopal churches. To.
morrow evening Bishop Starkey will
preside over the service. which will be
in celebration Of the anniversary OF
the founding of Christ Hospital,
and the Rev. John w. Brown,
rector of St. Thomas's Church, who, q
prominent clergyman in this city. III
speaking OF him said, can bring tears to
ones eyes by the way he says Mesopo.
tania. On Sunday, February 10. one of
New York's most popular preachers, who
has done SO much, spoken SO much and
written so well for the 'totner
half.n and whose church saloon project
has created SO much comment, will
preach. Ihis is, of course, Or. w. s
Rainsford, D. D., of ST.. Georges Church.
The Rev. E. Walpole Warren. d. D.. of
the Church of the Holy Trinity, will
preach on February 26, and will be fol
lowed on March 5 by The kev. D. Parker
Morgan, u. D., of the Church of the
Heavenly Rest.
rector OF the Church OF Zion and st
Timothy. New YORK, will preach in the
evening.
On March 10 the Rev. Henry Motel, D
D.. rector of the Church of the Holy
Communion, New York, will oficiate III
the evening.
TN closiug Lenten service will be con
Quoted on the evening OF March 26 by thu
Rev. @. @. Tiffany, d. D., rector emeri.
tus of the Church of Zion n ST. Timothy
New York. At eacn OF thtss Lentel
services special music will be Glyen.
LOCAL CHURCH MATTERS.
Practitioners Received Among the Meth
odists-Valentine Parties.
The Rev. j. C. jackson will preach tomorro,
night at the Hedding NJ. Z. Church, the secon
of n series of sermons on 1.-The Lessons Of tn
Churches This will consider 'syyhat We Ma,
Learn from the Presbyterian Church, and Rev
DR.. Philip D. Van Cleef, the venerable pastor o.
the Wayns Street Church, has written the pre-
iufie. setting forth the main tenets OF the de
nomination. In the morning q young mediea
studeut from the University of NSw YORK, Mr.
n cover. will preach. This young man is sale
10 be possessed OF rare powers, and his discours
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