The Penn's Grove record., 1893-03-24


Central, Bridgeton; Fourth Church,
%Bridgeton; Clayton, Cape May Court
House, Dennisville and Salem. The
district has 81 charges, and the Presid.
ing Elder reports 36 charges as unable
TO contribute sufficient to properly keep
a Minister and educate his children as
they sllorld he educated.
The benevolent collections have been
very fair, and up to the average of 9TH
er years. DR.. Wight, in his report, Bit
terIy %denounces the odious Excise laws,
which have been the means of licensing
liquor saloons in Bridgeton and Mill
vile, to the great indignation of the
residents of those cities.
Tie Christian Endeavor Society and
the Epworth League were reported as
doing good work in the churches in the
district.
The Case of the missing minister,
George S. Sykes, of Long Branch. was
returned by the special committee of
investigation, which found sufficient
reason for demanding a church trial for
the accused.
At the opening of the business meet
ing on Saturday Bishop Walden made
4 very earnest address on the subject of
congregational singing: He said: "If
there is n thing outside of prayer
that l believe in it is congregational
singing. There is no end to the depth
OF good feeling it produces in a cODgre-
CATION, and the Church cannot do a
better thing than see that the congre-
CATION is supplied with hymn books.
don't care how many musical instru-
ments you consecrate to the Lord, hut
| don't want a choir to come between
the congregations and the singing in
our churches"
Reference vas made by resolution TO
the celebration of the semi-centennial
OF Reys. A. L. Ballard, George Hughes.
L. II. Stokes, Robert Given and S. E.,
Post AS members of the Conference,
and 1t was decided to have a veterans
day" at the next session of the Confer
ence.
The following were elected to Elders
orders: A. l.. Iszard, Melville, E. Sny-
der, George +. Illman and J. L.. How
ard.
The following were elected to local
D%eacons' orders: Albert Swift, Samuel
G.. Johnson, William Adams, I. L.
Lowden, Elias Watts, Edward McFall
and Robert 7. Chipperfeld. The last
named is to go to Nebraska.
Fergus Slater and II. B. Wright were
advanced to Local Elders orders.
The following were admitted to full
Conference connection: Sherman G..
Pitt, s. Apologize, j.. L. Surtees, Spen-
Ger X. Moore, Joseph f. Shaw and
James II. Batten.
The Bishop addressed the last-nam-
ed class at great length, en%deavOriDg to
impress upon them the great RESPONSE
bility they were assuming in entering
the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In his address he said: mo
one can go into a Methodist Episcopal
church pulpit and preach any other
than Wesleyan doctrine without viO-
lating his obligations, and as soon as
you find youar re out of harmony with
the doctrines of the Methodist Episcop.
al Church l advise you to seek some
other field of labor
Tie Bishop also referred to the prae-
tice of some churches in commencing
the morning service at ii O'Clock. In
concluding his address he said; ''That
practice is only a device of the devil.
If 10 80 does not find anybody but the
minister and the sexton in the church.,
my plan would be TO commence the
service"
The Treasurer of the Conference
Educational Society reported receipts
as S3S13 &c; disbursements, 1896 OF;
balance, SILT 20.
The committee on race track legisla.
ton reported the following resolutions
which were adopted.
WHEREAS, The Legislature OF the State of
New Jersey has, by its recent legislation, lega-
lized race track gambling, and has thus brought
deep disgrace upon our State and the virtue
I aud Ia Nlht nnEG of thA lnNln nj Ehn AEn
i. That we, the members otthe New Jersey
Annual Conference now assembled, do de-
nounce and brand with infamy those members
OF oug State Legislature who voted for this most
2, That we do here and now pledge ourselves
TO vote for no candidate for the Legislature or
for any other office IN the ensuing election to be
Leld in November next who does not stand
openly, expressly committed to vote for the I'M
70. That laying aside all party Affiliations
and combining on forces as patriotic, moral
and Christian citizens, we wilt do all in our
ieat any and all other candidates who do not
stand openly and expressly committed to vote
in the next Legislature for the immediate re-
neal OF this Infamous measure.
f"4. That Drs. j. b. Graw, Thomas Hanlon
and John Handley be apr Ointed by this Con
ference a committee to meet a similar commit
Tee to be appointed by the Newark Conference
to take steps by which the Methodism OF New
Jersey may be arrayed as a unit in opposition
10 lnis lHlqullouS ldMs
Saturday afternoon a large indigna-
ton meeting was held. Revs. j. +.
Smith, of Fairton, and Thos. Hanlon
made strong speeches.
On Sunday morning Bishop Walden
preached to a large congregation. The
following were ordained DeacOns:
James II. Batten, Spencer X. Moore,
John +. Lowden, Samuel c. Johnson,
Albert Swift, William Adams, Elias
Watts, Edward McFaul and Robert F.
ChipperfieId. The following were or
dained as elders: A Ledden Iszard,
James L. Howard, Melville L. Snyder,
George F. Illman, Fergus Slater and
Henry d. Wright.
CONFERENCE STATISTICS.
The report of Rev. j. II. Boswell,
the Statistical Secretary of the Confer.