The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-18
MR.. La RUE'S VINEYARD
He Does Not Like To Set
Pastor Meury Labor At
Snake Hill,

The subject of changing the chaplain of
the county institutions at Snake Hill is
causing much discussion among the mem
bers of the Board of Freeholders. A great
number of ministers and influential citizens
a short time g sent q petition to the
board to dismiss the Rev. E. A. Meury, who
is now chaplain, and reinstate the Rev.
Theodore La Rue. who was chaplain for
five years previous to Mr.. Meury, and who
assisted the Rev. Mr.. Souper for four years,
without any remuneration, previous TO TAX
ing charge himself.
A JERSEY City NEWS reporter called on
Mr.. La Rue yesterday. and asked him if he
was working to regain the chaplaincy.
YES" said he, II want to be chaplain
l worked hard and faithfully for over four
years without receiving one penny for my
work, just to help q poor old brother minister
to earn q livelihood, and after he died | was
appointed chaplain and performed my
duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of
everybody for nearly five weary. A little
over a year ago Mr.. Meury, whom they call
a pot house politicianD bpttonholed his
friend Doscher, and hat gentleman, at one
OF the meetings of the Board of Freeholders,
said: Gentlemen, | will be under great obli-
cations to you if you will appoint my friend
Mr.. Meury, chaplain of the county institu-
tions.'
HAD NO PULL.
"Well, you see, | had no one at the meet
ing to intercede for me, and the consequence
was Mr.. Meury was appointed. Now, Mr..
Meury has charge OF a church, and, in my
opinion, has not really the time to devote to
this work. For example, there is a Mrs.
Adams at the Aims House who told me that
Mr.. Meury has only visited her once since
he has been chaplain, and that is nov one
year. Another thing, when Mr.. Meury
first took charge he told the children that
he would have a Sunday school
for them IN a few weeks
but as yet he has not opened one. These and
many more complaints have been told to me
when 1 make my monthly visit, and many
of the poor folk out there want me back.
When | was chaplain | carried out a regular
programme for fifty-two Sundays in the
year, and for the whole four years | held
the position, without missing one Sunday"
Mr.. La Rue then handed mt a card with
the programme of his visitations as fol-
lows:-
Service every Sab~bath.-Pavilion Hospital, $50 A. III,
Penitentiary Chapel, 9.45 A. NJ; Aims House, l0.45 A.
Iii, s,O F. N.
Theodore La Rue, Chaplain.
1 then told him that Mr.. Meury said he
was willing that he should be chaplain again,
and that he tMr. Meury) would gladly give
up the position to him, if he was a regularly
ordained minister; but that Mr.. Meury did
not believe Ia any man who was not or
dained being chaplain. Mr.. LA Rue re-
piled by saying. ''Bosh, that's all nonsense;
why, look here, what's thati" and he handed
me a piece of parchment signed by Bishop
William x. Ninde Of the Newark Methodist
Conference and certified his ordination to
the ministry. It was dated April 8, 1894.
After l had read it he said, ''Now has Mr..
Meury any right to say that l am not a reg
ularly ordained minister, and will he now
resign the chaplainship in my favor? Well,
weI1 wait and see.p