The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-31

STATE BAP9ISTS MEET
The sixty-ffth Annual Conven-
ton Opens in PIainfeld.
Special to the Jersey Citn Ne,rs.

PLAINFIELD, Oct. 81, 1S94.-The Rev.
George L. Horn, one of the Vice Presi-
dents of the New Jersey State Baptist
Association, opened the business meet
ing OF the sixty-fifth annual State con-
~vention in the First Baptist Church of
this city at ten o'clock yesterday morn
ing. There was an abundance Of flow
ers on the pulpit, and festooned about
the pulpit platform punches Of chrysan-
kthemums stood out, looking very bright
and pretty against the dull green of
pllmsae2Rare potted plants were there
in profusion.
The Rev. DR.. Yerkes, pastor of the
church, made a brief address of well
come, during which he said that this
was the second time that the State con-
vention had been held in the church.
The report of the Rev. DR.. A. G. Law
son on the new constitution was then
read. The new features of the consti-
tuition are to broaden the work of the
association, and they were taken up and
fully discussed at the convention held
last year at New Brunswick.
The Rev. DR.. j. A. Chambliss read the
report of the American Baptist Publica-
ton Society, which stated that the total
receipts of the year amounted to about
s21, 900. F~orty-nine new publications were
issued during the twelve months, acne
of which have been Extensively Sec
tartan" The report was adopted.
TEMPORARY COMMITTEES.
. These temporary committees were then
Observation-Disclosures, w. ssW. Case,
8. Bracket, P. R. Letson, James Blu
chanan, H, A. Greismer, A.. H. Fem
bourne, j. E. Sageber; Enrolment, II.
G. Mexican. w. H. Shermer, J. e. Dyer,
T.. E. Vassar, ]. D. Connleyl Place. n
Preacher, j. A. Buchanan, c. e. Cordo
and J. w. Lyell.
The Committee on Temperance report
ed through the Rev. j. NJ. Hare. 1t is
stated that the chairman of the commit
tee had been asked to cooperate with
others in behalf of the Scientific Temper
ance Education law. He sent out 250
to carry out the work and received con-
tributions from twelve churches, the
total of receipts being $3S.59. The other
:hurches sent in their contributions in
the shape of prayers. In reading the
report Mr.. Hare stated that he thought
the Temperance Committee was a dead
letter and he asked that the committee
De dissolved. 1t was moved that the re-
port be adopted, but there was a protest
rom a rear pew. st move the report
oe not adopted" spok> out the delegate,
the committee should be continued"
There is no use of the committee"
7aid Mr.. Horn. I'VE meet year after
year and pass resolutions, and that is
al we do. If contributions are asked
for there is no response, and If a meet
.ng is called no. one responds, There
IS no use of a committee without CO..
operation. During the past year there
las been a vast field for temperance
work and yet nothing has been done"
Mr.. McMinn of Jersey City declared
that he knew that the Baptists of the
State worked for the temperance law.
If they did not respond to the request
IF the committee he believed in the con-
tinuation of the committee, no matter
f it did nothing but resolve.
The report was finally adopted, with
IN amendment that the committee be
continued.
The Rev. H. NJ. Lowrie of Newark
cad the report of the Committee on
Home Missions, which was down to be
year's receipts amounted to over $4,000
more han the year before.
1T is true" the report continued, 1--WE
nave received more legacies this year
to learn if the work of Christ is to be
lone with the money of the dead or
The living. The debt of the society has
been increased from 100000 last year
to $l2S,W TINS year we recommend That
zach pastor make a systematic cam
vass to secure contributions to this
fund.-
The report was adopted.
The Committee on Nominations filed
into the room and read a letter from
the Rev. T.. w. Ayres, the President of
The association, in which he stated that
he would be unable to continue in con-
vention work.
The discussion on the new constitu-
tion was then taken up item by item.
The first chang it was found, would
,ause a revision of the charter, and S.
Y. Hulse of Newark said the committee
had no right to do anything butschange
The bylaws. When item 4, which
,hanges the number of members of the
Board of Managers of the State Asso-
9sltion, was read there was an argu-
ment. The report was not c~oncurred
II. 1t was proposed to have ten IN
tead of seven