The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-17
CONGREGATIONAL
Annual Meeting of the State
Association in Session
in East Orange.
JERSEY CITY DELEGATES PRESENT
Progress Of Wayerly Church in
Sunday School Work Very
Pronounced DIR. scud-
der's Address.

w hen the twenty-Slxth annual meoJ1ng OF
the Congregational Association of New Jer-
sey was convened this morning at half-past
ten o'clock at the Trinity Congregational
Church of East Orange there were in the
auditorium of the handsome new structure
nearly one hundred delegates from the var
ious churches throughout this State and
Pennsylvania, Maryland and District of
Columbia. Retiring Moderator, Rev. John L.
Scudder of the Tabernacle, this city, opened
the business session. Preceding it there
was half hour of devotion lead by the Rev.
William T. Pannell of Morristown.
Mr.. Scudder called for the nomination of
moderator for the ensuing year; The Rev.
Dr. c.. H. Richards of Philadelphia was
selected and the Rev. William /. Sweet was
chosen scribe.
THE DELEGATES WELCOMED.
The Rev. Fritz W Baldwin of Trinity
Church extended q welcome to the delegates.
He said:
1T il. very delightful task have to
welcome you to East Orange. 1t is a long
time since the association has met in our
town. We are happy because we have a
new house Of worship where you may gather.
You must excuse us if we seem proud of our
structure, for we have been long time
building it and now that we have accom-
plished our endeavor we point to it with sat
isfaction
'sI endeavored last Sunday to tell my con-
gregation what our society is, but when l
attempted had to give it up, for it seemed
as if we included all other parts of the
United States besides our own State, New
Jersey. As / look out upon the life of the
church and what we stand for, our policies,
faith and opportunities, it seems that we are
growing faster sometimes than we have a
conception Of Wemay sometimes in dark
ness, but little by little the light dawns upon
us and we see opportunities to establish a
better work. We gain encouragement
through our work. And as we go out upon
another years work we may take occasion
to congratulate ourselves"
Rev DR. Scudder then delivered an ex-
ceedingly interesting address on ''The Elm
nation of the Distinction Between the
Sacred and the Secular"
The Perth Amboy, Philadelphia Park,
Haworth, Nj, and the East Orange
Swedish Free Congregational Churches
were admitted to membership in the associa-
tion.
THE SEcRETARY's REPORT.
Rev. Cornelius H. Patton, of Westfeld, the
corr esponding secretary, submitted his re-
port from which extracts are taken:-
"A new church has very recently been
organized at Nutley in this State, and will
doubtless soon ask for recognition. This
will be reported upon fully by the Committee
on Home Evangelzation. The church at
Monterey Pa, admitted last year. appears
for the first time in the,statistics. The name
of the Newfield Church will be missed, as
dropped by vote last year. Since that action
was taken, Rev. Charles Wiley has passed
away.
1--WE have lost one pastor by death during
the year, the Rev. Edward A. Lawrence,
pastor of the First Church in Baltimore.
'sThe year has been steady one as to
changes in the pastorate, there being but
eight removals The changes have been as
follows Frederick A. Sly6eld from Coytes-
vile, Frederick Osten from Warrenville,
Owen Enoch from Frostburg, J. F. Nicholas
from Elizabeth n G. Christensen from
Perth Amboy, L. Gross from Rawley, Elias
B. England from Chester, Bella N. Seymour
from Washington Fifth.
1.-TWO acting pastors have had their rela-
tionship exalted by installation during the
year--Josiah H. Jenkins, at Falls Church,
and Edward T. Root at Baltimore Second
Two new pastors have been installed-Lin-
coin B. Goodrich, at Bound Brook, and
Charles G. Clark, at Elizabeth
siThree ministers have been settled as act
ing pastors-Stephen w. Ladder at Coytes
vile; Edward Gottlieb at Hawley, and Rob-
ert B. Haskell at Gutenberg.
1.-TWO brethren are serving churches as
icentiates-Felix Brandt at Perth Amboy,
| anu O0OFSH DOW0IS dt w
ssThe membership of our churches on the
31st of last December, the date of the re-
turns, was 9,Os2, within is of 10000. The
net gain over the year before is 474; and
1,08S were received into member
bership The Washington First remains the
largest church. with membership of
9l5. The five churches receiving
during the year are, Washington First, 124;
Newark First, 70; Montclair, 81; Monterey,
upon organization 81; East Orange First.
54 The five churches receiving the largest
additions upon confession OF faith are,
Monterey, upon organization) 81; Washing
ton First, 81; Jersey City First AZ; Jersey
City Waverly, 20; Newark First. 2o; East
Orange First, 49,
sour churches have given during the year
to outside objects, S50,532, an average of
s.. SO per member, which is very high aver
age, as averages CO. 1t is unfortunate, how
ever, that falling off of So, 425 over the
year before must be reported. This IS not
| the result of hard times, or of a general les
sening of benevolence, but to a large falling
| off in one of our most benevolent churches,
| owing to unavoidable causes. Leaving this
! church out of account, we have made gain
of s., ,5S3; so that the general tendency has
been toward increased giving.
aAbility to give differs so in various
| churches that it seems almost uncalled for
| especially as any method of classification,
| which our data makes possible, will rule out
| certain churches which ought to be counted
| the most benevolent, their deep
| poverty abounding unto the riches OF
| their liberalityo But as these
| lists have been received with favor in for
mer years, they will be inserted as usual
| The five churches giving the largest amounts
are.-Montclair, Sl9,065; Washington First,
S5.7S2: Philadelphia Central, $4.578; West
| field. SIS. 3S3; Orange $2,521. The five
| churches giving the largest sum per member
are:-Montclair, $26.10; Westfeld, S2398
Glen Ridge, S1443: East Orange Trinity,
| S11 1.04; Orange, SO, 49,
"In Foreign Missions, the five churches
giving the most per member are as follows:
Westfeld, $B6S; Orange, S3.35, Montclair,
50 26; Philadelphia Central, $1.71; Plain
| field. 1.35. In Home Missions the list runs
| thus:-M -Montclair, S7.06 per member; Chat
ham, $4.62; Westfeld, S4.58; Glen Ridge,
/ S3.91; East Orange Trinity, $3.50.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
| SIT is pleasant to note that the Sunday
/ School statistics are becoming more complete
and accurate every year, which would seem
| Sunday School organization. During the
| past year we have made gain oi
| asa members in our schools, which
| is not as large as it should be-
/ being considerably behind the gain of the
| year before 1t is customary to mention the
1--we largest schools. They ares Montclair
GIG; Washington First, 514; Philadelphia
Central, 1885, Jersey City First, 43Q Jersey
City Waverjly364. The coming OF the last
mentioned Church into this list is cause fol
i general 4.ainia;1y as Is also its appearance IL