The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-06
be appointed to consider the reconstruction
Of the lines of the Jersey City and Paterson


The Jersey City district which is nearly
one hundred miles in length and embraces
within its confines towns In New York and
Pennsylvania States, as well as goodly
slice of New Jersey, is SO struggling and IN
trades into districts governed by the New
York, New Jersey and Wyoming lPeDnsyl-
vanial conferences that Presiding Elders OF
| the district have often kicked because of the
difficulty in visiting all points within the
| charge. The same Inconvenience applies 70
to the Paterson district. The Rev. ]. F;
| Dodd's motion is to effect sort OF
religious gerryinander, and proposes 70 nr1ng
! the lines OF Jersey City district and the Fat.
erson district into better geographical posi-
uon. For this purpose he suggested that
committee of three be appointed to confer
with the General Conference Committee, and
/ through that body with the New Jersey,
New York and Wyoming tPennsylvania)
4 Conference, as to a more reasonable ADJUST
| ment vecatG questio.
| The motion was seconded and carried, and
| Acting President Van Bensehoten appointed
as such committee The Rev. j. F. Dodd,
secretary of the conference, the Rev. j. b.
Faulks sPresiding Elder of Jersey City dis
| trict and the Rev. s. P. Hammond, late Pre-
siding Elder of the Paterson district.
Bishop Ninde entered here, and resumed
| his presidency over the conference
| The Rev. Morris d. Church, Chairman of
the Sustentation Fund. probed a hornets
nest, when he reported that he had been un-
| able to secure contributions In sufficient
amount to warrant its distribution in a way
| it should be. He, therefore. offered this
! resolution
L s'Resolved, That the amounts contributed
| to the Sustentation Fund be returned to
those who have contributed to it, a pro rata
| deduction being made for expenses"
| DIR. Church said that the amount receiv ed
| would simply be an aggravation. There
| are only forty-three members of the confer
| ence and three churches who had contributed
The fund Is to assist ministers who get less
thon 5000 per annum.
| The Latin maxim Of SO many men. so
many opinions was beautifully exemplified
| when Dr. Church finished. Amendments,
amendments to amendments followed like
| lightning. Even the bishop ventured to take
/ part in the discussion suggesting that the
| money be kept by the secretary of the fund
until next year; but the Rev. DR.. Lowrie OF
Jersey City moved the previous question,
| and after close vote DIR. Church's motion
was adopted.
Immediately following the above another
| editor got in his fine advertising work. This
was w A. Spencer of the Christianity In
| Earnest. If his paper isn't in earnest he
| certainly showed he is, because he walked
up and down aisles soliciting subscriptions, at
the same time telling the brethren what
very excellent paper is the one be controls
| and how much better Christian ministers
| they will be if only they will forward to
him the sum of one dollar per year for sub
scriptions. The brethren are becoming tired
of these advertising lodges and continued
demands for their scanty and hard earned
dollars. Indeed, one of them said to the
NEWS reporter:-"Thisi is laying it on little
| too thick Each year it becomes worse.
| Why, to subscribe to this, to give to that,
we ministers ought to have purse as large
| as Vanderbilt
NEWARK DISTRICT REPORT.
The Rev. S. Van Benschoten, Presiding
| Elder of the Newark district then presented
| his annual report, which gave great satisfac-
| tion, if one could judge by the applause of
| the conference, particularly when it stated
''that the district had given more to the
cause of missionary work this year than In
any other year of its history"
The report began by stating that within
the bounds of his district there are 4S
charges, So churches, SO Sunday schools. Al
Chapters of the Epworth League and 8
Christian Endeauer Societies Forty of
these charges are appointed by the bishop
and eight are supplies Four of these regu-
larly appointed have reached the full limit
of their present pastorates: five, the end of
four years; ten, three years; ten, two years,
and eleven churches one year. Speaking of the
different charges, the report states that Ar
lington celebrated the twentieth anniv iversary
of its organization on October Is last. Inn
proyements have been made on Basking
| Ridge charge Bernardsville mourns the
| death of George j. Seeny, its most liberal
| supporter.
OF the Newark churches the report stated
that Central Church. by a system of system
attic visitation, had made nearly 1900 calls
has deminished its debt to $4,000.
Eighth avenue, has bad lgracious revival,
and paid $500 on its funded debt Franklin
street has expended 81 400 in renovations.
Roseville has purchased new ground costing
s., 800, and paid off $500 on its debt. st.
Luke's has added new front and gallery
costing $22. 900. st. PauPs has raised 800, 900
to pay off its mortgage. The church and
parsonage is now worth $l5O,00
The probationers of the Newark District
number at least ], ,136, and full membership,
11,72l There has been raised a sum for
building and improving churches, 5000,
and paid on old church property $45. .667.
Last year the amount raised for benevolen-
ces was S15, ,767 while this year there is an
increase of 81 900.
Finally the report concludes :-"Our
preachers and people have continued to lift
up their voices like a trumpet against fraud
in high places, race tracks, gambling and
the liquor traffic" loud applause1
ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
The presiding elder made brief reference
to the fact that this report Is his sixth and
last. Many hattering things were said to
DIR. Van Benschoten BY the brethren on his
handing up the reins of Office.
81 never had the honor Of being pre-
siding elder,n said Bishop Ninde, addressing
DR.. Van Benschoten, "but l often wish /
was retiring presiding elder [mucn laugh
teri, especially when the ministers make
such excellent presents as the one I am
about to hand to you from the brethren and
ministers of your late district Here the
bishop handed the retiring elder purse
| with five double golden eagles ts10O in it. A
suitable response was made.
REPORT OF JERSEY DISTRICT.
On the call of the bishop the Rev J. B.
Faulks, presiding elder Of Jersey City dis
trict, read his report, which is as follows
1.-THE most salient and cheering feature of
our years history is the volume of CONVEX
| sions Conversions are reported from 40 of
| professed conversions. These are:-Trinity,
| Jersey City, 300: Midvale 1873; Port Jervs,
| 116; Hoboken, 1876; Simpson, Jersey City,
| 100: Spring Valley, 92; Stony Point, IS; st.
George, so; Emory, Jersey City, 55.
Seventeen charges report $40 CONVEX
sions They Allendale, Blooningdale,
Centreville and Greenville, Coleville, Gar
nerville. Grace Jersey City, Haverstraw,
Hedding Jersey City, James u. C.1, Lafay
cite u. C.), Monroe Memorial, Nyack, Otis
vile, Palisade (J.sC.), St. Paul's q. C.), Suf-
| ferns, Union Hill and Morning View
1.-THE range in number was from 90 at
| James IT, CT to A at Garnerville. Twenty
1 three charges swell the blessed total. Praise
| be to God
ssWhen charge ceases to win converts its
decline has begun About 1000 have been
received on probation. May our pastors and