The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-17
]. c. PRESBYTERY.
Spring Stated Meeting Con-
Vened in Paterson This
Morning.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
Reports of the Several Standing
Committees Jersey City Min
listers Present.

Presbytery of Jersey City was opened at ten
o'clock this morning in the Third Church, on
Grand street, Paterson. There were over
seventy clergymen present. The Jersey
City clergymen present were:-The Rev. M.
Hathaway, Westminster; the Rev. Mr..
Cronin, Second; the Rev. Mr.. Mitchell,
Scotch; the Rev. DR.. Herr, First; the Rev.
Thomas Houston, John Knox, and the Rev.
Mr. Garretson Of the Claremont Presby-
terian Churches.
The meeting was opened with prayer,
after which the roll was called. The Rev.
Mr. Wanderer of the First Presbyterian
Church of Paterson was then elected Mod
orator, and the Rev. Mr.. Taylor of Dundee,
stated clerk After the reading of the min
utes of the last meeting, the excuses from
the ministers VINO were unable to attend
were read, and the stated clerk gave re-
port of the routine work of his office for
the past six months. Reports were then re-
ceived from members of the Presbytery
who are at present without charges
There was no Jersey City member among
this number, the majority of the reports
coming from Paterson and the other smaller
towns in the Presbptery The nomination of
commissioners to the General Assembly,
which was next taken up, resulted in the
naming of the following members:-The
Rev. DR.. Herr, the Rev. Mr.. Ellis, the Rev.
Mr.. Galloway, the Rev. Mr.. Knedler and
Elders Robert Kerr, William A. Arnold,
William A. Gregory and Philip Meutrich.
It was decided to select the delegates from
these nominees by regular ballot at half past
two o'clock.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES.
The next order of business was the reports
ooI,<. fno
reported of its own work during the past
year. and of the works and need of the board
or committee represented.
The Rev. Mr.. Shaw of Paterson reported
for the Home Missionary Committee that
the committee had not been able to do much
work during the past year on account of
the financial stringency, and requested all
the pastors to make an extra effort during
the coming year to raise large
sum for mission work. He said
that the committee would ask
to raise sum of money in proportion to the
ability of the churches to raise funds. He
also reported that the membership of the
Womans' Missionary Societies in the Presby-
terry had increased to COB, and that the socie-
ties raised during the past year 81 ,423 for
missionary work.
Rev. Mr.. Hathaway of this city reported
for the Committee on Foreign Missions that
its work had also been seriously interfered
with by the depression in business, but that
it had been as active as possible. For For
eign Missions the womens societies raised
So, ,653, and DIR. Hathaway requested the
meeting to pass resolutions congratulating
the ladies upon the large sum raised.
The Rev. David Mitchell said that the
Presbytery should make an effort to enlist
the interest Of the congregations in mission
work ST know that the people of my
church need to be aroused. They do not
realize the importance of mission work and
number of mission workers should be Sc
cured to address meetings which should be
held at every church." The suggestion was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Mis-
sion.
The Committee on Ministerial Relief re-
Dol ted that only one application for relief
was received during the past year.
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK.
The Rev. Mr.. Garretson of the Claremont
Presbyterian Church reported for the Com
mittee on Publication and Sunday school
work He said that he was unable to give a
stastical report as complete record would
be due until next fall. He also spoke of the
plan proposed by the Synod Committee that
the Jersey City Presbyrery raise $4,000
of the 500, 600 required to carry on the work
in the United States, and that the Sabbath
schools of the Presbytery raise as their
share, $672 of this amount. Mr.. Garretson
recommended that the Sunday schools take
special collection on Childrens' Day for
this purpose.
The report of the Committee on Temper
ance came very near creating a lively politi-
cal discussion. The Rev. Mr.. Young. in his
report, said, among other things, that the
hope of crushing the liquor traffic is very
small when the politics Of the State are being
run by the saloon element This
statement aroused the Rev. DR..
Hathaway of this city, who began &c
make a red-hot Republican campaign speech
He said that the day had passed when the
saloon controlled politics, and that the
present legislative body is not influenced by
the liquor interest. He also spoke of the
effort now being made to establish tenn
perance teaching. in the public
schools, but after realizing that
no one was paying any serious attention to
his speech, he took his seat, somewhat ruff
fed By the cool manner in which his ora
torical effort was received.
At noon the delegates adjourned to the
lecture room of the church, where the ladies
Of the church served an excellent dinner.