The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-08
METHODIST CHANGES
Transfers That Will I'm
doubtedly Be Made at the
Annual Conference.
THOSE AFFECTING JERSEY CITY.
Topics to be. Discussed-Right of
Women to Take Seats as
Lay Representatives.
THOSE AFFECTING JERSEY CITY

The attention of every Methodist is di-
rected now towards the annual conference
to be held on April 4, in Newark. In nearly
every church throughout the district the
last quarterly conference of the year has
taken place and the members have viewed
the work of the year and made plans for the
year about to begin. Presiding Elder Faulks
of the Jersey City district has been actively
engaged during the past month in presiding
at these conferences in his district. The
main business at this wind-up meeting is the
question of the pastors stay. Here comes
the opportunity TO get rid of a pastor not in
harmony with his people. The usual pre-
sumption in matters of pastoral changes Is
that when a minister wishes to stay and his
people want him he will remain. But the
Bishop and-his cabinet have the real say in
the matter, and ever if a congregation de-
sires a minister to continue this governing
power NAV for the good of the church make
the change.
Theoretically in the Methodist Episcopal
Church the term is one year for a minister's
stay and the fartheSt possible term is i've
wears and in this district there hap
pens this year to be only one minister
whose term of five years has expired. This
CAST IS ULtdU OIL Uu6 PdSbOl VI vi uOhO M
Church.
JERSEY CITY
In the Jersey City district, which, by the
way. is 100 miles in length and extends north
as far as Port Jervis, and embraces towns
not only in New York State, but Pennsyl-
wanna, there will be few changes this year.
THE News a few days ago mentioned a few
| of those changes, but below is a complete list.
OF course some of these changes are proba-
bilities, others possibilities and all of them
are dependent on the work of the Bishop and
his cabinet. So far, however, as the several
quarterly conferences ave determined these
may be considered as accurate:
Jersey City: Centenary Church, Rev. j.
w. Dally-Mr. Daily will be transferred,
but to what charge is not yet determined.
st. Pauls-Rev. VIM. Eakins will be trans
ferred.
Linden Avenue, Greenville-Rev. w. S..
MCGOWAN will be transferred and it Is posi-
BILE he may &c to Staten Island.
~Trinity-Rev. John Krantz may leave.
His people want him to stay.
Grace, Tonnele avenue-Rev. DR.. M. L.
Gates may go out West. He has been in
yited back.
Emery-Re3M D. R. Lowrie and in all
probability continue.
Hedding-Rev. J. c.. jackson, it is hoped,
will remain.
Janes-Rev. T. Fl. Jacobus will continue
another year.
Lafayette-Rev. G. E. Little will continue
next year.
Palisade-Rev. E. N. Crasto stays another
year.
Simpson-Rev. Daniel Halleron will con-
tinue another year.
West Side avenue-Rev. DR.. John Atkin-
sons has been invited to stay another year.
He will remain.
Bergen Point Church-Rev. Frank Chad
wick will be transferred
First Church, Hoboken-Rev. J.. w. Mar
shall will go to Camden, and Rev. A. B.
Richardson of the Camden Church will go
to Hoboken. 1t is an even exchange.
OUTSIDE
Outside of Jersey City the changes are
few.
In Nyack, Rev. E. G. butcher, formerly
of Grace Church, Jersey City, will possibly
be transferred.
At Port Jervis, the church was DESTROYED
by the steeple falling down, and a new
building is in course of erection. Rev. J.
w. TAYLOR, pastor, will be transferred.
In Coleville, Sussex County, Rev. Fl. G
Thompson will probably leave.
All the remaining churches in the district
will continue their pastors.
TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED.
Apart from the appointments n trans
fers, generally Methodists are interested in
the matters to be discussed at the approach
ing conference. One of these will
be the desirability of making con-
stitutional changes in the church as
to the representation of ministers
and laynlen in the conference. By far the
most attractive subject to be talked about is
the right of women to take seats as lay
Representatives of their churches in the
conference. This will arouse a great deal of
discussion, and the ladies have a large num-
Der of champions in their behalf. One of
the warmest advocates of the matter is a
very estimable lady of Jersey City, who, in
speaking npon this question, said
are glad to ask us to get up fairs, teas and
other plans for raising money, but when we
ask to vote they say, oh what do women
1rnow IF ohurch matters anvwavIn