The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-29
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ESTER, N. i.
blushing furiously at his faux pas, that
the Bishop covers the ground and we
have little to add" He then read this
@The missionary work of the Archdea-
conry has been carried on during the
past year by eight priests ana one ne la az
board of $3.50 to each worker.
Much valuable work is being done
which cannot be represented by hgureS,
known until the great day of final re-
ward. Some few particulars l feel
In Phillipsburg, which for years has
been a source of auxiliary to those most
interested. there has been decided groMtn
convention Rev. N. H. Martin. from the
diocese Of Northern Michigan, took
charge of the South Lake parish, ana
has been enabled 20 awaken an interest
among the people such as had not been
experienced before. The conversation
sidering the question of enlargement. A
parish house has been begun which,
when completed, will provide sorely
of parish workers. Twenty-seven per-
sons were confirmed at the last visi-
tation of the Bishop. and the
cant list has been increased from " to
WORK AT LAKE HOPATCoNG.
"The work at Lake Hopatcong AND VI
entity under the general direction OF the
Rev. William NJ. Piclsley; assisted by
the Rev. w. S. Barrows and a lay reader,
is also an encouraging featu IRE rtoa hos
been given to the diocese and was conSe-
Grated by the Bishop in August last. Ser
vices have been maintained regularly
cong Landing, with satisfactory results.
| The summer residents at the Lake have
port of his work, and there Is. every
| reason to believe that it will continue to
be self-supporting. 1t has never received
aid from the board.
tsQnce upon a ti4ae, how long ago I can
not tell, there was a church building and
a congregation in Aackettstowa. Unfor-
several years. The mission failed, died,
and SO far as known there was no post
| mortern TO account for the decease. Prob
ably it was the result OF that ommon
disease known as heart failure. I am
glad to say that there is a gccd nope OF
| IT'S resurrection. Mr.. Picksley reports
| tina he has found in HackettstoWn at
| least fifteen communicates, and they are
| most anxious to have church services. 1t
is much to be desired that the Board OF
Missions may be enabled to provide, Tor
the permanent re--establishment of cleri-
cal Services at that place"
The archdeacon again urged the need
for a general missionary or real arch
deacon, which he said was made plain by
the situation in Hackettstown. He re
ferred to the report of an archdeacon In
a ~neighbcring diocese, in reference to the
not while in office hold a parochial
ch !sTs;s t to be the =Ar -asehdeaeon walker con-
tinued, provides for an officer which
every diocese needs, who can relieve the
1 Bishop m from od many in eaf fss WI Wor K any fe gaps
seize and make the most of any oppor-
| tunity for new work. and, last, but not
ress of the work to the diocese at large.
IT know full well tina such an official
would be an added expense to the diocese,
taking in which we may expect to get
DELINQUENT CHURCHES.
Mr.. Edwin n Stevens of Hoboken read
the report of the Trustees of the Epis-
copal Church and a blank list of churches
tn p aFye fhs B Il s 3 salary' Grace 19 ING eh faeS
1892 n at was on the list With, a
in arrears in It's contributions to the Mis-
sion Fund. Christ Church. Jersey City,
What are we going to do With t foss
the Rev. Dr.. Holly Of Hacikensnack.
Its only, a moral obligation and not
a canonical one and there are no penal
4. Mann. secretary to the Missionary
very sws] Ihif It e aDG qsso t5ms f 81, H RsiPfsltissaf
don't want to disfranchise anyone, but
this convention should stop this prac-
m mes q Of nf the rd Board of Mis sas aRp0''D0A-
Although it is shameful that some,
9 meeE the ba ap nos i mase any ypa a9te tham, T T
s ad'as e''s asid the Il Rev Sne I. v af' Seoke IS n.
1t came though, nevertheless, when one
reverend brother grumbled at the small
oont,risbutbi S,1 81 from nm highly reSspeetsablea,
Osborne. ss Of Newa Ms.'er rectors GU Of large
that their parishes gave the c%anonicai
large suns every year to mIssionary
the debate and there was every pros
pect of a scrap when the Bishop inter
| teriously moved to hold a missionary
meeting on the evening of the %sconven-
That's the most ancient piece of
work. What's the use of it anyhow
said the Rev DR.. Holly of Hackensack.
everyone either asleep or out of the
building and he finds himself alone. hands
the collection plate to himself and goes
convention then proceeded to. ballot for
c0mmiftesoemRsma ir Thsss E Esfs f1sf5ed;-
nit, Presid Rev. Alexander Mann, Rev.
| Messrs. George s. Wylie, George G..
| F~relinghuysen, James M. X of
| Union Hill; r. Stevens. of Hoboken, and
| Robert A. Hewitt.
On Constitutions and Cancns, the Rev.
William Richmond, the Rev. DR.. William
M. Hughes, the Rev. Edwin A. White,
John B. Van Wagenen, F. G.. Freling-
Finance P. Edwards Johnson, Charles
| Elkin, George G. F-relinghuysen, George
8. Wylie, James R. Hay, Henry Hayes,
Standing Committee, the Rev. DR.. r. N.
Merritt, President, Morristown; the Rev.
| DIR. w. w. Hclley, Hackensack; the Rev.
William r. Jenvey, Secretary, Hoboken;
the Rev. N. Barrows, Short Hills; Henry
Hayes. Newark; Frederick w. Stevens,
! East Orange; Alfred Mills, Morristown;
d. s. Wood. Newark.
Delegates to the general convention, the
Rev. A. Schuyler, the Rev. George s.
Bennltt, the Rev. George N. Christian,
the Rev. William Richmond, the Rev.
z. B. Garter. the Rev. Mr.. Walker, the
Fletcher D; G. Wightman, W. M. Frank
Supplementary duties, the. Rev. Johns.
| Clayton, the Rev. Mi1lidge Walker, the
| Rev. John Williams. the Rev. r.. NJ.
| White, J.. B. Van Wagenen, Alfred Mills,
| Cortlandt Parker G. X. Hitchcock.
Senator w. p DAILY viii make 9 Me-
~. AZ. C. a. Hall. Trenton.
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