The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-09
APPO|N I TMENTS.
Close of the Newark Meth
odiSt Conference This
Morning.
BISHOP HURST READ THE CHANGES
Memorial Services Held Yes
terday in Honor Of De-
ceased Pastors.
Criticizing the Epworth League
Mr.. Rusby Admitted as a
Student.
BISHOP HURST READ THE CHANGES
special to the Jersey citu Ne,us.


-5og ToTTENvILLE. April 9. 1S95.-All yes
.elferday afternoon brethren of the Metho-
"a dist Confer .ence engaged in solemn me-
Z mortal services in honor of those who
died since the last meeting of the Con-
ference.
Bishop Hurst presided, and nearly
every member was present in addition to
a well-fflled gallery of friends of the
members.
Obituaries of the following We're read
Rev. Mr.. Jacobus, formerly pastor of
James Church, Jersey City; Rev. Mr..
Calmpfield, Rev DR.. Strong, Rev. Martin
Herr, Mrs. John A. Porter, of Newark;
Mrs. Gilbert Winans and Mrs. J. e. Han
cock. Rev. DR.. P. s. Bascon made the
prayer for the dead. and the Bishop
spoke in tender words of his relations
with the departed brothers and sisters.
These services consumed so much time
that by general consent by adjournment
& was taken until seven o'clock to finish
as far as possible the business work of
Z the session. It was also agreed to hold
the final session this morning, when the
appointments will be read.
This matter of the appointments IS
giving the Bishop and his able cabinet
no small degree of trouble. There are
of which new and vigorous pastor is
absolutely a sine qua non. One OF these
is the big Market Street in Paterson.
Bishop Hurst requested Rev DR.. Low
rie. of Emory Street Church. Jersey City,
TO take hold there, and Mr.. Lowrie OBJ
, tanned permission 10 deliberate. In the
aflneantime his friends in Emory Church
eheard of this and sent yesterday morn
4 ing the following gentlemen to see DR..
t.owrie and induce him to remain in Jer-
7 Fey City-NIessrs. c. ". Roberts. F. A.
| lfallalieu. H. H. Chamberlain and C. V.
ofuthiIl.
Z. DR. LOWRIE WILL REMAIN.
81 The result of a long interview with
ISdr. Lowrie was that their pastor asked
THE Bishop to release him from the offer,
<xand. consent being given. he will remain
N Emory Church another year
{ 1.-THE church which Bishop Hurst offer
Asy- 1lx. Lowrie is the largest and most
influential in the district, and pays $3.50
a year more than Emory does to her
pastor; but DIR. Lowrie, with sense of
duty that does him infinite honor. pre-
fers to remain in a charge where there
is more work to do.
INTERESTING DEBATE SHELvED
The resolution disapproving of the use
of individual cups at communion ser
vices in Methodist churches. handed up
in the morning by Reg J. de T. H Hays
Bishop. Mr.. Hayes secured the services
Of Rev. Dr.. Langdon, of Bordentown
lutlon. But some of the presiding elders,
foreseeing the hot debate that Mr.. Hayes
motion would inevitably produce. at the
business, induced the Bishop to put it
on one side, which was done, with Mr..
nass 4 0oSSS1i coNFERENcE BABY.
Rev. W. S. MCGOWAN, formerly pastor
OF Linden. Avenue CHURCH Gresnyille,
ys yeaserday Mss aS RRsaisa Rs
paid him many a c9mpl5imeHts gl5n en- on his ele
An interesting little stranger of the
genus baby, sex male, arrived in Totten-
Mrs. Travers King, and very soon the
fact was noised about in the gossip
room Of the conferenee The baby mas
Rev DR.: ,Langdon, of Bordentown Mill
high. compliment from the Bishop be-
cause of his purchase of the Borden
town Female, College, with the assistance
hold the college until a suitable man can
be found to carry on the college as d
first-class ladies' seminary.
Before the evening session, Conference
s. Grant, formeriy elder Of the hem Methodisa 5sfH
RnsBY cnnTsa dNe6ENT 9oGssfSyn opENnb
fairly opens when Rev. Dr: aAiezander
Craig stirred up the case of Samuel Q.
didate for local orders, who was discon-
because ] < of ar an adverse report ar from 1.-THE the
Conference Qualifications Committee. DR..
Craig moved to reconsider the. action of
TO withdraw, because an injustice had
been done. When the motion was
oT about p td OPPOSE nsx r. r when broSeT
asked if Mr.. Rusby was present.
IF Mr.. Rusby is present he will at
Rusby, who was sitting in a rear seat,
got up, and. with a very red face, left
an old friend of the. young mans family
and knows the candidate very intimate
a he tpr. 5o Langdon) arrived arrived aaon, At the CON-
clusfon that he was not qualified to act
as an itinerary preacher.
1uding to Mr.. Rusby remaining. in the
room during the debate, shows he lacks
No. No! Nor. cried many of the
notwithstanding vigorous opposition,
ference plunged once more into the dis
cussion of Brother Rusoy.'s admission
into fun sonnexion, EyeIybSdy wanted
change @ in their decision, that he was NOT
aaannsWS WHAT e Pc IS : THE n1hlS'fai 'RfahiAsoNs
Revs. Langdon, Barnes, Palmer, Buttz.
Gutteridge and Halleron took opposite
able. clever and good, yet he lacked
something but that something they care
fully refused to state. After an exhaus-
tive debate, s. o. RuSby was continued
as a third-year student.
Objects TO THE EPWORTH LEAGUE
Before the close OF last nights heavy
business session, which lasted until after
ten O'Clock the Epworth League report
was read, and occasioned a mild protest
from Rev l.. r.. Dunn, who thinks that
the League is drawing too many of our
Young men out Of the church. He thinks
there are some abuses in the League
which need correction, and urged minis
ters to look upon the League with care
'1S This Is nettied usi Revs. Langdon, Halleron
and others. who as sharply as is con-
sistent with ministerial poiiteness, re-
proved the brother for his depreciation
Of the services of the League The re-
port ultimately went through.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
A godly number of the pr6Acher We're
delayed this morning IN attendance bg
usually arrives at 7A5 a. M did not
reach the slip until after eight O'Clock.
The captain couldn't dnd the island m