The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
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Proceedings Of the African
Methodist Conference -Jer-
sey City Wants DR..
Biddle Back.
special to the Jersey citv Neus.

$3.50
special to the Jersey City Neus.
NEWARK, April q. 1S95.-A day-break
prayer meeting yesterday morning, led
by Brother NJ. D.. Anderson, at Zion A.
M. E.. Clinton Church Of the Stranger,
No. 9S Pennington street, was we'll at
tended. 1t was announced that Bishop
Hood would open the morning session of
the A. M. E. Zion Conference. and as a
result the church was rowded to it's ut
most capacity when the Bishop raped
for order at 10 o'clock.
The roll was called and the rules of the
| Church were read. After the introduce
ton of Rev. w. &C. Kinsey of the Dash
iell Memorial M. e. Church; Rev. e. D.
Decoss, South Market Street M. E.
| Church, and Rev. R. Haywood Stirt. OF
Philadelphia, the Bishop addressed the
meeting explaining his continued abb
sence. He reminded the delegates thai
this was the day set for the election or
delegates to the general conference.
A letter from Rev. John Quincy Adams
of Harrisburg, Pa, fraternal delegate of
the Philadelphia and Baltimore confer
ence, was read. He reviewed the work
in his charge and wished the conference
Godspeed.
The Committee on Temperance reported
vehemently against the use of tobacco in
any form. and showed that intemperance
was unknown in the ministry of the
Church, and that much good work had
been accomplished during the conference
year.
Rev. E. G. Clifton of New York. was
introduced and made a brief address on
church work in Gotham.
The report of the Committee on State
of the Church provoked considerable dis
cussion. The statistics submitted show
tina Zion has six Bishops, tnirty-four
annual conferences. 1850 ministers. 411.562
members, 1915 Sunday School teachers.
10S, $50 Sunday School scholars and prop
erty valued at $S,06S, TAG. so.
Bishop Hood was then asked to decide
whether or not a church had the right to
elect any membe OF the congregation as
a delegate to the annual conference. 1t
| was decided in the affirmative. Just what
rights a probationer has in a church
meeting was a theme that interested every
lady. Brother Ti1ghman intimated that
it was a common practice for the kick
ers in a church to bring in a lot of out
siders to vote on church matters, and
that the outsiders claimed the right to
vote because they were on probation and
had bought festival ticket and the like.
Bishop Hood defined the rights of pro-
bationers, and said that one paid for
tickets wouldn't count hereafter. Any
man connected with the church who paid
all the regular taxes was entitled to vote.
JERSEY TO GET THE BISHOPS.
William H. Harris, of this city, made
the chief address of the day in asking
for the return of Rev. J. H. Mason to
zion A M r. Clinton Church of the
Stranger. He created a great laugh by
$3.50 49, ~ ongregation wanted
Mrs. Mason also.
.,sba,s Of inst as much use to us as
ber bushand and we want them both
back again." he said.
After tbe reading of of unim-
49, 49, hanad;o+;on
was pronounced by Dr.. Decker, and the
o9nfe Tsa . adjourned SESSION aef lni the ,ncom-
plete statistics prepared for the use
of the conference were submitted. show
ing the following amounts collected by
the various congregations for their pas
tors-
'o.s p,.,, eA,. "a. A+,ontic c,tv
$500: burlington. $3.50: Camden, 500;
Eatontown $40: Englewood. s45. S3; Elem
isaton 90. sI HsoLansant ga 80. Jersey
City, s7O0; Lakewood, s1@; Lodi, $40;
Matawan, 1915; Newark, $3.50; Paramus,
$120.S7 Paterson, S559.01; Pine Brook, $3.50;
Red Bank, $3.50; Riverton, SIPS. so; Ridge
wood, S175; Somerville, S70e.
William Ringle, of Camden, addressed
the Bishop. asking for the return of
Rev. DR.. J. A. D. Bloice to Wesley A.
NJ. E.. Zion Church in that city. Rev.
Mr.. Stitt, of Philadelphia, in a witty
speech, impressed the Importance of Mr..
Ringle's remarks as to the return of
DR.. Blo;ce.
1t is understood that DR.. Bloice will be
presented to the General Conference at
Mobile, Ala, in 1896, for a Bishops post.
He is slated for election as a delegate
to that conference, and as New Jersey
IS to have at least two new Bishops, he
is thought to be reasonably certain to
secure one of the posts.
The session yesterday was taken up
entirely by the reading of reports from
the various churches represented in the
Conference. Mount GIVE Church, of
Kinkora, asked to continue under the
care of the A. M. E.. Zion Church at
Trenton and DR.. Edmunson its pastor;
at Sonlervlile. asked for the return Of
Rev. E. M. Stanton
JERSEY CITY MINISTER BREACHES.
Delegate Samuel Carney, from Red
Bank. prayed for the return of Pastor T..
D. White; Walter Richardson reported
That the church at Eatontown wanted
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