The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
HIGH IDEALS.
Bright Addresses Before the
New Jersey UNIVERSAL
list Convention
Yesterday.
OFFICERS APPOINTED
Missionary Work in Japan Sue
notwithstanding Commit
tees Selected.

held yesterday afternoon in the FIRST
Universalist Church at Summit avenue
and Ivy place.
In the morning the New Jersey Young
Peoples Christian Union held its second
annual convention, a full account OF
which was given in last nights Jersey
City News" The Young Peoples con-
vention ended at noon, and the visiting
delegates, including the delegates to the
Universalists' convention, were enter
tanned al luncheon in the basement OF
the First Universalist Church by the Ia
dies of the church.
At one O'Clock the State Convention
was called to order by President j. r.
wing Benedict, of Jersey City, who pre-
sided throughout the session.
The first thing upon the programme
was the organization for the ensuing
year, which was done by re-electing Mr..
Benedict president. and Mr.. c. F. Os-
good vice president. The other officers
were not elected until the close of the
session, as the Nominating Committee,
Which alone has the power to nominate
the candidates, had first to be appointed.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
President Benedict proceeded imme-
diately, upon his resuming the chair, to
appoint committees.
The Nomination Committee consisted
of Mrs. Scion Palmer, Mr.. c. B. Smith
/ and the Rev. Costello Weston. The
| other committees were the Auditing,
| composed of Mr.. c. C. Blauvelt, Miss
| Birmingham and Mrs. George Hougn; the
Election Committee of Rev. e. c. Mason,
| Mrs. Z. w. Wooiley and Miss Colby;
the Religious Committee, Rev. c. III.
Vail, Mr.. Louis Ames and Mrs. Ella
Wyckoff; and the Unfinished Business
| Committee composed of Rev. w. D.
Grove, D. D., Mrs. Rev. Costello Weston
and Mrs. H. G. Rue.
After the appointment of the various
committees the communion and devo-
tional exercises were held, and the adj
dresses of the several ministers heard be
fore tile business of the convention was
again resumed. The communion service
was presided over by Rev. Charles H.
Vail. pastor of the church.
Following the communion service. an
| excellent sermon upon Universalism was
| preached by the Rev. E. G.. Mason. of
| Heightstown.
AN INTERESTING SERMON.
The preacher took for his text, Prove
All Things: Hold Fast That Which Is
| Good, First Thessians, ". q, and
| Wherefore By Their Fruits Ye Shall
Know Them Matthew VII, 20.
'"The influence and aims of UNIVERSAL
ism is my subject" said the speaker.
"It is claimed that some form of reli-
gious belief is not only natural, but is
to man a necessity. Whether this be
true or false, there can be no disputing
the fact hat at present, as in the past,
the great majority of mankind have
some conception of a higher power than
themselves. the duty or helpfulness of
worship. and the existence of a life
which continues after the dissolution OF
the mortal body. Man is 50 constituted
intellectually hat he cannot confine him
self to a. simple pit of those
crude, rudimentary principles which are
revealed to him rather by intuition than
by thought. Thus around the central
framework of intuitiye faith men have
erected innumerable systems of religious
thought. In these systems they nave en-
bodied, to a certain extent, their own
theories and Interpretations of the reve-
lations which we have of divine things;
the sky in its bosom, so does a religious
faith reflect pack the conceptions, as
~pirations and ideals of those who ad-
considering these. things, we may well
ask, What are ideals of our faith?' Are
they high or low? DO they require
muCn or little 6IIOTC III OIdcl u dLtdAli
to them?' Are they worthy of the ac-
c~eptance of those who would attain to
the best thdnss? Upon our reply to
these questions bo s depen snv m nabar s ToT
which plants its banner higher up the
mountain peak of attainment, then our
faith is doomed. and justly. to ultimate
THE preacher then told of what Uni
yersalism taught. How it taught OF a
God perfect in justice. in love and IN
WORK IN JAPAN.
Rev. Mr.. Mason was followed by Rev.
j. Wallace Cate, a missionary from
Toxic. Japan. who gave a short outline
Cate said shat when the UnlvefSahsl
Church first sent a missionary to Japan
it told the missionary that u he could
establish one church in the country, they
(the home church, would be well pleased
and think thai their none and efforts
had not been spent in vain.
ssWell. brothers and sisters" continued
the missionary, "since the time that first
missionary landed in Japan, We nave
established Universalist missions all over
the Mikado's domains until we now
tons. Three are in Toxic and its imme-
date vicinity: one two hundred miles
from Toxic. in the Interior; TWO three
a northerly direction, and three scatter
ed throughout the empire in a south
westerly direction from the capital city.
RPGiCRS THESE IlGI6 ID u NJ 80 81
tion on an island south of Japan. So
Won can see we have a network of mis-
sions IN that small country, and we do
a great deal of good. To continue this
rood work we need funds, and ! ask you
on behalf of my brother and sister mis-
sionaries to respond literally when the
call for funds for foreign missions is
MISSIONARY NEEDS.
The business of the meeting was sched-
u,ed to be transacted after Rev. Mr.
Gates address,. but it was aga.n laid
over to give the Rev. Costello Weston
Of Hamonton an opportunity to deliver
his address upon ssOur Missionary Needs
Of the Moment"
Following his remarks. the Rev. Marion
Crosley of Brooklyn and the Rev. DIR.
Grove of Newark spoke upon the adj
visibility of raising the necessary funds
to sustain the missions already estab-
The business Of the convention was
then resumed and the reports of the
yavious committees which were APP
pointed in the forepart of the meeting
were received.
OFFICERS NOMINATED.
The Nomination Committee reported
that they had decided upon the Rev.
| Costello Weston for secretary: Mr.. c..
n. Norton for treasurer. and Messrs
solon Palmer a J Nswb.lry and Louis
Ames for trustees. The first two trus-
tees to serve three years M the latter
two years. The other above mentioned