The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-02
CONVENTION WORK
Bishop starkey Talks of
His Recent Visit TO
Minneapolis.
DELIGHTED WITH HIS TRIP
Charitable Auxiliary Societies
Mrs. starkey's Sound Advice
to Politicians.
DELIGHTED WITH HIS TRIP

The tr1enn1al general convention VI unc
Protestant Episcopal, or as some would have
it called, the Holy Catholic Church of Am
erica, recently held a Minneapolis, is over
and the bishops and clergy have returned to
their dioceses and parishes.
The distinguished head of the Newark
diocese, which embraces the churches OF
Jersey City. Hoboken and B%ayonne, the
Right Rev. Thomas A. Starkey, DID,,
LID, arrived from Minneapolis on Satur-
day in excellent health.
A Jersey City News representative found
him last night in his charming home Airing
ton avenue, East Orange. Bishop Starkey
is greatly venerated by newspaper men. He
is thoughtful, kline and frank and always
ready to give them the fullest information
on diocesan affairs. He has a quaint old
school courtesy about him s~avoring OF the
ancien noblesse, which makes al interview
with him fascinating and agreeable.
~ am glad to see you," he said, ushering
his visitor into his library filled with ra re
and curious books, objets dart. artIles OF
vertu, and in all a delightfully."- cosy place for
study and rest. Seating himself on a sofa
near to his visitor he folded his arms and
said with a CHEEKY smile, 'Now | am ready,
proceed"
,sWell, Bishop, the Jersey City News
would like to hear something of your visit to
Minneapolis and the doings of the conven-
tion.n
sOh, you know l only got home on Satur-
day, but I did not come direct from that
great city. I stopped a day and a half IN
Chicago and a similar period in Albany,
where my wife has some relations. Now, as
to the work done in the convention. Let me
see. We recommitted, or rather referred,
to a new committee the new constitution
and canons, discussed and recommended in
diocesan conventions three years ago. a
is to say, they did not pass.
NEW DIOCESES CREATED.
ssThen we created a new diocese for North
Carolina and one for North Michigan. The
convention established a missionary jurist
diction in Alaska and elected a missionary
bishop, Rev. Peter f. Rowe, MA, to tina
33There is one thing which occurred during
the convention which gave us all great pleas
ure. and I think it is most remarkable. The
Women's Auxiliary societies of our church
1 CdIJG O26blOl LII NV L H. tSAA $1,000 N''~J '
in one of the churches there, and put IN a
united contribution of S54, 900 for the mission
ary work of the church." The Bishop paid
the highest tribute to these societies for the
work they are accomplishing. He then
sketched the formation of the convention.
There were two houses-the bishops and The
clergy and lay delegates.
s.The bishops he said, sat together with
closed doors in a large parish building CON
Meeting with Gethsemane Church. There
were seventy present, presided over by
Bishop Doane, of Albany, in the absence OF
Bishop Williams of Connecticut, who was
sick. In the lower house which met in the
church the clergy and laity assembled AMI
the relations of the houses and the methods
of conducting business are i'll the main anal
ogous to the Senate and House of Represent
atives in Congress. The lower house can do
nothing without the concurrence OF the up
per house of the bishops, and it is a pleasing
fact to be recorded that in everything per-
feet harmony prevailed.
rAmong the things done by the House of
Bishops was the changing of the title OF AS
sistant Bishop to Bishop Coadlutor.
s.Who were the clergy from the diocese
PRESENT."
sRev. DIR. George s. Bennitt, Of Grace
Church, Jersey City; Rev. George NJ. Chris
ton, OF Newark; Archdeaoon Millidge
Walker and Rev. Fred B. Canter, of Mont
Clair
~ Z 1
What were your impressions of the
churches in Minneapolis and the city gener-
allya,' his visitor asked.
Il declined many invitations TO preach
during my visit for several reasons, but as
to the city itself, Twas delighted with it. l
like Minneapolis, and | have singularly
agreeable recollections of it. 1t seemed
simply wonderful to see a city OF
nearly two hundred thousand inhabitants
with wide. paved streets, kept far cleaner
than our Eastern city Streets with great
stone commercial structures OF pleasing
architecture, and many of them are ten and
twelve stories in height. Many OF the shops
equal almost any OF the best in New York.
They have trolley cars throughout the town
and the business part of 1T is brilliant at
night with electric lights.
WONDERFUL GROWTH.
s:This is a city on the prairie and a gentle
man who vent there forty years ago
described it as a rambling village the
people were most agreeable and .hospitable
and as to the railroad service west OF Chi
cago it is almost luxurious. | can assure
YOU that every member of the convention
was delighted with Minneapolis"
81 observe, bishop, that the movement to
change the name of the church from
Protestant Episcopal to Holy Catholic
Church was not successfulg' the News" re-
porter asked.
~ don't like that title Protestant Episco-
l Il !. lGQu1l Xix AolS 10y AON6eA
discussed the titles and their derivations OF
all denominations, showing that the ancient
name OF Catholic had been used by the
church for 1900 years.
A MISNOMER.
The Church of England never called itself
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and |
cannot think it is a fair title for our church
in America. AS a matter of fact the church
protests against sin and wiclSedness and
nothing else"
"Why was the change not adoptedg" the
writer asked.
1.-THE proposition to charge the name
would have undoubtedly provoked suspicion
on the part of many people and it was
deemed judicious not to press it." the Bishop
replied.
Bishop Starkey was much interested in
the beautiful new Baptistry added to old
Trinity church, Hoboken, as q memorial of
the late John Stevens, at the dedication
ceremony of which he will o~ficiate. For the
next month there will be diocese work of
importance to arrange, and the Bishop has
already begun to clear away business which
accumulated during his absence. He has
been wonderfully improved by his trip and
is ready to plunge into church matters with
renewed vigora
AS the writer was about to leave Mrs.
Starkey entered the room. This lady, who
is respected and beloved by all who come IN
contact with her, was also at Minneapolis,