The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-31
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
The Methodist Conference
Pays Tribute to It's
Dead Brethren.
AGAINST SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS
The Last Day Lively With Politics,
Whiskey and An Independent
Party Movement.
AGAINST SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS
Special to ths Jersep Citu Nesas.

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those who have died within the year.
The memorial services as they are
called, consist of the reading of tine lives
of the dead brethren and the devotional
part OF the meeting is exceedingly sol
emn in its character. The proceedings
are heightened in their solemnity by the
presence of the families OF the deceased
ministers.
Church.. Jersey city, at the command of
Bishop Foss. presided. The first memo
rial read, written by the Rev. ]. H.
Knowles. was that Of the Rev. William
Day, who died July p, 1885. Following
were these:-The Rev. C. H. Bassett, who
died August 8. 1895. read by the Rev.
W. c.. O'Donnell: the Rev. Charles R.
Snyder, who died September s, 1885, read
by the Rev. L. R. Muller; the Rev. Mel
son A. Macnichol, died September 16,
1895, read by the Rev. H. Spellmeyer; the
Rev. C. A. Wornbough, died January 3,
1896. read by the Rev. l.. R. Dunn; the
Rev. Henry Littz. who died January 81,
1896, read by the Rev. Charles Waldron;
the Rev. L.. G. Griffith, who died Febru-
airy 5, 1896. read by the Rev. John l..
Hayes; the Rev. J.. O.. Winner, who died
March 4, 1896, was read by the Rev,
H. A. Buttz; Mrs. Bassett's memorial
was read by the Rev. DR.. D. R. Lowrie.
The session last night, in ST.
PauI's Church. arranged specially to
clear away the large mass of business,
was presided over by the Rev. Dr.. S. l..
Baldwin, in the absence of Bishop Foss.
who was locked up with his cabinet, ar
ranging the appointments concerning
which there is so much apprehension.
The pastors who will be transferred to
other charges have been during the past
four days in the l~iveliest state of ex-
Ncitement. The questions u-pper1nost in
their thoughts are:-'Where will the
Bishop send me?" rs he going to send
ms into the country or assign me to a
nice fat charge in a big city like Jersey
City or Newark?' Whenever a presiding
elder poked his nose into the ante-roems
a score Of anxious brethren would hold
him up, implore, entreat, beg and pump
him as to his knowledge of the all-.m-
portant appointments. Since the hours
are drawing nearer when the Bishop viii
reveal the secrets of the cabinet meet
5ngs, the life of a presiding elder is fast
assuming that described by ". L. Gil
bert, when he penned these immortal
Ines about the policeman.
Last night, however. each elder care
fully Stunned the ante-rooms, and as
fast as business would permit skedaddled
off to the Bishops temporary residence
and was seen no more yesterday. In
the meantime Chairman Baldwin held
the ministerial noses to the Conference
grindstone by ordering up reports and
standing committees.
One of the most important of these
was that of nominating committees
which named the standing committees
for 1881. These committees ares
Missions1John Atkinson, F. c. Baldwin.
F. a. Mason, w L. Hoagland, J. L..
Church Extension-J. W. Daily, L. c.
Muller, J. A. kingsbury, John Krantz,
Jr. c. s. Woodruff.
Deusen. r. NJ. Ayleswortn, B. o. Par
WIN, W. S. Coeyman.
Tracts-F. s. simmons. Richard Johns.
NJ fe M neaalsy. \. + 1. A siaaes {. vi i Irea &.
butcher, w. H. Mccormick, C.. c.
Winans, George Miller.
Meaehem, N. vansant. F. c. Cookman,
Freedman Aid and outhe Education
S. N Bebout, E. Clement.
Bible-S; F; Custard, C, F. Hull. A.. M.
Ps sanss;v v f,0 +. MOrganii 7 E: 1d aane0ek {
K. Dooiittle, c. Larew. T. c. Bascom, c..
x. Hutchinson.
Epworth League e. Howard e N.
Nominate Standing Committees for
5 i FrbeT E. MaE < sar T; $; Hssgggs a,f J.
Conference- Qualifications-c. R. Barnes.
y; H Ru5res P + Lowsie R Van
". Burr D =. Randolph, {. /. Bos-
Other reports followed which simply
when the Committee on Sunday Observ-
ance started in to attack the bicycle and
the Sunday newspaper the big audience
listened with the utmost attention.
Of all the forces said the report,
'now arraigned. against the Sabbath no
one is more to be deplored than the Sum
the conviction of this Conference that
the Sunday newspaper should under no
people or introduced into our homes"
Travelling and visiting on the Sabbath
should be confined to works Of mercy
ments Of God, will 60 far toward stop
ping al unnecessary buying and selling
Conducive as the bicycle is to health.
we believe 1t to be the imperative duty
condemn it's use as q pleasure seeking in
report was adopted without comment
Net so the report of the Conference
Qualification Committee, known among
the brethren as the Smelling Commit
tee" and the Star Chamber Committee.
Rev. Daniel Hallerop. of Simpson Church,
Jersey City, had the honor of precfpitafing
q row when he moved to drop this com
tees. He charged that too much fric-
ation arose between 1t and others for its
decisions in the case Of students being
said. in rejecting candidates against