The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-13
WOMEN SHUT OUT.
Methodist Conference Re-
fuses to Admit Them as
Delegates.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS DECIDED
Committees Denouuce the Trolley
Car and The Bicycle
Other Business.
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS DECIDED
Committees Denoulce the Trolley
Especial to 'The Jersey city News."I

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NEWARK, April IS. 1ss7.-While Bishop
Andrews and his cabinet were consider
ing the all ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS yes
terday afternoon, rank and file of this
Conference held a business session in
Centenary Church and disposed of a large
mass of business, such as approving Of
reports of standing committees. These
We're not ofsa particularly lively charac-
ter; but the ladies, crowding the gal
~leries, seemed to take a deep interest in
them and applauded them whether they
were favorable or not.
The Rev. H. A. Buttz. d. D., president
of Drew Theolcsisal Seminary, presided,
IN the absence OF the Bishop.
Prior to tbs a1tcrnoon's session a New
ark ph~osoxorpaer, who, year after year.
Photographs the Conference, induced the
Bishop, the secretary and presiding ell
ders to pose against the wall of a house
d:r~otly opposite the church., on Kearny
sre.t- Chairs were placed outside, and
the bishop sat in the middle and his
cabinet artistically arranged around him.
A few yards from them was the camera,
and behind it the photographer, an army
of small boys and pastors of the Confer
ence.
WV d. Tie OpSu WllQOW, ulT2Clly
above the group, sat an elderly lady Wit
a sreen parrot perched on her finger, n
Polly was very Eluch interested in the
proceedings.
rapher. withdrawing his head from under
black cloth covering the end of the
camera. i will take TWO exposures, and
still"
Tel them that you saw me- screamed
Polly, and even Bishop Andrews smiled
at the roar of laughter from the boys.
Just another. gentlemen" said the
photographer pulling in another plate,
and at the same time looking uneasily
at the parrot: the last was not good
the lens, while Polly whistled the first
two bars OF a popular song, which ac-
cuses some one of only fooling. The
Photographer himself laughed at the bird
of the bird.
Directly the afternoons session was
convened. The Rev. Enoch Meachem of
Grace Church, Jersey City, presented the
nominated these visitors to the follow
Ing institutions:-
Bordentown Military Institute-Revs. C.
s.. Ryman and C. x. Hutchinson.
Centenary Collegiate Institute at Hack
ettstown-Revs w. Trumbower and c.
M. Anderson. II
Women's College. Baltimore-Revs. c.
II. Barnes and j. H.; Timbrell.
Drew Theological Seminary-Reys. w.
S. MCGOWAN and M. D. Church of West
Side avenue, Jersey City.
Trustee Of Syracuse University-James
l.. Hays, of Newark.
The Conference Board of Stewards,
through the Rev. d.. HaIleron, of Jersey
City, presented their report and to meet
AIRY for fund to widows of preachers
and superannuated pastors be apportfon-
Ell among the districts as folloWs:AJer-
sex s. yoo City. ss,Soo; Newark IS 200; Paterson.
The report of the Society of Bible Cause
showed. that in eighty years the Aneri-
can Bible Society distributed $61, 705, 900
Bibles, : and for the year 1895 it had sent
gut 1900. The report said tina the
WI Conference this year had given
Sl,4e0 less than 1t had twenty-five years
ago, and it was urged that the subscrip-
ions be doubled The report was adopt
The Rev. DR.. J. n. Bryan, the Rev. DR..
z h Lowrie and the Rev. DR.. s. N.
Bebout were appointed the committee to
make arrangements for the coming camp
meeting at Mount Tabor, beginning; Au-
gust Il and ending August % next.
me tendency of young people to ride
a Wheel on Sunday drew out, a spirited
series OF speeches when little DR.. Bryan
the fact hat the blk was grad
uaiiy thinning the congregations and urg-
sa sermons on the Sabbath observance.
me Kew. j. R. Daniels thought the Con-
ference oughtn't to gfUwl at the wheel
when preachers themselves used trolley
day.
> % ivy YOU'D like to add we should preach
are so vile" exclaimed another brother.
our people shouldn't read them.
The Rev. T. c. Mayham, of ST. Paul
Church, Jersey City. objected to the
JecLs ne ought to preach upon.
These bicycles are flooding us on Sun
said the Rev. Solomon Parsons. |
and we ministers should set the young
an example by never patronizing |
steam cars on Sunday. AS for the troi-
leys, don't like them either, although
| know that last Sunday 1 saw ministers
these cars to come and near the
preach" daughter.)
The Rev. c. S. Kemble defended the
He said. in answer to the last
that there was no harm in
using it on Sunday when it was needed
In the discharge of Christian and public |
duty. The subject was then dropped BY
the adoption of the report of the Sabbath
Observance Society, which recommended
sermons during the rear for a more
strict observance of the Sabbath.
Conference then adjourned here and
rushed off to the complimentary
banquet at the Continental Hotel.