The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-07
CONFERENCE OPENS.
Fortieth Annual Gathering
of Methodist Ministers
in Newark Today.
SCENES AT THE MORNINGS SESSION
Hudson County Members Well
Represented New District Pro-
posed and Other Topics
to be Discussed.
SCENES at THE MORNINGS SESSION
Especial to .The Jersey city News."J


NEWARK, April Z, 1S97.-At a very
| early hour this morning Centenary M. E
| Church, Sumner avenue and Kearny
street, began to assume very busy ap-
| pearance, for this was the opening day
OF the fortieth annual meeting of the
Newark Conference, body embracing
Methodist Churches in Jersey City, Hobo
ken, Bayonne, all of Hudson county, in
fact; Essex, Union and Passaic counties,
part of Richmond county, New York
State, and even small piece of Penn
sylvania
Centenary Church, in which for one
week Conference will thresh out the har-
vest of the year, is comparatively a new
building, and it would puzzle a mathe-
matician to describe it's shape. 1t isn't
circular, because it has angles, and it
isn't square because some parts of it are
segments of a circle. Yet it is admir-
ably adapted for the big gathering, and
the arrangements for the brethren were
all that could be desired. Its present
pastor, Rev. w. c. Snodgrass, was for
merly pastor of Hedding Church, Jersey
City. He will be transferred at the Con-
ference
There were the usual scenes in the COM
mittee rooms adjoining the church where
handshaking, Good morning, brother .
How many marriages have you had this
year?" and other Inquiries of interest to
ministers could be heard on all sides.
Above this cheerful din was the noise
made by the agents of the various book
concerns, who turn the rooms into a
salesroom, where sermons, hymn-books
@ ana works OF theological character may
pc bought Then there were half a doz-
en- men fixing up a post Office, arranging
the smaller rooms for examination and
committee rooms and generally getting
INTO eVerybody's way on the bald pre-
tence OF doing something.
Ihe EpWorth League room was de-
voted to the general gossip room,
where the brethren did their wire-pulling
and talked of church politics. Over the
door there was this small card which
created no end of fun
The Devotional Committee of the
h1ng' s Daughters will welcome all mem
bers of the Kings Sons to their meeting.
One member, to make the invitation more
general, added:-sAnd anything in pants.'
Hudson County ministers We're punctua1
and there was not a church which had moi
sent two or more delegates. Presiding
Elder ]. B. Faulks has his headquarters
at the Continental Hotel, Broad street
where District Lay Steward H A.
staying Rev. M. D. Church, Of Wesi
Side Avenue wild go home every night
and so also will Rev. f. S. Goodman of
centenary, Jersey City, and Rev. Frank
Chadwick. OF Bayonne. Rev. Daniel Hal
leron, of Simpson Churcn, Jersey City will
go back and forwards to IS Central
avenue until his TRANSFER on Tuesday
Rev. Dr. r. Lowrie stops at the Contirl-
tai Hotel, Broad street and Rev. C. E
Little is also there Rev T. c. Mayham
OF st. Paul, Jersey City, will not stay
in Newark, nor will Rev. d. B. F. Ran
dolph, of Trinity Church and Rev. G. G.
Wilding, OF Heddng
stories. Bishop Edward G. Andrews. x B. s
I'D. u. was with his cabinet at No lis
Mt. Pleasant avenue, a few blocks away
making preparations for the weeks work
me principal duty of the Conference viii
De the redistrlcting proposed. At present
the districts are:-Jersey City, Rev. j. 3
fauiks presiding elder; Newark Rev. S
F. Hammond; Elizabeth, Rev. G. W
smith and Paterson, Rev. Alexander
Craig.
Rev. Mr.. Craig was temporarily an.
pointed by the bishop to fill the vacancy
caused by the death CT Rev. Sanfield Van
BenSchOten
Fhe Conference members have long been
OF the opinion that the territory was toe
large for only four districts and there vii,
be an exceedingly lively discussion. it is
anticipated, over the attempt to change
the present boundaries by slicing off a
part OF each TO make new district
territory and certainly Jersey City won't
pc behind in defending her interests
PATERSON and Elizabeth will surely be
, neard from and as Sir Lucius O'Trigger
would say
It's q pretty quarrel as it stands and
don't, please. spoil it''
as the hour of ten o'clock struck the
ministers m ter stopped gossiping and hurried
lnlo tne church, where Bishop Andrews
was patiently waiting to begin the open-
lng service He read the Scriptural les
Sso son IA "a a, low voice, which, however, could
lowed the sacrament of the Lords Sup
Per, admlnlstered first by the Bishop to
me me four pres presiding elders. and next to
crowding the galleries came next: one
OF them brought g. frisky little fox terrier
ysildi Win ner. and the service closed with
blessing on the church by Bishop An,
Then the business session opened by the
call OF the roll of members by the Rev.
Or. J. #. Dodd, the veteran Secretary of
the Conference, who was unanimously
reelected secretary for 1887 This was
q worthy tribute to q worthy man. DR.,
Dodd is admired by all the brethren for
mis- energy and method in the discharge If
his onercus duties. -
nlcation from the. New York East Con
ference transferring Rev Wilbert p
Ferguson. Ph; p, to the presidency Of
centenary ta Collegiate Institute, Hacketts-
Conference. DR.. Ferguson came to fhe
Conference. - '1ie w
These officers were reelected a. ssis+-
ant secretary, the Rev c. M McCor-
mex; Engrossing Secretary, the Rev.
John 1: Morrow; Treasurer, the Rev. 4
n Palmer; Statistical Secretary, the
Rev j. A, Gutteridge. and these stand
ing committees for 1897 were appointed: -
Mission-The Revs John Atkinson r
Q. Baldwin. e. Al. Mason, W. T.. Hoag-
land. j. L. HayeS =
Church Extension-The Revs. J. w.
Daily, e. c. Muller, ]. A. Kingsburv.
John Krantz. C. S. woodruff. = -
Sunday Scholastic Revs. q. C. Monts-
dale, Albert Van Deusen r. M. Ayles
worth 3. 9. Parvin, w. S. Coeyman.
Tracts-The Revs +. S. Simmons.
Richard Johns, W. J. Keatley, ]. b.
Heard, G.. w. Treat
sons, e. G. butcher, w H Mccormick.
G. c. Winans, w. S. Blakesiee :
Education--Revs. w. S. NcCawan.
Enoch Meachem, Nicholas Van SAINT RI
S. CoOkman. Thomas Hall
Freedman's Aid and Southern Education
Society-Rev. g. E. Walton, A. ) Conk-
lin, Richard Thomas, S. n Bebout Ell
bert Clement.
Bible capae-Rev s. F. custard, 6. +.
b. Hancock go : s1'iA
Epworth LeagueR Revs. J. G. Howard.
g M. Anderson, r. Daniels, G. F.
Sabbath ObServance-Revs j. a John
ston, S. e. Doolittle, Charles Iarew. p
G. Bascom g. x. Hutchinson :
Camp Meeting Rev.. S. n James. "A. n
Iuttle, .: r: Bryan, Alexander T. Craig,