The Monitor-register., 1897-10-29
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Baptist Church In Jersey.

baptist huFch HI Jersey.
President E. j. Brookett called the
sixty eighth annual convention of the
New Jersey Baptists to order in the
First church, Trent on, IN Tuesday morn
ing, and Rev. Maurice Penfeld Fixes
welcomed the delegates to the capital
city. Rev. j. Whitoomb Croughter, of
Paterson, who preached the annual
| sermon, called upon the delegates to
| contribute their tenth TO the work of the
| Lord. This is the first meeting of the
| New Jersey Baptists in Trenton in 30
| years.
The Convention is the incorporated
State Missionary Society, whose work is
to help small churches, encourage and
foster the planting of Bible schools, and
assist 10 the erection of churches. 1t vas
founded in 1880, in Trenton when there
were but ffty-ive churches in the State,
with a total membership of 1867. Now
there are 2S5 churches in the State with a
total membership Of nearly so. 600. The
contributions for the special work of the
| convention last year were nearly SIG, 900.
Many of the strong Baptist churches in
the State were started by the esta D.
lishment of small Sunday-schools, from
which grew churches aided and encour-
| aged by the convention. Tue method of
work in the past has been chiefly in help.
ing to support missionary pastors. In
many places, if the convention aid had
not been given, the houses of wor-
ship would have been closed. Ia
these churches there have been more
than 81, 700 baptisms since 1880. In
1895 New Jersey Baptist churches rave
$12, S24.74 to home missions and SIS. 261..
% to foreign missions, or $31. 0S5 SO to
both. OF this amount $8932 10, or con-
sidersbly more than one quarter, came
from churches that had been fostered by
| the convention, From October, 1890, to
October, 1886, sixty new Baptist meeting
houses were built, or al average of one
hoase a mouth for five years.
The afternoon and evening sessions
were entirely given up TO sermons and
addresses by ministers and delegates on
different topics connected with church
work, Rev. A. G. Lawson, of Camden,
| spoke on''Systematic Bsnefioencs." This
was followed by an open discussion and
the adoption of q resolution providing
that the collections in the different
| churches for missionary and other pur-
poses shall be So arranged that the differ
emit benefciaries shall have regular
monthly incomes.
B. F. Fowler, treasurer. reported the
receipts from the churches amounted to
$6,28S 80 OF this amount the churches
gave So, 419 03; the Sunday schools,
$820.4a; Young Peoples societies, 500.
and Cleaners, $ats,3S The total receipts
! from all sources. including loans,
amounted to SO. OO1 81. The contribu-
tions by associations we're as follows:
Camden, 81, 454 81; Central. 1898 %;
East, $1,012 81; Morris and Essex,
| s951 SO; North, $685. rs; Trenton,
| 81. 1914. o.; West Jersey, 1886. 10. There
is a deficit of $2,422 IS,
The following officers were elected;
E. ]. Brockest, of Orange, President; Rev
A. A Cook, of Bloomfield, Recording
Secretary /; Rev. Delavan DsWolf, OF
Newark, Corresponding Secretary, and
B. F. Fowler, of Bound Brook, Treasurer
There was also elecsed a long list OF Vice
Presidents and a Board of Managers.
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