The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-18
?. 3. CONVENTION.
Bishop starkey Criticizes
Pope Leo's Recent
Encyclical.
SESSION TODAY IN NEW ARK
Pastoral Address Praises Jersey
City Institutions-Cleri-
cal Gossip.
SESSION TODAY IN NEWARK
Especial to .sThe Jersey city News ]

third annual convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of Newark opened this
morning in old Trinity Church, Military
Park, and because of the lovely day there
was an unusually large attendance at
the early morning communion service,
which always precedes the business or
ganization. Right Rev. Bishop T. A.
Stariley, accompanied by his Secretary
and Chaplain, Rev. John Keller of Arling-
ton, We're among the first to arrive, fol-
lowed by Archdeacons w. R. Jenvey of
1 Jersey City and Rev. Alex. Mann of New
ark district.
At half-past nine the Standing Commit
| tee, composed of Rev. DR.. w. w. Holley,
Archdeacon Jenvey, Vice-Chancellor F.
/ w. Stevens, Alfred Mills, D. Smith Wood
and Revs. N. Barrow and T. B. Reagor,
went into secret session to prepare their
report on matters laid before them at the
| last convention. While they were in ses-
sion the Sacrament of the Holy Com
munion was being celebrated in the
church. Bishop Starkey and Rev. l.. s.
Osborne, rector of Trinity Church, Off
ciated. The clergy and laity and a
gathering of ladies occupied nearly every
seat in the church
When the service was over and while
| >AAS ooAASA9 WSAC putting Lie CuuiCn III
order for the business session, the clergy
gathered in groups of three and blocks
| of five to gossip. There were two topics
upermost: Would the question of the ap-
| pointment of rectors by the Bishop, in
| stead of the present mode by the vestry,
come up for discussion, and the second
topic was, What was Rev. Montgomery
Hunt Throop. who was removed from ST.
Matthew's Church. Jersey City, going to
| do about it?
On the first question opinion was di-
! vided. Should it come up there is go
| ing to be a lively debate. Many of the
older clergymen thought that the best
thing to do was to again table it, while
others wanted to have it threshed out
and finally disposed. Beyond doubt the
| change of mode will be the most radi-
cal one since the organization of the
| diocese.
| As for Rev.M. Hunt Throop the clergy
| were very chary about saying anything
and particularly when the newspaper
men were within earshot. One Of the
| clergymen, more communicative than the
rest said, in speaking about it, that the
Bishop was very indignant that Jersey
| City newspaper had written so many lies
about his action. Somebody had shown
| him a copy of thesJersey City journal" :"
which in pretending to publish the news.
printed an interview with the Bishop. Of
course, the Bishop never was interviewed
by that paper, and every statement in it
| was false and incorrect as usual Former
Rector Throop was not present this morn
ing at the opening of the convention.
| Inc ushers having placed a chair for
| the Bishop in the cnancel, tables for the
Secretaries, the clergy stopped their gos-
sip and scrambled for their seats.
Convention will please come to order"
said the Bishop, tapping with his gor-
geous ivory and gold gavel on the table
before him. and Secretary Rev John P.
| Appleton began calling the roll of clergy
and laity. The Jersey City clergy and
laity present were: The Rev George S.
Bennitt, B. D., rector of Grace Church.
Erie street; the Rev. DR.. Samuel Warren
i of st. Mary's, Colonel E. A. Stevens lay
| delegate, Hoboken; he Rev. p. C. Pyle,
of Grace Church, Greenville; Mr. Samuel
Ross, lay delegate from that church; the
Rev. Augustus Elmendorf of the Church
of the Holy Cross, the Rev. w. p. Brush
| of St PauPs; the Rev. Frederick E. Nor
timer of st. Marks, and Lawyer E. A.
Lewis of Hoboken
| AT the close or this part of the bust
ness Bishop Starkey mounted the pulpit
and began his annual address. He wore
| his episcopal robes, even to the heavily
| embroidered stole. These he changed at
| the close of the address to a plain black
| cassock.
! He began by saying that the progress
| OF the diocese was satisfactory general
needed careful attention. He depIored the
death of Bishop Cox and Archbishop
Benson OF Canterbury England, who was
a close friend Of his The diocese, he
said, had lost the Rev. H. D. Dagin, of
South Orange, and three laymen, who
were staunch friends of the church. One
burn. who died at the ripe age of IS
years, and the other w. E. Campbell,
late of st. Panfs Church. Hoboken
Turning to the financial condition Of the
diocese. the Bishop said that. despite the
str;ngency of the money and business
markets, the work of the church has
have been established during the year:
Hasbrouclx Heights, Little Falls and
| Ridgefeld Springs, at each of which new
churches have been built.
The Bishop cotnplimented Christ Hos
p1tal Jersey City, for the strengthening
of It's work and the fact that it was maxi
lng long step in the way of success.
tie was glad to learn that the work in
Jersey CITY was in such good shape. He
next talked of school work, and suggest
ed that it would be a good thing TO es-
in the charming rural districts of North
ern New Jersey. He thought such
schools would not be subjected to the
disadvantages of similar schools in the
| large cities.
st. Catharines HoTre, Jersey City, next
came in for meeNso of praise and the
Bishop said it was ing a sacred. but
he feared little appre. ated, work among
unfortunate girls. He had the pleasure
recently of confirming six of them.
Leaving the general lines of a PASTORAL
address. Bishop Starkey, in 4 distinct
vein of sarcasm, alluded to recent en-
Bishop of Rome,s which he said was en-
tirely unas1ed for. Il had been answer
| ed lucidly, he said, by the Archbishops
of Canterbury and York. When talk
ing of the letter, declaring Anglican or
ders invalid and nugatory the Bishop
| never once alluded to it's distinguished
author as the Pope of Rome
He, said the Bishop. referring TO the
Pope, has chosen, without being invit-
ed to do so, to discuss the value Of the
Episcopal and priestly orders, conferred
by her and the churches in communion
with her, on sacramental grounds, of
historical, and he ends by pronouncing
these orders of ours invalid The answer
CT the Arcllbishops OF Canterbury and
York completely establishes the validity
of our orders and has led many, who
had only considered the question Of these
orders hereto from the historical
Standpoint, to find new grounds for con-
graduation and in every way satisfac-
tory vindication Of these- from the stand-
point selected by this venerable assaiiant
E ~: s,ss tEeir sacramental character and au-