The Monitor-register., 1897-09-24
Church NOres.

The First M. E. Church, Camden. has
extended an invitation to the New Jersey
Conference to hold it's annual session
in that ediice next year.
A rally of the Epworth League will be
held tonight at the M. E. Church, and
an address will be made by Raw. j. L.
Surtees, OF Camden. Everybody invited.
Rev. Philip Cline, of Wenonah, and a
former pastor, being stationed here from
1877-79, preached in the M. E. Church
on Sunday, and his visit was enjoyed by
the church and congregation.
Rev. G. G.. Senser, pastor of the M. E.
Church, will take for his subjec] on Sun
day morning Luminous Christianity"
A ten.minute prelude will be given to
the proposed Constitutional amendments.
Next Sunday evening General Score
tary Warner, ofssthe Salem Y. M. G. A.,
and Prof. Franklin's orchestra are ex-
pected to assist in the services at the M.
E. Church. An invitation is extended to
the public to be present.
The Rev. John T. Craig will preach
next Lords day morning, at 10 80, in the
Baptist Church on 'God's Harvest and
the call for Laborers," and at 7.30 p. m
on "The FOOLS Greed and Its Fruits "
Bible school at 80 and prayer moeti 70
at $50, also on Saturday evening at s
O'Clock. A cordial invitation to all these
services.
A Sunday school rally was held IN the
M. E. Church on Friday evening last. a
good sized audience being present. Ex-
cellent music was furnished by the
church choir, and interesting talks we're
given by Charles r. Markley and r. B.
Ernest, of Salem. At the close of the
exercises the audience was invited to The
lawn, in the rear of the church, to enjoy
a fruit social.
The annual convention OF the Salem
County Sunday-school Association will be
held in the Elmer M. E Church, next
Thursday and Friday, Sept. Both and Dot.
1st, and q program of unusual interest has
been prepared. The first day will be de-
voted to institute work, with State Secre-
tary Ferguson, Rev. L. D. Stultz, Home
Department Secretary, and Mrs. T. Fl.
Skillman, New Brunswick, as instructors.
The convention will be held on Friday,
with addresses from Rev. DR.. Dagger, of
Philadelphia, Mrs. Skillman, Messrs. Fer.
gusson and Stultz, DIR. Wagg and others.
1t promises to be a large and interesting
convention. Let there be a rally of Sun
day-school workers.
Last Sunday morning at the Presby-
terrain Church, DR.. Collier read the anti
race track. anti lottery, anti-gambliug
amendment to the State Constitution, and
expressed the hope tina. it would be
adopted by a large majority of the citi-
zens at the election next Tuesday. He
said it would promote good morals, that
it would preserve the fair name of New
Jersey from %reproaoh, that it would pre-
vent many disreputable persons from
coming into the State to gain money by
dishonest means, and that it would con-
firm the will of the people expressed at
the polls five years ago. DR.. Collier also
favo red the proposed amendment giving
women the right of suffrage at elections
for school directors.
The thirty-seventh annual convention
| of the Local Preachers Association of
| the New Jersey Methodist Episcopal
Conference was held on Saturday and
Sunday in the First Methodist Episcopal
| church, Gloucester City. All four dis
tricts of the Conference-Trenton, New
| Brunswick, Camden and Bridgeton-
| were we'll represented, and the convention
was one of the best ever held by the
association. Rev. George W. Finlaw, D,
D., of Stratford, the president of the
association, presided over all the sessions,
and conducted the opening devotional
| services Saturday morning. Discussions
on various topics occupied the day. The
committee on election of officers re-
ported the following, all Of whom were
elected by acclamation: President, Rev.
J. J. Mcnamara, Lakewood; vice presi.
dents, Camden District, Anthony
Straub; Trenton District, l.. Leach;
New Brunswick District. Joseph Clark;
Bridgeton District, James Garrison;
secretary, Canwell s. Fisher. Camden;
treasurer. Gsorge W. Powell, Gloucester
City. Rev J. R. Vannatta, of Atlantic
Highlands, preached On Sunday morning,
and Rev. D. B. Green, of Camden, in the
evening, when the altar was filled with
penitents. Rev. G. A. flushing ham, of
Dudley, conducted the P~eDtecostsl
meeting in the afternoon. The next
meeting will be held in the First M. E.
Church, Camden.