Bridgeton pioneer., 1897-04-01
NEW PREACHERS.
Bridgeton Has Four Changes This
Spring.
CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS
The Ministers Who Were Tuesday As
signed by the Bishop to the M.
e. Churches.


Episcopal Church, in the Central Church,
OF this city, was marked by the pres
ence of the unusually large number of
ministers for the first session, and before
the adjournment probably rs per cent. or
more of the members of the Conference
were in their seats. The first days ses-
sion was not characterized by the trans
action of large amount of business be-
yond the election of officers, the announce
ment of committees and the presentation
of report from the New Brunswick Dis
trict.
Bishop Warren, who is presiding at
this session of the Conference, was on
hand early, and created a very favorable
impression by his address to the
Conference. The Bishop opened the re-
ligions exercises by reading the 18th
chapter of I'd Corinthians. The admins
tration of the Sacrament OF the Lords
Supper was conducted by the Bishop and
Presiding Elders w. P. G. Strickland, of
the New Brunswick District; Geo. B.
Wight, of the Bridgeton District; D. b.
Harris, of the Camden District, and Geo.
Reed, of the Trenton District, assisted by
some of the older members of the Con-
ference.
The Election of Offtcers
After the religious services were con-
cluded the business session of Conference
was opened by the election Of the follow
ing officers: Secretary, Rev. J. L. Roe, of
Bridgeton; Assistant Secretaries, J. H.
icf, n
Betting, M. E. Snyder, J. L. Howard and
j. F. Shaw; Statistical Secretary, j. H.
Boswell, of Trenton; assistants, J. F
Sechrist, ]. L. Surtees, S. G.. Pitt, J. D.
| Bills, w. G. Meyer, J. r. Mason, G. H.
Smith. R. T. Leary and J. w. Lee; Treas
urer, I'll. G. Williams, of Rridgeboro;
assistants, H. j Zelley, AL. Iszard and
Dewitt @. Cobb.
Rev. N. j. Wright was named upon the
Committee of the State of the Church,;
Rev. G. E. Hancock on Sunday schools.
Elder Strickland reported the death of
Rev. j. Fl. Mickle, pastor of the Free
hold Church, on May 3, and paid a loving
tribute to the life and labors of the dead
ministers.
The Introduction of a resolution, pro-
testing against the passage of the Lloyd
Marriage License bill by the New Jersey
Legislature, brought number of minis
ters to their feet to speak for and against
the 'esolution, showing very plainly that
the Conference is divided on this much
discussed subject. A motion was made
to hold a special session this afternoon to
discuss the matter, but this was voted
down, and the subject was made the
special order for tomorrow morning at
lO O'Clock, at which time it is expected
lively discussion win take place
Rev. DR.. Homer Eaton, of the Book
Concern in New York, was introduced to
the Conference, and spoke at some length
on the work being accomplished by that
great institution of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church. DIR. Eaton said that many of
the ministers were more concerned about
the dividends to be paid by the Book
Concern than they were about the Book
concern itself, and were almost invari-
ably seeking information concerning their
share OF the dividends, instead of asking
Information as to what the Book Concern
was doing in the great work of enlighten-
ing the world. Last year the Book Con-
Germ paid dividends amounting to nearly
Sl2o,OO0, and this year the dividends
amounted to 100000. A draft of Sl364
was presented by DIR. Eaton as the share
OF the dividends for this Conference. DIR.
Eaton in his address stated that the divi-
dends would be much larger if the min
lsters would patronize their own institu-
tlon to greater extent, and then pay all
their bills promptly,
Ihe evening meetings were largely at
tended. Rev. DIR. Madison, G. B. Mason,
colored, of Cincinnati who got number
OF votes in the last General Conference
for Bishop, and who is one of the secre-
tarles OF the Freedmen's Aid Society,
spoke OF his work in Central Church.
Rev. DIR. Moore presided.
The audience frequently burst into ap-
plause at his points and eloquence. He
said that in the South the church had
nearly two millions of educational lprop-
erty, which in the past twenty-nine
years had sent out 1900 teachers. He
believed God intended the negroes of
America to christianize Africa. No one
any longer doubted that the negro could
be educated and stand every test for
merit and purity of character, which
tests were to settle the race question. The
negro who is condemned got his morals
from 25O years of bondage in this coun-
try, and from the Southern mansion as
we'll as the Southern quarters. When
the master put his own blood for sale on
the block it was terrible state of things.
The country since then has partially
learned that what Injuries one class in
jures all classes, and when this is fully
recognized the liquor traffic will be