The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-12

The SOUTH CHASSIS
Bergen Reformed Church
Filled With Clergy
men Attending the
Supreme Meeting.
YOUNG PEOPLES WORK
Dissertation Of the Sabbath Dis
cusssd The Saloon in
Politics.

The supreme meeting of the South
Chassis of the Reformed Churches of Ber-
gen was held today in the Bergen Re-
formed Church, on Bergen avenue A
fun attendance was present when Presi-
dent Morgan, pastor of the Park Reform
ed Church, called the meeting to order
The Rev. Robert Wick of the Wayne
Street Reformed Church acted as secre-
tary. The meeting opened with prayer
and was followed by the enrolling of
members and presentation of the dele
gates credentials. Standing committees
were appointed and number OF eommu-
nications read and referred TO the proper
committees The Rev. A. Dewitt Mason,
secretary of the Young Peoples Mission
Work of the Reformed Church in Amer
ica. was called upon for !, an @ address Is: rela--
There is a little misunderstanding,
he said, among the pastors OF our
church in regard to the work of the
young people connected herewith. II the
work of the young people is so important
then the work of the elder members and
pastors must be doubly so. We must
train our young people, show them what
is and should be done in the different
departments of work in our church. 1t
is necessary to educate our young people
When e the enr reeponsiblity sn viii VIII fall III on the
shoulders of our people and they will
not be able to carry them out if they
are not trained to the work. We want
the pastors to interest the young people
in the church work.
Mr.. Mason then went on to tell about
the missionary papers which the society
published, but which had very few sub
scrihers. He said that there were fully
$780, 600 scholars in the Sunday schools in
this State, and that there were only sub
scribers for 5000 magazines. He inn
plored the pastors to urge the members
of their churches and Sunday schools not
to take literature published by other de-
nominations, but have them take. the Re
formed Church literature instead.
.sIn this way" he said, "our society can
be greatly benefited"
Rev l. w. Hathaway, Secretary of the
American Sabbath Union, spoke for about
ten minutes. He said
'"The Reformed Church has been in adj
vance of the other churches for many
years. The work of the Church has to
have been appealed to stop baseball play
ing in this city on Sunday. 1t has been.
a great nuisance, and our society is going
to stop it. Sunday at present is becoming
secularized and we are not awake to the
fact that our Sunday is being taken away
from US. We are extending our lines
throughout the entire country which will
greatly benefit our union. .
The Rev. Mr. Kommers of the Lafay-
ette Reformed Church then read the fol-
lowing resolution
Whereas The saloon is one of the
sources of crime and poverty and sor-
row and degradation; and
Whereas, The Reformed Church has
repeatedly declared itself against in
temperance and the saloon evil; there
fore
Resolved That we deem it an insult
to the people of this community and
disgrace to the political party nomi-
mating, that the name of a saloon
keeper should appear as a candidate
for place of authority over u.s.
Mr. Kommers referred to the Repub-
lican nominee from the Sixth ward
Pastor Andreas at this point jumped up
and declared himself against any such
resolution. He said he did not see why
the Sixth ward should be drawn into the
meeting and that the church should not
bother with it.
Elder Schultze, of Greenville, said that
the pastors did more damage to their
church by talking about such things, and
that more good would be done if they kept
silent Keep such things out of the
he said "and they will, be better
off -
The reports of the various Sunday
schools were then read and showed quite
an increase in membership and in funds
with that of the preceding year.
Recess was then taken at one o'clock and
the meeting was again called to order at
two. The afternoon was taken
rp mostly with the reading of numerous
reports by the different committees. The
standing committees were APP
missions and Church Extension,
Vacant Congregation, Dis
abled Ministers Fund and Accounts.