The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-15
ANNUAL C~ODFGRENCE
Preparations for the Great
Methodist Meeting in
East Orange in
the Spring.
BISHOP GooDsELL TO PRESIDE
Jersey City Eldership Candidates
Years Necrology-Among
J. the Churches.
BISHOP GOODsELL TO PRESIDE

This years session of the Newark An
nual Conference of the Methodist Epls-
copal Church will open in the Calvary
Church, at East Orange, on March ~.
Bishop G.. A.. Goodsell will preside, and
the secretary will no doubt be the Key
John T. Dodd, who has served as such
for many years.
Calvary Church will provide entirely
for the entertainment of the Conference
members. Last year the members enter
tanned themselves. and a large element
yet favor that method, realizing that the
church which assumes the entertainment
of the entire conference during the ses-
sion week carries a large burden. But
Calvary maintains that she can easily
carry 1t.
The Newark Conference embraces all
the Methodist Episcopal Churches in the
upper@half of the State, all of Staten
Island, and makes. appointments in the
Methodist churches on this side of the
Hudson as far up as Haverstraw. Staten
Island is now the Borough of Richmond
in Greater New York, and the charges
there have naturally taken on a more
digniied aspect.
A few familiar forms will be missing.
among them hat of the late Rev. DR..
John Atkinson, who for several years
was stationed at the West Side NJ. f..
Church in this city, and who died during
the year at Haverstraw; also that of the
Rev. John J.. Morrow, for many years
the Engrossing Secretary of the Confer
ence and Secretary of the Conference In
surance Association. He was a useful
man and was respected throughout the
Conference. The name of James A. Mon-
roe. who fourteen years ago was pastor
OF the Lafayette M. e. Church, and the
Rev. John Crawford. who held the charge
of Trinity NJ. E.. Church, this city. seven
years ago, are found in the list of those
who died during the year. Mr. Monroe
died in East Orange. He mad peen an
invalid for a number of years and died
without a charge. The Rev. Mr.. Craw-
ford died in the care of the flock at
Trinity Church, in Paterson. me Key tha
Conference, has also Joined the silent
The most important appointment at the
disposal of the Bishop is that Of presid-
ing elder for the Jersey City circuit, to
succeed Rev. James B. Faulks. who will
retire by reason of term limitation. Mr..
Faulks has greatly endeared himseif TO
the Church and laity throughout his dis
trict. Those talked of as the most prob
able successor of Mr.. Faulks are the Rev.
William Eakin, formerly of st. PauPs,
lIllS CITY, IQM VI IdiGtSOll, ~ 4 =
Barnes, of Lafayette, and Rev. DR.. Daniel
r. Lowrie, formerly presiding elder of
the district. 1t is not improbable that
the friends of Rev. w. L. Hoagland will
strongly urge his appointment to the po-
sition. Last year he and Rev. John l..
Krantz were the most prominent candi-
dates for the presiding eldership of the
Paterson district, which Mr.. Krantz sue
ceeded in securing. The return of Mr..
Hoagland has been unanimously asked
for by the official board of Emery Church,
of which he has been pastor but one year.
Not a man in a Jersey City charge will
term. In all probability there will be no
changes at all, and there is little if any
gossip about local changes. The churches
have not yet expressed themselves. The
presiding elder is just beginning to make
his last rounds of the quarterly confer
erces, and changes are not usually, dis
cussed until after the fourth rounds of
the year have been made There will be
no changes in Newark or Hoboken.N
There is but one change in the latter
city. DR.. A. B. Richardson, pastor of the
will beyond all doubt serve his. fifth year
AS to the Jersey City pulpits, Rev. c.
F. Hull has been in charge of that of the
ing in charge of that of Hedding. and
Rev. Nathaniel Brooks that of Palisade
for four years.
Rev. E. o. Rowland of James has served
years are Rev. S. F. Goodman, of Cen
tenary; Rev. T.. c. Mayhem, of ST.
PauIs. and DR.. B. F. Randolph. of Trim
ity. These who ave served but one year
are Rev. w. L.. Hoagland, of Emery; DR..
MCGOWAN, of Grace; DR.. e. R. Barnes, of
Lafayette; Rev. R.. NJ. Aylesworth. of
Simpson, and Rev. G. e. Little of West
Side.
at Haverstraw to succeed the late Rev.
John Atkinson.