The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-31

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ceptible negro accent. He held the indi-
vidual attention Of the Conference with
his ~eloquence and pure English. He spoke
of the work which his society is doing In
the South. 1t was looking after the waste
places of the country lest they be over
run with thorns and briars. He besought
the brethren TO give US such a chance and
give us an honest. hearty, healthy, en-
thusiastic hearing and we shall be able
to pay our debt and help us upllft the
downtrodden for the glory of God and
country
The Jersey City district was taken up
and the characters of the Rev. James b.
Faulks, the Presiding Elder, and all the
ministers of his charge were passed sat
| isfactorily. Mr.. Faulks then read the re-
port of his district as follows:-
REPORT OF THENJERSEy CITY DIS
TRICT.
We report with Joy a condition OF health
and harmony on the Jersey City district
Pastors and people have wrought to-
| gether effectively. and not without a fair
measure of success in the rescue or Souls,
the edifying of the body of Christ, the
instruction of the young, the help OF the
needy at home. and sustaining the mis-
sionary work abroad. Goo Is with us in
saving grace. Eight hundred and sixty
{ gil u 4 t0V - <oAtf - 49,
Only six charges fail to report conversions
the present year.
We mourn the loss of two noble pastors
by death. DR.. John Atkinson of Haver-
straw, December s. 1887; Brother Isaac
N. Vansant at Stony Point o. the 2lth
of the same month. widow of the
Rev: Henry Lifts died. The widow Of
the Rev. M. E. Ellison died III Jersey City
February 3, 1898.
1S9S.-RETROSPECT OF SIX YEARS.
We glance briefly at the history of the
district during the term about to close.
Our work has been wrought during a
period of Unprecedented commercial de-
preston, which has embarrassed the
finances and restricted the b~enevo!ence of
lation has declined; our farmers have felt
the whitening effect of western compe-
tition, and many of the strong men Of
our cities, whose help We could III afford
to lose, have gone to strengthen the work
beyond the pounds of the district. TWEEN
ty-two churches have lightened their debt
burdens, namely: First Church. Bayonne;
Monroe Memorial Centenary. Jersey City,
Emory, Grace, Hedding. Lafayette. Lin
den Avenue. Simpson. Trinity, Decker
town. Hasbrouck Heights, Haverstraw,
foundland, Port Jervis. Sparrowbush,
Union Place. Waldwiek, West Town and
Unionville.
Eleven new churches have arisen in
these places: Bayonne dedicated early in
1922, Bergen Point, Butler, Canistear,
Hewitt. Leonia, Nyack. Pearl River,
FOTI JEWS, fiQSeIeid HafK,
Twenty-four properties have been great
ly improved, and several others are great
ly in needrof it, especially some of the
parsonages. Eight new parsonages have
tors and their families. connected with
First Church, Bayonne; Monroe Me-
mortal, Hasbrouck Heights, New City,
Nyack, ,otisville, West Side Avenue,
We have at present g. charges and IS
preaching places. Though under consid-
erabie stress at times, we haye not per-
point in the district, nor yielded a foot
of ground to the enemy.
On the other hand, pressure to set up
new organizations in unpromising locali-
ties has been resisted.
OF 56 charges existing and reporting in
1892. IS have Increased in members and
| probationers; II have decreased; one re-
ago.
Total increase ], 1855
Total decrease s02
Net increase 1.O54
These figures are not. of course, abso-
lutely exact in every case, but closely
-apDroXimate the truth.
The increase on the district for this
year is 22S members and practitioners.
for six years. 1856 Of this plumber s22
belong to the three charges transferred
from. the Paterson District last spring.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS AND YOUNG PEG
PIE.
Our Ut sunday SCHOOLS, WIN lZ,9lZ Sc1Oi-
airs. are in the main helpful and pros
porous. We have sought to encourage
the attendance of the young upon the
morning church service
The bicycle has proved to be q source
of temptation too strong for many a
young soul. while the alarming decay of
respect for the Lords Day has exerted
a blighting influence upon old and young.
Christian citizens aye here an occasion
of sorrow and of Notwithstanding.
The Epworth League has passed the
in nearly all of our charges, and is in
many an arm of power. We number "a
Chapters, with 3.o11 members The 81
Junior enrolled I0a5 CONVEX
is pursued in Is Chapters. The annual
convention held at Waldwick. in Octo-
Der, was admirably entertained and prof
service in the. afternoon; Dr.. Eckman of
New York gave US IN edifying address
in the evening. Mr.. William E. Taylor
Rev. c. S. Kemble is secretary. Our
older members affect the League in va
ried ways. Some ignore it, some bore it,
some deplore it; others ju~diciously en-
The City CHARACTERIZATION Union has gone
forward modestiy with ITS good work
tors was given in the Hedding Church,
and two love feasts were held in the
Palisade Church. Mr.. j. v. Forster is
the REELECTED president.
DEACONESS' HOME.
Under the auspices of the Woman's
Home Missionary Society a home for2dea-
conesses has been opened in Jersey City.
From this new centre. three elect and
of mercy, and in aid of the churches.
One of them is an educated nurse. It
is hoped this agency Hkllsbe rich in good
fruits and that its capacity for useful
ness will be fully developed.
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE WORK.
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