The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-25
DR.. ". R. JENYEy'S REPORT
Episcopal Convention Hears
Of the Steady Progress
in the Archdeaconry
Of Jersey City.
CONDITION OF CHRIST HOSPITAL
Today's Proceedings Enliven-
ed by a Breeze Over the
Board of Missions
Report.
CONDITION OF CHRIST HOSPITAL

EAST ORANGE, May Is. 1S9S.-Whether
| it was the excellence of the luncheon
| served yesterday by the very charming
young ladies of Christ Church here,
where the Newark Diocesan Convention
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church be-
gan its annual session, or whether it was
The fragrance of the cigars furnished af-
ter the repast, certain it was that when
Bishop Starkey took his seat in the chan
eel TO open The AFTERNOON session there
was only a handful of clergy present.
United States Commissioner Linsly Rowe,
delegate from st. Paulss Church, Jersey
City, was the only iayman present.
"The convention viii please come to or
der.Y said The Bishop, not n~oticing the
slim attendance.
beg pardon, Bishop" said A~rchdeacon
Jenvey, but the convention IS in the
garden"
sTeH the convention to come out of the
garden and into the church., replied the
Bishop; .lhowever fascinating the garden
is there is business here which requires
some attention"
In trooped the clergy and the machinery
of the convention was set in motion by
the Bishop appointing these Committees
new EdiISfCS"fSeN- 0dHltl II.
Rev. D. S. Hamilton and c. G. Kidder.
Fimanee-Messrs. e. A. Brown, Charles
Elkin, George s. Wylie, J. Brinton White
| William NJ. Franklin and Henry Hayes,
Treasurer.
Rules of Order-Rev. w. Hughes. D. D.,
| Rev. John S. Miller. Rev. John p. Apple
ton, Messrs. j. r. Hay and Florence Rel
| yea.
Securities-Messrs. d. Smith, Wood and
John S. Richards.
State observation-disclosures. Alfred Mills,
| E. A. s. Lewis and G. G. Frelinghuysen-.
Constitution and Canons-Revs w. M
| Hughes, Edwin A. White, Walker
Gwynne, Messrs. J. 3. Van Wagenen and
G. G. Frelinghuysen.
Rev. DR.. Hughes moved that the Bishop
prepare a formal prayer to be used in the
| parish churches during the present wal
| etwee this country and Spain.
Rev. w. Kirkus of Bayonne objected on
| the ground that the Bishop already had
power to do that, and, a f~ortiori, the
prayer book contained a war prayer.
The motion was, however. put and car
| ried by a narrow vote and h Bishop
added
T. IL Is Il DflN tlidl ll,C ~ 49,
| carried unanimously in a matter hke
this"
These officers were elected:-Treasurer
Henry Hayes; Auditing Committee, J. =
S. Rutan, D. Smith Wood; Registrar, II
Linderuarr Rev. DR.. Miller read the re-
port on st. Barnabas Hospital of New
ark
Following came the report Of Christ
Hospital, Jersey City. read by its Presl-
| dent, Rev. DR.. George S. Bennitt Of
Grace Church, Erie street. and a highly
interesting document it proved to be.
seThe annual expenses in the Old Hospi-
tall" said Rev. DR.. Bennitt, "were about
| six thousand dollars. The annual ex-
penses in the New Hospital are about fiji
| teen thousand dollars. 1t will thus ap-
| pear that the work has gore steadily on
ward, extending its benefits to greater
numbers, and when to this we add thai
three-quarters of the patients are treated
free, and this ratio has been maintained
for many years, all will recognize the In
creasing need for donations and subscrip
lions to maintain and continue SO large
and liberal a work. Last year the fret
patients were 465, this year 526.
The Treasurer's reports show tina
1 over 31b.bbU HAS Utel L tCOltC ~. III tAtA L.
over 1920 was for interest-on the bondet
debt, and $1,000 being a subscription iol
the hospital extension, leaving our re
ceipts through regular channels over $SlS,
been about 5000. Our current expenses
are paid in full to February ]. 1898.
ri asti MaF gom Gaite IS az rh hh9lnaf fSo u 1nt
dollars debt was incurred upon the build
ing of Christ Hospital, and this guild pro
vides as far as possible for the interest a E IS,
principal. Four hundred and sixty mit'
boxes collected from BY this 81 guild hay.
yielded during the year $l.os25l and fhe'
$169. go, making in all s1,252.20. They havs
also in hand towards reducing the princi
aAberorombie Guild has assisted il
every way to strengthen the institutes
Thanksgiving week they sent out hun
cry bags and receive them full. The to
tai endowment of beds in the Abercrombi'
Guild is $42, 500. y.
ssThe Finance Committee have given di
rection and counsel to the Treasurer il
the investment of endowments. and as
sisted in raising funds for the current ex
4 penses. They have supervised the Worl
of Hospital Sunday, which is Quinuua
CESSNA, asking offerings from VI
churches, which have amounted to 81,
063.52. The endowments are over $14, 900
this. added to those of the Abercrombi'
Guild, makes the total endown1ent of bed
5000. recently left Us, and about to b,
paid in, will place the endowment at $61,
800. The cost of land, buildings and fur
nishing has been about $65. coo. on whicl
there IS the bonded debt OF $50, 900. Deduc
THIS from the value of our outlay, and adj
the value of our endOwments, money il
hand towards bonded debt, and subscrip
tions paid in toward hospital extension
and we W. a cash value at this date 0
about 100000.
THE growth of the work of the insti
tuition now taxes all. our buildings to thei
/ fullest r9f11clfN.- We MUST ENLARGE AMI