The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-12
MR.. VANCE
DISCREDITED
Trustee Of Congregational
Church Says His Story
Is Rot and Nom
sense. /"
no MORTGAGE ON TABERNACLE
Church Building and Not
Home Mission Society
Made the Loan.


The plans of the downtown faction Of
the First Congregational Church, which
seeks a separation. while not generally
known among the members of the society,"
have leaked out among the downtown
people 1t may surprise some people 70
know that the faction is sanguine OF
successful separation, and feels conndenr
that the Tabernacle and the property at
tached thereto will come into its pos
session.
The present intention of the COMMITTEES
appointed Thursday night to formulate
plans for provisional church, is to ask
for the deciding of the downtown prop
erty to the Home Mission Society. II this
is done the lower branch viii be run un-
der the auspices of the above society. II
was also learned on good authority talat
the Home Missionary Society Will IN turn
deed the property over to the lower
branch However. the society win keep
the property until the church formed BY
the lower branch reaches position which
will warrant turning over the property to
it. The committee was instructed to ger
right to work on the plans and have them
ready as soon as possible.
Deacon Hiram Lutfer was asked by
re&AA@s7s
any new plans other than those men-
toned would be prepared. He refused to
answer this question. He said that the
committee would go right to work and
might finish its Iabors any time within
a month He was asked If the Homo
Missionary Society would deed the down
town property over to the lower branch
in case the trustees decided to deed the
41,r. sal
he felt sure that such action would be
taken when the new church, If one should
be formed. reached successful standing
in church work.
Deacon George H. Ware said the church
and property if turned over to the lower
branch at present would be a white ele-
money could not be raised at present to
run the church as It should be run. ana
he favors turning the property over to
the Mission Society for the present.
prominent trustee of the Hill church
was asked this morning whether the
plans of the downtown faction, mention
ed in The News would be acceptable TO
the trustees.
Il must take time to consider those
plans said he ssOne can never tell what
VIII be done until the meeting is held.
Some of the trustees are away, and until
have had a talk with them I Should
not like to express an opinion
Il had not heard that the downtown
people wished the property decided over
to the Home Missionary Society, nor that
that society would turn it over TO the
downtown branch in case separation
and the forming of an independent church
was brought about.
The statement made by Deacon Vance
that Mr.. Scudder borrowed $1,000 from
the Home Missionary Society to pay OF
the debt of the hill church and gave the
Tabernacle as security, is all rot and nom
sense. When the two branches were
amalgamated. Mr.. Seudder succeeded in
borrowing about 81 600 from the Congre-
gational Church Building Society. A Sec
ond mortgage. without interest, was given
on the hill church. A part Of this has
been paid. That is how the matter stands
The Tabernacle is not one cent in debt
through the hill church.
THE trustees have favored an agrees
able separation, but the Church Society
has never sanctioned 1t. The trustees
will help the downtown branch They
are anxious to see the lower church run
successfully