The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14

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doors to newcomers"
Another paragraph says
Will not any and all who are willing
to contribute to the church, through the
envelopes, put their names and addresses
upo the Tim basin. The church feels
that she has a claim upon the prayers.
the labors and the aims Of each baptized
person. VIII not each Of st. Johns chill
dren meet this claim7"
First Presbyterian.
An unusually interesting meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Society was held
yesterday afternoon in the chapel on En-
DRY street. The majority of the mem
bers were present. Mrs. Forman, who
has had much experience In foreign mis-
work done by the Presbyterian Church.
Whites. and MRS. W. Fisk on the Alas
kans.
st. Paul Methodist
The revival meetings win be continued
In st. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church.
Sunday. Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings next week. Tomorrow
morning. the pastor, Rev. 7. c. Mayham,
will preach to the young converts on their
relation to the Church and its services. A
special revival service will be held in the
Sunday School in the afternoon.
FROM ETeTyWheTe.
The controversy between the American
Baptist Home Mission Society and the
American Baptist Publication Society
over the duplication of work, in both
appealing to Baptist churches for funds
and both sending missionaries into the
same fields, has reached the stage where
a Committee Of Conference has been APP
pointed by the first-named society. Presi-
dent Stephen Green, of Boston, president
of the Home Mission Society, heads the
committee. and other members of it are
the corresponding and field secretaries,
.the Rev. DR.. W. H. f. Faunce, of New
| York; the Rev. DIR. w. G. p. Rhoads, of
Brooklyn. and the Rev. DIR. A. s.. Ho-
bart. chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the society. A meeting has been
arranged but the prediction is made that
the Conference Committee will accom-
plish nothing. and that a general council
OF BaptfStS Will be required to settle the
dispute. The Home Mission Society has
elected a new treasurer, to succeed the
late j. G. Smelling, who died a year ago.
He is Frank r. Hathaway, nov a bust
ness man, but formerly instructor in the
University of Chicago.
Methodists have decided to appoint at
once a general secretary of their twen-
tieth century Offering, who shall give his
conferences. Presiding Elders districts
and Epworth Leagues. An Executive
Committee. which has upon it Bishops
Andrews. Foss and Fowler. has been
named. The statement is made by many
influential In the denomination that UNI
less some aggressive and forward work
be included in the object it will be i'm
possible to raise the large sum named.
Against this contention it is pointed out
that Ohio Wesleyan University is already
known to have profited to the extent of
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natl Conference will raise. and that SYRIA
cuse University is to be the beneficiary
in the amount of 2.e00,0 600, plans, for
which, covering the Central New York,
the Genesee and other conferences, are
already laid. The suggestion is made to
Methodist pastors that the day ser apart
for prayer for colleges, Thursday, Janu-
airy 26. be observed by Methodist congre-
cations in connection with this fund. An
apportionment of Methodists of the
try is talked of. for it Is argued that I'M
less system be employed the amount can
not be realized. No definite decision has
been arrived at concerning the objects TO
be benefited. and the original
dation of the Bishops stands, that one
half go to educational n the other to
philanthropic purposes. In both cases
iShing new.
Since the death of the late Secretary of
the Protestant Episcopal Board Of Do
agitation has been going on in favor of
the election of more than one secretary
to succeed him, the contention being that
greater things could be accomplished with
an administrative and a field secretary
than IL one secretary undertook to do
everything as heretofore. This agitation,
was ended by the election last Tuesday of
the Rev. DIR. John S. Lindsay, of ST. PauFs
Church.. Boston, to be the general secre-
tary. Little doubt is felt about his ac-
ceptanee. st. Pau1s is the historic land
mark on fremont street, near the lower
end of Boston Common. One is the Rev;
Josiah Kimber. the present associate, and
tary of the Brotherhood of ST. Andrew.
as corresponding secretary, a position
that does not neeessitate retirement from
The Parochial Missions Society, Protes-
tant Episcopal, has elected the Rev. Mel
son p. Dame, of Winchester. Va. as its
general missionary, and it Will undertake.
the holding of missions in various parts
of the country during the coming LeIten
season and afterward. These missions
or more, for whick active preparations
are made in advance by the parish rector.
BESIDES missions. it is the purpose Of the
preaching weeks For these it will,
upon application. furnish eminent clergy
men from Chicago, St, Louis: PittsbuTg
delphia and other cities. The aim is TO
hold meetings lasting one week each, ana
in the sermons doctrinal subjects will be
considered. Episcopalians have OF late
charged themselves with being behind
ofl,er religious bodies in the missionary
Spirit. but the new Bishop of Brazil,
preaching in st. Bartholomew's Church,
New York. upon his special work re-
ceived an offering amounting to Slo,oW at
one morning service.
Bishop Niles, of New Hampshire, is at
the head of a committee which is consid-
ering the practicabiHty of establishing. a
seminary for the better training OF mis-
sionaries for the work in both home and
foreign fields. One meeting has been held,
and the recommendation made thai per-
invited to send them to Prof. G. William
SON Smith, of Trinity College, Hartford,
Conn. Other members of the Mmllt
ELL Chauncey, j. J. EoodWln, rev
DR.. w. r.. Huntington and Blshop rot
ter. of New York. A meeting of the COM
miftee is to be held on January " to con-
slider suggestions made to IT.
4 proposition to hold State congresses
Of religion has stirred up a lot of oppcsl-
fion from the orthodox ministers and ed
itors. several of whom are preaching and
writing vigorous denunctations of them.
The CONGREGATIONAL Church Building So
ciety helped to erect eighty-eight new
churches last year, and existing congrega-
tions gave it $4,000 more than on any
previous year of its history. Besides the
new churches, the society helped to erect
churches cleared off their debts with the
society during the year. Dr. Lucien G.
Warner has been elected president of the
society. succeeding Rev. DR.. Henry A.
II IS not unlikely that the Reformed
Church In America will undertake mission
ary work in Cuba. Until now it has deem
cd such a course impossible, owing to
lack Of funds, but recently n generous
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