The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-11-02
Mr.. HARE sHON0RED.
Elected President Of the
Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
Especial to ''rhe Jersey city News.-1

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ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 2. 1soo'-Ths
tenth annual meeting of the Bapttst
Young Peoples Union was called to order
yesterday morning by the president. Rev.
j. NJ. T. Childrey of Woodbury.. After
devotional service. led by Rev. w. q.
Russell, of Camden, an address on John
the Baptist was given by Rev. Or. Jo-
seph Sagebeer, of Germantown, Pa. Then
came the annual report of the correspond
sing secretary, Edward F. Bailey, of New
ark.
The recommendations of the ministers
conference looking to a closer affiiiatiom
of all young peoples societies was adopted
and these officers were elected
President. Rev. ]. Madison Hare. pastor
of the Parmly Memorial Baptist Church
OF Jersey City; Arthur Reimer, of East
Orange, Vice President for the Morris and
Essex Association; Corresponding Secre-
tary, H. B. Zimmerman. of New Bruns-
wick; Treasurer, Joseph Deacon, of Bor-
dentown; Junior Work, Miss Annie Jeuet
Sutphen, of Newark; Recording Secretary.
Miss Grace Davis. of Newark.
An interesting feature of the morninp
was the symposium on Christian Cul-
ture Courses Rev. ]. NJ. Sitter. of
HGa0-
ers' Course in which he said that the
ann OF the course was to make young
people thoroughly acquainted with the
Bible The speaker said that many peo-
pie read the Bible in too large sections.
and suffer from spiritual Indigestion.
Rev. c. A. Cook, of Bloomfield. followed
with the subject. Conquest Missionary
Course" He said that the responsibility
N rs.1s- k1,a
UPON the church. The commission to the
church still stands with all its original
authority, directness and scope. There is
lack of missionary enthusiasm, because
there is lack of missionary knowledge.
The missionary course seeks to deepen
missionary obligation.
Culture for Service" was the subject
of Rev. S. z. Batten, of Morristown. He
said the duty of every man is to make the
most of himself, and akin to this is tha
duty of living for the good of all his fell
lows. The man of true culture will study
the ways of God as they are revealed in
history The God who inspired Paul Ia
inspiring men today. In culture the
mind must be informed, the insight puri-
fed and the will disciplined.
In the afternoon the work of the Juniors
was presented, followed by an address by
Rev. r. F. Y. Pierce, of Scranton, Pa.
THE Young People and the Old-Ths
Young People and Christ was the SUBJ
ject of the final address by Rev. Z. A.
Hainer, pastor of Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church. Newark. He said in substance
This is in remarkable degree a young
peoples age. The great enterprise-bank-
ing, education. journalism-havs behind
them the energy in large part of the
young
In church work the younger element is
coming to the front But proper relation
to the old must be presented. Fitness to
succeed is seen in the reverence for the
old Their struggles have provided our
heritage, The young peoples movement
Is on trial. Danger of reaction must ba
guarded again. Selfishness should not
preclude service. Over three millions of
young people are giving themselves for
Christ. II for Christ means anything, il
means conservation, the doing of His
will"
The next meeting of the Baptist State
societies will be held at Flemington.