The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-15
? PASTOR GIVES UP
The Rev. John Heiniger
Leaves the Second Re-
formed Church.
SOCIETY OWES HIM MONEY
He Denies That Charges
Against Him Caused
Him to Resign.

Last evening the Rev. E. A. Meury of
the Second Reformed Church, Jersey City
t1eights, in the presence of the congrega-
ton OF the First German Evangelical
church on Monmouth street, preached a
sermon, and at the conclusion declared
The pulpit vacant as he mad been INSTRUCT
ed TO do by the South Bergen Chassis
which appointed him at recent meeting.
The Rev. John Heiniger, DID, the former
pastor or the church, resigned, sent his
resignation to the consistory of the
church on April 2 last, and they In turn
sent it to the classs and it was accepted
py tnat body on April 0. Mr.. Heiniger is
stlll member of the classis. He preached
ms farewell sermon on Easter Sunday
morning.
Inc reasons given by Rev. Mr.. Heiniger
Tor resigning his position was that the
salary given him was too small, and that
lne church still owed him $40 for his SER
vices. He was paid SIS a month and he
said he could not live on that amount
Mr. .. Meury last evening announced
from the pulpit that the cIassis would
Fay the money owed Mr.. Heiniger, and It
would be turned over to him today. Last
evening a collection was taken up in the
church, and a neat sum was given by the
members of the church
At the morning services the Rev. Mr.
F'ranzen of Bayonne occupied the pulpit
Mr.. Meury's pulpit was occupied las.
evening by the rev. Gottlieb Andreae of
ST. Johns German Evangelical Church,
and Rev. Mr.. Heiniger spoke at st. Johns
German Evangelical Church on Fair
mount avenue.
There has been considerable unpleasant
talk since Mr.. Heiniger resigned, and it
was limited that his resignation was
asked for by the members of the church.
This is denied
When News reporter called at the
home of Mr.. Heiniger last evening there
was large number of male members of
his former charge present, who made
call upon him to express their regret at
his leaving the church. Mr. Meury was
also present. When Mr. Heiniger was
asked if it was true that he was ask
ed to resign he said, 1T is not" When
shown a clipping from Hoboken paper
which alleged that he was accused of in
sobriety and that he was a high liver and
that complaint had been made to the
classis of his conduct, he said, THAT is
also untrue"
That article is all false" said Mr..
Heiniger, and I cannot understand
where it originated"
While Mr.. Heiniger was talking Mr..
Meury said
you might say for me that where that
article states that there were charges
made against Mr.. Heiniger before the
South Bergen Chassis against his inso-
briefly. and that the utmost secrecy was
being observed by the Chassis and every
effort was made to keep the nature of
the charges and the action taken by the
conference from the papers it is a lie
and you can state that I said so.
The meetings of the Chassis are al
ways open to the public and so was the
one at which Mr.. Heiniger's resignation
was acted upon.''
The statement is all wrong as I said
before" said Mr. Heiniger, ''and that is
all there is to it,
When asked what he intended doing in
the future, he said he had not quite made
up his mind. 1t is said though that he
will more than likely take up newspaper
work. At present Mr.. Heiniger is con-
nected with a weekly newspaper in New
York city.