The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-22
HUDSONCHURCHES
Archdeacon Jenvey Reads
His Annual Report at
the Protestant
Episcopal Con-
Vention.
ELECTION CANON PASSED
Years Work at Christ Hospit-
al-Archdeacon Mann
Condoles With Mr..
Keller.
ELECTION CANON PASSED

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News"l
NEWARK, May %, l901-An attempt to
push a motion through yesterday after
noon in the Diocesan Protestant Episco-
pal convention in session here, to have
only one day meeting every year, was
squelched. The discussion which opened
it brought much amusement to many OF
the rectors. particularly when Rev. Will
lam 7. Webbe, ID, rector of Trinity
Church. Irvington, blandly said that 100
much time was wasted at the conference
over missionary work The clergyman
Z stared and Rev. DR.. Louis Shreve Os-
borne of Newark was on his feet in
second.
Good heavens" he exclaimed, indig-
1antly, what are we here for? Is not
missionary work the most important Of
all? Yet there are some of us who thiaA
we ought to consume more time discuss
ing canons. Bishop, hope to see the day
when this church can be run without
canons. To complain about missionary
work being superfuous reminds me of
story told by the Dean of Westminster.
Some Roman Catholics one day visited
Westminster Abbey and when they came
TO the shrine of Edward the Confessor
they knelt in prayer. Along came fussy
beaale who requested them not to block
up the passageway, and when the visitors
obeyed he muttered:-
They'll be praying all over the Abbey
next" Naughter)
Rev. DIR. Cornelius Abbott opposed the
motion for the single day session, which,
by she way, was introduced by Rev.
Elmer s. Forbes, of st. Johns Church,
Jersey City. Delegate Hugh Fox, of Bay
onne, spoke against it. and after the vote
was taken with a big majority against it.
This matter disposed of large number
Of reports were submitted and among
them that of Christ Hospital. Jersey City,
handed in by President Rev. E. S. Forbes
During the year past, the report said,
esO4 patients have been treated. The cur
rent expenses of the institution were
So. .5o2. SO. For the reduction of the mort
gage debt of the hospital the Abercrombie
Memorial Fund had paid in $500 and an
equal sum had been anonymously given
to Rev w R. Jenvey for the same pur-
pose ST Mary's Guild had collected
s., ,O65. 13 and Christ Hospital Guild of Ho-
boken had provided for the institution in
many ways.
With every sign of impatience the con-
ference listened to a tedious set of mo-
ton. Rev E. A. White, who engineered
the passage of the motions, explained
that Rev. G. S. Bennitt, Vice Chancellor
John R. Emery, G.. G. Frelinghuysen and
Rev. John Keller had conferred with
similar committee of the Diocese of New
Jersey to bring into harmony with the
law of the State the canons of the church
Among the changes presented by the
committee was the long vexed question
of parish elections. The new law of the
canon will read in future:-
On the day fixed by the charter or
certificate of incorporation there shall
be held annually a parish meeting,
of which notice shall be given ten
days previously by an advertisement
set up in open view at the door of the
church. At such meeting the qualified
voters of the parish shall elect, by
majority of the votes cast, three depu-
ties and three alternate deputies to the
Diocesan Convention, two wardens
and such number of vestrymen as the
parish may be legally entitled to elect.
When the rector, by the church char
ter has the right to appoint one war
den he shall be called the senior,
warden, and only one warden shall be
elected.
Rev Dr. Louis s. Osborne made the
.lergymen smile when, after Rev. e. A.
White made the repeated and very monot-
keA0SeAe9S
ton" replied in a sing-song tone:-
Seconded and aside, ''that settles that
for ever, hope"
Archdeacon w. R. Jenvey of Jersey
city announced at this point that he had
received a letter from Rev. DR.. Shields
of St Johns Church, Jacksonville, Fla.
asking for the help of the convention be-
cause his church had been completely
wiped out by the recent disaster at that
place.
Rev. DIR. George s. Bennitt of Grace
Church, Jersey City, and president of the
Board of Missions reported that the
Board had supported or aided twenty-five
missionary stations for the year past. In
the Jersey City Archdeaconry the sta
tions were: = Church of the Ascen-
sion, JERSEY City; st. Matthew s.,
Jersey City ST. Johns. Hasbrouck
Heights; All Saints, Leonia; Good Shep-
herd, Fort Lee; Holy Trinity, Hillsdale;
Epiphany, Allendale; Trinity Mission,
Centreville; st. Peters Mission, Clifton;
St Mary's Mission, Ridgeheld Park
President Bennitt then moved that the
Convention authorize the Board to ap-
propriate $1,000 for the current year and
that the plan of apportionment already in
use be endorsed by the Conference. 1t
was carried.
rumor was started before adjourn
ment yesterday evening that Bishop
Starkey would in all probability during
the session of convention make some an
nouncement as to a bishop coadjutor, but
the Bishop has not yet given the slight
est sign of any disposition to do anything
of the kind. Unless of physical debility,
so the authorities on this matter declared,
the convention had no jurisdiction in the
matter. 1t remains with the Bishop, and
If he doesn't desire coadjutor, confer
ence cannot give him one.
Another interesting matter discussed in
the ante-room was the case of Rev Fred
erick B. Carter of Morristown. He was
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