The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-04
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.

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ELIZABETH. April 4. 1so2--St. James's
Church was crowded to the very doors
tnis morning in anticipation of the ao-
dress Of Bishop Joyce to the candidates
for admission to full membership. This
ceremony is regarded as the most solemn
event in the life of a preacher. The can
didates stand before the bishop, VINO,
after examining them on question pre-
scribed in the Book of Discipline, ao-
dresses them on the obligations OF a
preacber. On the principle of giving
child medicine plentifuily cenceaieo ~
lam the Bishop mixed humor and satire
with mis- advice and the big audience en-
joyed it every word.
Before this stage was reached there
were other matters to arrange
Rev. Edward NJ. Mills, d. D.. corre-
spending secretary of the Twentieth Cen
tury Fund, was permitted to address the
Conference touching the fund, the objects
of which are to raise within the next Two
wears $40. 0O0, 900 for the purpose OF paying
off debts on churches and parsonages ana
endoying educational institutions con-
nected with the Methodist Church. VI
tbis sum $4,000, 600 have been raised, and
the s9sa ker asked for more funds from
the Newark Conference. In the course OF
his remarks he said that he hoped mem
tors vvnnld STAY at home during the year
and collect money for the fund emphasiz-
49, +ba reonest with a story of a benevo-
1snt nreaeber. a good subscriber to the
obiects named. whose wife was very
onxsous that after her death he shouldn
,.,a,rv again whereupon the preacher
said
s.see here Alice, If you want to hold on
to your job you had better stay here ana
attend to it, Uaughter9
Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Berry. editor OF ire
..Epworth Herald and secretary Of the
E,uworth League. followed with an appeal
f,S IN frltiai aid to t.1cass isiseitsstien He
said he wanted $4,000 new subscribers
every year to keep the paper on its legs.
Bishop Joyce. taking up the advance
mont Of students. after satisfactory re-
norts from examiners and presiding ei-
ders these embryo Methodist preachers
were advanced
To studies of second. year-Dorr F. DE
fendorf. Charles C. Dawson, Audley j..
Bliss. Wilbur w. C. Walker, Austin +.
Armstrong. Irving C. Sterr.
To studies of third year-William Atel
w. A. Tinney, William T. Helen Chap
lain on the Z. S. S. Buffalo,.
To studies of fourth year and raised 10
elders orders "A A. Anderson, o. M
West. H. B. Leech. Arthur Lucas
When this was concluded the Bishop
called out the following names:-E. l..
Earn. e. II. Atwood, o.. ). SIhoop. NJ
w Womer, c. c. Woodruff. These young
men stepped forward to be received into
fun membership. They occupied the first
row of seats directly facing the Bishop
and before the customary disciplinary
questions were asked the conference stood
up and sang
"A Charge to Keep Have, Faith to
Glorify" Rev. DR.. Hammond offered the
dedication prayer and at its close the
Bishop left the platform and stood behind
the communion rail- In slow and i'm
pressive tones he put the list of questions
to the candidates for admission into the
ministry and gave them advice as TO their
duties.
"What kind of minister do you mean to
beo" said the bishop. do you mean to
he an easy going minister, or minister of
refinement and conservation. II the for
mer. you have no place here. The Meth
odist Church wants the latter. sup
pose many ask why there are so many
/ inefyicient preachers? My judgment is
| that man can backslide even while
preaching the Gospel You will go to the
theological school and will have to preach
! to the faculty. That's good Practice on
J the professors Laughter). often think
that it would be a good rule to adopt in
/ the medical school. CRenewed laughter).
Never prepare a sermon to prove that
there is God What is the use of vast
| ing time on man who says there isn't t?''
There was a vigorous clapping of hands
bv the pastors when in speaking of the
time to be consumed in preaching the
bishop said
1T may be that a Miss Peevish In the
choir will be mad that you have preached
/ too long and Will tell you that If you dom
/ get through in thirty minutes the young
neople In the choir won't come back.
( Let them. If we had less IN our churches
j of music none can understand and more
/ Of Jesus Christ there would be better
| state of things today. I want to preach
/ thirty minutes forty-five minutes, sixty
minutes, ninety minutes-as long as l
| like. The laymen-and If there are any
here I want them to iissen-have their
rights and so have the preachers. DON'T
scold when you preach. Don't say, Be
holy or III go for you If you do your
congregation will come back al you and
say. we are as holy as you. And prob
ably they are more So Haughter.) Don't
i preach cobwebby sermons Don't preach
vinegary sermons. and don't buy sermons
If you have any, burn EN-. Preach plain
English-simple words. Don't initiate the
preacher who quoted Greek and then said,
! tOh. Lord, you know what that means,
and then proceed to translate t. daugh-
teri Don't preach these pretty little
sermons so chat people viii say;-1sn
that too lovely for anything? Gaugh-