The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-25
NJ. {. CHANGES
Methodist Conference Opens
Next Week in
Elizabeth.
STATE OF JERSEY CITY CHURCHES
Hackettstown seninary's
Troubles Will Be Again
Before the Brethren.

The annual meeting of the Newark Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, will begin on April 2 in the st.
James Church Elizabeth. Bishop 1. w.
Joyce VIII preside.
There are no matters of grfeat import
ance to be discussed, save the plans for
the opening Of the new Hackettstown In
stitute, which was destroyed by fire sew
eral years ago The Instituted has been
erected at a cost of $26o. .O0oo About s2O5, 600
has been raised to date by the trustees
and church.
Only two changes will be made in Jer-
sey City and none in Bayonne or Hobo
ken. The Rev. Charles Little, .. D., Of
the West Side Avenue Church. requested
to be sent to another charge. The Rev.
w c. O'Donneil, of Pennington, has been
invited to succeed DR. Little. The other
change is at the Hedding Church. on
Montgomery street. The Rev. Joseph A.
owen will leave and his successor will
doubtless be the Rev. G. W. Gardner of
the Grace Church of Plainfield.
The Jersey City District. over which the
Rev James w Wright has presided for
four years, is in prosperous condition.
Between twenty and thirty thousand dol
lars have been raised in the year and all
applied to paying off debts and in max
ing alterations.
The Emory Methodist Church on Bel
mont avenue has paid off 5000 during the
year, leaving a debt of s1,o00. This the
members hope to pay off before the first
of May. Plans are also being considered
for the erection of a new church on the
big plot adjoining the present church.
The ladies of the church have raised
$1,000 for the building fund.
The Linden Avenue Church has paid off
$3.50 on the debt and $500 has been spent
on alterations. The Browne Memorial
Church Of Greenville will build soon and
the property is about to be transferred
to the trustees who were recently elected.
The Lafayette Church has paid off s1,oo0
and another payment of $500 viii be made
in May.
A new church and parsonage have been
built at Ridgewood at a cost of $50 Goa. OF
will be dedicated on April 1S. The Port
Jervis church has paid off $1,000 of its
debt The Hoboken church has the record
of paying off $1,000 of its $4,000 debt.
The church at Haverstraw has been re-
modelled at cost of s5.os5. The rrst
Church Of Haekensack has also been re
modelled at cost of 81, $50. The Rev. John
Leach has been invited to remain another
year.
Much new work has been done during
the year said Presiding Elder Wright
this morning "A mission has been start
ed at Highland and Clifton and the new
church will lbe called the Park Church.
At Grantwood Heights a movement was
begun month ago and pastor will be
appointed at the conference to take care
of these two new movements.
'At Wosmere, near Englewood, mis-
sion is in progress. The committee in
charge is considering an offer of piece
of property About 81, 600 has been pledged
to the building fund At Fairmount, near
Hackensack. a Sunday school has been
organized with sixty-fve pupils.
1.-THE year has been most successful and
the new work looks encouraging. In this
district the money raised for the Twen-
tieth Century Fund has been applied to
paying off debts and in making altera-
tions. am pleased with the showing OF
my district. / shall start the fifth year
Of my charge in this district with un
usually bright prospects. My report is
now being made up. but reports from the
out OF town pastors are coming In very
slowly l shall finish the report by the
end of the week.