The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-07

general collection be taken in every
church. time to be afterwards fixed.
The question of the place where the
next conference should be held was re-
ferred TO a committee consisting Of Rev.
j. l. Boswell, F. Bloom, c.. S. Rymar' j.
R. Wright and Frank MacDanieL
Bishop Joyce announced the following
transfers.-I. Z. Baker. of studies Of third
year, to South Kansas conference, and
Harvey M. Teinplin, to North West KAN
sas conference. In commenting ON the
rapid way in which the church effected
It's transfers, the Bishop remarked
sI don't wonder at Catholic Bishop s
remark to me that our church did us
work quicker than any other church.
The Bishop also reported that the had
ordained these young ministers Elders,
A. A. Anderson H B. Leech, I. L. Starr,
w. A. Tinney, w. S. Womer, C. c. Wood
ruff; Deacons, l. B. Baker. H NJ. Temp
lin, l. c. Finfer, F. S. Garris, F. Ben
denbinger.
Rev DR.. George Edward Reed, LID,
president of Dickinson College was intro
duced to advance the claims of that home
of learning. Some curiosity was display
ed when the doctor appeared, because he
had only last week passed through the
disagreeable ordeal of having to face GER
tain charges against him in the East New
York Conference. He came out ur-
scathed, sthe charges being the outcome
of political spite" said Rev. j. NJ. Buck
ley, editor of the Christian Advocate"
who was in the same boat The worthy
doctor complained that people wanted
chromos before they would go to col
Iege.
Rev Isaac w. Hathaway formerly of
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jersey
City, but now travelling secretary of the
Sabbath Observance Society, delivered
woeful jeremiad on the disregard of the
Sabbath. New York, he said, was given
over to saloon keepers, thieves and gam
blers on Sunday and the authorities were
powerless to stop it. He solemnly pre-
dicted that in fifty years America would
not have a Sabbath. The government of
that wicked city had promised to reform
the evils but, like the mountain of old,
it labored and groaned, and brought forth
a ridiculous mouse.
"Ridiculus mus" shouted Rev DR..
r. l. Laadon, and there was laugh at
the pun and the keen thrust.
Brother, your time of five minutes is
up" interrupted the Bishop, and Mr..
Hathaway retired hurting a Parthian
shaft at the New York rcformers and all
their works
The conference appreciating the efforts
of the Laymen passed this minute:-
sThe Newark Conference halls with
Joy the action taken by the Laymen at
their recent conference to increase the
Centenary Fund to s1Oo,0oc within the next
five years by plan subject to the ap-
provai of the conference trustees of the
Centenary Fund, at their next meeting
and we, the members of the Newark An
nual Conference, in session assembled, do
hereby assure our brethren of the laity
that should the action taken at the Lay
mems Conference be thus approved by
the said Conference trustees, we will
most cheerfully and heartily cooperate
with them In their noble effort to pro-
vide a more comfortable support for our
worthy conference claimants, whom we
all delight to honor
On report presented by the Trustees
of the Centenary Collegiate institute at
Hackettstown the Bishop announced that
the new president would be Rev. DR.. D. A.
Noble, formerly of Seney Hospital, Brook
lyn, and the appointment was endorsed
The retiring president IS Rev. c. W. Nc
Cormick who will go on charge. The
report ELECTED a little story. Certain
pastors in view of the Brooklyn man
coming to Hackettstown, thought it would
be good thing to send a man to the New
York East Conference in his place. The
preacher suggested was the Rev. G. L..
Mead, of First Church, Hoboken, who
would go to Mr.. Mobiles charge at New
York avenue, Brooklyn. But the trouble
is, Mr. Mead doesn't want to go. neither
does his congregation, and the Bishop OBJ
served
Il don't like to say to brother, You
must 60 I can send him to any charge
in the Conference, but it is another thing
to send him out o fthe Conference.
only say You must when it is the last
thing to be done" (Applause.)
Pastor Mead will stay.
An adjournment was taken until the
afternoon. when a business session will
be held. Tonight there vii lbe one also.