The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-07
REV. STUcHELL
INDICATED
Presbytery Says There Is
No Suspicion Of Wrong
Doing in His Con-
duct.
IN SESSION TODAY
John Knox Church Discontin-
ued Committees Report
Shows Progress in the
Work.
IN SESSION TODAY

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The Presbytery of Jersey City met
this morning in the First Presbyterian
Church of Jersey City at ten o'clock.
Following the call to order was the cleo
tion of moderator and temporary clerk.
The Rev. DR.. S. r. MacClements of
Rutherford was appointed moderator and
the Rev. George Bergen of Lyndhurst
was appointed clerk for six months. The
following clergymen answered roll CALI
The Rev. DR.. Edwin H.s Buckley, Rev.
DR.. James G. Egbert, Henry B. Pratt,
| Charles D. Shaw, D. D., Dupruytren
Vermilye, James Wyckoff, j. Thompson
Oster, Philo f. Leavens, d. D., George
r. Garretson, Henry G. Cronin, Joshua
B. Galloway, Hugh E. McClelland,
Ph.D., Charles Herr, D. D., Arthur N.
Thompson, D. D., David w. Hutchin-
son, Bryce K. Douglass, Harvey Iser-
man, Charles A. Evans, James S. Young,
Henry I. Beatty, Ph.D., DID,, G. Ru-
dolph Kuebler, George Bergen, Samuel
r. MacClements, Ph.D., Harry Nesbit,
Fisher H. Booth, William T. Stuchell,
William E. Griffin, and Ferdinand
Kohler.
ELDERS PRESENT.
The elders who were present were:-
Richard Van Iderstein, of Paterson,
Second Church; A. Renwick, First Ger
man Church of Paterson; George Thomp-
son, Madison Avenue Church. Paterson;
A. I. Vail, of Hackensack; G. A. De-
Witt, First Church, Jersey City; Francis
French, Westminster Church, Jersey
City; Ed. Savage, of West Hoboken; e..
A. Brinkerhoff. of Englewood; n. r.
Jackson, of Rutherford; e. Dewitt, of
Tenafiy; ]. s. BiddelI, of Passaic; Peter,
Wegar, of Carlsbad; Mr.. J. u. Lemon,
of Garfield; James H. Clough, Of Dun
dee; Thomas B. Kerr, of Englewood; !;
John German, of Leonia J. S. Ferrand
of Bayonne, and George E. Cannon, La
fayette Church, Jersey City.
Many clergymen sent their excuses for
absence. The Rev Thomas Houston,
the Rev. H. G. Underwood, who is at
present in Corea; the Rev. George Deu-
ter, who is engaged in educational work,
| and DIR. Hamilton Of Englewood.
REV. STUCHELL INDICATED.
One of the most important items of
business brought up at the meeting was
the report of the committee appointed by
the Presbytery of Jersey City at the re-
llauest of the Rev. William Terrence
Stuchell, pastor Of the Claremont Pres
byterian Church of this city, submitted
the following report
Tho committee hereby report that
they have fully examined the facts
sNitit the conclusion that there is no
Just suspicion of wrong doing in Mr..
Stucllelrs conduct and that he should
be unreseryedly in the conf
dence of the church.
Another important item. of business
was the discontinuing of the work in the
John Knox Church. DR.. Herr made the
report that the Rev. Walter Murray. a
Princeton Seminary student, has had
charge of the services there this summer
and did his work faithfully and well.
Now, on account of the falling off of the
congregation and the neighborhood being
made up principally of Catholics. the
work in the church will be stopped. The
trustees win have charge of the disposit-
ion of the property.
| New members were admitted to the
Presbytery from other parts of the coun-
| try. The Rev. Nicholas Becker. from
the Litchfeld Congregational Associa-
tion will take up the work in the Dundee
church
The Revs. William n Walker and j.
e. Rawlins were dismissed to join other
Presbyteries. The reports of the Syn
adical Cc-,r'i4t79 f'ssioIb and
other committees were read. lsSiHN
eported an
advance in the publication and Sunday
school work. The Rev. Mr.. Bulkley re-
ported on ministerial relief. The report
in aid of colleges and academies (includ-
ing German Theological Seminary was
read by DR.. Galway. The work Of the
temperance committee was reported by
DR.. Wyckof in the spring and he had no
report this fall. The report on young
peoples societies, in charge by DR.. Doug
lass. was POSTPONED until spring, and
DIR. Hanilton's report on systems tie BEN
noon.
COMMITTEES TO REPORT.
The following committees reported this
afternoon Systematic benefcence, by
DIR. Hamilton; report of committee on the
Rev. Mr.. Montgomery s salary; the ses-
sional records examined conlmunica-
tions; overtures sent down by General
Assembly eleven in number), relating to
declaratory statement, revision and adj
ditions to confession, etc.; Presbytery of
Buffalo ON method of reporting home
missions contributions: stated clerk Of
General Assembly on Railroad Arrange
ments for California; reports onm inutes
of General Assembly, Mr.. Iserman: re-
kport on minutes Of synod. DR. Mac
| Clements; appoint place for spring meet
ing.
This evening the Rev George Alexan-
der. DID,. Of New York, viii give an ad-
dress.