The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-08
BISHOP BERRY ON
CLERICAL CALLS
Apropos Of the Cordova Case
He Gives the Ministers
Of the Newark Con-
ference Good
Advice.
PURE MEN ABOVE TEMPTATION
Candidates Adm tied to Pull
Fellowship Report Of
Syracuse University
Women Home
Missionaries.
PURE MEN ABOVE TEMPTATION


NEWARK, April s, 1905.-In ad-
dressing the candidates for orders be-
fore the Newark Methodist Conference
t Newark, yesterday, Bishop Berry
caused a sensation when he indirectly re-
ferred to the Cordova case.
The social privileges, he said, sof
the Methodist minister are immense Do
not fail to appreciate them, but remem-
ber--a man who abuses his social privi-
leges is a seoundrel. We sometimes have
to say to brother BE sparse in your
talk to women A woman win very sell
dom take the initiative with clean man.
There must be always some initiative
action on the part of the man. If man
is high above the thought Of sin silly
woman will not tempt him.
sAnd if you do have an experience, for
Gods sake don't tell anybody about it.
Sometimes bad man will get into the
ministry and it is only bad man, and a
weak, lustful one, who win be approach
ed by bad woman.
Are there not men here, God-fearing
men, who have passed through part Of
the ministry without temptations Of this
sort? | tell ron it il because they are
spiritually pure and clean, and every
minister can be so pure and clean in his
life thatShe viii never be approached by
bad woman.
But when you call on women,a don't
make stiff formal calls, either. / know
how tits. You are admitted by the lady's
maid, and for a half hour while the lady
is busy with her toilet you sit in a stiff
back chair, and then when she comes
down yon are both stiff and formal. No
good can be done in that way. You
must warm up some, but be careful. 1t
is delicate question to handle.
Zone of the chief reasons we don't
have certain men in the church is because
very often all fhey know of us permeates
through their wives. and after stiff
formal call that is a bore, that which
gets through isn't very attractive to
Them .
Scarcely had the thord days business
session opened when Bishop Berry an
nounced that the body would 20 into a
half hours executive meeting. and re-
qnested all but the members to retire
from the room In the interval the bishop
announced the transfer into this confer
ence of the Rev. H. Chytle. formerly of
the Erie Conference. and the Rev David
d. Eaton. Of Newark, upon vote of the
conference, was transferred to the SUI
pernumerary LIST.
When the question aWho have been.
admitted into full membership. was
taken UP, four candidates were named
the Rev Percy II. Murdick, Of Eliza.
beth: the Rev William c. James, Of
Branchville; the Rev. Herman Chytle.8
and the Rev. Samuel Jones, Of Walpack
Centre. These candidates were re-
ported upon fayorably by the committee
on qualifications and examinations and
they were admitted
The Rev. DR.. James r. Day, Chan
cellor of Syracuse University. was one
of the first speakers of the open session.
He outlined the plans that have been
made for the rebuilding of the university
and alluded to the Carnegie gift the
other day of S150000
5 This money! he said. 'swas given.
for a library on condition that we raise.
like fund, and 1 have already got
S130,000 Of it, so / guess the library is
assured.
But this doesn't represent so much
work on my part for 4 good friend of
mine gave me 100000 the other day.
Don't think that we are getting all the
money we want, We need S., 900. 900
next Monday, and a like sum the week
after, and then we viii be fairly well
endowed and ON basis that will allow
us to compete with Yale and Harvard
and the other great universities of tile
land.
We want twenty-five new buildings
at Syracuse, and I'm bound to have
them: 50 IL you know of anybody that
has any money he doesn't ant, bring.
him this way. ana i glarantee that
tlaese Will be 10 3pAarisaical objections
70 ias aeceptanse