The Jersey City news., 1905-10-18
Synod Of New Jersey in Ses-
sion at Cape May Wants
the Present Restriction
Preserved in the Army.
THE COMMITTEES NAMED
REV. HUGH B. MAC CAULEY RE.
PORTS FOR THE HOME MIS-
sIoNs-APPEAL FOR A 5000
COO FUND BY THE AMERICAN
BIBLE SOCIETY.

BIBLE SOCIETY.
Special to 'rhe Jersey city News,
CAPE MAY, Oct. 1s. 19O5-Havins
elected the Rev. DR.. George Swain, Of
Allentown. moderator to succeed the
Rev. james De Hart Bruen. of Bslvi-
dere, the 100 Presbyterian ministers and
laymer attending the eighty-tniTd annu-
al meeting of the Synod of New Jersey,
reassembled in the First Presbyterian
Church shortly after 8 O'Clock yesterday, (
the new moderator presiding.
The pretty little stone edifee at Del
catur and Hughes streets, this city, was.
as costly flied as at the first session
As on that occasion many women were
present, not few of the delegates be- Il
ing accompanied by their wives The
first order of business was the appcinr-
ment of standing committees who serve
only during the session. Much interest
was manifested in the personnel of these
and ii was satisfied only when the Rey.il
DR.. Swain announced the committees
makeup as follows
Finance committee, the Revs. Joseph
Hunter and Adolos Allen. Elders Arnold
f. Stout and Rdberty Kennedy.
Narrative FOR 1906, the Rcvs. John T.
Patterson and Frederick W. Stocllwe-l.
Elder Clarence c. Robinson.
Minutes of general assembly, the Rev !
Herbert R. Rimdall and Henry R. Hal,
Elder William H. Brooks.
Bills and overtures, the Revs- james
DeHart Bruea, Alexander Young, Wi.i-
lam G. Finney and Hugh 3. MacCau 6.
Elders Horace r. Ford. jacob Wilson
and William T. Smock
Judicial business. the Revs J i,~
Paterson, Alfred P. Botsford. Samuel NJ.
Studd1ord and E. B. Ccou Es-e-s
Thomas B. Lindsay, Peter 4. Bergen
and Swain w Reeves.
Synodical home mission accounts, 1906.
the Rev. Joseph L. Ewing and Elder
Nathanial Tooker.
Revision of permanent committees. the
Rev. C. Rudolph Kuebler and Elder
Franklin Dye.
Following the reports of the stated
clerk. the Rev. DR.. Walter A. B~ovcS IF
Trenton; the treasurer of synod, the Rev.
Eben B. Cobb Of Eiizaoeth, AMI sAe
synedieal trustees, the Rev. DR.. john
Fox, of East Orange. one of the secre-
taries of the American Bible Society, ad-
dressed the synod. DR.. Fox called atten-
tion of the need of the Bible Society for
greater pecuniary support, and an
nounced that there was IN course Of prep
aration an appeal for $5,000000.
The Rev Clarence w, Rouse next pre-
sented the narrative of the session Of
1908, and the resi- gnation of DR.. Alfred
P Dashill, of Lakewood, as d member
of the board of trustees, was accepted
The Rev. Hugh B. MacCsuley of Tren-
ton. presented a report for the special
committee on the laws of trustees. The
report of the treasurer of the synodical
home missions fund was tabulated
schedule setting forth the detailed con-
tlibutions and the disbursements of the
fund Hhere are the contributions by
presbyteiies:
Elizabeth, S2.973.9s; Jersey City, 81
102.7S; Monmouth, $1.723.29; Norris
and Orange, S4.20S.4T: Newark. S2o44.-
81: New Brunswick. $2.S5T. %; Newton
81, 9333. %; West Jersey, $2,222.2S; Cor
ciso. $500.
The disbursements to ministers and
missionaries We're shown to have been
as follows:
In presbytery of Elizabeth, S1.IT3.50
in presbytery of Jersey City, $2,565;
Monmouth, SS,525.50; New Brunswick
| 1,I33. rs; Newton $962.50; West Jer-
Sey. SO, 1921 For administration ex-
penses. S267.S5. Total, S1S,3T0.49.
One of the most important reports was
thae of the permanent committee eE
synodical home missions. of which thu
Rev Samuel McLanahan, of Lawrence
vile. is chairman.
Mr. McLanahan's report showed that
| in The aggregate there had been handled
during the year $21 ,O1S.19 in available
funds, the receipts being $66S.G0 in ex-
cess of those Of the previous year.
In the report of the permanent COM
/ mittee On temperance made BY the Rev
| William " Lauderbaugh of Salem, 5hs
| adoption indorsing the plan of the gen.
| eral assemblies TEMPERANCE comln5ttee 10
| put more paid workers in the field and
| urge the ministers to give their resnses
tive congregations opportunities to malSs
] special contributions in support Of tnE
- VI Tho snsesws' n-,- = iSA fsvs-'sss 1lls
plan of writing to all the churches and
i teas aela anee &. gssni1atlpns q tAe Sut1t
urging 4 movement to secure better
| temperance legislation, including wise
! general option law.
4 fourth proviso of the resolutions
! touched ON the need of educational insti'
| buttons enforcing rules against the use o.
intexicaHts by students. and a fifth pro
viso took up the question Of the army
canteen, 1t urged the synod to maintair
its attitude against the repeal of existing
statutory prohibition of LIQUOR sales i
/ military camps. and that the synod peti
| tion Congress to extend the same prohibi'
tion to yards and vessels under the Navs
/ Departments control. A final section mp
pealed to all ministers to increase theiI
efforts to promote the practice Of tofa
/ abstinence. The resolutions We're unani