Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-03-22

requested Bishop GoodseII to allow a
representative to state the case before
the conference. This privilege was
/ oenled owing to the fact that the
parties are not members OF the confer.
ence.
Ihe matter will be taken up, how
ever, Monday, at 10. when DR.. G. P.
Mains will explain the situation.
Pentecostal services were conducted
In st. James church at 3. They we're
presided over by the Rev. D. B. Har.
ris.
New Brunswick, March 16 Bishop
Goodsell gave homely but practical ad-
vice to the class of probationers at
conference to-day.
BE warm with religious fervor, -
he said. ga chilly Methodist is the
coldest kind of cold storage Chris
tlan. Hold fast 10 orthodox doctrine.
Don't be like the fish called the ang.
Ter, which has much mouth, but onlv
little knob for head. Whenever any.
thing touches the knob the mouth
opens and swallows everything pres
ented to it.
Don't worry about attacks on
Christianity. have lived long
enough to see many movements that
seemed fraught with peril become
nothing but religion scuriosities and
Observation-Disclosures BE careful and con.
siderate in dress. because carelessness
may inspire hostility or lack of sym
pathy. l was once told by godiy
man that he considered hair brushed
up in front and slicked at the side as
the mark of the beast.''
Henry Betting, of Bordentown ;
Henry l.. Birkett and Ralph S. Car
Isle were admitted into full member.
ship and elected to the Order of Ell
ders, while John W. Wainwright,
Laurensen Oorrell, William Grum,
John l.. Messler, D. E. Van Dright
and Harold P. Sloan were made full
members and elected deacons. Edwin
W. Cloud did not pass examinations
and was not admitted
Bishop Goodsell declared that the
business of the conference had Jagged
and that it was far behind in its work.
He called for the reports of the New
Brunswick and Trenton districts, since
those reports must be got out of the
way before anything else could be &C.
compIished. Rev. B. Haines, pre-.
| siding elder of the New Brunswick
district, spoke of the inadequate sal.
aries paid to many pastors in the dis
trict. The work of church repairs and
improvements had been done gener-
ously. Many churches. however,
should bestir themselves in this direc.
| tion.
n Rev. w. P. Davis, presiding elder
OF the Trenton district, after referring
to several changes and readjustments
of appointments in his district, took
up the matter of preachers salaries.
He declared that in the majority of
cases too small a salary was paid the
pastor, and he had devoted much effort
| to securing increases and preventing
| reductions of salaries in his district.
| There had been fourteen increases and
no reductions. He declared there
| should be more liberal estimates made
| by churches for salaries.
| NThere have been no new churches
| built in the district. The Princeton
Church project is in abeyance. Twenty
| eight churches have made repairs and
| improvement ranging from over 5000
to 500, while all church property has
been kept up in good shape.
| There has been an advance of mis-.
| sionary offerings in the district of
over $500. There have been a number
of revivals in different sections of the
district, and all have been productive
of much good.
There was pathetic feature to the
trial of Rev. l.. o. Manchester. of
Sharptown, who is charged with not
paying his debts. Mr.. Manchester is
the father of a professor of music, now
holding the chair of music in the
University of South Carolina. His
other son is New York physician.
This case is that of a minister un.
able to pay the debts he contracted in
order to give these two sons an edu.
cation. For ten years these debts
have hung over his head, and he has
been unable to make any effective
effort toward clearing them.
Rev. Manchester's salary as minis.
ter of the Sharptown church is only
$625, and he is allowed yearly house
rent of $780, The committee has not
yet reached a decision in the case.
This afternoon the Preachers Aid
Society held business meeting in the
First Church. and at the same hour