The Jersey City news., 1906-04-04
NEgHODISTS IN
YEARLY SESSION
nrly. ninth Annual Meeting
Of the Newark Conference
Begins Work at Wesi
Side Church

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llSHOP AAMIL T0NPRESlDE S
8xAAfINATIoN OF APPLICANTS
AND RECEPTION TO THE BIsH-
soP YESTERDAY = WON N s
FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
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After the preliminary proceedings yes
Nday morning. during which ten appli-
hnts applied for admission as members
4 the conference, addresses Of welcome
tere made, lecture WAS delivered By
be Rev. James Roscoe Day. D. D.,
lL. D., chancellor of Syracuse Uniyer-
kty. and reception was given TO Bish-
b Joha W. Hamilton, who is presiding,
he Forty-ninth Newark annual confer
hce of the Methodist Episcopal Cvhurch,
how in session at the West Side M. e..
Church settled down to business this
horning. There are about $50 members
lf the Conference. Bishop Hamilton
halls from San Francisco.
The ten applicants for admission to
he Conference who were examined yes
ierday morning are William Burd. G. b.
CoAard, E. NJ Compton. Lewis B. Cha
bux. Fred. B. Currie. Norman Cham
hlain, Sarinius Rechnitzer, A. w. Smith,
Clifford w. Williams. F. B. Young.
The members of the Board which ex-
hnined the applicants consisted of w.
B. Cowan, NJ. D. Church. E. S. Jannison,
J. T. Robbins. w. II. Ruth, F. c. Bald
win. P. C. Bascom, gorge G. Vogel, w.
4. Neff. R. B. Urmy, L. G. Muller, r. A.
Rrown and w. C. O'Donnen.
The result of the examinations will not
Be known until late this afternoon.
Mayor Fagan was to welcome the Wis
itors on behalf Of the city, but was un-
able TO be present Addresses on behalf
Sf Jersey City District were meae by
Presiding Elder Charles NJ. Thompson.
d. D.. and on behalf of the West Side
Church by William H. Beach. Every
SCAT in the auditorium was occupied last
night, notwithstanding an admission fee
of fifty cents was charged in order to
raise money for incidental expenses. The
visitors are all being entertained by lead
Ing Methodists. Bishop Hamilton is the
guest of the Rev. W. G. O'Donnell, pas
tor of West Side Church. The title Of the
lecture Dr. Day delivered last night is "A
Mile A Minute" While it was a serious
lecture it was enlivened with many brill
liant sallies of wit that caused much
laughter. While he did not deprecate the
great invention of machinery in the pres
ent life of hustle and hustle, he said one
had to keep up with the pace. and
strenuous life was not always one of the
best.
''The engine destroys you by its speed
be said Even the sewing machine, he
facetiously remarked, instead of proving
a blessing, has brought about more work
for those who make dresses and larger
bills for those who have to pay for them.
II it were possible to insuse little more
patience in our, national life | certainly
think it would make an Improvement"
DIR. Day tod of his enjoyable wedding
tour forty years ago on canal boat.
who would ever think Of taking such
a trip ON canal boat IN these days; and
yet ne had grand time. AT that time
it used to take three or four days to
reach Buffaio from New York. Nova
days man gets ca an express train at
8 A. M. at the Grand Central station in
New York and arrives in Buffalo at 4.30
P. N. On his arrival he consults his
watch and if the train is FIVE or ten min
utes late ne wants to know what caused
the dsssy."
The doctor compared the immense
stride IN mode Of travel with that of
siucatioa. And yet he said, this is
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