Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-04-05

Of Simpson NJ. II. Church, Who Took
Part in Conference Sunday.
as B. Neely. D. D.. LID, the presid-
ing officer, delivered the conference
sermon, taking as his text, First
Corinthians. l., %: The Jews Re-
quire Sign and the Greeks Seek
after Wisdom"
The Rev. DR.. Charles L, Mead,
pastor OF the Centenary church, pre-
sided, and the Reg. Or. David B. II,
Randolph. the Rev. DR. G. M Ander-
son, the Rev. DR.. G. w. Smith and
the Rev Dr.. L. G. Muller assisted
him. The last four are district su-
perintendents OF the conference.
bishop NeeIy's Address.
you have been celebrating the
Tooth anniversary OF the birth of
Darwin" said Bishop Neely in part
"and many persons have accepted as
the teaching of Darwin what Darwin
never uttered. But with all this
celebration Darwinism has not the
hold on the public mind that IL did
twenty-five years ago. Darwinism
is but fad and will soon pass away
There is a law of ascent and a
law OF descent, and at times the law
of descent is stronger than the law
of ascent. Because there are sava-
ges now does not prove that in the
beginning all men were savages.
When God created man he did not
create a savage, but gentleman.
The doctrine OF the fall and the ex-
pulsion from the Garden OF Eden
goes to show that man was created
an elevated being, but sank through
sin, and ls now slowly rising to the
plane he was formerly on.
''It has been the effort of God to
bring man back to the truth. He
tried through the patrisrchs,
through Judaism, through Christian
ity. Christianity had definite be-
ginning and we can trace Its history
back through nineteen centuries, not
alone In religious works, but in the
secular records of the progress OF
the world. We can prove its ex-
istence through the church. which
has been in existence since the be-
ginning"
Eleven Deacons Ordained.
Solemn and impressive was the
afternoon service, when Bishop Nee
ly ordained Edward G. Grisriel, who
has had charge of the Methodist
church at Asbury for the last two
years, an elder of the church. At
the same time w. S. Eisert, George
w. McGill, Raphael Fennilli, George
Washington Mason Faleoner, Arthur
H. Limouze, Charles II. Hunt, Henry
Joseph Iobst, Wilbur c. Noble, Jesse
Lee Peck, L. @. Gordon and Jesse P.
Landon were ordained as deacons
MIR. Jackson Presides.
America for Christ, was the
subject of the address by the Rev.
DIR. Charles M. Boswell. of Philadel-
phia. assistant corresponding secre-
tary of the Board of Home Missions
and Church Extension Society, at the
anniversary service of the Home
Missions and Church Extension, In
the Centenary Methodist church, last
night The Rev. Samuel Trevena
Jackson, of Arlington, presided.
I'VE are calling for a million and
a half dollars, said DR. Boswell, to
exteT the work Of the church in this
country The Newark Conference
has been asked to give us $4,000.
IouL W.T. Will give q ldA sc pOItChtd6V
of that back to you, not directly, but
in your home missions. That is, the
money will be spent within the ter
ritorial limits OF the Newark Con
ference In prosecuting the mission
airy work and also in helping the
little struggling church.
"The interest in the foreign field
is not decreasing. but the interest in
the home field must be increased If
we are to make true our slogan,
America for Christ 1t is increas-
Ing, thanks to she Lord. Now we
want the national hymn, My Coun-
try, 'Tis OF Thee, to refer to the
home missionary work. We must
hold this country to God If we want
to send our missionaries into for
eign lands.
There are 100000 600 persons
living under our flag in the United,
States who do not acknowledge Go
or Christianity This country Is rlr-c'
ming shy OF boys Why7 Just
lCOntinued on page 81