Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-24

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political questions, to bring the church
into relation with any political party
or movement, to be indiscriminate in
denunciation of our public men, but,
we ought not to quietly accept this
present drift in public life and let the
standard of public duty be lowered
without an appeal to our laymen to
remember their public duty, not to be-
come engrossed with business or selfish
ease while things go wrong in the
State. GOOD men will be ashamed TO
prosper while the tone of public life in
State or city is lowered n selfish,
scheming men take possession. There
are two hopeful weapons in this war
fare to which all good men are called
publicity and political Independence.
II observe that many OF our public
men dislike the newspapers and the
publicity which they give. They are
doubtless irritating at times, and their
~inaccuracy often offends us. but how
abuses would be exposed and a good
many men kept fairly honest without
newspapers, I do not know. The safe
course for all, whether in the church
or In public affairs, Is to do nothing
which we would not like to have found
out. Publicity might go even further
than 1t does with advantage. and let
us know the names of the officers n
managers who abuse us and purchase
legislation and municipal councils and
let public opinion get at them and force
them to be honest or to hid them
selves.
political independence also is to be
desired-the despair of the political
machine, men who car afford to an
tagonize corrupt men n to throw
their influence for the best man at
tainable.
THE old political issues are largely
dead, even those about which there
was the most intense feeling. 1t is
largely a scramble for office now, but
good men can afford to work together
to call the best men into the service
of the city and the State. Our duty
as ministers in the Church of God is
to try to make good Christians of all
our people, for the good Christian
cannot be a bad citizen.
Parish DcbA Decreasing.
1.-THE financial record of the diocese,
as it will be presented to you by the
treasurer, appears favorable; the new
financial plans adopted a year ago have
worked we'll. The parishes a shown
very good feeling concerning their di-
ocesan assessment. Our affairs are
managed in a very business-like way,
and the thanks of the diocese are due,
first of all, to the treasurer, Colonel
Edwin A. Stevens; to the members of
the committee on finance and the board
of adjustment. Many of us who have
been greatly interested in diocesan
missions and church extension have the
feeling that a paid archdeacon or d.
ocesan missionary, with closer over
sight of the missions han the bishop
can give, watching for opportunities
for church extension and guiding new
undertakings wisely, would be of great
service to the diocese.
I'VE have made gains during the
year in the extension of our work in
the opening OF st. Mary's Church,
iNi0ktltiu pioNO ~ 4
Westwood; Grace Church. Worten-
dyke; st. Stephens, Jersey City. And
now, in the reopening of Holy limo
cents Church. on Orange Mountain,
after it a been closed for fourteen
years and falhn into ruin; in the new
building at G~randview, the
memorial of Arthur S. Mann, our
missionary in China, who lost his life
~ +v,kine tn ~ the lifa Of hic finland
and fellow-missionary, which is ap-
preaching completion.
New r~ectories have beer built for
st. Johns, West Hoboken; St. Johns,
Bayonne, and new rectories have been
purchased for Grace, Orange, and for
ST. Johns, Jersey City. Land has been
given for a rectory at Grantwood
which WILL probably soon be built, and
other parishes are taking similar work
in hand.
Land has been bought for the new
Church of the Epiphany. Orange; at
Upper Montclair for the enlargement
the parish house. Church debts have
been paid al Bloomfield. making the
o nsecration of the church on the
iftieth anniversary of the organiza-
ton of the parish possible in the pres
6kt IlOIllh, III ct Sbi iSl hhit CioIl |
Hills. The Easter offerings at st.
Paul's. Englewood, provided for a large
part of the debt pom the parish and
sage assurance of the removal of the
whole debt within the coming year.
Other parishes are planning in a defin-
lite way for the removal of debts CON
in building their churches. A
parish house at Holy Cross Church.
Jersey City, has been provided; one is
being built for Trinity, Newark. St.
East Orange. has been enlarged
to provide for its Sunday school and
its work. In several of the parishes,
notably Belleville. Arlington, the pro
Newark; Tenafly, Maple
wood and Leonia. the work of provid-
much-needed parish buildings is
being pushed. One may gladly record
all over the diocese parishes and
are planning TO free them
selves from burdensome debts and to
and strengthen their work. St.
Andrews, Newark, will doubtless soon
nave a new church on Clinton hill. and
a new church will probably soon stand
On land acquired within the limits of
st. Johns parish on Forest Hill. Plans
for st. Georges, Maplewood, are being
out, and there are several other
places where new undertakings are I'M