Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-23
PRESRYIER|ANS
HAVE l,l43 ON
PENSION ROLL
N''s crease iiE1VFants ri t[.l
Ministsflal Relief. RI I'LL
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By s41 the BEH SEYsIa5S!S \ ]

pastors and title 1ahfiHeS OF those Nh6'
have died wa taken up today by the
Presbyterian Assembly upon the sub
mission ofythdsepyHs iH tie BoarqfYf
Ministerial Relief. During the, year
which ended -5tDfMAreh9E H4afeVwasl
a greater number an ,gthe ,rollsy Of tie,
board h have 'e9er beer there b.
fore. The names totaled 1,143, of which
Az were ministers, 59S widows, IS or
phan families I8I Women f-hissionaries,
10 guests in the MerriamfH Home at New
ton and t8 guests sat the Thornton
Home. New names, to the number of
100 were adqd1edbt9 the list during the
year. . .54-
The report OF the board Included the
following reference to the roll of honor:
There have been 22S ministers In the
roll of honor during the past year the
largest number the boardthas ever re-
ported. Their average ages are over II
years and sthe average time they have
been in the ministry has been forty.
eight years. twenty-five, of these haye
been adde during the year Just closed.
and twenty three or these Venerable
men have died. Since the rule OF 1889
was adopted, 49S ministers have awaited
themselves of its privilege.
1.-THE amount granted to men on the
roll of honor during the year vas sss, 1876,
an average of $3.50, as all Of the honor
ably received ministers did not ask for
the maximum amount of $500.
There are more than four times as
many ministers in our church not on
the roll of honor as there are upon that
roll, who have been in active service
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over 70 years of age, but most of these
are able to support their families. 1t Is
not expected that these will ask for the
honorarium paid to members of the roll
of honor and do not ask for 1t, enc
ously preferring to have the limited
amount of money given to the board
distributed among the families of their
brethren are not as highly favored
financially as they have been.
Forty-fve Ministers Die.
'Deaths-Seventy-two of those upon
the roll passed ava during the pear:
F~orty-ive ministers, "a widows n two
orphans. One minister died at the
Marian Home. This is the largest
number of deaths of those or the rooll
tina has occurred in any year in the
boards history"
The Rev. w. H. Heberton, of Phila-
delphia, treasurer of the board, asked
tina greater interest be taken in the
aged ministers. He suggested an en-
dOwment fund of much greater size
than the present one Of 50, 000, 900. A
friend recently gave $40, 900 on the con-
dition that $4,000 be added. The Rev.
Joseph F. Williams, of Evansville, Ind,
fa vorad a recommendation to increase
the endowment py $o,VVo,oVo IN ofoer
that a o~enenciary might nave soVo
pei annum. Sn {
An exception was by the rev
>. H.. Sharpe OF sacramento eai, TO
the RUE requiring Inc peherciarles pe
nve years IN the r~respyterlan oenonhi-
nation. Inc case was one OF q poor
WIDOW IN a sacramento hospiCai VINO
was neing cared Tor py MT. Sharpe ahd
some frlends. Inc was
tabled as the general iteiing OIL the
assembly was tnat tne ADMISSION OF tne
would eseapilsh d DANGEROUS
precedent, - Rslnah
me 'uoiciai colnlhi.,ee mace pal.ai
repore d. iz.o0 oeio.n III. al.s,nov
Inc assembly was the
n,ee oveleute was m'ioeunas tNS
ooeh ho,ess S1
ierred TINS overture 10 inc PERMANENT
judicial commission smh asid
a new ~eVahseiis.ic coinili..9sbb BOZ nc
ensuing year vac ahiouieeo ny ne
Ihooerator as ,olioms' Moueralof' lhe
rev. Dr' Sldt,es = Li.'ie onaiinian
D -ohlclo' =, = nuseon, Cua'esVlie'
f6Sy : cnaIrliah, ~ i'e,' w.
Il osle'e LAM 80, ~ ,he NV ~
Jonn oaisol, ooNsn,
kor. Robert. c. Coyle, Denver. the Rev.
iDr. W. p. Fulton, Philadelphia; the
n REV. DR.. A. E. Keigwin, New York;
the Rev. DIR. Cleland b. McAfee, Brook
Ign; the Rev. DR.. Henry c. Minton,
Trenton; the Rev. DIR. s. S. Palmer,
Columbus, o.; the Rev. DR.. j. Bolcom
Shaw, New York; the Rev. DR.. John
Timothy Stone, Chicago; the Rev. DIR.
S. Edward Young Brooklyn. John Wiz
lis Baer, Los Angeles. CAL; the Rev.
DIR. George w. Bailey AsPhilAdelphia;
Foster Copeland, Columbus. o.; H. F,
Crowell. cttcago;'-FA X, Hackstt'
Fort Wayne 1ndt Ralph w. Harf4i-
, son, Pittsburg, Pa; Games ID, Hustled,
| Denver, Coles; eLL.bHq Severance, New
York city,
Nothing. has yet come o the COM
mittee on bifls and oveftures to which
has peer referred the resolutions OPP
posing the holding Of the Jeffries-
johnson fight on Independence Day.
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