Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-16
NEW JERSEY
CONFERENCE


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In session at the seventy-ffth an
nual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, which opened
here yesterday may demand radical
action ON the Sunday baseball end
open saloon of Atlantic City. acsA i
ing to rumors afioat here late this
afternoon. 1t Is also said by 7good
authority that the election probe
now under way by state assembly
men there win come up for consid-
Grafton, In which, 1t is believed, the
ministers will ask the aid Of Gov
ernor Wilson.
Reports that such discussions were
contemplated as one of the chief fea-
lures of the conference started with
the sermon by Rev. J. G. Kulp, OF
Bradley Beach, delivered Tuesday
night, In which he limited of a reso-
luton along these lines. This
brought hearty "amens" from the
300 clergymen in attendance.
In thetreport today from the COM
mittee on legislation, of which Rev.
James Marshall, of New Brunswick,
Is chairman, will be contained Wig
orous protests against 1egalizing
Sunday baseball, the progress of the
local option movement and protests
to attempts made to get through the
legislature measures providing for
a more liberal Sunday.
Passage by the legislature OF the
measure providing for censorship of
moving picture shows and fixing an
age limit for minors attending the
aires unaccompanied by guardians,
Will be recommended by conference.
Radical members stand for prohibi-
ton, but the conservatives in con-
ference favor the local option bill,
holding that its passage would be
an important step toward temper
ance. DR.. J. W. Marshall, Of New
Brunswick, chairman of the legisla-
tive committee, states that the clergy
will advocate raising the age limit
In the show bill from fourteen to
sixteen years.
Administration of the holy COM
munion formally opened the sessions
at IL O'Clock yesterday morning,
with Rev. John w. Hamilton, OF
~Pittsburg, presiding. Rev. Melville
Il. Snyder. OF the st. Paul NJ. e.
church, was unanimously reelected
secretary of the conference. Other
elections were the promotion of j. F.
Shaw. Journalist OF the last confer,
ence, to be assistant secretary, and
the election OF e. A. Wells, former
assistant journalist, to be Journal
list. u. @. Hagan, who was in line
for the office Of journalist, retired
from the field.
Rev. ]. r. Mason was reelected
secretary. He chose as
his assistants Reys. w. T.. Shaw, t.
L. Wright, c. j. Fitzgeorge, John
Goorley. Newton Nelson, William
Disbrow, Leon Chamberlain, A. e.
Amos Frazier.
A. L. lizard, who for many years,
as treasurer, requested that
he not be considered a candidate be-,
cause of advancing age After ten
dering a vote OF thanks to Mr.. lizard
for his services, the conference
ID. G. Cobb, an assistant
to the office. He selected
rs his assistants, Revs. j.. A.. Read.
M. S. Messler, =. w. Lynch, d. r.
Stephen and Henry johnson.
The ministers adjourned early
afternoon. The Women's
Foreign Missionary Society held Its
anniversary in tho morning, with
Mary Carlson, OF China, as the prin-
cipal speaker. Rev. H. C. Stunts
spoke last night before the board
of foreign missions.
Fears of a general upheavai and
statewide changes OF pulpits have
for 1t IL believed that Rev.
DR.. J. morgan Read, former presi-
dent OF Pennington Seminary, will
accept the pulpit OF tho Glassboro
church. to which he has been called,
and that Rev. DR.. j. II. Haines, for
mer gice-president OF that institu-
ton, will go south to engage in
school work.
This leaves only Rev. @. w. Mese-
roll, present pastor Of the Glassboro
church, to be provided for. There
are already a couple of openings for
him, one at st. Paul's church. Tren-
ten, Rev. Edmund Hewitt, the pres
emit pastor, having rendered his res
Eignatfon.
Rev. Harold R. Sloan, of the South
River church, has also left 1t to be-
come assistant to John Wesley Hill
in the "Foreward Movement" at the
Metropolitan temple, New York city
Another opening occurs at Island
Heights, which pulpit WAS left va
cant by the resignation OF Rev. s. w
Grisried to become professor of tbs
Christian work department at Pen.
nington Seminary.
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