Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
SAYS METHODISTS
CAN LEARN FROM
CATHOLIC Church
Rev. Edgar Blake Tells Confer
ence That Children Are
Being Neglected.


Addresses by delegates featured the
session of the Newark conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
the Halsey Street Church today.
Heretofore it has been the custom
Of conference to have a series of ad-
dresses given at different days. This
time one whole day of the conference
was set aside for addresses.
After the devotional services Bishop
Wilson introduced Rev. S. B. GofH,
u member of the Philadelphia confer
ence, who spoke on the work OF
church temperance being carried on
in the church. He declared that dur
ing the year 100000 pledges of tenn
perance have been secured, and that
as many more had promised to abb
stain in other parts of the work.
Rev. w. I. Haven, member of the
American Bible Society. told of the
work being done in that organiza-
ton. He related incidents told by
the society's missionaries. He as
serted that some Catholic priests In
the Philippines had burned copies of
the gospel that had been circulated
by the American Bible Society. Even
in this country, 'in some of the lark
places" the speaker said, similar acts
have been committed.
Rev. Edgar Blake, of the Board of
Sunday Schools, related the work
being done in that department of the
church. In six years the membership
of the Methodist Episcopal SUNDAY
schools had gone up from 40O0O To
four times that number. Further, that
| laFtxrad fhprp-
from in that length OF time was more
than "a. .000, 900, and that $4,000 con-
versions have been made. In 1918, he
said. the appropriation to the Sunday
schools was less than eight per cent
while the profits from that source
was nearly eighty per cent.
We're not doing enough the
sneaker said Were not doing
| enough for our children. That's the
place to get in the work. | wish thai
| this conference would take a leaf out
| Of the book of the Roman Cathoii,
| Church and profit thereby he said
1.-The Roman Catholic religion ls
paving 1880, 900 yearly to hold its griI
an tho fancy and imagination and
sympathies of it's children. And there
| les the success of that denomination
1t brings up it's children in the faith
Indorse Bible Bill.
The conference at yesterday after
Moons session went on record IN
| favor of Assembly bill No. 500, which
provides for the reading of the Holy
bible in the public schools. This Is the
| bin which stirred up some religious
partisanship at q recent public near
ring in Trenton The following reso'
Iutions on the bill were adopted al
| the conference:
"Whereas, 1t is in the interest OF
god and moral training OF lie OF
honorable thought and good citizen
ship that the public school children
should have lessons of morality
brought to their attention during
their schooldays; therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the Newark con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
! Church. in session assembled in this
CITY. on this date earnestly urge upon
our State senators and members of
! tbe House of Assembly that they ag-
| pressiyely support and work for the
massage of Assembly bill No. 500,
which provides for the reading OF the
Holy Bible in the public schools; and
be it further
"Resolved, That copy Of these
resolutions be forwarded to the presi-
dent of the Senate and to the speaker
of the House of Assembly and to the
chairman of the committee on educa-
| ton.
(signed) "FRED BLOOM,
! Secretary"
| Educational Fund.
Considerable discussion was occa-
stoned over the division of the an
nual educational fund collection at
Yesterdays session. Rev. Jonathan
Ia,aE r,F h1 =
ary Collegiate institute, contending
that the division should be the same
as last year, when so per cent. went
to the Hackettstown institution and
| 90 per cent. to the conference Board
| of Education Rev. DR.. Meeker de-
clared that unless this help was given
the management of the college would
eb Obliged to raise the student rates.
Others held that the ghty per cent.
| should go to the Conference Board of
Education for the reason that 1t was
| for the purpose of educating young
men for the ministery that the col
| lection is taken up, White at HACK
ettstown half of the students were
| women
"Well what are ministers to do
without educated wivesY' fr en- en-
without educated wiVes?" fractously
asked Rev. DIR. Meeker.
Rev. William f. Palmer, of Perth
Amboy attempted to settle the ques-
ton amisably by suggesting dividing
the collection equally. This motion
was tabled. When the vote was taken
on the substitute motion, which was
| to g,ve the Hackettstown Institution
the eighty per cent. it was found the
conference was almost unanimously
| in favor of that plan.
At the anniversary of the Woman $
Home Missionary Society which was
celebrated yesterday afternoon in the
auditorium of the church, Rev. Wal
lace McMullen was the principal
speaker. A reception at the Deaconess
Home, 219 Fairmount avenue, follow
ed. II was attended by members and
fr' ends of the conference.
In the evening the preachers and
society met. The speaker was Rev.
NJ. McGee Waters, pastor of Tomp-
kins Avenue Congregational Church
of Brooklyn. His subject was, AN
Old Minister and His Influence"
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