Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-25
STATE bAPT|STS
BEGIN ANNUAL
SESSION HERE
Pastors Conference Takes Up
Work of Morning Meet .
ing in Peddie Church.

With delegates present from all
sections of the State. the eighty-sixth
annual convention of the New Jer-
sey Baptists opened a three days
session at Peddie Memorial Church
today
This mornings session was devoted
to the Baptist pastors of the State.
Rev. DIR. Birney S. Johnson, of Plain
field, president of the New Jersey
Baptist Pastors Conference, presided.
Rev. Frederick Bloser, of Somerville,
acted as secretary.
The Womans American Baptist
Home Mission Society met this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Young
Womens' Christian Association, 53
Washington street. Mrs 8. T. Ford,
of Chicago, a member OF the board,
and others will address the meeting.
The convention proper opens at
7:45 o'clock this evening. The session
will be conducted by the president, F.
Wayland Aver, a well-known layman,
of Camden. +.
Rev. M. Joseph Twomey, pastor of
the convention church, will welcome
the delegates. Rev. DIR. G. A. Bar
bour, of the Theological Seminary,
will deliver an address, his topic be-
ing Convention Work as Practical
Patriotism"
There are $40 churches represented
in the convention, the total member
ship being in excess of 72,000. Each
regularly recognized Baptist church
of the State is entitled to appoint the
pastor and one delegate; also one ad-
ditional delegate for each 100 MEM
bers or o major fraction thereon above
the first 100. Members Of the board of
managers and the officers of the con-
vention are ex-off1cio members. 1t is
expected that over 300 delegates will
be present during the sessions of the
convention.
Rev H. p. Hoskins, of Avon, opened
the session with prayer. The prin-
cipal discussion of the morning was
by Rev. Dr. w. b. Matteson, of New
York city, secretary of the Minister
and Missionary Home Funding So
ciety. He told of the effort which is
being made to raise a retirement fund
of 81 ,0000 900 for the retired pastors of
New York, New Jersey and Connecti-
cut. The national organization, con-
Quoted on similar lines, Is now en-
gagged in raising an endowment fund
of $5.000,000.
"A feature OF tne sessions VIII be
young peoples rally, to be held in the
Peddie church on Wednesday eve
ming. Fred B. Smith, OF New York,
will deliver an address, his topic be-
ing 1.-THE Young Peoples Share in the
Redemption of the Commonwealth"
Mr.. Smith is a speaker of interna-
tional reputation. A song service will
be conducted by l. II. Meredith.
In discussing the need of raising a
81, ,000. 900 retirement fund Rev. DR..
Matleson said that $1,000 is needed
before December 15, of which amount
New Jerseys share is $1,500. He fur
ther said that about one hundred
families would be aided this year
The speaker declared he was sur
prised at the apathy manifested by
the pastors in the retirement fund
plan. He said that this was probably
due to the fact that the clergymen
did not thoroughly understand it..
Last year, he said, of the ninety-six
persons aided fifty were widows. "A
Methodist doesn't have to come up in
his tatters when he is broken down
and say, I am q brokendown man.
Won't you help me?' He has a right
to come up like a man and demand a
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