Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-27
.BAPT|STS. IN
LIVELY TILT
OVER REPORT
Seashore cIergymen Object to
Being Styled "Mendicants'
Because of Money Appeals.
NEW AMERICAN ISSUE
Is CREATED BY WAR
Making immigrants "Homoge-
nous People" Will Be Our
Task, Says DR.. West.

Rev. II. ID. MeGurdy, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Cape May.
created a str at the morning session
of the New Jersey Baptist Convention
al the Peddie Memorial Church today.
when he took exception to the word
mendicants" in the report of the
commission ON policy relative to the
work at seashore resorts
Ashury Park was selected by the
convention for the annual session in
1915. The meetings will be hela in
the First Baptist Church. Before the
decision was reached to hold the next
convention in Asbury Park. invita-
tions were considered from the First
Baptist Church of Paterson and the
First Baptist Church of Atlantic
City,
The commission suggested in the
report that the pastors do not come
as mendcants before the congrega-
! ions"
Il think the reference 10 'mendi-
! cacy is an Insult to our common
sense" said Ma McCurdy, who APP
peared TO he considerably wrought M
by the wording of the report.
Wanted Remarks Stricken Out.
Il move continued he. that the
words which refer to mendieacy and
making an appeal for money be
7 stricken out and be not printed in the
minutes of the convention
/ Rev. Berney s. Hudson, of Plain
field. formerly pastor of the First
/ Baptist Church of Atlantic City, sec
onded the resolution.
+ Iev. c. o. Wright. chairman of the
i commission of policy, who presented
the report, said he knew the motion
was not deba BILE. but he would like
to be heard. lie then called attention
/ to the fact that there had come to
/ the commission from men of means
who had attended services at various
seashore resorts the statement that
! appeals for money were of such ma
ture as to place the church in the
s "mendicant class.
President Aver said he had little
time TO waste over such a matter,
but asked Mr. McCurdy if lie insisted
that the motion be put. The latter
said he did and the motion was put
! and lost.
/ Want Whole Report Set Aside.
Mr. McCurdy then as'Sed 10 have
the entire report set aside
+ AT this point Rev. DIR. W. A. Stan
/ ton. OF Hightstown, secured the floor
and said:
IF these brethren who Just now
are hot will take little soda and
cool off they may then see that they
are insulting the commission as much
as the commission is insulting them.
think they will then cease billing
over. The commission cant afford
| To work for years and have its Ia
! bors go for nothing
| The discussion then became gem
eral and the motion when finally put
was lost.
| The troubled waters were smoothed
! by Rev. Frank A. Smith, of Eliza.
| beth, who said he could understand
! how the feelings OF the pastors
might have been wounded. The con-
vention thereupon voted to strike out
the offending words.
Francis Wayland Aver, Of Camden,
was today unanimously reelected
| president of the New jersey Baptist
convention, and entered upon his
| elBnl0 CONSECUTIVE term III lHdl ollcts
Mr.. Aver has a previous service to his
/ record of twelve consecutive years as
president, and If he completes his new
term win have had a service of
/ twenty years. He also served two
j years al vice president of the North
ern Baptist convention.
j MIR. Aver conducts the great adyer
j Using agency of n. w. Aver & Son,
/ established in Philadelphia by his
/ father years ago; is president of the
| Fourth National Bank, of that city.
and is interested in many business
enterprises in the Quaker city.
! The following vice-presidents were
/ elected without opposition: d. G.
/ Garrabrant. Bloomfield; c. w. Nc
Cutehen, Plainfeld; Rev. John w.
| Lyell, Camden; Rev. ,Tudson Conklin,
| Trenton: executive secretary, Rev. r.
M. West, Newark; financial and re-
cording secretary, Rev. DelaVan De
Wolf, Newark; secretary of educa-
+ ton. Rev. Frank A. Smith, Eliza
beth: secretary for young peoples
and Sunday school work, Ivan p.
! Flood, Newark, and treasurer. b r.
Fowler of Haddonfield.
Rev. Delevan De Wolf VINO was
| again chosen financial and recording
secretary, has just rounded out
| twenty-five years of consecutive serv-
ice in that capacity.
| As mark of the esteem in which
: he is held a gift will be presented TO
Mr.. De Wolf this afternoon or tonight
/ by President Aver The gift is un-
derstood to be chest of silver.
! Miss Grace NJ. De Wolf has as
sisted her father as office secretary
! for several years.
| In addition to the officers already
mentioned the following pastors and
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