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V- REPORT OF PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS.
I. Increased Activity.
This is to be noted, we think, in every department, warranting the conviction that the new century, in spite of some dark clouds over- shadowing, has opened propitiously.
The field statistics bear us out measurably, showing but a slight advance. Yet, taking into account the interruption of the work in China, with its destruction of plants and scattering and persecution of missionaries and native Christians, it is most gratifying to have had any aggregate advance at all. We note with pleasure that the accession in the Pekin mission, the center of disturbance, was only twelve short of last year's and that in all China more than a thousand were added to the churches. The cry, "the missionaries did it," has been generally abandoned, and the question of indemnities is being largely settled on the ground, China being still open. In Korea, the most favored harvest field of the Presbyterian Church, one thousand and eighty-six were added to the churches, and there were four thousand inquirers.
In India, Mexico, Brazil, Persia, the converts were numbered by hun- dreds, while no one of our thirteen fields has been without its encour- agement. In spite of everything adverse, there has been no abiding de- pression on the part of missionaries or friends of missions, but rather, exceeding hopefulness and assurance of speedy triumph, moving all to more energetic and heartsome labors. Why should it not be so, when the increase of the entire field has been twelve per cent., more than four times that at home?
The home department has shown a decided increase of activity. Recently a Secretary (Dr. Halsey) has been designated to give it his entire time. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions is a broader and more efficient agency than it has ever been. It is not a mere bureau and banking-house, but a practical arm of the church having many hands.
It has frequent conferences with other Boards, to promote comity and devise the most adequate machinery.
It has personal contact with missions and workers. At least three of the Secretaries have made world tours to put themselves in actual touch with the work. The lives of these men are thenceforth exceed- ingly valuable, and we should pray for their preservation, that their experience may long be an important asset of the church.
It conducts training classes for departing missionaries. These are now accustomed to spend a few days or weeks, before sailing, with the Secretaries and other competent instructors, in special study, prayer and praise.
The Board has created a generous literature. The churches may no longer plead ignorance when almost every phase of missions, and nearly every country, have been discussed and illustrated in luminous
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booklets to be had for the asking. Besides these, lectures, sketches and hand-books have issued from the Board's active brains, the latest of which. Secretary' Speer's '"Presbyterian Foreign Missions," should be read by every intelligent Presbyterian.
It promotes conference with the churches. In this line the officers, including the Treasurer and the indefatigable Field Secretary, Dr. Marshall, have shown great diligence, reaching not only Assemblies, Synods and Presbyteries, but numerous churches in all parts of the land. A campaign last year, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Synodical Committee and missionaries from the field, was fruitful of results. May the one in New Jersey, next month, be equally useful !
Perhaps one of the most far-reaching efforts of the Board in the home department has been the stimulation of committees. It is com- ing to be understood that a Foreign Missions Committee is no place for complimentary appointment or laggard service, but that it means intelligent effort and enterprise. The Board believes that Presby- terial Committees hold one key to the situation, therefore it is giving them special attention, in the hope of being relieved, ultimately, of much exhausting and unnecessary labor.
These lines of activity have developed w^onderfully in the past few years, and only need to be supported by an informed, prayerful and liberal church to yield immense results. The church has reason to be deeply thankful for the possession of an agency so able and so con- secrated for carrying on its foreign conquests, directing the labors of a multitude of missionaries and native helpers abroad, and leading and urging the church at home to constantly larger endeavor for a perish- ing world.
II. Larger Consecration.
1. Of Lives.
It is hoped that the touching frontispiece of the sixty-fourth annual report of the Board, portraying the comely and noble youth whose lives went up in fire and blood at Pao Ting Fu. has had, and will have, a powerful influence. It means that to the ideals of missionary life hitherto commonly entertained must be added the ideal of a martyr's death, if that shall be necessary in order to testify of God's love to the world. Those who are called to enter the breach made by their lamented but glorious translation, will surely surrender them- selves wholly to God ; and all others may learn the lesson of com- plete consecration. Oh, that a host of chosen youth, touched with sacred fire, may reply to God's call, "Here am I, send me." For there are not enough volunteers for even the demands made possible by the present inadequate gifts of the church. Fourteen are needed for Korea alone, while poor Africa, sorely bereaved and crying for reinforce- ment, needs willing martyrs if she is to be evangelized. The Board appeals to Presbyterial committees and pastors for help in finding suitable youth for such fields.
2. Of Labors.
Every indication points to unusual activity on the part of the workers in the foreign field ; and not all who toil in Foreign Missions are mis-
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MINUTES
OF THE
Seventy-ninth Annual Session
OF THE
Synod of New Jersey
HELD IN
THE OLIVET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Atlantic City, N. ]., October, I90J WITH AN APPENDIX
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE STATED CLERK.
TRENTON. N. J.: ^L\cCrellish & QuiGLEY, Printers.
Officers of the Synod,
Moderator, REV. CHARLES HERR, D. D Jersey City, N. J.
Vice-Moderator, REV. FRANKLIN E. MILLER, D. D., Paterson, N. J.
Stated Clerk,
REV. WALTER A. BROOKS, D. D., Trenton, N. J.
Permanent Clerk,
REV. BENJAMIN S. EVERITT, D. D., New Gretna, N. J.
Recording Clerk, REV. JOHN T. KERR, Elizabeth, N. J.
Treasurer,
REV. EBEN B. COBB, D. D Elizabeth, N. J.
Treasurer of Synodical Home Missions,
MR. WILLIAM P. STEVENSON, Roselle, Union Co., N. J.
MINUTES
OF THE
Seventy-ninth Annual Session
OF THE
Synod of New Jersey.
The Synod of New Jersey met in Atlantic City, in Olivet Church, on Tuesday, October 15th, 1901, at 7 130 o'clock.
The Stated Clerk read the followinsf letter from the ^foderator's
letter.
Moderator :
At Sea_, off the West Coast of Africa, August 6th, 1901.
My Dear Brother — When at the Assembly I had a hope of at- tending the meeting of Synod, but on reaching New York a few days afterward I met more of our missionaries just arrived from Africa, including Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, who came away suddenly and unexpectedly (on account of Mrs. Johnson's health) from the interior (Efulen), with the word that Mr. McCleary will sail for the United States just as soon as he can be spared from Elat. That is the station to which I go. So I felt that I should go at once to relieve him who needs furlough change. Our interior working force is quite depleted at each of the three stations. I therefore hasten to the front, and forego the great pleasure of attending Synod and the privilege of speaking out of my heart upon the foreign mission cause.
The election of Mr. Hickman and myself to the offices we have occupied was a spontaneous expression of that great Synod's in- terest in foreign missions, and the missionaries have appreciated their honored connection with the Synod which the accident of their being present made possible. As for myself, I only am sorry that a more worthy exponent of foreign missions and better timber
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for the Moderatorship did not happen to enjoy the distinction. I know that from Dr. Patterson will be heard a message fitting the occasion.
God bless the Synod of New Jersey and help Syno,d's mission- aries to be faithful and efficient in the high calling and blessed work unto which we are called.
Yours in His service,
Melvin Fraser.
Sermon. jj-, ^\■^Q abseiicc of the Moderator and Vice-Moderator,
Rev. Albert Erdman, D.D., the last Moderator present, acted as Moderator. After devotional services, the ser- mon opening Synod was delivered by Rev. Jolm F. Pat- terson, D.D., fr<5m Matthew 28 : 18-20.
At the close of the sermon the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered. The services were conducted by the acting- Moderator, who was assisted by Rev. Charles D. Shaw, D.D., and Rev. Herman C. Fox, D.D., and the following Ruling Elders : James C. Waters, W. J. Demarest, William T. Smock, Stephen H. Berry, George T. Baldwin, R. D. Craighead. M.D., Joseph H. Wright, Enos H. Freeman, Joseph L. Shaner, Theron B. Clark, Alpheus S. Van Sant, Nathaniel Tooker.
In connection Avith tlie service an offering was made for the Board of Ministerial Relief.
The Synod was constituted with prayer by the acting Moderator.
Roll. The roll was called and the following members were
found present :
Presbytery of Corisco.
None.
Presbytery of Elizabeth.
Ministers— Everard Kemoshall, D.D., Ezra F. Mundy, I. Al- styne Blauvelt, D.D., James G. Mason. D.D., Samuel Parry, Harlan G. Mendcnhall, D.D., Henry E. Mott, D.D., Eben B. Cobb, D.D.,
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Samuel J. Rowland, D.D.. Geo. H. Payson, D.D., John T. Kerr, Newton W. Cadwell. George Buckle, William Hoppaugh, Albert
E. Wirth. John E. Stuchcll. Charles B. Condit. Aimer W. Karnell— 18.
Elders— James A. Burnett, Conn. Farms ; Ira B. Wheeler, Eliza- beth, First; Chauncey Harris, Elizabeth, Second; Ogden Wood- ruff, Elizabeth. Third ; Cornelius H. Clark. Elizabeth, Westminster; Theron B. Clark, Elizabeth, Greystone ; Adrian Lyon, Perth Am- boy ; James C. Waters. Rahway, First ; George A. Bush, Rahway, Second: William P. Stevenson, Roselle ; James T. Pierson (2), Westfield; William Edgar, Woodbridge— 12.
Presbytery oi Jersey City.
Ministers— Charles D. Shaw, D.D.. John T. Osier, Philo F. Leavens, D.D., Franklin E. Miller, D.D., Charles Herr, D.D., Theo. E. Montgomery, Henry T. Beatty, D.D., C. Rudolph Kuebler, •Samuel R. MacClements, Ph.D., Jacob A. Frey. William T. Stuchell — II.
Elders— W. J. Demarest, Hackensack, First; C. P. Perham, Rutherford — 2.
Presbytery of Monmouth.
Ministers— Alfred H. Dashiell, D.D., Benj. S. Everitt', D.D., Alexander H. Young, D.D., Geo. Swain, D.D., Jas. J. Coale, Samuel H. Thompson. D.D., Henry R. Hall, Thos. Tyack, D.D., Ormond W. Wright, William P. Finney, Samuel G. Webb, Her- man C. Fox. D.D.. Charles H. Whitaker (2). Joseph L. Ewing, Harry W. Haring, D.D., Nathan Dushane Hynson, Samuel D. Price, Courtlandt P. Butler (2), James H. Dunham, Joseph G. Symmes. Frederick E. Stockwell, Hugh K. Fulton — 22.
Elders — Horace R. Ford. Allentown ; Jacob Wilson, Beverly; Joseph L. Osmond, Bordentown ; Alex. L. Moreau, Freehold ; Wm. T. Smock. Hightstown ; W. H. Vanderhoef, Jamesburg; C. Garra])randt. M.D., New Gretna ; J. G. Breese, Shrewsbury :
F. S. Stines, Manasquan ; Alex. Marcy, M.D., Calvary (River- ton) — 10.
Presbytery of Morris and Orange.
Ministers — O. H. Perry Deyo, Albert Erdman, D.D., Edward P. Gardner, D.D., James F. Riggs. D.D., John F. Patterson. D.D., George L. Richmond, Edwin R. Murgatroyd, William R. Bennett, Israel A. White — 9.
Elders — Chas. G. Strang, Chatham; Stephen H. Berry. Dover; James S. Baker, East Orange, Brick ; Charles G. Davis, Madison ; George B. Marsh, Mendham, First ; Henry M. Dalrymple, Morris- town. First ; Robert Carter, Morrislown, South Street ; h'dward
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H. Williams, Orange, First ; Nathaniel Tooker, Orange, Cen- tral— 9.
Presbytery of Newark.
Ministers — V. LeRoy Lockwood. D.D., Julius H. Wolff, D.D., A. A. Dinsmore, D.D., J. Garland Hamner, Jr., John Hutchison, Jos. F. Folsom, A. Edwin Keigwin (2), Sartell Prentice, Jr., John J. Bridges, John A. Higgons, Robert S. Inglis — 11.
Elders — Edwin Ferris (2), Montclair, Trinity; Geo. T. Baldwin, Newark, First ; Matthias J. Price, Newark, Third ; Alpheus S. Van Sant, Newark, Forest Hill ; A. L. Runyon, Newark. Fifth Avenue ; Charles G. Rockwood, Newark, High Street : James A. Halleck (2), Newark, Park — 7.
Presbytery of New Brunsw^icfc.
Ministers — Amzi L. Armstrong, Isaac M. Patterson, Samuel M. Studdiford, D.D., Henry C. Cameron, D.D., Daniel R. Foster, Thos. S. Long, Wm. W. Knox, D.D. (2), John Dixon, D.D.(2), Walter A. Brooks, D.D., James W. Rogan, D.D.. Titus E. Davis, Samuel McLanahan, Hugh B. MacCauley, Geo. H. Ingram, D. Ruby Warne (2), William Allen, Robert I. MacBride, Maitland V. Bartlett, Jos. Howell, Benj. H. Everitt, Vincent Serafini, Samuel T. Graham, Frederick B. Newman — 23.
Elders — A. K. Hegeman, Bound Brook; E. T. McGalliard (2), Hamilton Square ; Peter V. Shann, Kingston ; Samuel S. Lindley, New Brunswick, First ; Enoch A. Titus, Pennington ; Robert M. Anderson, Princeton, First; Henry N. Van Dyke (2), Princeton, Second ; Oscar Woodworth, Trenton, First ; Geo. Brearley, Tren- ton, Second ; Robert W. Kennedy, Trenton, Fourth ; Jos. H. Wright, Trenton, Prospect Street — 11.
Presbytery of Newton.
Ministers — Henry S. Butler, D.D., J. DeHart Bruen (2), John C. Chapman, D.D. (2), Jos. Dixon, Floyd L. Cornish — 5. Elders — Enos H. Freeman, Blairstown — i.
Presbytery of West Jersey.
Ministers — Allen H. Brown, Wm. Aikman, D.D., Alfred P. Botsford, D.D., Frederic R. Brace, D.D., John Ewing, D.D., Geo. L. Smith, Heber H. Beadle, J. Howard O'Brien (2), Geo. W. Tomson, Wm. J. Bridges, Minot S. Morgan, Frank J. Mundy, D.D., Wm. V. Louderbough, William H. Johns (2), Sylvester W. Beach, Herbert R. Rundall, Arthur W. Spooner, D.D. (2), John C. Krause (2), Robert Westly Peach (2), A. W. Williams (2), Albert K. Staiger, Daniel I. Camp, Wm. W. Casselberry, R.
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Milliard Gage, Samuel W. Steckel, W. Everitt Smith (2), Wm. K. McKinney (2), Frank S. Brenneman — 28.
Elders— R. D. Craighead, M.D., Atlantic City, First; Joseph L. Shaner, Atlantic City, Olivet ; R. B. Stevenson, Blackwood ; James Lang, Bridgeton, Second; Phoebus W.- Lyon, Bridgeton, West; Laurence Isaacs, Camden, Second; Robert Peacock, Deerfield ; Daniel E. Iszard (2), Mays Landing; A. J. Smith (2), Ocean City; Thos. W. Synnott, Wenonah ; James M. Tweed, Williams- town; Ezra A. Lake (3), Pleasantville — 12.
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS.
Rev. Horatio H. Wells, D.D., of the Synod of Ohio ; Rev. Henry C. Minton, D.D., of the Synod of California; Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., and Rev. Judson Swift, D.D., of the Synod of New York; Rev. George H. Stephens, of the Synod of Pennsylvania.
The summary is as follows :
Presbyteries. Ministers. Elders. Totals.
Corisco, None None
Elizabeth, 18 12 30
Jersey City, 11 2 13
Monmouth, 22 10 32
Morris and Orange, 9 9 18
Newark, 11 7 18
New Brunswick, 23 11 34
Newton, 5 i 6
West Jersey, 28 12 40
127 64 191
Corresponding members, 5
Total, 196
Rev. Charles Herr, D.D., of the Presbytery of Jersey Moderator. City, was elected Moderator.
The Committee of Arrangements reported, and the Arrangements, report was accepted and its recommendations adopted as follows :
I. That the sessions of Synod begin at 9 A.M.; that recess be taken from 12 :30 to 2 :30 P. M., and from 5 to 7 :30 P. M. ; that the devotional services occupy the last half hour of each morning session.
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2. That the following hours be designated for the hearing of addresses and reports : 9 -.30 on Wednesday morning for an ad- dress upon the Twentieth Century Fund, by Rev. Henry Collin Minton, D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly ; 10 o'clock for the report of the Committee on Foreign Missions ; 10 :30 for the report of the Committee on Synodical Home Missions; 11:30 for the Narrative of the State of Religion, and 11 :45 for the Necro- logical Report, to be followed by the devotional services ; 3 P. M. for the report of the Committee on Historical Materials; 3:30 for an address upon the Evangelistic Work of the Church, by Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., President of Auburn Theological Sem- inary; 4:15 for an address upon Home Missions, by Rev. John Dixon, D.D. ; 9 :30 Thursday morning for an address for the Board of Education, by Rev. Alexander H. Young, D.D. ; 10 o'clock for an address of fifteen minutes upon the American Tract Society, by Rev. Judson Swiff,' D.D. ; 10:15 for an address for the Board of Aid for Colleges, by Rev. Sartell Prentice, Jr.
3. That the evening session of Wednesday be given to an address upon the work of the Board of Foreign Missions, by Treasurer Charles W. Hand, and an address upon Ministerial Relief, by Rev. James F. Riggs, D.D.
4. That in view of the propriety of the Synod's taking some action expressive of its feeling with regard to the recent lamented death of President William McKinley, a committee, of which Dr. Cameron shall be chairman, be appointed to prepare a suitable minute, and that the report of this committee be heard immedi- ately after the reading of the minutes on Wednesday morning.
It was resolved to invite the Rev. Samuel A. Martin, D.D., President of Wilson College, to address the Synod on the subject of the Higher Education of Women at the opening of the session on Thursday afternoon.
The Committee to prepare a minute upon the death of McKinley. President McKinley was appointed as follows : Rev. Henry C. Cameron, D.D., Rev. John F. Patterson, D.D., Rev. Sylvester W. Beach.
The report of the Committee on Systematic Benefi- cence was made the order of the day for 2 :30 P. M. on Wednesday.
After prayer, the Synod adjourned until to-morrow at 9 :oo o'clock A. M.
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Wednesday, October i6th, 9 :oo A. M. The Synod met and, after prayer, resumed business.
The minutes of Tuesday's session were read and the Minutes, record was approved.
The Committee on Resolutions on the death of Presi- Minute on dent McKinley reported the following minute, which Mc*Kinky. was accepted and adopted by a rising vote :
The Synod of New Jersey, while bowing in humble submission to the mysterious providence of God, desires to express its pro- found grief at the death by assassination of the late beloved President, William McKinley, and its detestation of the crime which has deprived the nation of a great and wise ruler. We extend our sympathy to his afflicted family, and join in the mourn- ing of the nation over its great loss. We thank God for his blameless Christian character, for the manner in which he dis- charged all the duties of public and private life. A son loving and obedient, a husband gentle and watchful, a soldier brave and de- voted to his coimtry, a statesman wise and loyal to the highest and best interests of the country, a President directing the affairs of the Government in such a manner as to place this nation in the front rank and to introduce new principles of action in the rela- tions of nations to one another, he won the admiration of the world, secured the love of all classes of the people and happily united all sections of the country through his wise and conciliatory words and actions.
A copy of the resolution was ordered to be sent to the famil}^ of the President.
The Moderator appointed as Vice-Moderator Rev. vice- Franklin E. Miller, D.D., and announced the following ^i«derator. Standing Committees :
I — Biixs AND Overtures.
Ministers — Everard Kempshall. D.D., Julius H. Wolff, D.D.. Committees. Henry T. Beatty, D.D.. Geo. W. Tomson. Elders — Chas. G. Rockwood. Phcebus W. Lj^on, Chauncey Harris.
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II — Judicial Business.
Ministers — Charles D. Shaw, D.D., James F. Riggs, D.D., James G. Mason, D.D., WilHam V. Louderbough.
Elders — Nathaniel Tooker, Adrian Lyon, George T. Baldwin.
Ill — Minutes of General Assembly.
Ministers — Samuel J. Rowland, D.D., Henry R. Hall. Elder — James Lang.
IV — Narrative for 1902.
Ministers — C. Rudolph Kuebler, Nathan Dushane Hynson. Elder — Ogden Woodruff.
V — Finance.
Ministers — I. Alstyne Blauvelt, D.D., Floyd L. Cornish. Elders — Robert Carter, James S. Baker.
VI — Synodical Home Mission Accounts, 1902.
Minister — Heber H. Beadle. Elder— 0?,c3.r Woodworth.
VII — Records of Presbyteries.
Cotlsco — Rev. J. Thompson Osier, Rev. Israel A. White, Elder C. Garrabrant, M. D.
Elizabeth — Rev. George Swain, D.D., Rev. John J. Bridges, Elder Jacob Wilson.
Jersey City— Rev. Harlan G. Mendenhall, D.D., Rev. George H. Ingram, Elder Robert W. Kennedy.
Monmouth — Rev. Edwin R. Murgatro^-d, Rev. Jas. W. Rogan, D.D., Elder Robert M. Anderson.
Morris and Orange— Rev. Henry E. Mott, D.D.., Rev. John Hutch- ison, Elder Enos H. Freeman.
Newark— Rev. Titus E. Davis, Rev. Thomas Tyack, D.D., Elder C. P. Perham.
New Brunswick— Rev. John Ewing, D.D., Rev. Joseph G. Sj'm- mes, Elder Alpheus S. Van Sant.
Newton — Rev. Josej^h F. Folsom, Rev. Joseph Dixon, Elder R. D. Craighead, M.D.
West Jersey— Rev. William R. Bennett, Rev. Jacob A. Frey, Elder W. J. Demarest.
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The folloAving were appointed a Committee to revise ll^^^^H^ the Hst of Permanent Committees : Rev. Samuel Parry, Committees. Elder Joseph L. Shaner.
It was made the order of the day for Thursday, at 10:30 A. M., to hear the report of the Committee on Sabbath Obsefvance. '
The report of the Treasurer of Synod was presented, '^'^^^^^^"/"'^ was received, and referred for audit to the Committee on Finance.
The report of the Treasurer of Trustees of Synod was Treasurer of presented by Rev. Allen H. Brown. The report was accepted and referred for audit to the Committee on Finance.
The Stated Clerk made his report to Synod as fol- stated cierk. lows :
The Stated Clerk respectfully reports to the Synod:
1. That the records of the Synod were approved by the General Assembly of 1901, with an exception, concerning the Synod's action in the case of the complaint of Rev. William N. Richie, D.D.
2. That the records returned from the General Assembly con- tained the record of an action of the Assembly concerning the Synod, in the matter of a request from the church of Washington, in the Presbytery of Newton.
The certified communication of the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly to the Synod concerning these matters is herewith re- ferred, according to rule, together with sundry other papers ad- dressed to the Synod, to the Committee on Bills and Overtures.
3. That in connection with the printing of the Minutes, a num- ber of separate copies of the Historical Sketch of the Old Scots Church and the Presbyterian Historical Monument, prepared by the Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley, were printed, and after the sending
of copies to participants in the dedication of the monument, and •
others, were offered for sale. The proceeds of sales up to the present time have been forwarded to the Treasurer of the Synod, and copies of the pamphlet are now presented to the Synod for such farther disposition as may be ordered.
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Oct.,
The report was accepted and the action of the Stated Clerk was approved.
The fohowing orders of the day were fixed : The re- port of the Committee on Young- People's Societies, at 10:45 ^^- ^I- *^" Thursday, and immediately following this the report of the Committee on Work among For- eign Populations.
Foreign
Missions.
Synodical Home Mis- sions.
Treasurer.
The report of the Permanent Committee on Foreign Missions was presented by Rev. Henry S. Butler, D.D. It was received' and its recommendations were adopted, as follows :
1. We urge Presbyterial committees and pastors to push the cause of Foreign Missions until no church shall be delinquent and no member unsolicited for a yearly offering.
2. We request Sunday-school superintendents to teach Foreign Missions as a part of the curriculum and to give to each child an opportunity to make special offerings at Christmas and Easter.
3. We ask our churches to use the literature furnished by the Board and to see that families are urged to subscribe for the Assembly Herald and the missionary magazines.
4. We implore our pastors and Sessions to observe the "Monthly Concert" on the Lord's day, if practicable.
5. Congratulating the Church upon the efficiency and activity of its Board of Foreign Missions, we send them hearty greeting and pledge our loyal co-operation.
6. We rejoice in the distinctive work of our women, bidding them Godspeed, especially in their training of the children.
7. We recommend that among our Twentieth Century objects. Foreign Missions be given a prominent place, commending among the special objects the rehabilitation of the work in China and the memorial to the martyr missionaries at Paotingfu.
8. Undaunted by past or present difficulties, we avow our un- shaken confidence in God's promise to His Son ; by whose com- mand we pursue our world evangelization with brightening hopes and assurance of nearer victory.
The report of the Committee on Synodical Home Missions was presented by Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D.
The report of the Treasurer of Synodical Home Mis- sions was also presented and was received.
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In connection with his report the Treasnrer, Hon. Wm. M. Lanning, presented his resignation of the office of Treasurer.
The Committee offered the following resolutions, which were adopted, the first of them by a rising vote :
1st. That Synod accepts the resignation of Hon. Wm. M. Lan- ning as Treasurer of this fund, and in doing so directs that the following record be entered upon its minutes and a copy trans- mitted by the Stated Clerk to Mr. Lanning.
That Synod accepts the resignation of Mr. Lanning with the profoundest regret, and desires to make special mention of his invaluable services and superlative worth. He has been the Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission fund now for five years, and during that period has so wisely, energetically and courteously administered the duties of his office as greatly to in- crease the efficiency of the work. His advice has been relied ttpon ; his name has been a tower of strength ; his energy has been con- tagious ; his methods always the best ; and no small part of the success of the past has been due to him.
2d. That Mr. William P. Stevenson, of Roselle, N. J., be elected Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission fund, and that the Stated Clerk be asked to cast the ballot of Synod for Mr. Stevenson.
3d. That Presbyteries be asked to contribute this year upon the basis of church membership as reported in the Minutes of the Assembly for 1901, so that —
From the Presbytery of Elizabeth be asked, at the rate
of 30 cents per member, the sum of $2,862 00
From the Presbytery of Jersey City be asked, at the
rate of 26 cents per member, the sum of 1-947 I4
From the Presbytery of Monmouth be asked, at the rate
of 26 cents per member, the sum of 1,712 62
From the Presbytery of Morris and Orange be asked,
at the rate of 30 cents per member, the sum of. ... 3.1 11 90 From the Presbytery of Newark be asked, at the rate
of 27 cents per member, the sum of 3.257 01
From the Presbytery of New Brunswick be asked, at
the rate of 30 cents per member, the sum of 2.750 10
From the Presbytery of Newton be asked, at the rate of
22 cents per member, the sum of 1.256 42
From the Presbytery of West Jersey be asked, at the
rate of 26 cents per member, the sum of 2.014 04
Total $18.91 1 2i
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4th. That apportionments be made as follows :
For administration expenses,
To the Presbytery of Elizabeth,
' Jersey City,
Monmouth,
Morris and Orange,
Newark,
New Brunswick, . .
Newton,
West Jersey,
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$500 |
00 |
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1,500 |
00 |
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2,600 |
00 |
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4,000 |
00 |
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1,600 |
00 |
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1,850 |
00 |
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1,300 |
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5th. That Synod calls the attention of its churches to the super- lative importance'of having the offerings for Synodical Home Mis- sions reach the Treasurer of the fund as early in the fiscal year as possible.
Treasurer elected.
In accordance with the second resolution, the vStated Clerk was directed, by a unanimous vote, to cast the l)allot of the Synod for Mr. William P. Stevenson as Treasurer of Synodical Home Missions. The ballot was so cast and Mr. William P. Stevenson was elected Treasurer.
The following- resolutions, proposed by Hon. William M. Lanning in connection with his report and offered by Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley, were received and re- ferred to Synod's Permanent Committee on Synodical Home Missions to report at the next meeting of Synod :
1. That the credit of the churches of the Synod of New Jersey is hereby pledged as a security for the payment of all moneys that may from year to year be ordered by Synod to be raised for the prosecution of the work of Synodical Home Missions.
2. That the Permanent Committee on Synodical Home Missions are expected to use in the work committed to their oversight all the moneys appropriated by Synod to that work.
3. That whenever the funds in the treasury are insufficient to satisfy the orders regularly drawn upon them, or whenever the Permanent Committee on Synodical Home Missions shall have reason to believe that those funds will be insufficient to satisfy all orders about to be drawn upon them, that Committee may em-
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power the Treasurer to borrow so much money as they may deem expedient, to the end that all orders drawn on account of the work may be paid immediately upon presentation.
4. That we deprecate the practice of many of our churches in delaying their contributions to the Synodical Home Mission Fund until late in the fiscal year ; that such practice causes unnecessary and wholly unjustifiable anxiety and alarm to the members of Synod's Permanent Committee on Home Mission Work; that we, ministers and elders now present at this Synod, hereby severally pledge ourselves to personal effort in our respective churches to secure remittances of contributions at the earliest possible dates during the ensuing fiscal year ; and that the evidence of such pledge is hereby manifested by our rising from our seats and standing until we are counted, and our number ascertained.
5. That these resolutions be printed from year to year in the minutes of Synod with its standing rules, and have effect until repealed, and that a copy thereof, certified by the Stated Clerk of Synod, may be deposited by the Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission Fund with any bank as the evidence of the above-men- tioned pledge.
The order of the day having arrived, Synod listened to an address by Rev. Henry Collin Alinton. D.D., Moderator of the General Assembly, on the Twentieth Centurv Fund.
The Committee on Bills and Overtures made a report Biiis and
Overtures.
recommending :
1. In the case of the memorial to the General Assembly from the church at Washington, requesting the "General Assembly to authorize the Synod of N. J. to authorize the Presbytery of New- ton to direct the Washington Church to supply an omission in their records," which request was granted by the General Assem- bly, that Synod grant the authority asked for.
2. That an overture from the Presbytery of Newark in refer- ence to making Synod a delegated body, be referred to a special committee consisting of three ministers and two elders to report at the next meeting of Synod.
3. That certain papers fromi the Anti-Saloon League be referred to the Committee on Temperance.
4. That a communication from the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly in reference to exceptions made by the General Assem- bly to the records of Synod, also a memorial of Rev. William N. Richie, D.D., be referred to the Judicial Committee.
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5. That the report of the Woman's Synodical Society for For- eign Missions be referred to the Permanent Committee on For- eign Missions, and that the report of the Woman's Synodical Society for Home Missions be referred to the Committee on Syn- odical Home Missions.
The report was received and its recommendations as above were adopted.
The Committee also reported an overture from the Presbytery of Newton in reference to a proposed revi- sion of the civil law relating to trustees of Presbyterian Churches, and recommended that no action be taken.
The report' was received, but the recommendation was not concurred in.
Narrative. Rev. Maitlaud V. Bartlctt read the report of the Com-
mitee on Narrative, and the report was approved.
Necrology. The Nccrological Report was read by Rev. Sylvester
W. Beach, and at its close was accepted.
The order of the day having arrived, the Synod en- gaged in devotional services for half an hour, led by Rev. Benjamin H. Everitt.
Committee on The Modcrator announced the Committee to which bodT^"" ^'^'^s referred the overture from the Presbytery of New-
ark in reference to making the Synod a delegated body : Ministers, David R. Frazer, D.D., Albert Erdman, D.D., Walter A. Brooks, D.D. ; Elders, Wm. M. Lanning, LL.D., Nathaniel Tooker.
Synod took recess until 2 130 o'clock P. M.
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Wednesday^ 2 130 P. M. Synod re-assembled and proceeded to business.
The report of the Committee on Temperance was made the second order of the day for Thursday after- noon.
The unfinished business, the overture from the Presby- Overture on tery of Newton in reference to a revision of the civil law relating- to trustees in Presbyterian Churches, was now taken up, and it was resolved to refer the overture to a Committee consisting of three ministers and two elders to reix)rt at the next meeting of Synod. The Committee was appointed as follows : Ministers, J. DeHart Bruen, Franklin E. Miller, D.D., Sylvester W. Beach; Elders, John S. Jessup, Wm. M. Lanning.
The report of the Committee on Systematic Benefi- Systematic
^ "^ Beneficence.
cence was presented by Rev. Thomas S. Long. It was received and its recommendations were adopted as fol- lows :
1. That Synod note with due appreciation the evidence of honest, earnest effort on the part of the churches during the year to make enlarged offerings to the Lord's treasury, as shown by the increase of almost $175,000, and while cherishing no spirit of self glory or boasting, still gladly recognize the fact of the ad- vanced position our churches have attained in the work of benefi- cence when compared with our sister Synods.
2. That the example set by the churches of Monmouth and New Brunswick Presbyteries, in making an offering for every Board, be commended, for emulation, to the pastors and people of all the churches of the other Presbyteries, and that all our ministers in charge of churches, in any capacity, be kindly urged to lay on themselves the responsibility of securing from their respective churches an offering for every Board.
3. That to this end they instruct, exhort and encourage the people concerning the grace of beneficence and the opportunity afforded for its systematic exercise by the claims of these agencies instituted by the General Assembly.
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4. That the Assembly Herald and the magazines of the Woman's Boards be most heartily endorsed and commended for the largest possible circulation in the churches, and that ministers in charge of churches keep the people well supplied with the free and abund- ant leaflets and other literature to be had for the asking, in any quantity, for distribution.
The report of the Permanent Committee on Historical Materials was presented by Rev. Allen H. Brown. It was received and its recommendations were adopted as follows :
1. Resolved, That Synod recommends to its Presbyteries and to the daughters of the Synod, and to all others who love its history, to discover the sites of old extinct Presbyterian churches, and to protect them and preserve their memory by some suitable memo- rial ; also to transmit to your Historical Committee fac-simile copies or photographs of the inscriptions on the tombstones of Presbyterian ministers and their wives, as well, who have been buried within the present territory of this Synod. And that the Stated Clerk of each Presbytery be requested to read this reso- lution at a full meeting of Presbytery.
2. Whereas, A Charter, bearing the seal of the Province of Nova Caesarea, and supposed to be the original Charter of the Incorporation of "The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Monmouth County," obtained in the twenty-third year of King George the Second, dated the twenty-first day of February, 1749, and signed by Governor Jonathan Belcher, is now in a good state of preservation and in the possession of The First Presbyterian Church of the County of Monmouth, commonly called Old Ten- nent ; therefore.
Resolved, That the Elders and the Trustees of the said church be requested by the Synod to deposit among the archives of Synod for preservation and exhibition this precious historic relic as a loan, with the distinct understanding that it shall remain under the con- trol of the First Presbyerian Church of the County of Monmouth ; and that a Special Committee, consisting of Rev. Allen H. Brown, Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D., Rev. Hugh B. MacCautey, Rev. Walter A. Brooks, D.D., and Hon Wm. M. Lanning, be appointed to cor- respond with the First Presbyterian Church of the County of Mon- mouth concerning the said charter, and to receive and provide for the care of the same.
3. Resolved, That the officers of the Old Tennent Church or the First Presbyterian Church of the County of Monmouth be re- quested to convey by deed the whole of the Old Scots Burial Ground to the Synod of New Jersey, in order that the Trustees of
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Synod may more effectively improve the same with the income from the Permanent Fund.
In connection with the report a tinancial statement of the fund for the preservation of the memorial monument in Old Scots Burial Ground was made. This statement was received and referred for audit to the Committee on Finance,
The report of the Custodians of Historical Material Custodians, was presented. The report was received, approved and ordered to be printed in the appendix to the Minutes of Synod.
The Committee to^ examine certain papers in the cus- oid papers of tody of the Stated Clerk presented its report. The report was received and its recommendations were adopted as follows :
The Committee appointed to examine certain old papers of the Synod respectfully report that they have fulfilled that duty, and that they find the papers to consist of the original rough minutes of the Synod, from 1835 to 1887, together with some files of testi- mony in judicial cases long ago disposed of. The Committee re- spectfully recommend —
1. That inasmuch as these papers, from 1835 to 1865, at least, constitute the only duplicate record of the proceedings of Synod for that time, they be preserved in the custody of the Stated Clerk.
2. That inasmuch as the records of Synod are printed from 1867 to the present time, and at least five files of them are deposited in various places, the manuscript papers after 1870, the date of the reunion of the two branches of the Synod, be destroyed.
3. That hereafter, after the lapse of three years from any annual meeting of the Synod, the manuscript minutes and papers of such meeting be destroyed, all that is of permanent value in them being printed in the records.
The order of the day having- arrived, the Synod list- ened to an address by Rev. George B. Stewart, D.D., President of Auburn Theological Seminary, on the Evangelistic Work of the Church.
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Sabbath- school Work.
The report of the Permanent Committee on Sabbath- school Work was presented. It was received and its recommendations were adopted as follows :
1. That Synod recommend that a Normal Department be estab- lished in all our schools for more thorough study of the Bible and methods of teaching, and for the training of those who should become teachers.
2. That the Sabbath-schools be recommended to observe "Chil- dren's Day" and "Rallying Day" and to make liberal offerings to the Board of Sabbath-school Work on these occasions.
3. That since our Board is now prepared to supply the material for a complete system of grading a Sabbath-school, from the "Cradle Roll" to the "Normal Department," this subject be care- fully considered as a factor in promoting the efficiency of Sabbath- school instruction.
4. That the attention of pastors and Sabbath-school superin- tendents is specially directed to the seventh resolution of the last General Assembly, viz. : "We heartily commend the effort of the Board to stimulate the study of the Shorter Catechism by reward- ing with a beautiful Bible such of our younger scholars as commit the Catechism to memory."
The order of the day having arrived, Synod listened to an address in the interests of Home Missions by Rev. John Dixon, D.D., Assistant Secretary of the Board of Home Missions.
The following resolution, offered by Rev. Samuel Mc- Lanahan, was unanimously adopted :
Home Missions.
Resolved, That the Standing Rules of Synod be amended by inserting under Chapter XI of Permanent Committees the follow- ing section :
On Home Missions, to consist of one member from each home Presbytery.
The following resolution, offered by Rev. Samuel Mc- Lanahan, was unanimously adopted :
Resolved, (i) That the Synod of New Jersey extends thanks to the Moderator of the General Assembly, Rev. Henry Collin Min- ton, D.D., for his presence and for his able and suggestive address upon the Twentieth Century Movement.
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(2) That the Synod appoint a Special Committee on this subject to consist of one minister and one elder from each Presbytery. If any Presbytery already has such committee, its chairman shall be one of that Presbytery's representatives on the Synod's Committee.
The Pennanent Committee on Foreign Missions ^voman's
Foreign
made a supplemental report as follows, which was ac- Missions. cepted and its recommendation adopted :
Your Committee, through its chairman, has examined with in- terest the Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Woman's Synodical Society, and of the recent annual meeting in Washington. They commend the interest and diligence therein evidenced, and recom- mend that the usual number of copies be printed.
The Committee on the Minutes of the General Assem- -Minutes of bly made a verbal report calling attention to several matters which had been brought to the attention of Synod by other means. The report was accepted.
The records of the following Presbyteries were ap- Presbyteriai
_ _ records.
proved : New Brunswick, Corisco, West Jersey.
After prayer Synod took recess until 7 130 o'clock P. M.
Wednesday, 7 .-30 P. M. Synod met, and after devotional exercises, led by the Vice-Moderator, Rev. F. E. Miller, D.D., listened to an address in the interest of the Board of Foreign Mis- sions by ^Ir. Charles W. Hand, the Treasurer of the Board, and in the interest of the cause of Ministerial Relief by Rev. James F. Riggs. D.D.
At the conclusion of Dr. Riggs' address the following resolution was adopted :
The Synod of New Jersey notes with great interest the action Ministerial taken by the last General Assembly through its Standing Com- Relief.
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mittee on Ministerial Relief, and the subsequent attitude of the elders of that Assembly in popular meeting assembled. It wel- comes the special Committee appointed by the General Assembly to consider, in connection with the Board of Relief, the whole question of the support of honorably retired ministers and their families, and earnestly hopes that some plan may be presented by them to the next General Assembly which may commend itself to the churches, and be urged by them in the interest of an adequate provision for the cause named.
After singing, prayer and the benediction, Synod ad- journed to meet to-morrow at 9 :oo o'clock A. M.
Thursday, October 17th, 1901, 9:00 A. M. Synod met and, after prayer, resumed business.
Minutes.
The minutes of Wednesday's sessions were read and approved.
The order of the day having arrived. Rev. Alexander H. Young, D.D., addressed the Synod in the interests of the Board of Education.
Woman's
Home
Missions.
The Committee on Synodical Home Missions made a supplementary report in reference to the reports of the Woman's Synodical Society for Home Missions, as fol- lows. The report was received and its recommenda- tion was adopted.
The Synodical Home Mission Committee, to whom was re- ferred the report of the Woman's Home Mission Society of the Synod, would report that they have examined the same, and find that the work done by the society has been most encouraging in the amounts raised both for Home Missions and for the work among the Freedmen, and in the interest manifested in the Pres- byterial and Church societies throughout the Synod.
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Elder Phoebus W. Lyon addressed the Synod on be- B;;if society, half of the American Bible Society, and at its close the following resolutions were adopted :
1. That we express anew our unabated confidence in the Amer- ican Bible Society and our continued purpose to support it in its all-important work.
2. That, as a Synod, we call attention to the need of an even larger intelligent acquaintance with all the books of the Holy Scriptures, and urge our pastors, elders and people to continue to emphasize this need in pulpit, pew and home.
The Finance Committee presented its report, which Finance
Committee.
was accepted, and its recommendation was adopted as follows :
The Finance Committee respectfully report that they have ex- amined the accounts of the Treasurer of Synod and the accom- panying vouchers, and have found them correct, the balance in the hands of the Treasurer being five hundred and thirty-six dollars and eighty-one cents.
Your Committee has also examined the report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Synod, and have found the reported expendi- tures agreeing with the vouchers, and that there is a balance of five hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents deposited in the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Co.
Your Committee have also examined the financial statement of the Historical Monument and $1,000 Permanent Fund, with accom- panying vouchers, and have found the same to be correct, the whole amount deposited in the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company and in the hands of the Treasurer being nine hundred and forty-three dollars and fourteen cents.
Your Committee recommend that the apportionment for Synodi- cal expenses be as follows :
Presbytery of Elizabeth, $60 00
" Jersey City, 50 00
" " Monmouth 45 00
Morris and Orange, 60 00
" Newark, 60 00
New Brunswick 60 00
Newton 45 00
West Jersey 50 00
The report of the Committee on Work Among- For- F°""^'sn.
° Populations.
€ign Populations was presented by Rev. Albert Erdman, CD. The report was accepted.
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American Tract Society.
The order of the day having arrived. Synod listened to an address in the interests of the American Tract Society by its Secretary, Rev. Jiidson Swift, D.D.
At the conclusion of Dr. Swift's address the follow- ing resolution, offered by Rev. Joseph Howell, was adopted :
The Synod of New Jersey having listened with deep interest to an account of the important work that has been done and is now being done by the American Tract Society,
Resolved, That the Synod heartily commend the work of this Society, and that we will endeavor more earnestly to interest our people in its behalf-for a more liberal financial support.
Rev. Sartell Prentice, Jr., addressed Synod on behalf of the Board of Aid for Colleefes and Academies.
Aid for Colleges.
Sabbath Observance.
It w^as voted to change the order in reference to the report of the Committee on Temperance and to hear it at II :i5 this morning.
A resolution was offered by Rev. Sartell Prentice, Jr., concerning the appointment of a Committee u^x^n the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies.
Pending the discussion of this resolution the order of the day arrived, and the report of the Permanent Com- mittee on Sabbath Observance was presented by Rev. George Swain, D.D. The report was received and its recominendations were adopted as follows :
1. That we recognize in the death of the Hon. William McKinley, late President of the United States, by the bullet of an anarchist assassin, a most impressive call to renewed zeal for Sabbath observ- ance ; for only as the day is kept sacred can we hope to be free from that atheism which is the parent of anarchist ideas and the source of all possible evil and crime.
2. That we heartily commend the Christian people of Atlantic City and their friends for their struggle in behalf of an honored Sabbath in the midst of them, and pray not only that their heroic effort may continue, but also be crowned with success.
3. That since fidelity on the part of the Church is of first im- portance in the warfare against Sabbath desecration, we affec-
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tionately entreat our people to withstand all temptation to profane the day in pleasure seeking and other forms of self-indulgence, and to employ themselves earnestly along every line that safeguards and honors the holy institution.
4. That we repeat the protest of our last General Assembly against what is known as seven-day journalism, or the popular Sunday newspaper of the land, and do earnestly recommend against the purchase or reading of, and advertising in, said Sunday news- papers.
5. That we cordially endorse the aim and operations of the Women's National Sabbath Alliance and the American Sabbath Union, and ask for them the sympathy and assistance of our churches so far as may be convenient.
6. That we express our profound sorrow in view of the recent death of the Rev. George S. Mott, D.D., who for many years was Chairman of Synod's Committee on Sabbath Observance, and also for years President of the American Sabbath Union, and whose untiring, wise and efficient services in the important cause, as well as his beautiful character, won for him the very highest regard and affection of his brethren in Jesus Christ.
7. That we call the attention of our ministers to the recom- mendation of the General Assembly that during the month of April a sermon be preached on Sabbath Observance, and that, if the way be clear, an offering then be made for the work of the American Sabbath Union, to be sent to Col. A. S. Bacon, Treasurer, 34 Wall street. New York City.
The report of the Permanent Committee on Young Young
People's
People's Societies was presented by Rev. Hugh B. Mac- societies. Cauley. The report was accepted and its recommenda- tions were adopted as follows :
1. That repeating the advice of last year, we commend to the attention of our Young People's Societies all the Boards of the Church, and, emphasizing the needs of Synodical Home Missions, we suggest that each society be requested, subject to the advice of Session, to make a Thanksgiving offering of at least three dollars for this work.
2. That we urge our societies, while commending them for good work done, to make more earnest efforts to reach full support of their assigned missionaries, and to that end we request all our Presbj^tcrial Committees, with the aid and consent of the Sessions, to make a new canvass of their fields for the purpose of obtaining larger subscriptions.
3. That an overture be sent by the Synod to the General Assem- bly asking that the General Assembly appoint a Permanent Com- mittee on Young People's Societies, in order that the organization
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of this work already begun in many Presbyteries and Synods may be further developed, guided and reported on in connection with the activities of our Church as a whole.
Temperance. /pj^^ Tcport of the Permanent Committee on Temper-
ance was presented by Rev. J. DeHart Bruen. The report was accepted and its recommendations were adopted as follows :
1. That we call the attention of our churches to the Assembly's committee and to the duty of contributing to its support.
2. That we request our National Government to use its good offices to secure the release of China from those treaty obligations that compel her to» admit the opium traffic.
3. That we urge the Government to save the islands that have recently come under our flag from the corrupting influences of the saloon system and liquor trade.
4. That we commend to the attention of our people the Anti- Saloon League, as an instrumentality that may unite the friends of temperance in an effort to secure the improvement of the liquor laws of this State and their better enforcement.
5. That we urge the ministers, elders and members of our churches, by precept, example and prayer, to strive to save the young people of our communities from the awful curse of in- temperance.
6. That we rejoice in the action of Congress and of our late and honored President in abolishing the sale of intoxicating liquors in the army, as in the navy, and we express the earnest hope that it may never again be introduced, but that every influence may be exerted to encourage total abstinence among officers and soldiers.
7. That we earnestly petition the Congress of the United States to enact laws forbidding the exportation of intoxicating liquors and firearms from the United States to the New Hebrides.
8. That the Synod highly commends the efforts of Supreme Court Justice C. E. Hendrickson to enforce the Sunday closing law, especially in Atlantic City, and deprecates the failure of the Grand Jury to support him, and opposes any movement to rescind or defeat the law.
Aid for Colleges.
The uniinished business, the resolution offered by Rev. Sartell Prentice in reference to the appointment of a Permanent Committee on the Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies, was now taken up. Permission was
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given Mr. Prentice to withdraw his resolution, and to substitute for it the following :
That a committee of three ministers and two elders be ap- pointed by the Moderator, for a period of two years, to represent the Board of Aid for Schools and Colleges to the Presbyteries and Churches of the Synod of New Jersey. This committee shall have no right and shall make no claim to a hearing before Synod.
It was resolved to refer this resolution and the whole Docket. subject of fixing the docket and orders of the day to a Special Committee, consisting of the officers of Synod, to report at the next meeting of Synod.
The Synod now engaged in devotional services for a half hour, led by Rev. Robert S. Inglis, and immedi- ately thereafter took recess until 2 130 o'clock P. M.
Thursday, 2 :30 P. M. Synod met and resumed business. The Judicial Committee presented its report through .Tudidai
liusincss.
its chainnan, Rev. Charles D. Shaw, D.U. The report was accepted as follows :
The Judicial Committee respectfully report that they received from the Committee on Bills and Overtures two papers, one an at- tested copy of the action of the General Assembly upon the records of this Synod for 1900, the other a memorial from Rev. William N. Richie, D.D., requesting Synod to re-open and review his com- plaint against the Presbytery of Monmouth, which complaint "was not sustained by the Judicial Commission at the last session of Synod," and asking also that this body review his memorial pre- sented at our last session.
In regard to this application of Rev. Dr. Richie your Committee decided that there was no cause for action, and therefore recom- m.end that the case be not re-opened or reviewed by Synod.
In view, however, of the incompleteness of the Presbyterial record, we suggest that the Presbytery of Monmouth incorporate in their minutes so much of the report of their Investigating Com-
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mittee as will suffice to make intelligible its judgment in Dr. Richie's case.
In regard to the other paper your Committee would call atten- tion to the action of the last General Assembly, the record of which is as follows :
"The Committee appointed to examine the records of the Synod of New Jersey report recommending that the minutes be approved with this exception :
"That the Synod, having entertained a complaint against the Presbytery of Monmouth for a certain action and tried the case by a Judicial Commission, which rendered a judgment sustaining the Presbytery, subsequently recorded an exception to the minutes of said Presbytery because of the action complained of, thus by an administrative act reversing a judicial decision.
"It is recommeoded that the Synod be instructed to review its action and make it consistent."
In view of this instruction from the Assembly your Committee recommend that Synod direct its Stated Clerk to copy out in our minutes the aforesaid action of the General Assembly.
The following substitute, offered by Rev. H. B. Mac- Cauley, was adopted :
Whereas, By the action of the last Synod an exception was recorded against the Minutes of the Presbytery of Monmouth, thereby making an inconsistency with and a reversal of a judicial decision of the same Synod, and
Whereas, The last General Assembly has called the attention of this Synod to this inconsistency, with instructions.
Resolved, That the said action of Synod making such exception be and the same is hereby reversed ;
Resolved, That a copy of this minute be spread upon the minute- book of the Presbytery of Monmouth, at the point where the ex- ception is recorded.
Thanks. The followiiig resolutioii of thanks was unanimously
adopted :
I. The Synod makes grateful acknowledgment of the courtesy and facilities extended by the pastor. Rev. Dr. Mundy, and other officers and members of the Olivet Church, and of the other churches of Atlantic City, and it expresses its thanks to those who have kindly assisted in any way in the pleasant and profitable meeting of the Synod.
The Synod also returns its special thanks to the Philadelphia Public Ledger for its reports of this session, and for the courtesy
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of free copies distributed daily to the members. The Synod par- ticularly commends the Ledger for omitting a Sunday issue, in which it stands almost alone among prominent dailies. This fact, together with its other excellencies, entitles the Ledger to the sup- port of all lovers of the Lord's Day.
The following- resolution, offered by Rev. Henry Evangelistic Elliott Mott, D.D., was adopted.
WHERE.A.S, the Synod of New Jersey has been deeply impressed with the address of President George B. Stewart, D.D., represent- ing the General Assembly's Committee on Evangelistic Work, and
Whereas, this address has roused them to take certain prac- tical steps to carry out its suggestions ; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Synod of New Jersey appoint a Committee on Synodical Evangelization, said Committee to consist of the Chair- man of the Presbyterial Committees on Evangelization, such Com- mittee to elect its own Chairman ; that its work shall be to further the matter of home evangelization throughout the bounds of the Synod during the coming year ; and that the Chairman of the Presbyterial Committee in the Presbytery of Elizabeth shall con- vene the Committee.
The Moderator announced the Committee on the Twentieth
. Century
Twentieth Century Fund as follows : Fund.
Ministers— Qhviv\&s T. Haley, D.D., William W. Halloway, Jr., D.D., Samuel Parry, Wm. W. Casselberry, Samuel AL Hamilton, D.D., Hugh B. MacCauley, Joseph L. Ewing, F. Lincoln Cornish.
£Wrr.y— Edward P. Tenney, Geo. T. Baldwin. Hon. E. A. Brinckerhoff, Hon. Wm. M. Lanning, Robert Carter. David R. Hull, Phoebus W. Lyon, C. E. Hall, M.D.
The report of the Committee on Revising the List of Committees. the Permanent Committees w^as presented by Re\-. Samuel Parry. The report was accepted and its recom- mendations were adopted as follows: (See list printed in Appendix.)
The Treasurer was directed to pay the usual bills and biiis salaries.
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The records of the following Presbyteries were ap- proved : Elizabeth, Jersey City, Monmouth, Morris and Orange, Newark, Newton.
It was voted to continue the Committee on Nassau Hall Tablet, and to add Rev. Henry C. Cameron, D.D., to its membership.
Synodicai The Committce tO' Audit Synodical Home Mission
Home Mission . , . ,. , ,
Accounts. Accounts made its report, recommendmg the approval
of the accounts. The report was accepted and adopted as follows :
The Committee appointed by Synod to audit the accounts of the Treasurer of Synodical Home Missions, the Hon. William M. Lanning, would respectfully report that we have carefully ex- amined the said accounts, have compared them with the Treas- urer's vouchers, and have found them to be in every respect correct. We would most cordially express our appreciation of the arduous services which Judge Lanning has so effectively and generously rendered, and of the valuable and painstaking care which Mr. Huston Dixon has bestowed upon the multitudinous details of this laborious work.
It was resolved that the statistical reports be printed without reading.
Next place of The First Church, Asbury Park, was chosen as the place of the next meeting of Synod.
The Permanent Clerk reported that there had been in attendance 127 ministers, 64 ruling elders and 5 corres- ponding members, in all 196.
The following have been excused for absence :
FROM THE PRESENT MEETING.
Eli::abeth— Minister Jos. M. McNulty, D.D.
Jersey City — Ministers John C. Egbert, D.D., Geo. R. Garretson.
Monmouth — Ministers Edward B. Hodge, D.D., Chas. Everett,
D.D., Jos. H. Bradley, D.D., Frank R. Symmes, Charles L. Candee.
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Morris and Orange — Ministers Baker Smith, D.D., Stanley- White. John H. Scofield.
Newark — Ministers David R. Frazer, D.D., Lewis Lampman, D.D., John R. Fisher, Davis W. Lusk, Geo. L. Curtis.
Nezv Brunswick — Ministers Lewis W. Mudge, D.D., Wm. S. Voorhies, D.D., Lewis S. Mudge, Albert Reid.
Newton — Ministers William Thomson, E. Clarke Cline.
AFTER WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Jersey City — Minister Philo F. Leavens, D.D. Morris and Orange — Elder G. B. Marsh.
AFTER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Monmouth — Elder Alex. L. Moreau.
Elizabeth— Minister Geo. H. Payson, D.D.
Monmouth — Minister Samuel G. Webb.
Newark — Minister J. Garland Hamner, Jr.
Nezu Brunsivick — Minister Daniel R. Foster, Elder Henry N. Van Dyke.
West Jersey — Ministers Minot S. Morgan, Wm. K. McKinney, Augustus W. Williams.
AFTER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Monmouth — Ministers Alfred H. Dashiell, D.D., Jos. G. Symmes. Newark — Elder E. Ferris.
New Brunsivick — Minister Samuel T. Graham. West Jersey — Minister J. Calvin Krause, Elders James M. Tweed, A. J. Smith.
AFTER THURSDAY MORNING.
Elizabeth— Ministers I. Alstyne Blauvelt, D.D., Aimer W. Kar- nell, George Buckle, Chas. B. Condit, Elders J. A. Bennett, J. C. Waters, Adrian Lyon, Wm. P. Stevenson.
Jersey Ci/j^— Ministers Franklin E. Miller, D.D., C. Rudolph Kuebler.
Monmouth — Ministers Nathan Dushane Hynson, Frederick E. Stockwell, James H. Dunham, Herman C. Fox, D.D., Hugh K. Ful- ton, Elder F. S. Stines.
Morris and Orange — Ministers Jas. F. Riggs, D.D.. Edwin R. Murgatroyd, Edward P. Gardner, Wm. R. Bennett, Elders Jas. S. Baker, C. G. Strang, C. G. Davis.
Newark — Ministers Andrew A. Dinsmore, D.D., Sartell Prentice, Jr., Albert E. Keigwin, Robt. S. Inglis, Elders Alpheus S. Van Sant, Matthias J. Price.
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New Brunswick — Ministers Isaac M. Patterson, Jas. W. Rogan, D.D., Robert I. MacBride, Maitland V. Bartlett. Jos. Howell,
D. Ruby Warne, Titus E. Davis, Henry C. Cameron, D.D., Frederick B. Newman, Elders Peter V. Shann, A. K. Hageman,
E. T. McGalliard.
Newton — Minister Henry S. Butler, D.D.
West Jersey — Ministers Alfred P. Botsford, D.D., Frederic R. Brace. D.D., J. Howard O'Brien, Sylvester W. Beach, F. S. Bren- neman, Heber H. Bedle, Wm. J. Bridges, Wm. W. Casselberry, Geo. L. Smith, Daniel I. Camp, Elders Thos. W. Synnott, James Lang, R. Peacock, R. B. Stevenson.
DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Hfcafcrf/!— Ministers Albert E. Wirth, Eben B. Cobb, D.D., James G. Mason< D.D., Elders Theron B. Clark, O. Woodruff, Cliauncey Harris.
Jersey City — Elder W. J. Demarest.
Monmouth — Ministers Jos. L. Ewing, Courtlandt P. Butler, Samuel D. Price, George Swain, D.D., Ormond W. Wright. Elders W. H. Vanderhoef. J. G. Breese, C. Garrabrandt, M.D.
Morris and Orange — Ministers Albert Erdman, D.D., Geo. L. Richmond, John F. Patterson, D.D., Elders Stephen H. Berry, Robert Carter, E. H. Williams, Nathaniel Tooker.
Newark — Minister John Hutchison.
Nezv Brunswick — Ministers Samuel M. Studdiford, D.D., Thos. S. Long, Samuel McLanahan, Elders Robt. M. Anderson, Robt. W. Kennedy, Jos. H. Wright, Geo. Brearley.
Newton — Ministers John C. Chapman, D.D., F. Lincoln Cornish, J. DeHart Bruen.
West Jersey — Ministers John Ewing. D.D., R. Hilliard Gage, Wm. H. Johns, Wm. V. Louderbough.
The roll was called and the following- members were found absent without excuse :
Elicabetli — Ministers Samuel J. Rowland. D.D., Newton W. Cadwell, Elders Geo. A. Bush. J. T. Pierson.
Jersey City — Ministers John T. Osier. Theophilus E. Mont- gomery, Henry T. Beatty, D.D.. Samuel R. MacClements, Ph.D., Wm. T. Stuchell. Elder C. P. Perham.
Monmouth — Ministers Jas. J. Coale. Samuel H. Thompson, D.D.. Chas. H. Whitaker, Harry W. Haring, D.D., Elder H. R. Ford.
Morris and Orange — Minister Israel A. White. Elder H. M. Dalrymple.
Newark — Ministers V. LeRoy Lockwood, D.D., John J. Bridges, Elder A. L. Runyon.
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Nc7V B runszi'ick— Minhlcrs William Allen. Jr., Vincent Serafini, Elder Enoch A. Titus.
Neivton — Elder Enos H. Freeman.
West Jersey — Ministers Geo. W. Tomson. Herbert R. Rundall, Elder Phcebus \V. Lyon. Laurence Isaacs, Daniel E. Iszard, E. A. Lake.
The minutes of to-day's session were read and ap- Minutes proved.
The Synod adjourned to meet in the First Church, Asbury Park, on Tuesday. October 21st, 1902.
The session closed with prayer and the benediction.
JOHN T. KERR,
Recording Clerk. WALTER A. BROOKS,
Stated Clerk.
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APPENDIX.
I— NARRATIVE OF THE STATE OF RELIGION IN THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER I5th, 190J.
There are 341 Presbyterian churches in the Synod of New Jersey and 462 ministers, with 70,558 communicants. This is a net gain of 790 in membership, and of two in our roll of churches during the past year. . The above figures show on comparison that, whereas there has been a slight gain in the number of our ministers and churches, the membership is relatively less. The additions upon confession of faith were 3,540, while last year they were but 2,957, ^ gain of 583, one Presbytery alone reporting 694, and all Presbyteries save one showing an increase over their last report.
There are within the bounds of Synod 6 local evangelists and 2)1 licentiates, and under the care of our Presbyteries 78 candidates for the ministr3^ During the year 6 churches have been organized and 3 dissolved. 22 men have been ordained to preach Christ.
A comparison of our benevolent offerings to the various Boards of the church shows losses in our contributions except to those of Foreign Missions and Ministerial Relief. The gain in the offering to Foreign Missions has been marked, being an increase over that of last year of $16,363.
The above statistics show that our church has during the past year made some advances in the work of winning souls, but that our store- houses have not been opened to yield more abundant tithes.
Before entering more fully upon the consideration of the narratives received from the Presbyteries, it will be but just to record an opinion expressed in some of these reports, and in part shared by your Com- mittee, that the time is ripe for some change in the manner of presenting the condition of our churches to Presbyteries and Synod ; that there is a carelessness displayed on the part of many churches in making their reports, which is due not alone to negligence on the part of pastors and Sessions, but also to the fact that some of the questions which they are called upon to answer are deemed irrelevant and unimportant. We would only suggest that a careful revision of the plan of questions might facilitate the work of preparing such reports and lend an added interest to such work. It cannot be too strongly urged upon those having these matters in charge that accuracy rather than carelessly made general estimates is absolutely essential if safe inferences are to be drawn from the items given.
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In submitting this report your Committee feels that the spiritual condition of the Church, looked at from some points of view, is gravely unsatisfactory. Reports of deep religious interest in the Presbyterial narratives are very scattering, and. in fact, we might almost say want- ing. The cry that rings through many of them is one of discourage- ment. Often the pastor has toiled in patience and prayer for long months, and still waits for the blowing of the wind through the tree tops. Sessions have conferred as to means for awakening new life and invoked the blessing of God, but still it is withheld in any rich and manifest measure. We are painfully conscious of many causes uniting to produce such conditions, yet the narratives suggest one that may help us to explain. May it not be that this low ebb in the spiritual life of many churches is closely linked with the failure to increase the gifts which we bring to the Lord? With God's call for our offering is coupled his promise of^ blessing and grace. "Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven and pour j^ou out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it." Such a condition saddens the heart, yet there is a silver lining to the cloud, to be found in the faithful in each church, who are waiting upon their knees before God, and may we not hope that soon the clouds shall be scattered by the shining forth of a new vision of the Sun of Righteousness.
It is worthy of notice that in the instances where discouraged churches have resorted to what are commonly known as sensa- tional methods, the success has been but temporary and of no last- ing value to the church life, a disappointment to those who de- pended upon such expedients.
Greater encouragement comes from our Sabbath-schools and Young People's Societies. The former show a steady and a healthy growth, and many of our accessions come through this door. In- sistence by the churches that parents shall appreciate the value of child-life and training in covenant privileges cannot be too strongly enjoined. Both in the foreign field and at home the influ- ences at work which touch the children furnish results which hold before us larger hope for the cause of Christ.
While the enthusiasm of the Christian Endeavor movement seems in part to have subsided, the result obtained through the work of our young people is satisfactory and encouraging. The progress of this work depends largely upon the attitude of the pastors and Sessions of the various churches, and the success or failure brought about by this is indicative of the close relation subsisting between the church and its army of youthful allies.
Yet another feature of our work in which we take courage is the gospel mission to the foreign speaking population of the State. Here the results, while not large in the aggregate, speak volumes to us when we think of the faithful labor and consecration which have wrought them. It tells the story of the cross in overcoming
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carl}' training, prejudice and the baneful effects of degrading sur- roundings. Our Italian and German works show us the accom- plishments of patient and earnest toil.
Narratives have been received from our nine Presbyteries, some, it is true, giving but meager accounts of the work being done. The societies of men are still greatly in the minority. But we must not be over-hasty in drawing our conclusions, for this bj' no means mdicates a lack of strong support on their part. We must not for- get that in the church-life many consecrated men are giving of their means and mind to the strengthening of the Master's work. While all honor and praise must be given to the noble efforts of our women, we cannot withhold their meed of eulogy from our Ses- sions, our Boards of Deacons and Trustees who guard the spiritual and temporal welfare of the church. How by their faithfulness the pastor's burdens are lightened and God's people enabled to continue and enlarge their activity.
Many of our churches have been benefited by the Twentieth Century movement, and debts hanging as an incubus over many have been lifted, permitting them for a time to forget their own cares in the needs that call so loudlj^ from without.
While we may take courage from the signs of the Saviour's presence in our midst, we must not blind our eyes to the fact that conditions most strongly condemned by Him exist. They not only exist, but we allow them to continue. The difificulties which we have to face are not new, nor does their menace seem greater to our life than often of old. Some churches have felt it essential to their spiritual life to undertake the battle for civil reform, and right nobly have they acquitted themselves. But the greatest diffi- culty which we seem to contend with is within the fold and ma)' best be expressed by the word "apathy." We cannot longer trifle with this condition. Many times we neglect the aids and means of grace which God has so richly supplied. One Presbytery reports six churches without prayer meetings, and in the same Presbytery twenty-one churches failed to observe the Week of Prayer. "Surely these things ought not so to be."
In many fields the spirit of worldliness is distinctly felt, vitiating all efforts that are made, bringing with it, among other evils, that Sabbath desecration which is so detrimental to church-life. In this we are reminded of the similarity existing between church work on the Home and the Foreign fields, when from the Presbytery of Corisco comes the word that the greatest obstacle to progress lies in the struggle of the new converts with heathen customs. We cry out at the encroachment of the spirit of the world upon the church's life.
We must not allow discouragement, even in the face of these condi- tions, to seize hold upon us and sap our strength. Our energy must not be weakened by the thought of the foes we face, but it is well for us carefully and bravely to place before our minds the situation in its gravity, that our zeal may be increased. We are indeed fighting
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against foes that test the mettle of our spiritual life, but the past is marked by victories that have tested and revealed the strength of the Spirit who v\rorks with and for us. There are messages of encourage- ment, signs of the times, which we may read if we will. From far over the seas comes a wondrous story of a nation awakening to faith in the Christ. It sends a new thrill of life-giving joy through us. It bids us look forward to greater things for our own portion of the Master's vineyard. We move forward and take fresh courage, trusting our cause to the Captain of our salvation, to the. Holy Spirit to work out for us a larger blessing, with the words of divine inspiration sounding in our ears, "Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."
MAITLAND VANCE BARTLETT.
Chairman of Cuininittcc.
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n. NECROLOGICAL REPORT.
Nine members of the Synod of New Jersey have passed to their reward during the year. From the Presbyteries of Jersey City, New- ton and Corisco no deaths are reported; from EHzabeth, Monmouth, New Brunswick and West Jersey, one each; from the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, two. and from Newark three. The ages of the nine decedents aggregate 676 years, making the average age a Uttle more than 75 years.
Elizabeth.
ELIAS RIGGS, D.D.^ LL.D.,
Was born at New Providence, N. J., November 19th, 1810. He gradu- ated from Amherst College in 1829, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1832. The same year he was licensed to preach the gospel by the Congregational Association of Norfolk. He was or- dained by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, September 20th. 1832. From that time until his death he continued to be a member of that Presbytery and its legal successor, the Presbytery of Elizabeth. The last meeting that he was permitted to attend was in 1858. Dr. Riggs began his work as a missionary in 1833, at Athens, Greece, under the American Board. He soon removed to Argos and thence, in 1838. to Smyrna. The years from 1856 to 1858 he spent in New York, super- intending the publication of the Armenian Bible, and teaching Oriental languages at Union Theological Seminary. The most of his missionary life was spent in Constantinople.
Dr. Riggs was an extraordinary linguist. He was but twenty years of age when he published a "Manual of the Chaldee Language." Before he reached middle life he had a scholar's mastery of at least twelve languages ; and later he is said to have been acquainted with more than twenty languages.
As a translator, he was instrumental in preparing the Scriptures for publication in Armenian, Bulgarian and Turkish. He also wrote and translated a great many hymns, which are now being sung in Greek, Armenian. Bulgarian and Turkish. His pen wrought unceasingly in giving the best religious literature to the peoples among whom he labored. Without a peer as an Oriental scholar and translator. Dr. Riggs was not less known as a teacher and preacher. The Lord gave him a great work to do, and to the end he labored with self-forgetting zeal and untiring energy.
His Alma Mater conferred on him the honorarv degrees of D.D. and LL.D.
He died in Constantinople, on the 17th of January, 1901.
He was married, in 1832, to Martha Jane Dalzell. of Mendham, N. J. She died in 1890. Three sons and one daughter survive.
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Monmouth.
ROBERT JULIEN
Was born in Santa Cruz, W. I., September gth, 1823. At tbe age of nineteen he came to this country. He graduated from Rutgers Col- lege in 1850, and from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1852. The same year he was licensed by the Classis of New Bruns- wick, and afterwards ordained and installed pastor of the Reformed Church at Sharon, Schoharie Co., N. Y. This pastorate continued until 1857. He was stated supply of the Cape Island (now Cape May) Church, Presbytery of Burlington, from 1857-1859. He united with the Presbytery in 1865, and remained in connection with it and its legal successor, the Presbytery of Monmouth, until his death, at Bor- dentown, April 27th, igoj-i Mr. Julien became Principal of the Borden- town Public School in 1859. In 1866 he was promoted to the position of Coimty Examiner, which office he held for several years. He opened a private school in Bordentown in 1866, which he conducted with signal success up to the time of his death.
Mr. Julien was a modest, unassuming man of upright and blameless life, and his influence remains as a benediction in the community where he so long lived and where his body lies buried.
He was twice married ; first, in 1850, to Eliza Schank, who died in 1882. His second wife was Mary Mettler Hillyer, whom he married in 1887, and who survives him. Two children were born to him, both of whom died in infancy.
Morris and Orange.
WICUAM HENKY KIRK
Passed peacefully away in Orange, N. J., December 22d, 1900. He was born in Halifax, N. S., October 5th, 1818. He graduated from Union College, Schenectedy, in 1846, and at Princeton Theological Semi- nary in 1849. He was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 26th, 1848, and ordained by the Presbytery of Raritan May gth, 1849, being at the same time installed pastor of the Solebury Church, Brownsburgh, Pa. This pastorate continued until February 17th, 1853. His next charge was at Fishkill, N. Y., from May 23d, 1854, to October 7th, 1856. He moved to Philadelphia in 1857, where he lived for a year. From Philadelphia he was called to the First Church, Belvidere, N. J., and was installed pastor of the church October 28th, 1858. This pastorate was dissolved August loth, 1866. He then made his home in East Orange, N. J., preaching occasionally as opportunity afforded. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Central Church- of Orange, and continued deeply concerned in its progress and prosperity for the remainder of his life.
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Mr. Kirk was an excellent scholar, an instructive preacher and a good man, full of faith and of the Holy Spirit. He was married October 24th, 1849, in Albany. N. Y.. to Miss Charlotte Fitch Penniman. who died August 29th, 1875. An adopted daughter survives him.
HENRY FRANKLIN HICKOK, D.D.,
Was the son of Austin Hickok. and v/as born in New Haven. Vermont, February 29th, 1832. His early education was there and at the Ver- gennes, Vt., High School. When seventeen years old he began teaching, and later entered t!ie preparatory school of the University of Rochester, from which university he graduated as first honor man in 1856. He took the full three years' course in Princeton Seminary, graduating in 1859. He was ordained as an evangelist, by the Presbytery of Troy, June 15th, 1859. Six months before leaving the seminary he had been called to the Presbyterian Church at Sandy Hill, N. Y. Over this church, collegiate with Fort Edward, he was pastor from 1859 to 1869. In the latter year he was called to the Second (Brick) Church, Orange, N. J. After four years' service he resigned in 1873 on account of failing health, and accepted a call to the Central Church of Auburn. N. Y. Two years later, in 1875, he was again called to the Brick Church, and served it continuously till 1894, a period of over 19 years, when he was again compelled to resign on account of ill health. He was then unanimously chosen pastor emeritus. A year later he took an extended trip to the Southwest, and upon his return took up his residence in Vergennes, Vt. He died in Burlington, Vt., May 22d, 1901. His death was not unexpected, as he had l)een a sufferer for a number of years from a complication of diseases.
Dr. Hickok was a man of unusual ability in preaching, and was held in high esteem by his brethren in the ministrJ^ By his personal quali- ties he greatly endeared himself to every member of his large congrega- tion. Dr. Hickok married Miss Elizabeth T. Cleaver, of Saratoga Springs, in 1858, and she survives him with four sons and one daughter.
Neivark.
AMBROSE NELSON HOLLIFIELD, D.D.,
Retiring Moderator of the Synod of New Jersey, expired suddenly of heart failure, in Haddon Hall, this city, half an hour after leaving the closing session of the Synod, on the i8th of October. 1900. He was born in Philadelphia, in 1850. While he was still a child his parents re- moved to a small town in Georgia, where he availed himself of what opportunities there were for education. Although he never enjoyed the advantages of a college or seminary course, he received the title of
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A.M. from Lafayette College, and of D.D. from Westminster College, Missouri. He was ordained to the ministry by the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, in 1867. He served the following churches : Moores- town. Pa. ; First Church, Huntingdon, Pa. : Grand Avenue Church (South Assembly), St. Louis, and the Third Church, Newark, where he was installed April 26th, 1888. In this last charge he was the beloved pastor at the time of his death.
He was delegate to the Pan-Presbyterian Council in London, in 1886. In his own Presbytery he was a member of the Church Ex- tension Committee, and wrought zealously to make the Synodical scheme successful.
On Sunday, June 4th, 1899, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Third Church, Newark, was celebrated. On that memorable occasion Dr. Hollifield gave an exhaustive account of the work accomplished by his predecessors in the pastorate, but the advance made by the church during his own pastorate was summed up as follows : "I have en- deavored to preach to you the gospel in its simplicity; my sole aim has been to win souls for Christ, and to lead Christians into a more spiritual life and a deeper experience of grace." He closed with these words : "Brethren, let us labor on a little longer for our dear Lord and for perishing souls, and after a while we shall rest in that land where we shall look into the faces of the men of God we have been talking about to-night, and those sainted ones who held up their hands with their prayers and sympathy and co-operation." How soon was that expect- ancy realized !
Dr. Hollifield was a thinker, a reader and an able preacher ; as a presbyter, he had few peers ; socially he was genial and gracious ; as a ■man of God, he sounded the depths of a spiritual experience. He loved the Presbyterian Church, and was thoroughly loyal to all its institutions. But withal he was most tolerant and generous towards those with whom he differed, and was incapable of any word or act that was not manly and generous.
Dr. Hollifield was married, in 1878, at Huntingdon. Pa., to Miss Katherine Cochran, who with one son and three daughters survives him.
JOHANN ULRICH GUENTHER
Was born at Eisenach, German}^ May 3d, 1825. He graduated from the University of that place. He studied theology in the Moravian Seminary in Hernhutt, and was ordained by that church, in 185 1, in New York, where he removed in 1850. He was for four years missionary under the Moravian Church among the immigrants at New York City. In 1854 he became stated supply of the First German Presbyterian Church, Newark, and in i860 was received into Presbytery and installed as pastor. This pastorate continued until 1899, from wliicli lime, nnlii his death, he was pastor emeritus.
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Mr. Guenther was the founder of the German Theological Seminary of Newark, and instruction was first begun in the buildings of his own church. He was one of the instructors in the Seminary from 1869 to 1872.
Mr. Guenther was a forceful and learned preacher, a wise and pru- dent pastor and professor, a consistent and devoted man of God. He entered into rest May loth, 1901. Three -sons and two daughters sur- vive him.
GEORGE SCUDDER MOTT^ D.D.^
Entered into rest from his home in East Orange on the morning of October 12th, igoi. He had been in great weakness of body for two years. Dr. Mott was born in New York City, November 25th, 1829. He was educated in a private school and the University of New York, graduating in 1850. He entered Princeton Theological Seminary the same year, and took the full course. He was ordained to the ministry by the Presbytery of Elizabethtown, October 19th, 1853, and installed pastor of the Second Church, Rahway. He resigned in 1858, on ac- count of failing health. After a year's rest he accepted a call from the church in Newton, N. J., where he labored for ten years. In 1869 Dr. Mott was called to the church in Flemington, N. J., and remained there as pastor for twenty-six years. In 1895 failing health compelled him to lay down the pastoral work, and, resigning his charge, he took up his residence in East Orange.
Dr. Mott was a Director of Lincoln University, Oxford, Pa. ; Presi- dent of the New Jersey Sabbath Union for ten years, a member of the New Jersey Historical Society for many years, and its Second Vice- President for some time. Dr. Mott was an expert scholar in social science, especially penology, and was appointed by Governor Werts one of the Commissioners of the State Reformatory at Rahway.
Dr. Mott was a prolific writer, and published many books covering a wide range of subjects. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by the College of New Jersey in 1874.
Dr. Mott married Miss Isabella Acken, of New Brunswick, N. J., who, with a son and two daughters, survives him.
Neiv Brunszvick.
JOHN THOMAS DUFFIELD, D.D., LL.D.^
The second son of William Duftield and Anne Fletcher, was born at McConnellsbnrgh, Pa., February 19th, 1823
His preparatory course was taken at Bedford Academy, Pa. He entered the Sophomore Class, Princeton, November, 1838, and gradu- ated with honor in the class of 1841. He taught in a school at McCon-
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nellsburgh and in the Union Academy, Philadelphia, for three years. He entered Princeton Seminary in 1844, and in 1845 was appointed tutor of Greek in the college. In 1847 he was chosen Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, the department to which his life was destined to be devoted. In 1854 he was made professor, and the entire department placed in his hands. After more than fifty-three years' service he became Emeritus Professor in 1898. His Alma Mater honored him with the degree of D.D.in 1873. and Lake Forest University with that of LL.D. in 1890. From 1868 to 1882 he was clerk of the facuUy of the College of New Jersey.
Dr. Duffield was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick April 25th, 1849, and ordamed as an evangelist February 5th, 1851. He was one of the founders of the Second Church, Princeton, and for some years before his death was the only survivor of the original members. He was stated supply of ,tJiis church from 1850 to 1852. After 1852 he was stated supply of various pulpits, having charge of Trenton Fourth Church one year, and First Morristown six months. He was Moderator of the Synod of New Jersey in 1865.
Dr. Duffield was a prolific and scholarly writer, and his articles in the church reviews and newspapers are valuable and permanent con- tributions to the theological discussions of the day.
But Dr. Duffield's greatest influence was in the college with the life of which he was so long identified. His interest in the religious welfare of the students was ever deeply manifest. His sympathy with the tempted and weak was most beautiful, and can never be forgotten by those to whom his influence was as a benediction from Heaven. Students would listen to his counsel and accept his advice when no one else would be heeded. The Philadelphian Society was greatly aided by his frequent visits and earnest spiritual talks. In the numerous revivals of religion that occurred during his connection with the col- lege none was more active, more zealous, more effective in preaching the gospel and leading men to a decision for Christ than he. Too much cannot be said of his good work among the students. He passed peace- fully to his reward April loth, 1901.
Dr. Duffield was married to Miss Elizabeth Green, who, with four sons and two daughters, survives him.
West Jersey.
HENRY REEVES, PH.D., D.D.,
Was the son of Johnson and Elizabeth Riley Reeves. He was born in Bridgeton, N. J., February 5th, 1823. He made a public profession of his faith in the First Church, Bridgeton, at the age of fifteen. He prepared for college in his native town, and entered the College of New Jersey in the class of 1844. After graduation he spent two years in teaching a private family in Mississippi, seeking a southern climate
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for his health. He entered Princeton Seminary in 1846, and took the full course. He was licensed by the Presbytery of West Jersey April 19th, 1849. From May ist to October ist of that year he supplied the Ellerslie Chapel, near New Hamburgh, N. Y., and then the church at Wappingers Falls, N. Y., from November ist. 1849, to May ist, 1850. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Newton November 12th, 1850, and installed pastor of the First Church, Belvidere, N. J. He con- tinued in this charge until July 8th, 1858. He was stated supply of the church at Fayetteville, Pa., from October ist, 1858, to July 20th. 1854. At the same time he was principal of the Female Seminary of Cham- bersburg, Pa. During the following four years he was principal of the Woodland Seminary for Young Women, West Philadelphia, and assisted in organizing the Woodland Church of that place. He then assumed editorial charge of the "Young Folks' News," Philadelphia, 1868-75, and later of "Our Monthly," 1871-75. From May ist, 1869, to August, 1881, he served the church at Gloucester City, N. J., as Stated Supply. During the next ten years, 1881-91, he was principal of Ivy Hall Seminary for Young Women, Bridgeton, N. J., and also supplied the Fairfield Church, Fairton, N. J. After resigning from his position in the school, he supplied the Fourth Church, Bridgeton, from 1892-95. He was then recalled to Gloucester City, where he was installed as pastor October 22d, 1895, and where he labored till the summons came to a higher service. He died March 13th, 1901, in Gloucester City, in the 79th year of his age.
He received the degree of Ph.D. from the College of New Jersey in 1866, and that of D.D. from Hanover College, Indiana, in 1897.
Dr. Reeves was Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of West Jersey from 1884 until his death. He was an able and prolific writer, and were his various papers gathered a large volume might be published to his honor.
He was married May 6th, 1858, at Belvidere, N. J., to Miss Sarah Jane Kennedy, who, with three sons and two daughters, survives him.
SYLVESTER W. BEACH,
Chairman.
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m— REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON SYNODICAL HOME MISSIONS.
In presenting this their 15th Annual Report, the members of your Permanent Committee on Synodical Home Missions once again "Praise God from whom all blessings flow."
The year just closed has been, in many respects, the best year of all. We have raised more money, we have spent more, and we have more money left in the treasury than was ever the case in the history of the work. And God has given us further assurances of His favor, in that we have organized more churches, entered upon more new fields, and welcomed more persons into our aid-receiving churches on confession of their faith than in any previous year since we began.
But even while we "praise and magnify the Lord." some of us have smitings of conscience "at the way the thing was done."
Never have we worked harder than this year, never more intelli- gently nor with more importunate prayer. Our Treasurer has reported the condition of the treasury to the Chairman of the Committee at least once each m.onth ; the Chairman, upon receipt of this information, has immediately reported to his colleagues on the Committee ; they, in turn, have reported to their fellow-laborers in the various Presbyteries, and these have tried to reach the individual pastors and churches. We have had quarterly meetings of our Committee. We have issued thou- sands of cards and written hundreds of letters. No .stone has been left unturned, as we have pressed on, through our confessedly superb organization, to reach the goal.
At first the results were encouraging. The receipts on January ist, 1901, were in advance of those at the same time the previous year. On April 1st we were still in advance. And we were hoping that, as on last year, no money would have to be borrowed, no interest paid, but that the churches would steadily and adequately provide for the work.
But then the stream of receipts began to fail. It grew more and more meagre as the summer advanced. In July it was but a rivulet. A little later it had practically dried up. We were compelled to borrow. And on September gth, when we met as a Committee to forecast the result, we discovered that, with nearly one-third of all that we had started out to raise still unraised, and with less than twenty work- ing days in which to raise it, we were facing a paralyzing debt. Ah, me! to think of such a thing, after fifteen years of triumphant ad- vance. It must not be ; God helping us, it would not be. But what could we do? Cut down first in our expenditures. It seemed impos- sible. But we would try; and we did.
New Brunswick cut off from the amount which it had a right to use. $29.24; Elizabeth cut off $50; West Jersey, $75.90; Jersey City, $161.01; Monmouth. $195.84; Newton. $241.67; Morris and Orange, $485.50. Some of us put our hands in our own pockets to meet our post-
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age bills, thus saving in our "administration account" the sum of $33.70. And thus, by a merciless application of the knife, we cut down our expenses by the sum of $1,272.86. But even then we had more than $4,000 left to raise.
Who tan recount the history of those next few days? Some of our wives told us that we were "beside ourselves," and that all the good which we had gained on our vacation would be lost. A member of at least one of our Sessions inquired whether really we thought it was profitable either for us or our church thus to exhaust ourselves in out- side toil. One pastor intimated that the Chairman of the Committee in his Presbytery "was rushing around like a hen with its head cut off." The uncertainty and anxiety were nerve-breaking. But on we toiled. September 23d we were $3,800 short ; September 24th, $3,500 ; Septem- ber 25th, $3,200; September 26th, $3,100; September 27th, $2,500; Sep- tember 28th, $2,400. The next day was Sunday on which we tried to rest "according to the commandment." Monday, September 30th, was our last day, the close of the year. And, when its swift-moving hours came to an end, we were still more than $2,000 short of the goal. Nor could we see how, even with the cut which we had made, we were to come out square unless something like $500 could be obtained.
Then came our splendid Treasurer to the rescue. We were not going to be able to raise the amount which we had started out to raise, but possibly enough might yet come in to pay our bills. He would hold his books open for a day or tw^o. Oh, that some of those who sent in after that could only have done it before ! How much extra work, perplexity and anxiety we might have been spared ! But, no matter. The money came in, by mail, by telegraph, by personal delivery. And when the Treasurer said he could wait no longer, though we had not attained unto our goal, had not raised the amount which we had started out to raise by nearly $1,200, we had raised enough to pay our bills and to increase our balance in the treasury by the sum of $130.29.
But, brethren, had we a right thus to come out ? Had we a right to cut as we did? What have you appointed your Committee to do? Is it simply to pay its bills, to close the year without debt ; or is it to do what ought to be done toward winning this State for Christ? Had we spent what you authorized us to spend, and what some of us think we ought to have spent for the permanent advancement of the work, we would have reported a debt. But might not that have been the best thing to do? Might it not have emphasized the importance of our work, aroused some of our churches and led to larger receipts in days to come? Is there not a withholding of that which is meet which tendeth to poverty? But we have done what we have, and w'hether we have done right or wrong, judge ye.
Looking now more in detail at the record of the year, we find that the eight Presbyteries of our Synod have "broken even" in raising the amount apportioned to them, four having exceeded their quota and four having fallen behind. The four which have exceeded are Jersey City by $9.26. Morris and Orange by $10. Elizabeth by $128.78. and
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West Jersey by $146.38. Of these, special mention should be made of Jersey City, which has increased its gift of the year previous by nearly $225 ; and of West Jersey, which added more than $30 to the gift of the year before, though the latter had been by far the largest amount which that Presbj'tery had ever raised. Nor should we fail to commend the steady fidelity of Morris and Orange and Elizabeth, which again have kept up their record of never being behind in the raising of their quota.
Of the four Presbyteries which failed to raise their quota, Monmouth, to the great grief of the veteran Chairman of its Committee, fell be- hind $55.74; New Brunswick. $197.13; Newton, $199.07, and Newark, $1,022.23. Concerning this last deficiency, which seems, at first sight, to be SO' very large, we feel that a special word ought to be said, for few, we think, are acquainted with the facts.
Newark Presbytery is unique in its field and in its method. In some respects it is the hardest field in the Synod, and in many respects it is doing the best work. "'No Presbytery within our bounds has such a thoroughly organized and efficient Church Extension Committee, and no Church Extension Committee in any Presbytery could well have done more. During the past twenty years, without a dollar of aid from outside, the Church Extension Committee of Newark Presbytery has aided in the organization of no less than twelve churches which now have an aggregate membership of over 2,000, and for which the churches of Newark Presbytery have contributed nearly $80,000. At present that Presbytery is paying interest on $17,000 which have been used in the construction of some of their churches. From time to time the Presbytery exerts itself to pay up these mortgages. Last Easter was one such occasion. Then, by a wise system of apportion- ment, the attempt was made to lift the mortgage of $5,000 which rested upon the Third German Church of Newark. It was not quite success- ful. But the churches did raise more than $4,500, and have promises which encourage them to believe that the rest will be raised in the near future. This work, so similar in many of its features with the work of our own Committee, has considerably interfered with our success in that Presbytery. And it will continue to interfere, for the special effort which the churches have been making to pay this mortgage in- debtedness has left them about $1,200 behind in the regular work of their Church Extension Committee, and this sum they are trying to raise before January ist. But why should we grieve if such work as this should chance to interfere with work which is dear to our hearts? Is not the work one — an earnest attempt to evangelize our State? Let us thank God then for Newark Presbytery and for her magnificent work in church extension. And let us not cast stones if, in view of all that she is doing within her own bounds, she seems to be somewhat behind with us.
But after we have said all this we are still of the opinion that a Pres- bytery which is doing so much could do ju.st a little more. We look at her gift to the Home Board of nearly $8,500, which is increased to over $27,000 when we turn to the Minutes of the General Assembly.
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We look, too, at her gift to the Foreign Board of more than $16,000. We think of more than $207,000 given for congregational expenses. We remind ourselves of the fact that we are not asking from Newark Presbytery by three cents per member as much as from either Eliza- beth, Morris and Orange or New Bruswick, and that for every dollar which we asked from Newark Presbytery this year we have given Newark Presbytery back, for work within its own bounds, about 88 cents. And, we confess it aloud, we expect to see the day when Newark, too, will be in line, and when, because of her support, your Committee can enter upon the broader work to which we are every- where summoned.
Turning now to another phase of our work, we rejoice to report that of the 330 churches of the Synod 313 have contributed to this fund this year, the 17 delinquent churches being found — i in the Presbytery of Monmouth, 2 in the Presbytery of Newton, 3 in the Presbytery of Morris and Orange. 5 in the Presbytery of Newark, and 6 in the Pres- bytery of Jersey City — while no church in Elizabeth, New Brunswick or West Jersey failed to contribute.
We have given pecuniary aid through this fund this year to 100 fields — 5 in the Presbytery of New Brunswick, 6 in the Presbytery of Newark, 8 in the Presbytery of Newton, 9 in the Presbytery of Eliza- beth, II in the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, 15 in the Presbytery of Jersey City, 20 in the Presbytery of Monmouth, and 26 in the Presbytery of West Jersey. Through these fields we have been per- mitted to gather into the church on confession of their faith 657 souls — 13 in the Presbytery of Elizabeth, 31 in the Presbytery of Newton, 43 in the Presbytery of New Brunswick, 59 in the Presbytery of Morris and Orange, 95 in the Presbytery of Newark, iii in the Presbytery of Monmouth, 137 in the Presbytery of West Jersey, and 168 in the Pres- bytery of Jersey City.
We have also organized three churches, and rejoice in the fact that three more have attained unto self-support, while an increasing number have taken long strides in this direction.
As further items of interest illustrating the variety and method of our work :
Elizabeth reports two new and most encouraging fields where the little which is now being received from the Synod ought to be quad- rupled if the work is to be efficiently performed ; two other fields in which buildings already erected by private individuals for church pur- poses, and which were oflfered to the Presbytery if they would main- tain services in them, had to be refused because of a lack of funds, and at least four other fields where there is every reason to believe that a good work could be started at once if the money could be provided.
Jersey City tells us of two churches organized out of chapels affili- ated with the Rutherford Church, one with a roll of 80 members, the other with a roll of 35; of 30 persons received into the West Hoboken Church as the result of the work of that church, through the aid of the Synod, among the Armenians ; of a company of Slavs or Slovaks, who
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have long worshipped in the Dundee Church of Passaic, now building an edifice of their own, under a Lutheran organization ; of a new church at Bayonne near the point of erecting a commodious chapel ; of other fields of mission activity, perhaps as many as eight in number, which are entering into Presbytery's thoughts, though not receiving aid from Synod's funds ; and of an influx of extremely crude emigrants to some parts of the Presbytery, which brings startling problems for immediate solution.
Monmouth speaks of difficulties encountered because of the shifting condition of the population, the small salaries paid to ministers, and the high rents demanded for homes on the shore. It tells of .strenuous efforts put forth to secure manses, 12 having been erected in a com- paratively short time, and two more being in process of erection, and says that it is magnifying the importance and necessity of self-support.
Morris and Orange rejoices in the fact that the largest number received in any one church within the bounds of that Presbytery were received by one of its missionary churches ; that a new church has been organized at Port Oram, and that one of its churches, which for years has received aid, is about to enter upon self-support.
Newark tells us that its Italian church, which yearly takes the prize for the largest proportionate attendance at the Essex County Christian Endeavor rallies, has been the means of starting work in Westfield and Montclair, and is also beginning to get a foothold in Morristown and other localities ; it speaks of two young men, from this same Italian church, as now studying for the ministry ; affirms that if it had the means to equip these fields with workers, it could now start two and perhaps three other successful missions for the 40,060 Italians in Newark ; longs to enter a section of the Presbytery fairly swarming with Polish Jews, and does not want us to forget that at least six other mission fields in that Presbytery are supported by its churches without aid from Synod's fund.
New Brunswick also tells us of its Italian work in the city of Trenton; rejoices in the increasing attendance of the people upon the services of this mission, despite the recent coming to that city of an Italian priest whose advent was heralded by a band of music and a banquet ; commends the missionary zeal of the Italian converts, who, as they return to Italy or remove to other parts of this country, carry their religion with them, distributing Bibles and standing up for their faith against great opposition in a way which demonstrates the genuineness of their conversion ; speaks, also, of the new interest which has arisen in connection with its work for the colored people at Princeton, and magnifies the zeal of all of its other missionary workers.
Newton reports the work within its bounds as well in hand ; notes that during the year one of its aid-receiving churches has remodeled its church building at a cost of $2,600, paying for the same by its own self-denial and the help of friends ; speaks of two others of its mis- sionary churches as having also made extensive improvements upon their church property ; records the abandoning of one mission point
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because of the closing of the company's works, and the removal of the eritire population ; makes mention of the discouraging feature of its work from the constant outflow of people to the cities ; tells of one pastor who affirmed that "the first family in the history of his pastorate of six years" in a certain agricultural community "has lately come to live and die in our midst" ; and affirms that, notwithstanding all, it is hopeful and determined.
West Jersey speaks of 26 out of its 57 churches as receiving more or less aid from Synod's fund ; is sure that there has been advance in all of its aid-receiving churches, with the possible exception of one; speaks of several fields where the outlook is especially bright ; is strongly insisting on self-support; records marked progress in this line ; is carrying on work for the foreign populations within its bounds in at least four different places ; speaks of the great revival of interest in the German work at Camden ; commends the work of the German church in Atlantic City, which has cut down its application for aid by more than 40 per cent. ; makes mention of work for the Italians at Hammonton, carried on, without aid from Synod's fund, through the generosity of an elder in the Haddonfield church and the co-operation of the young people of the Presbytery; tells also of work, just started, among the Italians of Vineland without additional demand upon Synod's fund ; speaks of the earnest co-operation of pastors and churches in the determination to raise the quota of Presbytery ; has seen that at least $1,000 additional could be profitably used in meeting the needs of the multitudes of people who are overflowing into Camden from the city of Philadelphia ; and would like to see the work carried on along broader lines.
One item further and we are done. You will recall that, last year, Synod made special provision for the Treasurer of its fund by devoting $250 for the payment of an assistant. This arrangement has proved eminently satisfactory to the members of your Committee. Mr. Hus- ton Dixon, whom Judge Lanning obtained to aid him in his work, has performed the duties of his position with rare skill, accuracy and courtesy. He has endeared himself to us all. We cannot think of parting with him without feelings of the deepest regret.
But, as the year advanced, our honored Treasurer discovered that the reasons which had compelled him to ask for a release from the treasurership still remained. He had consented to the arrangement against his personal judgment and only upon the urgent entreaty of your Committee, and it had not proved to meet the exigencies of the case. He must lay down the work. Both he and we would have had it otherwise ; but the necessity was imperative. We were reluctantly compelled to accede. What now should be done? Synod, of course, is the appointing body. We merely are permitted to advise. But yet our opinion, we know, would have weight, and Synod, we felt, would expect us to suggest. Our conclusion, and some of the reasons which have led thereto, are herewith given.
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An entirely satisfactory arrangement to us would have been to have increased the amount which we were giving to Mr. Dixon and to have engaged him to do the work. But to do this would necessitate an in- crease in our "administration expenses," and it has been a marked feature of our work from the beginning that it has been carried on at comparatively little cost. Indeed there were some of us who felt that just as the members of your Committee devoted their time and their services to this work without compensation save for necessary ex- penses for traveling and postage, so it would be wise, if it were possi- ble, to secure some one, preferably a Ruling Elder, who, for love of the work, would devote himself to this task also, that, in so far as possible, every penny which was given by our churches should go directly to the work for which it was bestowed. Arriving at this conclusion, we turned first to Trenton to see if we could discover our man, for we were reluctant to remqve the treasurership from the Capital of the State. But though we searched long and diligently we were not suc- cessful in our quest. Then we turned to Newark, feeling that it would be wise on many accounts if we could locate the Treasurer there. But here again we were disappointed. Then we turned to Elizabeth, which, as one of the oldest cities of the State and the home of the Chairman of your Committee, had its advantages. And here our search was crowned with success. And if it is the pleasure of Synod to allow Judge Lanning to resign, we have a name to propose for his successor which, we believe, will commend itself to the judgment of all.
Fathers and brethren, our report is before you. We have one or two recommendations to present for your approval, but ere we present them we would pause to say this : Through your Committee you have done much for the spread of the gospel in this State. But what you have done is but a tithe of what ought to be done. The whole State is teeming with opportunities. Doors on every side are wide open, which in the name of our God we ought to enter. Take this work, we beseech you, upon your thoughts. Pray for, giv^ to it, live for it. The eyes of the other Synods are upon us. We are in the van. Not one step backward ; but "forward march" be our motto. New Jersey for Christ. That God's name may be glorified.
We respectfully submit for your adoption the following resolutions :
1st. That Synod accepts the resignation of Hon. William^ M. Lanning as Treasurer of this fund, and, in doing so, directs that the following record be entered upon its minutes and a copy transmitted by the Stated Clerk to Mr. Lanning.
That Synod accepts the resignation of Mr. Lanning with the pro- foundest regret, and desires to make special mention of his invaluable services and superlative worth. He has been the Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission fund now for five years, and during that period has so wisely, energetically and courteously administered the duties of his office as greatly to increase the efficiency of the work. His advice has been relied upon ; his name has been a tower of strength ; his energy has been contagious ; his methods always the best, and no small part of the success of the past has been due to him.
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2d. That Mr. William P. Stevenson, of Roselle, N. J., be elected Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission fund, and that the Stated Clerk be asked to cast the ballot of Synod for Mr. Stevenson.
3d. That Presbyteries be asked to contribute this year upon the basis of church membership as reported in the Minutes of the Assembly for 1 90 1, so that —
From the Presbytery of Elizabeth be asked, at the rate
of 30 cents per member, the sum of $2,862 00
From the Presbytery of Jersey City be asked, at the rate
of 26 cents per member, the sum of 1.947 H
From the Presbytery of Monmouth be asked, at the rate
of 26 cents per member, the sum of 1,712 62
From the Presbytery of Morris and Orange be asked, at
the rate of 30 cents per member, the sum of 3,111 90
From the Presbytery of Newark be asked, at the rate of
27 cents per member, the sum of 3.257 01
From the Presbytery of New Brunswick be asked, at the
rate of 30 cents per member, the sum of 2,750 10
From the Presbytery of Newton be asked, at the rate of
22 cents per member, the sum of 1,256 42
From the Presbytery of West Jersey be asked, at the rate
of 26 cents per member, the sum of 2,014 04
Total $18,91 1 23
4th. That apportionments be made as follows :
For administration expenses $500 00
To the Presbytery of Elizabeth, 1,500 00
" " " Jersey City, 2,600 00
" " " Monmouth, 4,000 00
" " " Morris and Orange, 1,60000
" Newark, 1,85000
" " " New Brunswick, i .300 00
" " " Newton, i ,000 00
" " " West Jersey, 4,20000
$18,550 00
5th. That Synod calls the attention of its churches to the superlative importance of having the offering for Synodical Home Missions reach the Treasurer of the fund as early in the fiscal year as possible.
EBEN B. COBB,
ChairDum.
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Treasurer's Report — Home Missions.
Oct.,
rV— TREASURER'S REPORT HOME MISSIONS.
To the Synod of New Jersey:
I herewith present to you my report as Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission Funds for the fifteenth fiscal year beginning October 1st, 1900, and ending September 30th, 1901.
Dr. The receipts have been as follows :
To balance according to last annual report, $669 85
contributions from Presb. of Elizabeth $2,977 26
" " " " Jersey City, ... 1,901 42
" " " " " Monmouth, .... 1,650 90
" " " _," Morris & Orange, 3,10480
" " " " " Newark, 2,162 69
" " " " " New Brunswick, 2,595 2y
" " " " Newton, i .077 59
" " " " " West Jersey, . . 2,156 18
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contribution from unknown person,
proceeds of notes given for moneys borrowed from bank,
Total receipts for the year, $19793 n
Cr. The disbursements to ministers and missionaries have been as fol- lows :
In Presbytery of Elizabeth $1,250 00
" " " Jersey City, 2,438 99
" " " Monmouth, 3.804 16
" " " Morris and Orange 1,314 SO
" " " Newark i ,850 00
" " " New Brunswick 1,17076
" Newton 958 33
" " West Jersey 4,124 10
For administration expenses as follows : Traveling expenses of committee and cost of post- age for them $83 22,
Printing and stationery, 220 47
Revenue stamps for Treasurer, 1260
Salary of Assistant Treasurer, 250 00
566 30
Notes given for borrowed moneys paid in full,
with interest 1,505 83
Total disbursements for the year $18,982 97
Balance to be carried to next year's work 810 14
$19,793 ir
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The following schedules are annexed to and form a part of. this report :
Schedule i, showing the payments made to aid-receiving churches, the contributions receiv^ed from congregations, Sabbath-schools, societies and individuals, and the total contributions received from each church ; Schedule 2, showing the total contributions received from the respec- tive Presbyteries ; Schedule 3, showing the amounts which the respec- tive Presbyteries were asked to contribute, and the amounts received from them respectively ; and Schedule 4, showing the appropriations to the respective Presbyteries, the amounts paid for services during the year, and the unused balances of appropriations which have fallen into the General Fund under the provisions of Article VI, Section 6, of the plan revised last year.
Respectfully submitted,
W. M. LANNING,
Dated Trenton, N. J., Oct. nth, 1901. Treasurer.
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Schedule i.
Showing the payments made to aid-receiving churches, the contribu- tions received from congregations, Sabbath-schools, societies and indi- viduals, and the total contributions received from each church.
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF ELIZABETH.
Basking Ridge,
Bayonne City, ist,
Bethlehem
Carteret, ist
Clarksville (Glen Gardner),...
Clinton,
Cokesbury,
Connecticut Farms,
Cranf ord, i st,
" Garwood Chapel, . .
Dunellen,
Elizabeth, ist,
2d
3d,
" Bethany Chapel, . .
" ist German,
" Greystone,
" Madison Avenvie, .
" Siloam, ,
" Westminster ,
Keasbey,
Lamington
Liberty Corner,
Lower Valley, Califon,
Mauer, German, ist,
Metuchen, ist,
Perth Amboy, ist,
Plainfield, ist,
" Crescent Avenue,
Bethel Chapel, . . .
" Hope Chapel, ....
" Warren Chapel, . .
Pluckemin,
Rahway, ist
2d
" ist German,
Roselle,
Springfield, _
Westfield
Woodbridge, ist,
Ralph Voorhees,
General Missionary purposes, .
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$200 00
pIOO 00 36 00
16 60 IS 00
12 00
80 00
12 30
SO 00
103 20
2 40
46 50
lOI 56
87 00
$26 84
230 00
50 00 .
87 22 I.
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180 ool .
so 00 41 00 so 00
8 00 80 00 61 20
115 43
278 90
15 00
89 70
41 40
so 00
1 17 60
15s 20
9 00 98 00 SO 00
200 00 43 00
Totals $i2So 00 $2568 21 $262 S4 $46 S^ 100 0° $2977 26
$33 51
$100 00
36 00
16 60
IS 00
12 00
80 00
12 30
50 00
103 20
2 40
46 SO
128 40
230 00
120 SI
50 00
87 22 23 00 10 00
180 00
50 00
41 00
so 00
8 00 80 00 66 90
IIS 43
278 90
IS 00
89 70
41 40
SO 00
1 17 60
15s 20
9 00 101 00
50 00
200 00
55 00 100 00
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Schedule i — (Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
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WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF JERSEY CITY.
Bayonne, Christ
Carlstadt, German,
Englewood, ist,
" Calvary Chapel,
West Side,
Garfield,
Hackensack, ist,
Hoboken, ist
" Bethesda Chapel,
Jersey City, ist,
" zd
" Claremont,
" John Knox,
" Lafayette,
" Westminster
Leonia,
Newfoundland (Oak Ridge),
Norwood
Passaic, i st
" Dundee,
German,
" Wallington Chapel
Paterson, ist
2d,
3d,
" 1st German,
" Broadway German,
" Church of the Redeemer,
" East Side,
" Lake View,
" Madison Avenue
" St. Augustine,
" Westminster,
Ridgewood,
Rutherford, ist '.
" Emanuel Chapel,
" Kingsland Chapel
" Lyndhurst Chapel, . . .
Tenafly
West Hoboken, ist,
" " Armenian Chapel,
West Milford
Wood Ridge,
E. M. Bulkley
Temporary supplies
Refund from Presbytery,
)i 66
347 6i
15 00
4 00
36 00
22 80
$7 00
200 00 84 00
I 273 60 64 60
10 00
6 00
100 00 78 00
200 00
183 33
Totals,.
244 00 100 00
260 00 176 00
$2438 99
75 80 5 00
12 00 5 10
70 II 8 00 3 00
00
ISO
8 00 10 00 131 84 4? 00 18 00 12 10
$3 00
5 00
9 00 169 82!
8 ool 28 681 113 00
30 ool ,
3 ool.
347 62
15 00 14 00 36 00 22 80
I 273 60
64 60
10 00
6 00
75 80
5 00
12 00
S 10
125 II
8 00
3 00
25 00 180 25
8 00
10 00
131 84
42 00
21 00
|
0 |
00 |
|
219 |
82 |
|
8 |
00 |
|
33 |
68 |
|
113 |
00 |
25 00
3 00
$1750 42I $107 oo|$i9 oo|$2S oo|$i90i 42
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Schedule i — {Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
.2rt Z be
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WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF MONMOUTH.
Allentown
Asbury Park, ist
" " Westminster,
Atlantic Highlands
Barnegat,
Belmar,
Beverly,
P.ordentovvn,
Burlington, . . .
Columbus
Cranburv, :st,
" " 2d,
Cream Ridge,
Delanco
Englishtown,
Farmingdale,
Forked River,
Freehold, ist
Hightstown
Holmanville
Hope,
Jacksonville,
Jamesburg,
Keyport
Lakehurst
Lake wood, ist,
Hope
Long Branch,
Manalapan,
Manasquan,
Matawan, ist,
Moorestown,
Mt. Holly
New Gretna
Oceanic,
Perrineville
Plattsburg,
Plumstead,
Ft. Pleasant
Providence,
Red Bank
Riverton, Calvary, . . . . . Sayreville, German, . . . .
Shrewsburj', ist,
South Amboy, ist
South River, German, .
Tennent
Toms River, .
Tuckerton,
West Mantoloking, .... Presbyterial Missionary, Presbytery,
Totals $3804 i6|$r595 99I $27
P217 so 100 00 225 00
190 00 100 00
125 00 14s 00
200 00
125 00
255 00 150 00
255 00 145 00
176 00
$65 39
24
70
9
US
22 08
9 59
6 90
94 23
34 89
6 25
$2 00
56
16 66 290 00
229 00 250 00 100 00 320 00
$5 00
20 07
$27 07I
11650 90
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ScHEDUEE I — (Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
.2 «
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WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF MORRIS AND ORANGE.
Berkshire Valley,
Boonton, ist,
Chatham,
Chester
Dover, I St,
" Welsh,
East Orange, ist,
" Elmwood,
Arlington Avenue,
Bethel,
Brick,
Fairmount,
Flanders,
German Valley,
Hanover,
Luxemburg,
Madison, ist,
!Mendham, ist,
Mine Hill,
Morris Plains,
Morristown, ist,
" South Street, .
Mt. Freedom
Mt. Olive,
Myersville, German
New Providence,
New Vernon,
Orange, ist,
" Central,
" German, ist, . . . .
Hillside
West, St. Cloud,.. Orange Valley, German,...
Parsi])pany,
Pleasantdale, German, . . . .
Pleasant Grove,
Rockaway,
Schooley's Mountain,
South Orange, ist
" " Trinity, . . .
" " Vailsburgh,
Stirling,
Succasunna,
Summit, Central
Whippany,
Wyoming
Refund from Presbytery,.. Richard H. Allen
Totals, $1314 50 $3017 46
142 00 100 00
37 50 100 00
200 00 100 00
$5 00
109 34
96 00
ID 00
127 88
250 00
7 85 43 95 82 IS
iSS 00
17 00
30 00
9 56
8u 00
2 50
171 79
90 00
8 70 5 00
27s 00
26s 14
8 00
II so
5 00
II so
22 77
2S0 00
2S0 00
10 00
124 47
37 61
10 00
8 44
S 00
$3:
$5 00
6 00
44 10 30 00 99 00 SO 00 7 SO
28 00
131 71
20 00
1 1 00
10 56
$30 78
I 00 $is 56 $30 78 $3104 80
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Schedule i — (Continued).
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NAMES OF CHURCHES. |
Payments to aid- receiving churches. |
g 0 ''^ c c/i 0 2 « *J tfl 3 0 c 2 0 " |
E . i 0 c C'o .2 " 11 %'^ u |
E 0 u C •2 c^ £■£ u |
S 0 u l| 3.'H :2 > 0 U |
c 0 in •J2 V . « u 0 " "s — 0 0 |
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WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF NEWARK. |
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$225 00 8 00 125 00 35 85 20 00 16 39 21 92 7 21 70 00 300 00 193 75 235 00 10 69 50 00 10 00 20 00 18 00 2 00 |
$225 00 8 00 |
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125 00 35 85 45 00 16 39 21 92 7 21 70 00 300 00 193 75 235 00 10 69 50 00 |
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$200 00 |
$5 00 |
$20 00 |
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2d |
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10 00 |
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15 03 SO 00 105 00 2 88 14 00 15 12 17 00 SO 00 21 so 250 00 150 00 8 22 8 00 |
9 18 |
24, 21 SO 00 130 00 5 83 14 00 15 12 17 00 65 00 21 50 250 00 ISO 00 8 22 |
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25 00 2 95 |
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200 00 200 00 200 00 |
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IS 00 |
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200 00 |
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Wickliffe, |
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8 00 |
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850 00 |
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Totals, WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. |
$1850 00 |
$2075 56 $20 00 16 00 4 50 7 00 50 00 62 00 31 40 25 50 159 30 29 43 75 60 14 00 20 00 32 00 6 30 |
$67 13 |
$20 00 |
$2162 69 $20 00 |
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4 50 7 00 50 00 |
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Dutch Neck |
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31 40 30 50 159 30 29 43 75 60 |
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$5 00 |
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$6 00 2 62 8 00 |
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5 00 2 00 |
27 62 42 00 6 30 |
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Kingvvood |
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Schedule i — {Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF NEW BRUNS- WICK— (Con.)
Kirkpatrick INIemorial,
Eambertville, ist,
Eawrcnceville,
Milford
New Brunswick, i st,
2d
Pennington,
Princeton, ist
2d
" Witherspoon Street,
Stockton,
Titusville
Trenton, ist,
2d
3d
" 4th
5th
" Bethany,
" East Trenton,
" Prospect Street,
" " " Brookville,
" Walnut Avenue,
" Italian
Temporary Supplies,
"G,"
Totals,.
WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF NEWTON.
Andover,
Asbury
Beattystown,
Belvidere, ist, ... 2d, ...
Blairstown
Bloomsbury,
Branchville,
Danville
Deckertown,
Delaware
Franklin Furnace,
Greenwich
Hackettstown, . . .
Harmony
Knowlton,
Lafayette
Mansfield, Marksboro, Mnsconetcong Valley,
Newton, ist,
North Hardyston, . . .
Oxford, ist,
2d,
Phillipsburg, ist
2d,.
$ii8 88 138 00 125 00
272 00
490 00
26 88
$1170 y6
$7;
200 00
75 00
10 00
130 00
62 40
43 00
153 30
10 00
32 00
178 58
200 00
25 80 15 00
26 09 221 42
12 00
125 00
113 51
35 00
30 00
17 50
23s 00
13 50 8 00
$2250 13
$50
3
50
ID 109
2$
35 3 6
IS 135
13 3
18
60 00
5 00 8 39
$133 14
$16 00
28I.
13|.
oo| .
7 48I.
25 00 1 .
5 00 1 .
200 00! .
12 col .
20 00 1 .
5 00 3 00
$62 00
10 00
150 00
62 40
58 00
153 30
ID 00
32 00
178 58
202 00
25 80
15 00
31 09
242 55
12 00 185 00 113 51
35 00 30 00 44 50
243 00 8 39
13 50 8 00
150 00
2595 27
6 45[.
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3 |
52 |
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50 |
00 |
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10 |
00 |
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125 |
00 |
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25 |
00 |
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12 |
00 |
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20 |
00 |
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35 |
00 |
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10 |
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6 |
75 |
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15 |
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135 |
00 |
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28 |
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3 |
13 |
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18 |
00 |
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7 |
48 |
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5 |
00 |
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200 |
00 |
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12 |
00 |
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20 |
00 |
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45 |
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Schedule i — (Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
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WITHIN PRES. OF NEWTON (Con.)
Phillipsburg, Westminster,
Sparta,
" Ogdensburg Chapel,
Stanhope,
Stewartsville
Stillwater,
Wantage, ist,
2d,
Washington,
Yellow Frame,
IS 00 25 00
50 00 83 33
100 00 200 00
10 ool .
63 50 .
9 00| .
10 00 I .
10 50 .
12s ool .
Totals,
WITHIN PRESBYTERY OF WEST JERSEY.
Absecon,
Atco
Atlantic City, ist,
" " German,
Olivet,
" " Chelsea,
" " Westminster, . . .
Audubon, Logan Memorial, . . .
Berlin,
Billingsport,
Blackwood, ist
Bridgetcn, iFt,
2d
" 4th
" Irving Avenue, ....
West,
Bunker Hili,
Camden, ist,
2d
" Calvary,
" Liberty Park, German,
" Grace,
Cape May City,
Ce-larville, ist,
" Osborn Memorial, . .
Clayton,
Cold Spring,
Deerfield,
Elmer,
Elwood, Brainerd,
Fairton, Fairfield,
Glassboro,
Gloucester City,
Green Creek,
Greenwich
Haddonfield, ist,
Hammonton, ist,
" Italian
Holly Beach
$9S8 33
P150 00 200 00
175 00|
200 00|
200 ool
180 00
17 SO
75 00
50 00 17s 00
200 00 134 45 200 00
no 54 75 00 22 so
$1055 14
$10 20
9 00
154 00
25 00 10 00
4 50!
10 ooj
18 60
2 60
9 00
40 00!
100 ool
121 82I
26 00 30 ool
80 ooi 8 06 1
140 00 104 00
81 19
00
37 18 34 03 36 24
5 00 68 40 13 OS 60 00 23 SO 10 54 27 56 10 14 15 00
4 25 32 75 59 54
9 50
7 54 1 10 92I
$25 00
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Schedule i — (Continued).
NAMES OF CHURCHES.
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WITHIN PRESBYTERY OK WEST JERSEY — (Con.)
Janvier
Jericho,
Leeds Point, . . . Mays Landing, Mercliantville,
Millville
Ocean City, ist,. Pittsgrove,
Hall Mission,
Whig Lane Mission, Shirley
Pleasantville,
Salem, ist
Swedesboro, ist,
Tuckahoe,
Vineland
Waterford
Wenonah, ist,
Williamstown, '. .
Woodbury, ,
Woodstown
Temporary supplies, . . . , Rev. William Aikman, . , Presbyterial Missionary,
Totals
150 00 190 00
6 00 10 00
3 00 ?4 00 25 00 63 87 15 00 34 so
5 00
2 50
3 50
775 00
12 42 60 00 18 19
7 00 30 00
6 00 68 00 34 03 55 71 14 60
5 00 16 98
336 62
I.124 10
$1 50
$1948 43I $148 75 $44 00 $15 00 $2156 18
$15 00
6 00
10 GO
3 00
24 00
25 00
63 87
15 00 44 50
2 50
3 50 I 50
17 42 79 98
18 19
7 00 30 00
6 00 86 00 39 03 55 71
16 60
15 00
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Schedule 2. Being a summary of columns 2, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of Schedule i.
|
PRESBYTERIES. |
■J 0 . ■CE.2 U |
Contributions from Sabbath- schools. |
Contributions from societies. |
0 |
0 5 '3 OXI |
|
$2,568 21 1,750 42 1,595 99 3,017 46 2,07s 56 2,250 13 1,055 14 1,948 43 |
; 1 |
$2,977 26 1,901 42 1,650 90 3,104 80 2,162 69 2,595 27 1,077 59 2,156 18 |
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Jersey City, , |
107 00 27 84 41 00 67 13 133 14 22 45 148 75 |
19 00 27 07 15 56 20 00 62 00 |
25 00 |
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Morris and Orange, |
30 78 |
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New Brunswick, . . . |
150 00 |
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West Jersey |
44 00 |
15 00 |
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Totals |
$16,261 34 |
$809 851 $234 14 |
$320 78 |
$17,626 II |
Schedule 3.
Showing the amounts zvliich the respective Presbyteries were asked to contribute, tlie amounts received, and the excess or deficiency.
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Elizabeth,
Jersey City
Monmouth,
Morris and Orange,
Newark,
New Brunswick, . .
Newton,
West Jersey,
$1,176 77
I1.176 77
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Schedule 4.
Sliozving the appropriations to the respective Presbyteries, the amounts paid for services therein, and the unused balances.
PRESBYTERIES.
|
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5t3 |
"B S |
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$1,300 |
00 |
$1,250 |
00 |
$50 00 |
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2,600 |
00 |
2,438 |
|
161 01 |
|
4,000 |
00 |
3,804 |
16 |
195 84 |
|
1,800 |
00 |
1,314 |
50 |
48s so |
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1,850 1,200 |
00 00 |
1,850 1,170 |
00 76 |
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29 24 |
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1,200 |
00 |
958 |
33 |
241 67 |
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4,200 |
00 |
4,124 |
10 |
75 90 |
|
600 |
00 |
566 |
30 |
33 70 |
|
$18,750 |
00 |
$17,477 |
14 |
$1,272 86 |
Elizabeth,
Jersey City,
Monmouth,
Morris and Orange, ...
Newark,
New Brunswick,
Newton,
West Jersey,
Administration E-xpenses,
66 Foreign Missions. Oct.,
v.- REPORT OF PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN MISSIONS.
I. Increased Activity.
This is to be noted, we think, in every department, warranting the conviction that the new century, in spite of some dark clouds over- shadowing, has opened propitiously.
The field statistics bear us out measurably, showing but a slight advance. Yet, taking into account the interruption of the work in China, with its destruction of plants and scattering and persecution of missionaries and native Christians, it is most gratifying to have had any aggregate advance at all. We note with pleasure that the accession in the Pekin mission, the center of disturbance, was only twelve short of last year's and that in all China more than a thousand were added to the churches. The cry, "the missionaries did it," has been generally abandoned, and the question of indemnities is being largely settled on the ground, China being still open. In Korea, the most favored harvest field of the Presbyterian Church, one thousand and eighty-six were added to the churches, and there were four thousand inquirers.
In India, Mexico, Brazil, Persia, the converts were numbered by hun- dreds, while no one of our thirteen fields has been without its encour- agement. In spite of everything adverse, there has been no abiding de- pression on the part of missionaries or friends of missions, but rather, exceeding hopefulness and assurance of speedy triumph, moving all to more energetic and heartsome labors. Why should it not be so, when the increase of the entire field has been twelve per cent., more than four times that at home?
The home department has shown a decided increase of activity. Recently a Secretary (Dr. Halsey) has been designated to give it his entire time. The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions is a broader and more efficient agency than it has ever been. It is not a mere bureau and banking-house, but a practical arm of the church having many hands.
It has frequent conferences with other Boards, to promote comity and devise the most adequate machinery.
It has personal contact with missions and workers. At least three of the Secretaries have made world tours to put themselves in actual touch with the work. The lives of these men are thenceforth exceed- ingly valuable, and we should pray for their preservation, that their experience may long be an important asset of the church.
It conducts training classes for departing missionaries. These are now accustomed to spend a few days or weeks, before sailing, with the Secretaries and other competent instructors, in special study, prayer and praise.
The Board has created a generous literature. The churches may no longer plead ignorance when almost every phase of missions, and nearly every country, have been discussed and illustrated in luminous
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booklets to be had for the asking. Besides these, lectures, sketches and hand-books have issued from the Board's active brains, the latest of which, Secretary Speer's "Presbyterian Foreign Missions," should be read by every intelligent Presbyterian.
It promotes conference with the churches. In this line the officers, including the Treasurer and the indefatigable Field Secretary, Dr. Marshall, have shown great diligence, reaching not only Assemblies, Synods and Presbyteries, but numerous churches in all parts of the land. A campaign last year, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Synodical Committee and missionaries from the field, was fruitful of results. May the one in New Jersey, next month, be equally useful !
Perhaps one of the most far-reaching efforts of the Board in the home department has been the stimulation of committees. It is com- ing to be understood that a Foreign Missions Committee is no place for complimentary appointment or laggard service, but that it means intelligent effort and enterprise. The Board believes that Presbj^- terial Committees hold one key to the situation, therefore it is giving them special attention, in the hope of being relieved, ultimately, of much exhausting and unnecessary labor.
These lines of activity have developed wonderfully in the past few years, and only need to be supported by an informed, prayerful and liberal church to yield immense results. The church has reason to be deeply thankful for the possession of an agency so able and so con- secrated for carrying on its foreign conquests, directing the labors of a multitude of missionaries and native helpers abroad, and leading and urging the church at home to constantly larger endeavor for a perish- ing world.
II. Larger Consecration.
1. Of Lives.
It is hoped that the touching frontispiece of the sixty-fourth annual report of the Board, portraying the comely and noble youth whose lives went up in fire and blood at Pao Ting Fu, has had, and will have, a powerful influence. It means that to the ideals of missionary life hitherto commonly entertained must be added the ideal of a martyr's death, if that shall be necessary in order to testify of God's love to the world. Those who are called to enter the breach made by their lamented but glorious translation, will surely surrender them- selves wholly to God ; and all others may learn the lesson of com- plete consecration. Oh, that a host of chosen youth, touched with sacred fire, may reply to God's call, "Here am I, send me." For there are not enough volunteers for even the demands made possible by the present inadequate gifts of the church. Fourteen are needed for Korea alone, while poor Africa, sorely bereaved and crying for reinforce- ment, needs willing martyrs if she is to be evangelized. The Board appeals to Presbyterial committees and pastors for help in finding suitable youth for such fields.
2. Of Labors.
Every indication points to unusual activity on the part of the workers in the foreign field; and not all who toil in Foreign Missions are mis-
68 Foreign Missions. Oct.,
sionaries by name. A multitude of committeemen and women, young people, church members without any title, are earnestly engaged in this special service. All honor and success to each of them.
3. Of Money.
Next to prayer, this is, with many, the supreme test of devotion. It is believed that the list of conscientious and systematic givers is growing; the number, also, of persons of wealth who see fit to ad- minister their own fortunes. A notable instance of the latter, in our own Synod, plays havoc with our averages, but averages are of small account in comparison with holy deeds. Would that all the Lord's people who are rich were of the same mind as the modest but princely giver in the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
It appears from the Minutes of the General Assembly that the churches gave more than ever, $30,000 above the previous year. In- cluding special gifts through the Board, the round sum from all sources was more than a million dollars. But even this is but $1 per member.
The Synod of New Jersey largely increased its gifts. Here is the record :
Presbytery. Gain. Loss.
Corisco $500
Elizabeth, 8,083 00
Jersey City, 461 00
Monmouth 141 00
Morris and Orange 2,657 00
Newark 4,065 00
New Brunswick 160 00
Newton, $450 00
West Jersey i ,041 00
|
Blanks. |
Total. |
|
I |
$30 00 |
|
2 |
34,923 00 |
|
5 |
8,489 00 |
|
0 |
6,107 00 |
|
I |
28,537 00 |
|
3 |
22,178 00 |
|
0 |
10,492 00 |
|
I |
5.373 00 |
|
10 |
5.878 00 |
$16,613 00 $450 00 23 $122,007 00
450 00
Net gain $16,163 00
Average per member, $1.73: in the year previous, $1.52. Referring to the report of the Board, however, we find an actual decrease of funds furnished directly to it. This may be partly made up in the list headed "Miscellaneous," which cannot be traced ; but so far as it appears, the Board did not gain over the former year from the Synod of New Jersey. It would seem that the large reported increase of $16,000 was used for special objects, such as famine sufferers, Boxer victims, the Missions House, &c., and that the regular opera- tions received no increased benefit in a year so prosperous. This is hardly a good showing. Our regular work must not be neglected. If special appeals come, and they are sure to come, they should be met by gifts additional, not by deductions from the Board's resources, which are much too small.
We hear of munificent sums raised in connection with the Twentieth Century Fund, for church improvements and college endowments ; why
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should not our Missions have a distinguished place in this movement, making such testimonials as that to the martyred missionaries and faithful native Christians in China worthy of our great church and its noble work in foreign lands?
With the valued co-operation of the Board, your Committee has ar- ranged for two tours of information, one in the northern and one in the southern section of the Synod, to occupy the dates November 6- 20 in visiting all of our home Presbyteries. The visiting committees will ordinarily consist of an officer of the Board, a veteran missionary, and a representative of the Presbytery or Synodical Committee. We expect Dr. Underwood, of Korea, who has seen almost the entire development of that wonderfully fruitful mission : Mr. C. A. Rodney Janvier, of India : Dr. Halsey, of the Board, and Mr. Hand, the Treasurer, to serve us in this work. The itinerary is nearly made up, and any requests or inquiries will be cheerfully received by the Com- mittee.
We are moved to commend the faithful and extensive labors of our sisters of the Woman's Synodical Society in this cause. We also express appreciation of the efforts and gifts of our young people through their Sabbath-schools and societies. Upon them we rely to furnish recruits for the world field.
We submit, for consideration and adoption by the Synod, the follow- ing recommendations :
1. We urge Presbyterial committees and pastors to push the cause of Foreign Missions until no church shall be delinquent and no mem- ber unsolicited for a yearly offering.
2. We request Sunday-school superintendents to teach Foreign Mis- sions as a part of the curriculum, and to give to each child an oppor- tunity to make special offerings at Christmas and Easter.
3. We ask our churches to use the literature furnished by the Board and to see that families are urged to subscribe for the "Assemblj^ Herald" and the missionary magazines.
4. We implore our pastors and Sessions to observe the "Monthly Concert" on the Lord's 'Ds.y, if practicable.
5. Congratulating the Church upon the efficiency and activity of its Board of Foreign Missions, we send them hearty greeting and pledge our loyal co-operation.
6. We rejoice in the distinctive work of our women, bidding them Godspeed, especially in their training of the children.
7. We recommend that among' our Twentieth Century objects For- eign Missions be given a prominent place, commending among the special objects the rehabilitation of the work in China and the memorial to the martyr missionaries at Paotingfu.
8. Undaunted by past or present difficulties, we avow our unshaken confidence in God's promise to His Son ; by whose command we pursue our world evangelization with brightening hopes and assurance of
nearer victory. HENRY S. HL'TLER.
Chaintian.
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VI -TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY OF HOME MISSIONS IN THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
In gathering together an item here and there from the Presbyterial reports to present to you, very truly has the fact been illustrated that figures fail to tell the whole truth. We do acknowledge that the growth of the church is largely governed by her gifts to missions and of her spiritual life it is a sure indicator, but we are not willing to think that a decrease in contributions from our societies means a lack of spiritual growth.
We number now 8 Presbyterial Societies, 197 Woman's Auxiliaries with a membership of 9,000. 8 Bands, 64 contributing Sunday-schools, and a goodly number pf Christian Endeavor Societies. The contri- butions according to Presbyteries are as follows :
Value of Boxes. Money.
Elizabeth, $i,732 89 $5,202 38
Jersey City, 1,810 30 2,178 68
Morris and Orange, 6,001 99 S,6oi 20
Monmouth, 1.375 74 i;902 45
Newark, 2,523 77 3,040 05
New Brunswick, 2,435 37 2,845 i^
Newton, 512 24 1,385 50
West Jersey, 974 01 1,258 59
The total amount paid to the Woman's Board of Home Missions, $22,521.93; of this total $2,007.31 was for the work among the Freed- men and $3,340.08 to be applied to the Synodical special objects, namely: Asheville Farm School, The Work in Alaska, Good-Will Mis- sion, Ferguson Academy.
In Elisabeth Presbytery the Secretary reports the societies "are largely following the trend of the times and more meetings partake of the nature of a Mission Club, with prepared programmes, papers on a variety of subjects and special speakers." Certainly this gives a broader knowledge of mission fields and must awaken more interest. From this Presbytery has gone out the first woman medical missionary to Porto Rico, Dr. Grace W. Atkins, from Roselle, who is doing fine work at San Juan.
•Number of societies, 28; number of -members, 1,924.
Jersey City Presbytery report a gain spiritually, and more knowl- edge of the needs of the work on the field. As a result of this awakening there is an increase in contributions and membership.
Number of societies, 21 ; number of members, 948.
Monmouth Presbytery report a slight increase in gifts from the Woman's Societies and a larger membership. During the past year a deep sorrow was laid upon the members of this Presbytery in the loss
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of their beloved President, Mrs. Alice C. Curry. Memorial services were held during the closing hour of their annual meeting.
Number of societies, 17; number of members, 633.
Morris and Orange Presbytery. This is a strong organization, doing effective work. There is reported a slight increase in gifts from the Woman's Societies and an increase in membership. A year ago at their annual meeting there was read an historical report showing that much earnest, practical work had been accomplished during the twenty years now past.
Number of societies, 41 ; number of members, 1,888.
Newark — The interest steadily increases in this Presbytery. The Secretary's report shows the auxiliaries to be in a prosperous state. Two new societies have been added during the year. There has been an advance all along the lines of work.
Number of societies, 18 ; number of members, 794.
New Brunszvick Presbytery shows a decided advance in receipts, also an increase in membership. This Presbytery has regularly appointed district Presidents, who visit the societies in their districts. Their visits have served to stimulate and encourage those societies visited by them.
Number of societies, 32 ; number of members, 998.
Newton Presbytery reports a slight decrease in membership but in- creased gifts from societies. A record of earnest work is shown in the reports from this Presbytery.
Number of societies, 22; number of members, 650.
West Jersey — The total amount contributed by this Presbytery is the same as last year. There is a slight decrease in gifts from the Woman's Societies. The Sunday-schools have increased their gifts. The general interest in Home Missions is good. The increased contributions from Sabbath-schools shows an awakening among the young people.
Number of societies, 20; number of members, 556.
The Secretaries of all the Presbyteries willingly co-operated and promptly assisted in circulating the appeal and petitions for the con- stitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy last spring and again this fall.
So closes the record of another year. Let us not be cast down that our gifts have not been as generous as last year, but bear more in mind during the coming year the almost overwhelming needs which demand our interest, zeal and loyalty "in the service of Him who gave €ven His life for us."
MRS. E. C. MILES,
Corresponding Secretary.
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VII.— TWENTY -FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY FOR HOME MISSIONS.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Woman's Society of Home Missions in the Synod of New Jersey, held in the Presbyterian Church of Washington, New Jersey, was called to order at nine-thirty A. M.,. October loth, 1901, the President, Mrs. W. E. Honeyman, being in the chair.
The audience joined in a responsive Scripture reading printed on the program,
Mrs. Hunt, of Trenton, led in prayer, after which all joined in sing- ing the hymn, "Stand up, stand up for Jesus."
The roll by Presbyteries was called by the Recording Secretary, representatives being present, even at that early hour, from seven of the eight Presbyteries.
The report of the Treasurer of the Contingent Fund was presented by Mrs. J. H. Manning.
An encouraging report of the year's work was given by the Corre- sponding Secretary, Mrs. E. C. Miles. Upon motion, this report was accepted and ordered sent with the minutes of this meeting to Synod. 'Mrs. M. Katharine Jones Bennett presented a report as Secretary of Young People's w^ork, in which she urged upon the Young People's secretaries the keeping of definite records, and upon the treasurers the preservation of accurate statements. The number of Christian En- deavor Societies in our Synod was reported as 255, Junior Societies 138, and Bands 103, a total of 496 Young People's Societies. This represents at a moderate estimate 10,000 young people, many of whom are already interested and all of whom ought to be intelligently in- formed in the work of Home Missions. An effort has been made to simplify the work for the Young People's Societies, that there might be a minimum of confusion. They are asked to work for the salary of the Rev. R. M. Craig, Synodical Missionary for New Mexico and Arizona. The special work of the Junior Societies is for Alaska ; for Bands, the Asheville Farm School. To avoid any possible confusion arising from the Young People's Societies corresponding with twa secretaries, it has been arranged that the work of the Freedmen's Board should be presented to Young People's Societies by the Presby- terial Secretaries of Young People's Work, not by the Presbyterial Secretaries for Freedmen.
This report was on motion adopted.
The annual report of the Synodical Secretary of Literature was pre- sented by Mrs. William Nelson. The number of subscriptions to the Home Mission Monthly in our Synod is 2012. Subscriptions to "Over Sea and Land" are 1147. Mrs. Nelson concluded her report by some practical suggestions on "Our Literature ; how shall we make it more useful?" and urged the personal responsibility of every woman in this
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line of work. Information is the fuel to keep burning the blaze of zeal and enthusiasm. Let us bring the best of our time and of our talent to this work.
This report was on motion adopted.
The report of the Freedmen's department was given by Mrs. Francis S. Irwin. The gifts for Freedmen from the societies of the Synod for this year amount to $2007, a slight decrease (but very slight, $11) from the amount given last year. More knowledge of the work for Freed- men is constantly being gained by the societies. In the summer an urgent appeal was received from Ferguson Academy to furnish twenty rooms in the new dormitory just being finished. Many responses have been made to this appeal, and some work is still in progress. During the year many boxes have been sent to Ferguson Academy and to other Freedmen's schools. The name of Ferguson Academy has been changed to Harbison College, as the institution has been raised to the rank of a college.
This report was on motion accepted.
The President appointed the following committees :
Coiniiiiffcc on Nominations — Mrs. M. J. Gildersleeve, Chairman; asked to meet immediately and report at the close of the morning session.
Committee on Place of Meeting — Mrs. J. B. Beaumont, Chairman;
Committee on Resolutions — Mrs. G. W. B. Cushing. Chairman; asked to meet during the recess and report at the afternoon session.
Mrs. W. E. Honeyman presented the prospective work for the year by reading a letter from Mrs. D. R. James and Mrs. Fred. H. Pierson. In this letter our contributions were again asked for our special objects, as follows: For Asheville Farm School, $1000; for work in Alaska, $500; for Good Will Mission. $500; for salaries of teachers at Ferguson Academy, $1000. It is urged that offerings for Asheville Farm School be taken in all our Sunday-schools on the Sunday before Thanksgiving Day. That this may be brought to the notice of the Sunday-schools, it is suggested that one of the Vice-presidents of each Auxiliary be asked to see the Sunday-school Superintendent and ex- plain to him this plan, which includes a special service prepared and printed for use in Sunday-schools on this day.
Mrs. M. Katharine Jones Bennett spoke on the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning polygamy, and urged that all use their influence in its favor.
A collection was taken, amounting to $25.33, for the Contingent Fund.
Rev. George F. McAfee, Superintendent of Schools, in a most in- teresting address, gave an encouraging account of the work at Good Will Mission, Asheville Farm School, and in Alaska.
On motion it was
Resolved, That we accept the recommendation of the Woman's Board, and endeavor by earnest, prayerful effort to raise for our special
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work $500 for the work in Alaska, $500 for Good Will Mission, $1000 for Asheville Farm School, and $1000 for Freedmen to be applied for the teachers' salaries at Ferguson Academy, Abbeville, S. C.
A recommendation was read from the Executive Committee of the Woman's Synodical Society for Home Missions, in session Wednesday evening, October gth, in consequence of which it was
Resolved, That the Woman's Synodical Society of Home Missions in the Synod of New Jersey raise, as an extra, $600 for eight scholar- ships at $75 each in the New Jersey Academy at Logan, Utah, to be apportioned among the Presbyteries pro rata to their gifts.
The following was presented, and on motion adopted :
Whereas^ There is constantly increasing evidence that the Mormon leaders not only do not intend to keep their promises to the Govern- ment to give up polygamy, but that they are determined to fasten its practice upon the country, and are laboring assiduously to that end by the colonization of states in order to secure the balance of political power so as to be in a position to control state legislation in their interests, and to prevent the ratification of an anti-polygamy amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States ; therefore.
Resolved, i. That the Woman's Synodical Society of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church in New Jersey, in its twenty-fourth annual meeting assembled, does hereby appeal to the Fifty-seventh Congress to submit to the Legislatures of the several States an amendment to the National Constitution prohibiting polygamy and polygamous co- habitation, and providing for the disfranchisement of all those who persist in this anti-American practice.
2. That all Presbyterial Societies connected with this Society be and they are hereby urged to do all in their power to forward the move- ment to secure the submission and ratification of such an amendment, by holding meetings to arouse public sentiment, by sending petitions, personal letters, resolutions and committees to their Senators and Rep- resentatives in Congress, urging them to work and vote for such an amendment to deliver our land from the evils of polygamy and polygamous cohabitation.
The report of the Nominating Committee was presented and was adopted, resulting in the election of officers as follows :
President — Mrs. W. E. Honeyman, Plainfield.
Honorary Vice-President — Mrs. C. H. Langdon, Elizabeth.
Vice-Presidents — Mrs. J. H. Owens, Paterson.
Mrs. G. W. B. Gushing, East Orange.
Mrs. D. C. Blair, Belvidere.
Mrs. James W. Van Dyke, Stockton.
Mrs. J. M. Paulding, Daretown.
Mrs. E. B. Cobb, Elizabeth. Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. E. C. Miles, Roselle. , Recording Secretary — Miss E. D. Paxton, Princeton. Secretary of Literature- — Mrs. William Nelson, Paterson.
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Secretary of Young People's Work— Mrs. F. S. Bennett, Englewood. Secretary for Frccdmen— Mrs. F. S. Irwin, 139 Hollywood Avenue,
East Orange. Treasurer of Contingent Fund— Mrs. J. H. Manning, Plainfield.
SYNODICAL COMMITTEES.
EUZABETH.
Mrs. F. H. Pierson, Elizabeth. Mrs. E. C. Miles, Roselle. Mrs. E. B. Cobb. Elizabeth. Mrs. J. M. McNulty, Woodbridge. Mrs. W. E. Honeyman, Plainfield. Miss M. Josephine Petrie. Plainfield. Miss M. J. Peck, Elizabeth.
JERSEY CITY.
IMiss L. C. Pudney. Passaic. Mrs. Charles D. Shaw, Paterson. Mrs. William Nichols, Jersey City. Mrs. Alexander Campbell, Jersey City. Mrs. William Nelson, Paterson.
MONMOUTH.
Mrs. J. D. Long. Freehold. Mrs. J. L. Ewing, Jamesburg. Mrs. H. A. Zandt, Jamesburg.
MORRIS AND ORANGE.
Mrs. Robert Aikman, Madison. Mrs. J. B. Beaumont, Morristown. Mrs. Albert Erdman. Morristown. Mrs. G. W. B. Cushing, East Orange. Mrs. Richard Allen, Chatham.
NEWARK.
Mrs. James R. Gibson, Newark. Mrs. Paul Babcock. Montclair. Mrs. J. P. Jones, Bloomfield. Mrs. Isaac Marshall, Newark. Mrs. John Maxwell, Montclair.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
Mrs. Charles Brearley, Trenton. Mrs. Elmer E. Green, Trenton. Miss Margaret Sloan. Trenton. Mrs. James W. Van Dyke, Stockton. Miss E. D. Paxton, Princeton.
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NEWTON.
Miss Isabel Stewart, Washington. Miss Frances McMurtrie, Newton. Mrs. William Morrow, Belvidere. Mrs. William Thomson, Stewartsville.
WEST JERSEY.
Mrs. M. J. Paulding, Daretown. Mrs. John M. Moore, Clayton. Miss Nellie M. Skinner, Woodbury. Miss N. P. Elmer, Bridgeton.
The minutes of the meeting were read by the Recording Secretary, Miss E. D. Paxton. After singing the hymn, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," the pastor of the church. Rev. E. B. England, D.D., led in a closing prayer and pronounced the benediction.
The attendance at this meeting was about three hundred.
At the afternoon session, the Committee on place of meeting re- ported in favor of accepting the invitation from the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown to hold there next year the twenty-fifth annual meeting. This was accepted.
The Committee on Resolutions reported as follows :
Resolved, That as a Synodical Society, we record our gratitude to the Heavenly Father, who has led us by His Holy Spirit, and that we pledge anew our loyalty to Christ our Saviour.
Resolved. That we express very hearty thanks to the pastor for his welcome and words of endorsement ; to those who furnished the music ; to the speakers of the day, and to all those who have ministered so bountifully and beautifully to our entertainment.
These were on motion adopted.
ELIZABETH D. PAXTON,
Recording Secretary.
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Vin.— TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Coming recently from a meeting held, while the sound of muffled drums filled the air. one was heard to exclaim. "I wish we could hear good news from somewhere."
I bring you good news ; words of hope and promise from those who are "working together for God." "Crowns and thrones may perish. Kingdoms rise and wane. We have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail."
Elizabeth Presbytery has 30 churches, 29 auxiliaries with 1829 mem- bers, and has contributed $5,022.50.
One society (Basking Ridge) has more than doubled its numbers this year. The whole increase is 100. The missionaries who are wholly or in part sustained by gifts from Elizabeth are Mrs. William Harris, Chieng-Mai, Laos : Miss Emma Morris, Woodstock, India ; Miss Annie R. Morton, Ningpo, China ; Mrs. R. C. Jones, Petchaburee, Siam : Miss Mary P. Dascomb, Curityba, Brazil ; Mrs. U. S. G. Jones, Lodiana, India. The closing words of Elizabeth's report are "The Church is called upon to show her faith by her works."
Jersey City Presbytery has y7 churches, 20 auxiliaries with 1,036 members, and has contributed $2,561.74.
One church has disbanded which means loss to us ; but there are three societies whose members are as ready to lead in prayer as to aid in other parts of the programme. One society has two meetings each month, one of which is devoted to prayer, and in which no time is lost — the hour proves all too short for the full words of prayer and praise.
Another studies the lessons prepared by the Committee from the Ecumenical Council.
The missionaries loved and cared for through Jersey City Pres- byterial are Mrs. E. H. Ladd, Barranquilla, Colombia ; Dr. Lelia Doo- little, Siang-tan, Hunan, China ; Mrs. J. G. Kerr, Canton, China.
Presbyterial motto, "Forward."
Monmouth Presbytery has 49 churches. 2,2 auxiliaries with 741 mem- bers ; contributions. $2,397.31.
One society has learned the blessing of systematic giving ; another has a committee whose duty it is to find out and cheer the lonely. Their ministry is like to that of Mary and Martha unto our blessed Lord.
The missionaries of their love and gift are Miss C. J. Riley. Medel- lian, Colombia; Miss C. H. Brown, Sidon, Syria.
The mansion in our Father's house has been made ready for the loved President of Cranbury Society, and Mrs. Curry has gone in to go out no more forever. The closing words of Monmouth's report are "Give, Give, Give ; Give, as He gave thee, who gave thee to live."
Morris and Orange Presbytery has 46 churches, 29 auxiliaries with 1,813 members, and has contributed $6,434.14.
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While one society has disbanded others are growing, so that, as a whole, there is increase in both gifts and numbers. Their missionaries are Mrs. Daniel McGilvary, Chieng-lNIai, Laos ; Miss Kate Youngman, Tokio, Japan ; Mrs. J. B. Neal, Tsing-tan, China ; Mrs. William Jessup, Zahleh, Syria ; Miss Jessie Scott, Bogota, Colombia ; Dr. Mary Ayers, Soochow, China; Dr. Francis F. Cattell, Soochow, China.
If this were the time and place I would like to read the names of the l8 missionaries who have gone out from this Presbytery. Thirteen who are mothers of missionaries belong to this society. Surely Morris and Orange stand on a mount of privilege.
Mrs. M. T. Dwight, Presb}i:erial Treasurer and beloved President of Brick Church Society, is "Satisfied, for she has awakeaed in His like- ness." Brick Church has built as a memorial to Mrs. Dwight the much needed house at Lien Chow, China.
The society's motto is : "Union in Christ, for a world without Christ."
Newark Presbytery has 36 churches, 22 auxiliaries with 1349 mem- bers, and has contributed $5,356.50.
A growing interest and more cheerful giving is always good news. One society, the Newark Second, has a new missionary to deepen their interest in India. Another, Montclair First, has built "In Remem- brance," the Junkin Memorial Hospital in Fusan, Corea. The $2,000 contributed to that work of love was an "honest extra."
The missionaries who are sustained bj'' their prayers and enabled to work through their gifts are : Mrs. W. M. Campbell, Kiung Chow, China ; Miss E. M. Butler, Canton, China ; Miss Harriet Lewis, Canton, China; Miss Adelaide A. Brown, Kodoli, India; Mrs. C. H. Irvin, Fusan, Korea ; Mrs. T. S. Ogden, Baraka, Africa ; Mrs. C. W. Forman, Ferozepur, India; Mrs. J. G. Kerr, Canton, China; Miss Edwina Cun- .ningham, Ningpo, China.
God has drawn the Newark Presbyterial Society close to Himself by calling home Rev. A. N. Hollifield, D.D., Mrs. Lewis Morris, Miss Kate Van Winkle and Mrs. L. W. Allen, Vice-President, known and loved of all. They say to us, "Not what I did, but what I strove to do."
New Brunswick Presbj^terj' has 36 churches, 29 auxiliaries with 1500 members, and has contributed $4,117.91.
One society is lost, but the birth of another is recorded (Walnut Avenue, Trenton), a healthy child of vigorous growth. After counting with care both loss and gain, gain has it in numbers, attendance and gifts.
The missionaries for whom they pray and to whose necessities they contribute are : Mrs. John Newton, Lahore, India ; Mrs. E. H. Braddock, Ambala, India ; Mrs. J. F. Holcomb, Jhansi, India ; Miss Emily Forman, Fatehgarh, India ; Miss Ella Kuhl, Curityba, Brazil.
The history of New Brunswick Presbyterial gives a list of 18 mis- sionaries who have gone out from this fold to the Foreign Field.
Miss Caroline Anderson, a former Presbyterial Treasurer, is one whom they "have loved long since and lost azvhile."
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New Brunswick's parting message to us is "Be strong for Christ."
Newton Presbytery has 32 churches, 27 auxiliaries with 848 members, and has contributed $1,817.16.
There are in every church faithful ones who are praying and work- ing for missions. One (Stanhope) has a young society mentioned for its unusual growth both in numbers and gifts.
The missionaries who are bound to them by things spiritual and material are : Mrs. W. J. Drummond, Nanking, China ; Miss Helen Goddard, Dehra, India.
West Jersey Presbytery has 56 churches, 14 auxiliaries, with 762 members, and has contributed $1,489.54.
Their good news is of great hope for the future. "Our growth is in young people." Five missionaries have gone out from West Jersey, whose names and memories should ever be an inspiration to greater zeal and renewed effort.
The summary of New Jersey Synodical Society is as follows : Eight Presbyteries ; 328 churches ; 205 auxiliaries ; 9,878 members ; $29,196.80 contributed; 34 missionaries supported wholly or in part; 48 missionaries gone out from this Synod to the foreign field ; 8 deaths.
My parting words to you are "Opportunity, Responsibility." CORNELIA EMES CONDICT,
Corresponding Secretary.
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IX.— THE TWENTY -FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WOMAN'S SYNODICAL SOCIETY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Woman's Synodical Society for Foreign Missions was held in the First Presbyterian Church, Washington, N. J., October loth, 1901.
Mrs. Stevenson, the President, in the chair.
The service was opened with scripture reading by the President, fol- lowed with prayer by Mrs. Irwin, of Orange.
The report of the Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Condict, was read and accepted. It was full of encouragement, its closing words being "Opportunity, Responsibility." This was followed by singing the hymn, "Light of those whose dreary dwelling borders on the shades of death."
The Secretary for Young People's Work, Mrs. Stryker, of Bound Brook, next presented her report, which was accepted.
Miss Chandler, Secretary of Literature, in her report clearly showed how helpful are our publications, and how impossible it is to do this missionary work unless we are well equipped along those lines. She encouraged the use of the traveling libraries, so successfully used in two of our Presbyteries. The report was accepted.
Miss Colton, Synodical Treasurer, reported a balance of $95.41 in the treasury. Having this large balance the society voted to send $50 to the Philadelphia Board. This report was accepted.
Mrs. Weitzel, of Philadelphia, brought to the society most cordial greetings from the parent society, sent by its President, Mrs. Turner. After a short prayer she proceeded to conduct the Young People's Con- ference, which was most helpful and enjoyable. In closing she very briefly referred to our Syrian schools, assuring us of their great value, arid urging us to give them our hearty support.
The Committee on Nominations reported as follows :
President — Mrs. Wm. P. Stevenson, Roselle.
ELIZABETH PRESBYTERY.
Vice-Presidents — Mrs. J. T. Kerr, Elizabeth. Miss M. J. Petrie, Plainfield.
JERSEY CITY PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. S. R. Forman, Jersey City. Mrs. P. F. Leavens, Passaic.
MONMOUTH PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. Stults, Cranbury.
Mrs. S. H. Thompson, Red Bank.
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MORRIS AND ORANGE PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. G. W. B. Gushing, East Orange. Mrs. R. L. S. Paton, East Orange.
NEW.A.RK PRESBYTERY.
Miss A. M. Garter, Newark. Mrs. W. J. Rusling, Newark.
NEW BRUNSWICK PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. E. M. Hunt, Trenton.
Mrs. J. J. Davidson, New Brunswick.
NEWTON PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. E. B. England, Washington. Mrs. W. R. Scranton, Belvidere.
WEST JERSEY PRESBYTERY.
Mrs. J. M. Moore, Glayton. Miss H. F. Van Meter, Salem.
Recording Secretary — Mrs. J. H. Owens, Paterson. Corresponding Secretary — Mrs. Walter Gondict, Jersej' Gity. Treasurer — Miss Ellen M. Golton, Elizabeth. Secretary of Literature — Miss Ada E. Ghandler, Roselle. Secretary of Young People's Work — Mrs. Peter Stryker, Bound Brook.
This report was accepted.
Mrs. Janvier, of Allahabad, India, was then introduced, giving a very interesting account of mission work in that country. Her closing thought was, whether the work be encouraging or discouraging, it is there to be done, and it is not ours to question as to results.
The offering was then received, during which the solo, "Nearer my home to-day than ever I've been before," was very sweetly rendered.
The Gommittee on Place reported an invitation from the ladies of Morristown, N. J. The invitation was accepted.
The report of the Gommittee on Resolutions was accepted.
After singing the doxology, the benediction was pronounced by Dr. England, and the society adjourned to meet in Morristown, October, 1902.
MRS. J. H. OWENS,
Recording Secretary.
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X.-REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
Statistics. — The statistical reports for last year show a loss of 23 schools during the year, and of 34 schools during the past two years. We have regretfully to report the net loss of 919 members of our schools during the past year ; and this notwithstanding the fact that 7,225 new officers, teachers and scholars were gathered in during the same period ; the total membership of our schools during the past year being 80,794 as against 81,713 the previous year.
The only Presbyteries showing a net gain are West Jersey, with 239, and Corisco, 166. The other Presbyteries report losses ranging from 8 in the Presbytery of Morris and Orange to 574 in the Presby- tery of New Brunswi'cTc, and in this showing of loss our Synod does not stand alone, the reports of General Assembly showing a net loss of 14,612 in our Sabbath-school membership.
As we turn to the Home Department we face .a brighter record, with a present membership of 5,207, being an increase of 700 over last year's report, every Presbytery in the Synod reporting a larger membership in the Home Department, Morris and Orange leading with an increase
of 315.
During the year, 2,048 of our Sabbath-school scholars have been re- ceived into the fellowship of our churches. Subtract this number from the 3,540 additions to our churches upon profession of faith during the year, and the importance of the Sabbath-school as a recruiting station for the church will appear.
Offerings. — Three hundred and five of the 341 churches of Synod contributed to the Board of Publication and Sunday-school Work the sum of $11,518; the previous year the amount was $12,423. Last year the Sunday-schools of Synod contributed to other Boards of the church $20,249.
Mission Work. — This work of our church has been carried on during the past year in 30 States and Territories and in the Island of Cuba. Ninety-three Sabbath-school missionaries were in commission on May 1st, 1901. Seven hundred and sixty-seven Sabbath-schools were or- ganized and 304 reorganized during the past year, with 38,269 scholars and teachers. Fifty-four Presbyterian churches were organized during the year in connection with schools planted ,by our missionaries in that and former years. Five hundred and ninety-four Presbyterian churches and over 400 churches of other denominations have been developed from our schools within the past 13 years. On January ist of this year, 2,119 schools were under the care of our missionaries, and of these only 255 had buildings of their own in which to assemble.
In view of the decrease of Sunday-school membership in our own and other evangelical churches, your Committee would urge upon Pastors and Church Sessions, as well as the superintendents, officers
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and teachers of our Synod, the great importance of increased effort in this valuable department of the church's work : That the parents of our Sunday-school scholars be urged to join the Home Department; that they may not only receive the aid to Christian living that comes from systematic study of the Word of God themselves, but by this means may be led to see the importance of the work of the Sunday-school in training their children in the fear of God and in the knowledge of His Word.
We urge that earnest and prayerful effort be made to impress upon parents the importance of bringing the children of their households with them to the services of God's House, and that they discourage the idea prevalent in some quarters that the Sunday-school is the children's church. There is but one church of God, for parents and children alike, and no Sunday-school, Christian Endeavor or other society can safely take its place. We advise that all our Sunday-schools be urged to start and maintain a Normal Department for the systematic training of their j'oung men and women to become efficient instructors of the scholars under their care ; and in this connection your Committee would heartily commend the "Westminster Normal Quarterly" of our own Board of Publication as a most valuable aid in this direction.
Your Committee would recommend for adoption the following resolu- tions :
1. That Synod recommend that a Normal Department be established in all our schools, for more thorough study of the Bible and methods of teaching, and for the training of those who should become teachers.
2. That the Sabbath-schools be recommended to observe "Children's Day" and "Rallying Day" and to make liberal offerings to the Board of Sabbath-school Work on these occasions.
3. That since our Board is now prepared to supply the material for a complete system of grading a Sabbath-school, from the "Cradle Roll" to the "Normal Department," this subject be carefully considered as a factor in promoting the efficiency of Sabbath-school instruction.
4. That the attention of Pastors and Sabbath-school Superintendents is specially directed to the seventh resolution of the last General As- sembly, viz., "We heartily commend the effort of the Board to stimulate the study of the Shorter Catechism by rewarding with a beautiful Bible such of our younger scholars as commit the Catechism to memory."
HENRY C. CRONIN.
Cliairman.
84 Young People's Societies. Oct.,
XI —REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES.
We come to our eighth annual report on Young People's Societies with the feeling, based upon the returns, that there is a great deal of work being done -in this field, and also that there is very much more land yet to be possessed.
In our report, the Presbyterial Chairmen speak to you, giving you the result of their observation and experience. One says, "In the past, our committee has tried to get into touch with these societies, with, I am sorry to say, very little success. Suggest in our report to Synod that the Presbyteries ought not to smother their committees on Y. P. S., but rather co-operate with them." Another says, "There is no falling off in interest. I think there are three things to be em- phasized: (i) The necessity of Sessional, Presbyterial, Synodical and General Assembly oversight; (2) that the Y. P. S. is a means, not an end; (3) the value of training courses. Too much money is allowed to leak into outside agencies, to the neglect of our own pressing work." Another says, "Urge the members of our Y. P. S. to be loyal to the church with which they are identified, in every way, both in work and in worship, and that pastors and ruling elders should be loyal to the societies under the care of Session, by manifesting a deep interest in their work and by attending the meetings for prayer and business, at least occasionally, if not habitually." Another, says, "Our young people are coming to be more reticent about their own religious life. There is considerable dissatisfaction with a pledge which obliges one to take an active individual part in prayer meetings, but along with that feeling there goes, I think, the healthy resolve to express religion in terms of service rather than talk." Another says, "As far as I know, the young people are doing well. We all feel, I think, that the time of conventions is past ; at least the time when they were the most apparent feature of our work. The emphasis must now be laid on the old landmarks, the prayer-meeting, the committee work and missions." And finally another says, "The Endeavor work has reached the point where its field will be not expansion, but intension, the deepening of the spiritual life of the young people. Sessions and Presbyteries must now supervise the work of the young people as never before." These suggestions come not from unfriendly critics, but from those who are personally interested in this work. It is easy to see that the multiplica- tion of worldly pleasures and the increase of loose views of the Bible and of morals must have an influence on the young. On the other hand, there is the great advance in the work and the pressing need of more workers. We must look to the young to meet this demand. They cannot meet it unless they are trained. Pastors and Sessions must supply the food and the exercise. Is it true, as one lately said, "But they have not the appetite" ? If so, then we must seek more earnestly
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for the aid of the Holy Spirit to promote good health and increase appetite.
The interests of Young People's Societies were considered by the last General Assembly in two ways. Three overtures, reported by the Special Committee on Missionary and Benevolent Offerings (see Min- utes of G. A., 1901, pp. 119-121), were sent by the Assembly to the Presbyteries, proposing certain amendments to the constitution of the church, defining the relation of church societies to the Session and higher judicatories. More specifically pertaining to our field was the other report by the Special Committee on Young People's Work (see Minutes of General Assembly, 1901, pp. 144-147). This consists of a historical summary of the young people's movement and a "Statement of Principles for Young People's Societies," both of which are well w^orth careful consideration, especially the latter. This report came before the Assembly on the last day of the session, already prolonged by the debate on Revision, and did not receive the attention which its importance warranted. For this reason, in part, the plan of over- sight, also proposed by the committee, was not adopted. This is all the more to be regretted because it was similar in many points to our own plan of oversight, which has been in operation for eight years, accomplishing some good results, and because there is a widespread opinion that there should be an oversight of this whole field such as would be effected by a permanent committee in the General Assembly.
I. — MISSI0N.\RY ENTERPRISES.
One of the results of Synod's plan of oversight has been the arrange- ment of specific missionary work, by which groups of societies in the various Presbyteries have had assigned to them by the Boards of Home Missions and Foreign Missions the missionaries whom they have un- dertaken to support, the Boards providing the balance due on salary until full support is reached.
The interest of the societies in their missionaries has continued as a permanent feature of their work. In the Presbytery of New Brunswick the societies have for the sixth successive year passed the point of full support. The hardest work was done in the early years by their Pres- byterial Committee, attracting the attention of the societies and obtain- ing their pledges. Since then, like a train moving upon a track once well laid, that work has moved on. Could our other Presbyteries do the same? It is worthy of all effort in this opening year of the new cen- tury, when an advance is called for. By this plan, the Elizabeth socie- ties are supporting Rev. George P. Pierson, Kamahaira. Japan ; Jersey City, Rev. Wm. J. Drummond, Nanking, China ; Monmouth, Rev. Chas. H. Bandy, Fatehgarh, India ; Morris and Orange, Rev. A. V. Bryan, Hiroshima. Japan, and Rev. Robert M. Craig, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Newark, Rev. John Inglis, medical missionary, Peking, China; New Brunswick. Rev. Chas. A. Killie. Peking, China ; Newton and West Jersey, Rev. Jos. M. Goheen, Kolhapur, India.
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Besides this, the societies give to Synodical Home Missions, accord- ing to the recommendation of Synod, and a few give to all the other Boards. Although we have in former years put the greater emphasis on the work of Home and Foreign Missions, we do not forget that all these matters should come up for advice and guidance before our Pastors and Sessions.
We believe that our young people are doing their part of the work and that they will do more, according to their ability, when the needs of the work are earnestly brought before them.
II.— THE CHRISTIAN TRAINING COURSE.
Several of our Presbyterial Chairmen call attention to the great need of systematic training for our young people in matters of the Bible, church history, polity apd doctrin^. There is a general belief that this call is very urgent. Where will the workers come from, if we do not train our young people? With the hope of being helpful to inquiring pastors, we have every year presented suggestions to Synod as to suit- able text-books. In our method two principles have prevailed from the beginning; (i) the use of an inexpensive text-book of standard character; (2) an elementary treatment of the subject with references for wider reading. This is the approved method of the Chautauqua, Student Volunteer and Y. M. C. A. study courses, and adds to the library books worth keeping. We suggest the following for 1902.
(i) Biblical Department — -"Exposition of the Apostles' Creed," by the Rev. James Dodds, D.D., of Scotland, one of the Guild Text-books of the Church of Scotland. Price 25 cents.
(2) Historical Department — "The Presbyterian Churches, their place and power in Modern Christendom," by Rev. J. N. Ogilvie, M.A., of Scotland. Price 25 cents. This was the text-book for last year. One of its chapters, No. VHI, has material for fuller treatment by a series of short essays on the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. This is especially so in the case of Francis Makemie, the Organizer of Ameri- can Presbyterianism.
(3) Missionary Department — "The Religions of the World in Rela- tion to Christianity," by Rev. G. M. Grant, D. D., Principal of Queen's University, Canada. Price 25 cents. These three books will be sent postpaid for the price named, by the Fleming H. Revell Co., 156 Fifth Ave., New York.
III. — STATISTICS.
The Young People's Societies are now generally contributing through the Woman's Boards. This plan was approved by the General As- sembly three years ago, agreeable to an arrangement between the Assembly's Boards and the Woman's Boards. There can be little ob- jection to this plan in those cases where a choice of object is given, as between the evangelistic work and the educational work, so that a society's preference can prevail. Moreover, it is the duty and the right
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of the Pastor and the Session to advise their societies about this im- portant matter in its various details.
Our statistics as to contributions are based upon the reports of the Boards, and those as to membership, etc., are in part derived from the figures of the New Jersey Christian Endeavor Union. There are in Synod 269 Christian Endeavor Societies, having 8,055 active members, and 144 Junior Endeavor Societies with 2,712 members. Our Young People's Societies of all kinds, including Mission Bands, number about 500, with 12,500 active members. These gave to Synodical Home Mis- sions $190, a little less than last year; to Home Missions, $4,937, being $257 more than last year ; to Foreign Missions, $7,260, an increase of $935 ; to the Freedmen's Board, $186, and to other Boards, $252 ; or to all our Boards, $12,636, being an advance on igoo of $1,042. The rate of giving is more than one dollar per member per year. This amount is very gratifying, and all the more so when we remember that last year's advance was worthy of note, and now we improve upon that. As we look over the field of Young People's Work, while we can see where tares have come in and taken up space belonging to the good, we can also see more. There are precious fruits to encourage our hearts, a goodly harvest to repay our toil. Let us plant, let us water, and God will give the increase.
We advise that the following resolutions be adopted by Synod.
1. That, repeating the advice of last year, we commend to the atten- tion of our Young People's Societies all the Boards of the Church, and, emphasizing the needs of Synodical Home Missions, we suggest that each society be requested, subject to the advice of Session, to make a Thanksgiving offering of at least three dollars for this work.
2. That we urge our societies, while commending them for good work done, to make more earnest efforts to reach full support of their assigned missionaries, and to that end we request all our Presbyterial Coinmittees, with the aid and consent of the Sessions, to make a new canvass of their fields for the purpose of obtaining larger subscriptions.
3. That an overture be sent by the Synod to the General Assembly, asking that the General Assembly appoint a Permanent Committee on Young People's Societies, in order that the organization of this work already begun in many Presbyteries and Synods may be further de- veloped, guided and reported on, in connection with the activities of our Church as a whole.
HUGH B. M..\cCAULEY,
Chairman.
88 Sabbath Observance. Oct.,
Xn— REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON SAB- BATH OBSERVANCE.
It is gratifying and cheering that thousands of faithful men and women are enlisted heartily in the cause of Sabbath observance. These are found in all our churches, while some are organized into societies whose special aim is to battle for the sacred day. Notable among these organizations are the Women's National Sabbath Alliance and the American Sabbath Union. The latter especially has been doing effect- ive work of late. Largely by its effort, Congress recently was moved to grant $5,000,000 to the coming Exposition at St. Louis only on con- dition that its gates be closed on the Sabbath day. Also, by its protest, seconded by that of many ministers and churches, it was brought about that there is on the Sabbath a partial closing, at least, of the Pan- American Exposition at Buffalo. It has also printed and scattered widely an able literature highly profitable to the cause. This society, therefore, to say nothing of others battling well in the field, is worthy of the earnest approval and support of our people.
The churches also, in their various localities, have been contending more or less boldly for the day. This has been notably the case in Atlantic City, where, during the past summer, a grand battle has been fought. The victory aimed at was not attained, to be sure, but all honor to the men and women who sought well to have this sea-side resort delivered from a Sunday prostituted to revelry and drunkenness. May they fight on undismayed. The battle is the Lord's.
But much as we might say of the faithful among us, who are worthy often of highest praise, we must yet deplore the apathy of many in our congregations. And there is more than mere apathy. This resolves itself largely into conformity to the world. Christians, so called, en- courage the enemy. They comfort the godless in their pleasure seeking and social functions, and other methods of profaning the day, to their own loss and with serious harm to the Lord's cause. Oh, for an awakening of conscience throughout our churches as to the right use of the Sabbath.
The following resolutions are offered for adoption :
1. That we recognize in the death of the Hon. William McKinley, late President of the United States, by the bullet of an anarchist assassin, a most impressive call to renewed zeal for Sabbath observance ; for only as the day is kept sacred can we hope to be free from that atheism which is the parent of anarchist ideas and the source of all possible evil and crime.
2. That we heartily commend the Christian people of Atlantic City and their friends for their struggle in behalf of an honored Sabbath in the midst of them, and pray not only that their heroic effort may con- tinue, but also be crowned with success.
3. That since fidelity on the part of the church is of first importance in the welfare against Sabbath desecration, we affectionately entreat
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our people to withstand all temptation to profane the day in pleasure seeking and other forms of self-indugence, and to employ themselves earnestly along every line that safeguards and honors the holy insti- tution.
4. That we repeat the protest of our last General Assembly against what is known as as seven-day journalism, or the popular Sunday news- paper of the land, and do also earnestly recommend against the pur- chase or reading of. and advertising in, said Sunday newspapers.
5. That we cordially endorse the aim and operations of the Women's National Sabbath Alliance and the American Sabbath Union, and ask for them the sympathy and assistance of our churches so far as may be convenient.
6. That we express our profound sorrow in view of the recent death of the Rev. George S. Mott, D.D.. who for many years was Chairman of Synod's Committee on Sabbath Observance, and also for years Presi- dent of the American Sabbath Union, and whose untiring, wise and efficient services in the important cause, as well as his beautiful char- acter, won for him the very highest regard and affection of his brethren in Jesus Christ.
7. That we call the attention of our ministers to the recommendation of the General Assembly that during the month of April a sermon be preached on Sabbath Observance, and that, if the way be clear, an offer- ing then be made for the work of the American Sabbath Union, to be sent to Col. A. S. Bacon, Treasurer, 34 Wall street. New York City.
GEORGE SWAIN,
Cliainnan.
go Temperance. Oct.,
Xm— REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON TEMPERANCE.
Your Committee would respectfully report that thej' consider the general outlook encouraging. Public drunkenness, especially in our cities, seems to be decreasing. The rapid transit in our streets, the use of machinery and the intense competition in business life have crowded the drunkard out of the line. Manufacturers, business men and transportation companies demand sobriety and often total absti- nence in their employees. Agitation and education are bearing fruit, and the danger in the habitual use of intoxicating liquor is widely recognized. Our late honored President and the Congress of the United States, after considering all the evidence which they could collect, and after the ..subject had been vigorously debated by the secular as well as the religious press, have abolished the canteen ; that is, having done away with the sale of intoxicating liquor within the camp and posts of the army of the United States. We believe that this will be followed by a policy that will further discourage the use of intoxicants by the officers as well as by soldiers. We believe that the time is at hand when the sentiment of the country and of the army will demand total abstinence from all that unsteadies the nerves, unsettles the judgment, benumbs the conscience and endangers the health of those who go forth to fight our battles.
In civil life the public is coming to recognize that the saloon is often an important part of those organizations that have corrupted the political life of our great cities. We are waking up to the fact that the pi^osperity of the saloon involves the degradation of the working classes. How widely this fact is recognized appears from the action of the Russian government in the famine-threatened provinces, where it is taking steps to build new railroads and entirely to suppress the saloons. Yet your Committee cannot fail to see the enormous amount of harm still arising from the habitual use of intoxicating liquor. The per capita consumption of liquor has not decreased for the last ten years.
We believe that the laws of this State are seriously defective. They are notoriously violated. No adequate provision seems to have been made for enforcing them. To expect them to be enforced by private persons or by voluntary societies is to lay a heavy burden on those who are self-sacrificing enough to take it up, and to invoke a force to supplement popular government that must necessarily be local and irregular, if not spasmodic. Public officials should be required to enforce the liquor laws, just as they are required to enforce all others. The fault may be partly in the kind of officials elected. It is certainly partly in the imperfection of the law itself. The liquor laws of this State are far below those of many others in their restrictive value.
Our expansion over many of the islands of the Pacific involves a profound responsibility. Honor and justice demand that having held
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possession of these islands against the vigorous protest in word and blood of a considerable proportion of their inhabitants, we should vindicate our right to rule by protecting them, as far as we have authority and power, against those evils that have so seriously damaged us, and now threaten them, the evils connected with the saloon system and the liquor trade. We can and ought to make our control a blessing morally as well as politically, intellectually and financially.
The events in China have given this country an opportunitj' to exert a helpful influence in the affairs of that great nation. The greatest blot on the record of the relation of civilized nations to China is the opium trade forced upon her by treaty. Our government should pro- test against the continuance of this great wrong, the effects of which appear in the opium joints of our own cities.
The Temperance Committee of our General Assembly has been doing excellent work during the year. It has circulated two millions of pages of temperance literature, made accessible many facts and effectively voiced the sentiment of our Church.
The Committee would recominend the adoption of the following resolutions :
1. That we call the attention of our churches to the Assembly's Committee and to the duty of contributing to its support.
2. That we request our National Government to use its good offices to secure the release of China from those treaty obligations that compel her to admit the opium traffic.
3. That we urge the government to save the islands that have recently come under our flag from the corrupting influences of the saloon system and liquor trade.
4. That we commend to the attention of our people the Anti-Saloon League as an instrumentality that maj^ unite the friends of temperance in an effort to secure the improvement of the liquor laws of this State and their better enforcement.
5. That we urge the ministers, elders and members of our churches, by precept, example and prayer, to strive to save the young people of our communities from the awful curse of intemperance.
6. That we rejoice in the action of Congress and of our late and honored President in abolishing the sale of intoxicating liquors in the army, as in the navy, and we express the earnest hope that it may never again be introduced, but that every influence may be exerted to encourage total abstinence among officers and soldiers.
7. That we earnestly petition the Congress of the United States to enact laws forbidding the exportation of intoxicating liquors and fire- arms from the United States to the New Hebrides.
8. That the Synod highly commends the efforts of Supreme Court Justice C. E. Hendrickson to enforce the Sunday-closing law, especially in Atlantic City, and deprecates the failure of the Grand Jury to support him, and opposes any movement to rescind or defeat the law.
J. DE HART BRUEN.
Chairman.
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XrV— REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON WORK AMONG FOREIGN POPULATIONS.
There are connected with the Synod 20 German churches, with an enrolled membership of 2,220. Six of these churches are in Newark Presbytery. Jersey City and Morris and Orange have each 4 ; Elizabeth, 3 ; Monmouth, 2 ; West Jersey, 2.
Additions on examination and confession of faith aggregate 287, an increase over last year of 85. Newark First German and Meyersville (Presbytery of Morris and Orange) seem especially to have been favored, the former receiving on examination 35, the latter 31.
The total Sunday-school membership is 3,366, which is a falling off, we regret to see, of over 400 from last year's report. Probably this may be accounted for by a ijiore careful enrolment and not an actual de- crease, especially as in almost every instance the respective churches show an increased prosperity.
Nearly all of the German churches make contributions to each of the Boards of the church, though here, as in all of our churches, there is room for improvement.
Work among the Italians meets with success wherever diligently fol- lowed up.
Three churches are on our roll, in Newark, Trenton and Hammon- ton, with a membership of 188, an increase of 10, and Sabbath-school membership of 378, an increase of 48.
Hammonton alone shows a falling off. accounted for by its being without a pastor. The Italian First Church of Newark celebrated its tenth anniversary last May, and reported having received during the ten years of its existence 240 on confession of faith and 20 by letter. Four of its young men are now ministers of the gospel. The church is thoroughly organized in all deparments of church-work. In other sections of the Synod efforts are made, with more or less success, to reach the Italians by means of mission work on the part of churches or individuals. The same is true with regard to other foreign peoples, as Hungarians, Poles. Scandinavians, Armenians, Jews.
The only recommendation, or rather suggestion, your Committee would make, is to call attention to the divine philosophy of evangeli- zation illustrated in the calling of our Lord's first disciples — "Go, Find, Bring."
ALBERT ERDMAN,
Cliainnan.
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XV -REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
It pleased the Synod one year ago to endorse the action of the pre- vious General Assembly, which "earnestly calls upon our great Church to celebrate the opening of the twentieth century by an advance to the true ideal of Christian giving, at least so far as to secure from every church and from every church member an offering for each of our eight Boards. That for the attainment of this end the pastors and sessions * * * gg^ ^^ work early and systematically, and use their utmost endeavors throughout the whole year." At the same time it was unanimously voted that "Synod realizes the utter futility of all its counsels unless they be cordially accepted by the leaders and overseers of the people. It therefore solicits a cheerful co-opera- tion, and calls the brethren to the exercise of faith and prayer and a loj'al endeavor fully to meet the Assembly's summons." All this sounds very well — wise, orthodox, hopeful. But, as we study the results of the year's work, it seems that there must have been a very serious misunderstanding of the Synod's counsel. We regret the fact that this year shows more empty columns than any year since 1897, thirty- one more than last year. A large share of this increase must be credited to our Foreign Presbytery. Yet it is discouraging that six of our home Presbyteries should wholly omit 386 offerings to our various Boards. Monmouth broke her perfect record by reporting four blank columns. This year she is again abreast in the front rank with New Brunswick, Butler and Westminster, only these four of all the 23s Presbyteries having this distinction. The Chairman of the Committee on Systematic Beneficence in each Presbytery faces a very grave responsibility in the matter of full or empty columns. Between him and success or failure stands the Session, pastor and elders, but especially the minister-in-charge, whether as pastor, stated supplj' or Moderator of the Session of a vacant church. With rare exceptions the key to the whole difficulty is in the hand of the minister. The General Assembly has given emphasis to this principle for two j^ears past.
The following suggestive passage is foimd in the last report of the Assembly's Special Committee on Systematic Beneficence : "We recommend that General Assembly encourage the faculties of all our seminaries to utmost diligence in giving this subject its proper em- phasis in the minds of their students, so that each future minister of our church may be taught to feel that some shadow of reproach will rest upon him unless his church shall give evidence of faithful leading into the grace of systematic liberality. As to the pastors now in the field, we believe that the work of stimulating them to a proper diligence in this matter may best be done by the several Presbyteries to which they belong."
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It seems startling to discover that during the past year in the whole Church there were over 30,600 failures to make a church offering to the several Boards, and that there should be 404 blanks in the columns of our own Synod. If our ministers could be induced to distribute their own personal beneficence so as to include all our Boards, these blanks would be reduced to a minimum, and there is no probability that any one of the Boards, properly placed before a church for an offering, would fail to receive something. Thirty thousand somethings, however small, are greatly preferable to the same number of nothings.
The same principle holds good as we contemplate our 404 blanks, counted in the following table :
Fail to Fill Presbyteries. Churches. Columns.
Corisco, .- 12 10
Elizabeth, 34 6
Jersey City, .. 38 25
Monmouth, 49 0
Morris and Orange, . . 45 11
Newark, 2,^ 14
New Brunswick, 36 o
Newton, 34 8
West Jersey, 57 24
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1900 Blanks. |
1901 Blanks. |
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18 |
18 |
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29 |
2>2 |
4 |
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98 |
117 |
19 |
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4 |
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56 |
29 |
27 |
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54 |
45 |
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28 |
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106 |
134 |
28 |
341 98 Z7Z 404 31
Of the 324 columns filled by New Brunswick Presbytery, only ten contain single dollar offerings. Of the 441 columns filled by Monmouth Presbytery, only one church in five makes any single dollar offerings, and 25 of her churches have less than 100 members.
The table following shows the total of benevolent gifts by Presby- teries, with their relative per capita offerings. For some years past the committee has had some trouble in rating the Presbytery of Eliza- beth, owing to what seemed to be an abnormal inflation in one of her churches, and the same cheering difficulty faces us again. We gladly accept the situation as Clinton's normal condition.
Amt. of Per Capita
Presbyteries. Benevolence. Presbyteries. Gift.
Elizabeth, $115,213 Elizabeth, $12.76
Morris and Orange, .... 69,546 Morris and Orange, 6.70
Newark, 68,523 Newark, 5-68
New Brunswick, 44,602 New Brunswick, 4.86
Jersey City, 23,983 Jersey City, 3-20
West Jersey, 21,639 Monmouth, 2.69
Monmouth, 17,869 West Jersey, 2.68
Newton, 13,671 Newton, 2.39
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The usual comparative statement herewith given shows some things to regret and some to rejoice over. We have given less than last year to all our causes of church benevolence except two. We have given $1,926 less to Home Missions, $10,289 less to Education, $3,411 less to Freedmen. And though we gain $16,193 for Foreign Missions, our net loss in gifts to these causes is $2,106. To miscellaneous objects we have gained $17,142, and in our Congregational Expenses we gain $158,964, leaving us after all a net total gain of $173-707- (We have given during the Synodical year for Synodical Home Missions, $17,626.11.)
1900. 1901. Inc. Dec.
Home Missions, $122,176 $120,250 $1,926
Foreign Missions, 105.814 122.007 $16,193
Education, 19,783 9,494 10,289
Sabbath-school Work, 12,423 ii,5i8 90S
Church Erection, ii,992 10,556 1,436
Relief Fund, 11-235 ii,993 758
Freedmen, 18,873 15,462 3,4ii
Synodical Home Missions... 17,811 I7,4i4 397
Aid for Colleges, 31,899 3i,5i9 380
General Assembly, 5,760 5,447 312,
Church Benevolence, $357-/66 $355-66o $2,106
Miscellaneous, 53-274 70,416 $17,142
Bible Society, 8,395 8,102 293
Total Benevolence, $419,435 $434,178 $14-743
Congregational, 968,003 1,126,967 158.964
Total of Contributions, ..$1,387,438 $1,561,145 $173-707
A contribution of almost half a million dollars to benevolence and a gain of almost fifteen thousand is a good record, but the table shows that only 49Vio% of it went to the treasuries of the Boards. And what at first seems surprising. Home Missions gets almost $11,000 less than last year. The table shows a net loss of all the Boards of $10,519.
1900. igoi. Increase. Decrease.
Home Missions, $86,488 $75,605 $10,883
Foreign Missions, 79,769 84,012 $4,243
Education, 4,656 4,255 401
Sabbath-school Work, . . 7,592 7,3i9 273
Church Erection, 5,226 5.766 540
Relief Fund, 9,689 10.888 i,i99
Freedmen, 11,524 7,672 3,852
Synodical Home Mis- sions, 17,811 17,414 397
Aid for Colleges, 4,649 3,954 695
$227,404 $216,885 $10,519
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In no direction do we have whereof to boast, but it affords stimulus as well as comfort to know that we compare favorably with our sister Synods. Treasurer Hand furnishes a table showing "the offerings from the churches by Synods," in which he credits New Jersey with a per capita of 6g.2 cents for Foreign Missions, which is 9.2 cents above New York and 19.8 cents above Baltimore the next highest. In a similar showing by Presbyteries in a selected list of the largest con- tributors (he has enrolled five of our eight home Presbyteries) we find our own Morris and Orange with a per capita of 144.3 cents, only second to the Metropolitan Presbytery of New York with 186.7 cents. Twenty-four of our churches, representing every home Presbytery, are supporting thirty missionaries in the great mission centers of the world. Eleven of our churches, scattered through seven of our Pres- byteries, contributed more to benevolence than they expended for self- support.
The following stateriient shows our place in the list of the seven Synods which contribute over $100,000 to beneficence :
Synods, ' ■ Total Beneficence.
New York, $1,147,820
Pennsylvania, 1,020,162
New Jersey, 434.178
Illinois, 355,198
Ohio, 260,54s
Indiana, I37,7i9
Baltimore, 116,951 Ohio, 2.55
Total %2A72,S72,
This total exceeds that of last year by $401,093. New Jersey stands third in amount contributed, and her per capita is $6.19, only 6 cents short of New York, and $1.08 in advance of Illinois, the next highest.
This statement shows a gain for the Synod of $14,743, and a per capita advance of 18 cents.
For some years this Committee has done the best it could in working for full columns for every Board, and magnifying the church collection or offering.
Our endeavor in the former matter is stimulated and our hope sus- tained by the emphasis placed upon it for the past two years by the Assembly's Special Committee. In the latter we retire from the con- flict and accept defeat. Competitive appeals for a division of the tithes for the Assembly's Boards and for the Woman's Boards have become so frequent, have grown so strong, are so pressed on the sympathy and generosity of the Woman's Societies, the Young People's Societies and the Sabbath-schools, and are so fully endorsed by the Assembly's authority that the pastor is inclined to accept the inevitable and allow the church collection to take its chances. Officers of the church's societies and superintendents of the Sunday-school are be-
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Per |
Capita. |
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N. Y., |
$6.25 |
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N.J., |
6.19 |
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111., |
5-11 |
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Penna |
•, 4-57 |
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Bait., |
445 |
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Ind., |
3-21 |
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sieged for enlarged offerings for special work. The pastor is con- strained to advise a liberal response to these special appeals, for they are made with the endorsement of the Assembly. And by the time the family treasury has met all the claims presented by the ladies, the young people and the children of the house, the father finds a meager balance remaining for him to put in the church collection. Your Com- mittee deems it unreasonable to exhort the churches to enlarge their offerings as such, and at the same time to multiply the side drafts to deplete the church's ability. Instead, we recommend our people to study the appeals received from every quarter and contribute as gener- ously as possible through whichever channel preference may dictate. And yet, if any pastor and Session prefer so to order the church's benevolent operations that the people may feel that it is preferable to honor the church as such, by making the bulk of their offerings through the church collections, they will incur no criticism by so doing.
Finally, we would persuade the brethren not to be discouraged nor disheartened because of the constantly recurring appeals and circulars which flood our mails, but discriminate, be considerate and patient.
We would further recommend :
1. That Synod note with due appreciation the evidence of honest, earnest effort on the part of the churches during the year to make enlarged offerings to the Lord's treasury, as shown by the increase of almost $175,000, and, while cherishing no spirit of self-glory or boast- ing, still gladly recognize the fact of the advanced position our churches have attained in the work of beneficence when compared with our sister Synods.
2. That the example set by the churches of Monmouth and New Brunswick Presbyteries in making an offering for every Board be commended, for emulation, to the pastors and people of all the churches of the other Presbyteries, and that all our ministers in charge of churches, in any capacity, be kindly urged to lay on themselves the responsibility of securing from their respective churches an offering for every Board.
3. That to this end they instruct, exhort and encourage the people concerning the grace of beneficence and the opportunity afforded for its systematic exercise by the claims of these agencies instituted by the General Assembly.
4. That the Assembly Herald and the magazines of the Woman's Boards be most heartily endorsed and commended for the largest possi- ble circulation in the churches, and that ministers in charge of churches keep the people well supplied with the free and abundant leaflets and other literature to be had for the asking, in any quantity, for distribu- tion.
THOMAS S. LONG.
Cliainnaii.
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XVI.- REPORT OF CUSTODIANS OF HISTORICAL MATERIAL.
The Custodians of Historical Material respectfully report that the following material has been deposited in the Synod's cases in Princeton during the past year :
From the Rev. Allen H. Brown:
Memorial Volume, Rev. Allen H. Brown, igoi.
Type-written sheet showing descent of Rev. Allen H. Brown and Mrs. Ba3'ard Stockton from John Howland and John Tilley, signers of the compact on the Mayflower.
Fortieth Anniversary of Rev. J. Addison Henry, D.D., Philadelphia, 1900.
Memorial of Rev. Robert Aikman, D.D., 1901.
Semi-Centennial Third Church, Newark, Rev. Elijah R. Craven, D.D., 1874.
Wyckliffe Semi-Millennial Bible Celebration, Trenton, 1880.
Centennial Collections of Morris county, historical notices of churches of Succasunna, Randolph (Dover) and others.
Presbyterian Church of Millville, 1820 to 1876, Edward W. Maylin, rare.
Extracts from Historical Sketches of Churches of Cornwall, Conn., showing connection of North Church with Presbytery of Morris county, 1803.
Nottingham Square, or Hamilton Square, Wm. C. VanNest, 1892. MS.
From the Rev. Sylvester JV. Beach:
One Hundredth Anniversary, First Church, Bridgeton. Memorial of Rev. Henry Reeves, D.D., 1901.
From the Rev. Baker Smith, D.D.:
History of Presbyterian Church of Fairmount, Rev. W. Otis Ruston, 1876.
From the Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D.:
Year Book, Second Church of Elizabeth, 1901.
From the Rev. Samuel Parry: Semi-Centennial, Pluckemin, 1901.
From the Rev. John B. Peters, Sc.D.:
Spruce Street Sabbath-school, Bethany Church, Newark, 1869.
From the Rev. George L. Smith:
Presbyterian Church of Elmer and Meeting of Presbytery, June, 1901.
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From the Rev. John B. Kiigler:
Presbyterian Work at Junction, N. J., 1901.
from James Steen, Esq.:
Photographs of autograph signatures of early settlers near Old Scots Church.
From the Rev. Alfred P. Botsford, D.D.:
Records of the former Third Church of Camden, Sessional Records, Parish Book, Roll of members, Church Register, Register of Dismis- sions, Trustees' books. Subscription envelopes.
Pictures:
Rev. Allen H. Brown, Hon. Allen Brown Endicott, Mays Landing Church, Historical Monument, Rev. V. LeRoy Lockwood, D.D.
WALTER A. BROOKS, JOSEPH H. DULLES,
Custodians.
100 Historical Material. Oct.,
XVn— REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL MATERIALS.
Looking backward upon the years between the Pilgrimage to the Old Scots Burial Ground and Old Tennent Church on June 4th, 1895, down to the unveiling exercises in the same places on June 14th, 1900, we are deeply impressed by the solemn fact of the mortality of prominent men who were appointed to participate in those exercises.
During that period three Delegates, appointed by the Southern Gen- eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Moses D. Hoge, D.D., the Rev. William U. Murkland, D.D., and the Hon. William Wirt Henry ; also one Delegate from the Northern General Assembly, the Rev. William E. Moore, D.D. ; also the Rev. Robert Alexander, D.D., who delivered art' address on June 14th, and our own beloved Moderator, the Rev. A. Nelson HoUifield, D.D., who presided on that day — all have been called from their earthly labors to their heavenly rest. We a little longer wait, and accept the admonition to be also ready.
In accordance with the order of Synod, the admirable paper by Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley, descriptive of the Historical Monument and of the imveiling exercises was published in the Appendix and was sent to all who were entitled to receive the Minutes of Synod. Extra copies were prepared in a separate pamphlet and some of these remain in the hands of the Stated Clerk for sale.
The old tombstone of the Rev. John Boyd has been safely trans- ported to Philadelphia, and is at 520 Witherspoon Building, under the care of the Presbyterian Historical Society, upon the conditions designated by the Synod. In the first number of The Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Soci'cty, issued in May, the Chairman of the Executive Council and the Chairman of the Committee on Historical Collections both make grateful recognition of the reception of the sacred and venerable relic, and the latter promises to enclose the tomb- stone with a frame made from the wood of the locust trees which were removed to make room for the Historical Monument. (Journal, pages 143 and 153.)
Your Committee take pleasure in making the following quotation from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the Southern Presby- terian Church, in session at Little Rock, Ark., on May 21st, 1901. (See page 30.)
"The Rev. Dr. Kerr, of the Commissioners appointed by the last General Assembly to attend the dedication of the Presbyterian His- torical Monument at Freehold, N. J., reported as follows :
" 'I beg to report that, according to appointment by your body, I attended the dedication of the Presbyterian Historical Monument at Freehold, N. J., June 14th, 1900, and made an address, conveying the
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Historical Material. ioi
cordial greetings of the Southern Assembly and expressing our in- terest in the movement, so successfully carried out, to commemorate, at Freehold, the first recorded ordination, that of the Rev. John Boyd, which took place there December 29th, 1706.
" 'The occasion of the dedication was one of great interest, and your Commissioners were treated with great respect by the representatives of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and of the Synod of New Jersey, who had charge.
" 'It is proposed by the Synod of New Jersey to raise a fund, the income from which will be used to keep the Monument in repair. " 'Signed,
" 'Robert P. Kerr^
" 'Chairman of Commissioners.' "
The report of the attendance of the Delegates from the Northern Assembly at the unveiling of the Historical Monument is printed in the Appendix to the Minutes of our own General Assembly, on pages 196 and 197.
For the preservation of the Historical Monument Synod requested its Presbyteries to raise a permanent fund of one thousand dollars. Very gratifying progress has been made in this respect, as more fully appears in the report of the Treasurer of the Trustees of Synod.
These Presbyteries have raised the full quota which the Synod re- quested, viz. :
Morris and Orange, Newark, Jersey City, West Jersey, Elizabeth, New Brunswick, Monmouth.
Your Committee believe that the income of this fund may be used advantageously, not only for the preservation of the Monument itself, but for the improvement of the whole historic ground.
In our last annual report, allusion was made to the Old Cohansey Church, now known as Fairfield Church, as old as that of Freehold. We are now permitted to report that the Daughters of the Revolution have enclosed the Old Cohansey Burial Ground with a suitable fence and that the Trustees of the Church of Fairfield have conveyed to the Presbytery of West Jersey, by deed, the site of the Old Cohansey Meeting House (33x39 feet), where Presbytery expects to erect some appropriate memorial. In this old ground are buried the Rev. Howell Powell in an unknown grave; he died before 1717; also the Rev. Mr. Daniel Elmer, who died in 1755, and the Rev. William Ramsey, who died in 1771.
Richard Webster, in his History, says that the "Rev. Charles Mc- Knight was called, in 1766, to Middletown Point and Shrewsbury, and in 1767 he accepted the call to Middletown Point, Shark River and Shrewsbury. He was seized by the British, and his church was burned. He died soon after his release." May we not conjecture that he was released from the prison-house, or prison-ship, because his captors saw that he must die?
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Standing at the right of the entrance to Trinity Church in New York and looking through the iron railing from Broadway, you may now read on one of the six large horizontal tombstones this inscrip- tion to that devoted and martyred patriot :
TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVD CHARLES MC KNIGHT.
FOR MANY YEARS
A BELOVED PASTOR OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
IN MONMOUTH COUNTY,
NEW JERSEY.
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY 1ST, I "78.
The sites of the churches which McKnight served are known, but (with one exception) they are not honored as they should be. The old site of the church of Middletown Point is now under the care of the church of Matawan, about a half mile from the present church of Matawan.
The site of the old church of Middletown Village is enclosed by a post-and-rail fence, and receives little attention.
The site of Shark River Church with its burial ground near the village of Hamilton, two and a half miles west from xA-sbury Park, is an open common. The owner of the farm surrounding this ground has agreed to give a quit-claim deed, provided that someone will enclose the burial ground with a fence.
These facts and others which might be adduced suggest to your Committee that Presbyteries and the Daughters of the Synod may find a large and interesting field of historic investigation, and by active efforts may discover and preserve the memory of the sites of ancient extinct Presbyterian churches and the inscriptions on the tombstones of Presbyterian Ministers who are buried within the territory of this Synod. In some cases such inscriptions contain the only reliable and possibly the only information concerning our ministers of former generations.
In conclusion, your Committee submit for the consideration of Synod these resolutions :
I. Resolved, That Synod recommends to its Presbyteries and to the Daughters of the Synod, and to all others who love its history, to discover the sites of old extinct Presbyterian churches and to pro- tect them and preserve their memor}^ by some suitable memorial ; also to transmit to your Historical Committee fac-simile copies or photographs of the inscriptions on the tombstones of Presbyterian Ministers and of their Wives, as well, who have been buried within the present territory of this Synod. And that the Stated Clerk of each Presbytery be requested to read this resolution at a full meeting of Presbytery.
jpOZ. HiSTORICAIv MaTERIAI.. IO3
2. Whereas, A Charter, bearing the seal of the Province of Nova Caesarea, and supposed to be the original Charter of the Incorpora- tion of "The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Monmouth County," obtained in the twenty-third year of King George the Second, dated the twenty-first day of February, 1749, and signed by Governor Jonathan Belcher, is now in a good state of preservation and in the possession of The First Presbyterian Church of the County of Mon- mouth, commonly called Old Tennent ; therefore.
Resolved, That the Elders and the Trustees of the said church be re- quested by the Synod to deposit among the archives of Synod for preservation and exhibition this precious historic relic as a loan, with the distinct understanding that it shall remain under the control of the First Presbyterian Church of the County of Monmouth ; and that a Special Committee, consisting of Rev. Allen H. Brown, Rev. Eben B. Cobb, D.D., Rev. Hugh B. MacCauley, Rev. Walter A. Brooks, D.D., and Hon. Wm. M. Lanning, be appointed to correspond with the First Presbyterian Church of the County of Monmouth concerning the said charter, and to receive and provide for the care of the same.
3. Resolved, That the officers of the Old Tennent Church or the First Presbyterian Church of the County of Monmouth be requested to convey by deed the whole of the Old Scots Burial Ground to the Synod of New Jersey, in order that the Trustees of Synod may more effectively improve the same with the income from the Permanent Fund.
ALLEN H. BROWN, DAVID R. FRAZER, JOHN C. CLYDE, EBEN B. COBB, HENRY C. CAMERON, CHARLES HERR, STANLEY WHITE, R. HAMILL NASSAU, FRANK R. SYMMES,
Historical Committee.
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XVm -FINANCIAL STATEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENT AND ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR PERMANENT FUND TO OCTOBER J6TH, J90I.
CASH RECEIVED.
1900. Dr.
Oct. 17 To balance from old account, $29 41
Nov. 22 To William Staiger, 10 GO
1901.
Jan. I To accrued interest, 8 22
April II To Rev. Joseph B. Stratton, i 00
$48 63
1901. To the Permafient Fund —
Mar. 14 From Presbytery of Morris and Orange,... $135 00
April 10 " " Newark, I35 00
May 28 '•■ " Jersey City, 100 00
Oct. 2 " " West Jersey, 125 00
5 " " Elizabeth, 13500
12 " " New Brunswick i35 00
16 " " Monmouth, 13500
16 " " Newton,
900 00
$948 63
CASH EXPENDED.
1 90 1. Cr.
Aug. 3 By cleaning Old Scots Ground, $2 50
Oct. 16 By postage, 2 09
16 By typewriter, 90
$5 49
16 By balance, 943 ^4
$948 63
The above report carefully examined, compared with vouchers, and found correct.
I. ALSTYNE BLAUVELT, JAMES S. BAKER, ROBERT CARTER,
Finance Committee. Atlantic City, October 17th, 1901.
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XIX.— REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE SYNOD OF NEW JERSEY.
From October i6th, 1900, to October i6th, 1901.
1900. Dr.
Oct. 16 To balance in Camden Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, $561 79
1901.
Jan. I To accrued interest, $16 86
Mar. 30 To interest on mortgage on Manse at
Barnegat, 18 13
Oct. 4 To interest on mortgage on Manse at
Barnegat, 18 12
53 II
$614 90
1901. Cr.
Jan. 12 By payment to Brainerd Church, $16 86
April 2 By payment to Forked River Church, 18 13
Oct. 4 By payment to Forked River Church 18 12
$53 II
Oct. 16 By balance in Trust Company, 561 79
$614 90 The balance, $561.79, includes the Wurts Legacy of $525. Respectfully submitted,
ALLEN H. BROWN, Treasurer of the Trustees of the Synod of New Jersey.
We have examined the above report this i6th day of October, 1901, compared the same with vouchers, and find it correct.
J. ALSTYNE BLAUVELT, FLOYD L. CORNISH, ROBERT CARTER, JAMES S. BAKER.
io6 Report of the Treasurer. Oct.,
XX —TREASURER'S REPORT.
Eben B. Cobb, Treasurer, In account zi.'ith the Synod of New Jersey.
Dr.
To balance from previous account, $6oi 75
To apportionment from eight Presbyteries, 430 00
To advertising, 15 00
To sale of historical pamphlets, 4 50
$1,051 25
Cr.
By janitor's bill, Atlantic City, $10 00
By salaries for year ending October ist, 1891, 160 00
By expenses of officers" of Synod, 20 28
By expenses of Trustees of Synod, 271
By expenses of Auditing Committee, 410
By printing of Minutes of 1900, 305 12
By binding Minutes, 2 00
By care of John Boyd Stone, 8 88
By catalogue bags, etc i 35
By balance on hand October ist, 1901, 536 81
$1,051 25
EBEN B. COBB,
Treasurer. Elizabeth, N. J., October ist, 1901.
We have examined the report in Synod this i6th day of October, 1901, and compared the same with the vouchers, and found the report to be correct.
I. ALSTYNE BLAUVELT, ROBERT CARTER, FLOYD L. CORNISH, JAMES S. BAKER,
Finance Committee.
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XXI.— STATISTICAL REPORTS.
I. The Presbytery of Corisco consists of fifteen ministers, and has under its care twelve churches, five Hcentiates, three candidates and one local evangelist.
Church organized —
May 13. 1900, Efulen Church, Batanga interior.
Minister received —
December 12, 1900, Rev. David Harry Devor, from the Presbytery of Wooster.
Minister deceased —
February 28, 190T, Rev. Ibia j' Ikenge, aged sixty-seven.
Robert Hamiel Nassau,
Stated Clerk.
II. The Presbytery of Elizabeth consists of forty-five ministers and thirty-three churches, and has under its care three licentiates, two local evangelists and four candidates.
Received —
December 20, 1900, Rev. Nathaniel J. Sproul, from the Presbytery
of Monmouth. January 14. 1901, Rev. Gustav Schumacher, from the Presbytery of
Jersey City. September 10, 1901, Rev. Lester M. Conrow, from the Presbytery of
Troy.
Dismissed —
April 16, 1901, Rev. Edgar C. Alason, to the Presbytery of Newark. September 10, 1901, Rev. Henry W. F. Jones, to the South Classis
of Bergen, R. C. A. October i, 1901, Rev. Geo. Kennedy Newell, to the Presbytery of
Brooklyn.
Installed —
December 20, 1900, Rev. Nathaniel J. Sproul. as pastor of the Church
of Dunellen. January 15, 1901, Rev. Gustav Schumacher, as pastor of the First
German Church of Rahway. May 9, 1901, Rev. Harlan G. Mendenhall. D.D.. as pastor of Uie
Church of Perth Amboy. September 20, 1901, Rev. Lester M. Conrow, as pastor of the Church
at Lamington.
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Dissolved pastoral relation —
September lo, 1901, between Rev. Henry W. F. Jones and the First Church of Bayonne City.
Licensed—-
April 17, 1901, Mr. Leopold R. Burrows. April 17, 1901, Mr. Augustus C. Kellogg. April 17, 1901, Mr. Frederick B. Newman.
Received candidates on examination — January 14, 1901, Mr. Lynn T. White. April 17, 1901, Mr. Augustus C. Kellogg. April 17, 1901, Mr. Frederick B. Newman.
Dismissed licentiate —
June 24, 1901, Mr. Frederick B. Newman, to the Presbj'tery of New Brunswick.
Dis)nissed candidate —
October 16, 1901, Mr. Lynn T. White, to Presbytery of Louisville.
Dismissed church —
September 10, 1901, The First Presbyterian Church of Baj'onne Cit}', to the South Classis of Bergen, R. C. A., through disbandment of the church and transfer of members and property.
Minister deceased —
January 17th, 1901, Rev. Elias Riggs, D.D., LL.D., at Constantinople, Turkey, aged 90 j^ears.
Samuel Parry,
Stated Clerk.
111. — The Presbytery oe Jersey City consists of fifty-three ministers and thirty-eight churches, and has under its care one licentiate and three candidates.
Ministers received —
February 4. 1901, Rev. William E. Griffen, from the Baltimore Con- ference, A. M. E. Zion Church. June 3, 1901, Rev. Harry Nesbit, from the Presbytery of Washington.
Ministers dismissed —
November 12, 1900, Rev. Frederick J. Kraushaar, to the Presbytery of Hudson.
December 3, 1900, Rev. Gustav Schumacher, to the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
December 17, 1900, Rev. Floyd L. Cornish, to the Presbytery of New- ton.
August 26, 1901, Rev. Jacob Schmitt, to the Presbytery of Nassau.
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Ordained — June II, 1901, Ferdinand N. Kohler.
Installed — June II, 1901, Rev. Ferdinand N. Kohler, at Carlstadt. June 14, 1901, Rev. Harry Nesbit, at Bayonne. June 20, 1901, Rev. William E. Griffen, at Lafayette, Jersey City.
Pastoral relation dissolved —
December 17, 1900, Rev. Floyd L. Cornish and Christ Church, Bay- onne.
August 26, 1901, Rev. Jacob Schmitt and the German Church, Pas- saic.
Licentiate received — June 3, 1901, Ferdinand N. Kohler, from the Presbytery of Newark.
Churches organized —
November 12, 1900, Lyndhurst. February 4, 1901, Lafayette, Jersey City. March 26, 1901, Emmanuel, Rutherford.
Churches dissolved —
December 3, 1900, Scotch Church, Jersey City. December 3, 1900, Avondale.
George R. Garretson,
Stated Clerk.
IV. — The Presbytery of Monmouth consists of fifty-one ministers and forty-nine churches, and has under its care one licentiate and one candidate.
Ordinations — January 22, 1901, James R. Swain. January 30, 1901, Charles L. Candee. June 27, 1901, Henry T. Graham.
Ministers dismissed —
October 17, 1900, Ernest F. Hall, to the Presbytery of New York.
November 23, 1900, Nathaniel J. Sproul, to the Presb5^tery of Eliza- beth.
January 22, 1901, James R. Swain, to the (Reformed) Classis of Long Island.
June 25, 1901, George W. S. Wenrick, to the Presbytery of Dayton.
June 25, 1901, Robert M. Blackburn, to the Presbytery of Philadel- phia, North.
September 24, 1901, James A. Matheson, to the Presbytery of North River.
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Pastoral relations dissolved —
October 17, 1900, Ernest F. Hall and the church of South Amboy. November 23, 1900, Nathaniel J. Sproul and the church of English- town.
June 25, 1901, George W. S. Wenrick and the church of Atlantic
Highlands. June 25, 1901. Robert M. Blackburn and the church of Long Branch. September 24, 1901, James A. Matheson and the church of Manalapan. September 24, 1901, Albert E. Weston and the church of Farmingdale.
Licentiate received —
January 22, 1901, Charles L. Candee, from the Presbytery of Chicago.
Candidate received — June 25, 1901, Henry J. Graham, from the Presbytery of New Albany.
Candidates licensed — January 22. 1901, James R. Swain. June 25. 1901, Henry T. Graham.
Pastors installed —
November 7, 1900, Courtlandt P. Butler, over church of Lakewood. November 23, igoo, Adolos Allen, over Second Church of Cranbury. January 30, 1901, Charles E. Candee, over Calvary Church, Riverton. April 23, 1901, S. C. Dickson, over church of West Mantoloking. June 27, 1901, Henry T. Graham, over church of Englishtown. July 9, 1901, Charles H. Whitaker, over church of Bordentown.
Deceased —
April 27, 1901, Rev. Robert Julien.
Benj. S. Everitt,
Stated Clerk.
V. — The Presbytery of Morris and Orange consists of forty-six churches and fifty-eight ministers, and has under its care one candidate.
Ministers received —
April 9, 1901, Rev. Henry Kirk White, from the Presbytery of Denver. September 17, 1901, Rev. John W. Lowden, from the Presbytery of Hudson.
Licentiate received —
September 27, 1901, Thomas B. Shannon, from the Presbytery of Lehigh.
Installations — June 26, 1 90 1, Rev. George L. Richmond, over the church at Boonton. September 27, 1901, Rev. Thomas B. Shannon, over the First Church of Vailsburg.
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October 25, 1901, Rev. John W. Lowden, over the church at Pleasant Grove.
Ordinations —
September 27, 1901, Licentiate Thomas B. Shannon.
Licensed —
April 9, 1901, Candidate Charles F. Voegelin. ■
Pastoral relations dissolved — January 15, 1901, Rev. Wm. H. Woolverton and the church of
Boonton. January 15, 1901, Rev. Geo. S. Mott Doremus and the church at
Pleasant Grove. January 15, 1901, Rev. John H. Scofield and the church at Mt. Olive. January 15, 1901, Rev. Robert M. Ramsey and the First Church of
Vailsburg. April 9, 1901, Rev. John Macnaughtan, D.D., and the First Church
of Morri.stown. April 17. 1901, Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich* and the St. Cloud Church
of W. Orange. June 18, 1901, Rev. Geo. P. Noble and the First Church of Mendham.
Ministers disin issed —
January 15, 1901, Rev. Geo. S. Mott Doremus, to the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
April 9, 1901, Rev. Robert M. Ramsey, to the Presbytery of Parkers- burg. West Virginia.
April 9, 1901, Rev. James B. Cochran, to the Presbytery of Nanking, China.
April 17, 1901, Rev. Chauncey W. Goodrich, to the Presbytery of Cleveland.
June 18, 1901, Rev. Charles H. Wood, to the Presbytery of Rochester.
Ministers died—
December 22, 1900. Rev. Wm. Henry Kirk. May 22, 1901, Rev. Henry F. Hickok, D.D. September 23, 1901, Rev. Hugh Smythe.
Church dissolved —
Dover Welsh, by order of Presbytery, January 15, 1901.
Church organized — Luxemburg, May 19th, igoi.
Stanley White,
Stated Clerk.
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VI. — The Presbytery oe Newark consists of fifty-nine ministers and thirty-six churches, and has under its care two hcentiates and fifteen candidates.
Ministers received —
November 14, 1900, Martin H. Qual, from the Philadelphia Classis,
Reformed Church in the U. S. February 6, 1901, Artemas Dean, D.D., from the Classis of Bergen,
Reformed Church in America. May 8, 1901, Andrew A. Dinsmore, D.D., from the Presbytery of Los
Angeles. May 8, 1901, Edgar C. Mason, from the Presbytery of Elizabeth. June 5, 1901, Harry H. Henry, from the Presbytery of Huntingdon. July I, 1901, George S. Hall, from the Hudson River Association of
Congregational Ministers and Churches. October 2, 1901, Robert S. Inglis, from the Presbytery of Lansing. October 2, 1901, Charles Burrell Mitchell, from the Presbytery of
Albany.
Ministers dismissed —
December 24, 1900, Richard E. Locke, to the Presbytery of Philadel- phia North. February 6, 1901. Herbert Ure, to the Presbytery of Northumberland. October 2, 1901, Edgar C. Mason, to the Presbytery of Union. October 2, 1901, William W. Coe, to the Presbytery of New^ York.
Ordinations sine titulo —
November 20, 1900, Herbert Ure. February 21, igoi, Henry S. Brown.
Licensures —
April 3, 1901, Ferdinand Koehler and William Barger.
Licentiates received —
October 3, 1900, Henry S. Brown, from the Presbytery of New York. October 2, 1901, August Jung, from the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
Licentiates dismissed —
May 8, 1901, Ferdinand Koehler, to the Presbytery of Jersey City. June 5, 1901, William Berger, to the Presbytery of Zanesville.
Candidates receizrd on examination — May 9, 1900, A. Minutilla. May 8, 1901, George J. Russell. June 5, 1901, Henry Harris.
October 2, 1901, Bismark G. Coltorti, William F. Gegenheimer, Frederick Edson Clark, Carl Aue.
j-por. Statistical Reports. 113
Installations —
November 22, 1900, Martin H. Qual, as pastor of the Manhattan Park
German Church, Newark. October 2, 1901, George S. Hall, as pastor of the Wickliffe Church,
Newark. October 9, 1901, Robert S. Inglis, as pastor of the Third Church,
Newark.
Pastoral relations dissolved —
December 24, 1900, between the Rev. Richard E. Locke and the Wick- liffe Church, Newark.
July I, 1901, between the Rev. J. Axford Higgons and the Central Church, Newark.
Ministers deceased —
October 18, 1900, Ambrose Nelson Hollifield, D.D., at Atlantic City. May 10, 1901, Johann Ulrich Guenther, at Newark.
Juuus H. Wolff,
Stated Clerk.
VII. The Presbytery of New Brunswick consists of sixty-nine ministers, and has under its care thirtj-'-six churches and an Italian Evangelical Congregation, fourteen licentiates and forty-one candidates.
Ministers received from other Presbyteries—
November 12, 1900, Rev. John Q. A. Fullerton, from the Presbytery
of Kittanning. January 29, 1901, Rev. Henry VanDyke, D.D., from the Presbytery
of New York. April 10. 1901, Rev. E. Morris Fergusson, from the Presbytery of
Newton.
Ordinations sine titulo —
May 3, 1901, Edward Rutter James. May 3, 1901, Chojuro Aoki. May 23, 1901, Robert Ogilvie Kirkwood. May 22,, 1901, Frederic Janvier Newton.
Ministers dismissed to other Presbyteries —
October 23, 1900, Rev. David S. Currie, to the Presbytery of West- minster.
December 31, 1900, Rev. James R. Kerr, to the Presbytery of Chester.
January 29, 1901, Rev. Frank B. Everitt, to the Presbytery of New York.
May 3, 1901, Rev. Edward Rutter James, to the Presbytery of Albany.
May 18, 1901, Rev. Chojuro Aoki, to the Presbytery of Naniwa, Japan.
May 23, 1901. Rev. Robert Ogilvie Kirkwood, to the Presbytery of Ebenezer.
114 Statistical Reports. Oct.,
May 23, 1901, Rev. Frederic Janvier Newton, to the Presbytery of
Walla Walla. September 17, 1901, Rev. Samuel H. Potter, to the Presbytery of
Lackawanna.
Pastoral relations dissolved —
October 17. 1900, Rev. John B. Kugler, with Amwell First Church, to
take effect November 11, 1900. November 12, 1900, Rev. William D. Robeson, with Witherspoon
Street Church, Princeton, to take effect February i, 1901. December 31, 1900, Rev. James R. Kerr, with Hopewell Church. January 29, 1901, Rev. Frank B. Everitt, with East Trenton Church,
to take effect January 31, 1901. April 29, 1901, Rev. William S. Voorhies, D.D., with Trenton Second
Church. September 17, 1901, Rev. Samuel H. Potter, with Amwell United
First Church, to take effect September 30, 1901.
Installation — April 15, 1901, Rev. Maitland V. Bartlett, pastor of Princeton First Church.
Ordinations and Installations —
May 18, 1901, Linius L. Strock, pastor of Hopewell Church. May 21, 1901, Harry Leeds, pastor of Amwell First Church. May 31, 1901, Leonard Z. Johnson, pastor of Witherspoon Street
Church, Princeton. July 10, 1901, Frederic B. Newman, pastor of East Trenton Church.
Candidates received from otiier Presbyteries — April 22, 1901, Linius L. Strock, from the Presbytery of Chicago. June 25, 1901, John B. McCreery, from the Presbytery of Detroit.
Candidates received on e.va}nination — April 9, 1901, David DeForrest Burrell. April 10, 1901, Paul Stratton.
April 22, 1901, Caspar Wistar Hodge, George Alexander Armstrong. June 25, 1901, James W. Countermine.
Licentiates received from other Presbyteries —
April 22, 1901, Leonard Z. Johnson, from the Presbytery of Chester.
May 3, 1901, Harry Leeds, from the Presbytery of Brooklyn.
June 25, 1901, Frederic B. Newman, from the Presbytery of Elizabeth.
Licensures —
April 22, 1901, Silas Evans, Maurice Alexander Filson, Edward Rut- ter James, William Brower Johnson, James Nevin, Frederic Jan- vier Newton, Linius L. Strock.
i<)oi. Statistical Reports. 115
June 25, 1901, Caspar Wistar Hodge, John B. McCreery, James W.
Countermine. September 17. 1901, George Alexander Armstrong.
Licentiates dismissed to other Presbyteries —
May 8, 1901. David Kenzie Grant, to the Presbytery of Red River. August 2;^. 1901, James W. Countermine, to the Presbytery of Sioux
City. September 17, 1901. George Alexander Armstrong, to the Presbytery
of New York.
Licentiates dropped from the roll, having been ordained in Ireland and Canada loithout taking their letters of dismissioi — Thomas John Harrison and Henry McBride, Ireland. James Ross Macdonald, Nova Scotia. Harold S. Davison and William Roderic McKay, Canada. William Clarence Murdock, Prince Edward's Island.
Licentiates zvJiose licenses have expired by time limit —
Delavan Leonard Pierson, James Stuart and Charles F. Morrison.
Minister deceased —
Rev. John Thomas Duffield, D.D.. LL.D., at Princeton, N. J., April 10, 1901.
A. L. Armstrong,
Stated Clerk.
VIII. — The Presbytery of Newton consists of forty-three ministers and thirty-four churches, and has under its care five candidates. Ministers received —
January 22, 1901, Rev. Floyd Lincoln Cornish, from the Presbytery of Jersey City.
June 25. 1 901. Rev. Benjamin J. Morgan, Ph.D., from the Pres- bytery of Hudson.
September 24, 1901, Rev. James Provan, from the Presbytery of Kala- mazoo.
September 24, 1901, Rev. John K. Baillie. D.D., from the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
September 24, 1901, Rev. Isaac H. Condit, from the Presbytery of West Jersey.
Ordination — January 30, 1901, William Boyd Sheddan.
Installations —
October 11. 1900, Rev. John W. Bell, as pastor of the churches of
Beattystown and Mansfield Second. November 21. 1900, Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf. as pastor of the Church
of Sparta.
ii6 Statistical Reports. Oct.,
January 30, 1901, Rev. William Boyd Sheddan, as pastor of the First
Church of Oxford. January 30, 1901, Rev. William J. Mewhinney, as pastor of the
Second Church of Oxford. February 14, 1901, Rev. Floyd Lincoln Cornish, as pastor of the
Church of Asbury. July 17, 1901, Rev. Benjamin J. Morgan, Ph.D., as pastor of the
Church of Stanhope.
Pastoral relations dissohrd —
January 22, 1901, Rev. William J. Mewhinney and the Church of Andover, to take effect January 27, 1901.
January 22, 1901, Rev. Joseph K. Freed and the Church of Franklin Furnace, to take effect April i, 1901.
April 10, 1901, Rev. AVilliam S. Harper and the Church of North Hardyston.
June 25, 1901, Rev. John C. Clyde, D.D., and the Church of Blooms- bury.
September 24. 1901, Rev. Joseph D. Hillman and the Church of Har- mony, to take effect September 30, 1901.
September 25, 1901, Rev. J. Edward Grant and the Churches of Dela- ware and Knowlton.
Ministers dismissed —
April 9, 1901, Rev. E. Morris Fergusson, to the Presbytery of New Brunswick.
April 9, 1901, Rev. William Hollinshed. to the Presbytery of Lacka- wanna.
April ID, 1901, Rev. William S. Harper, to the New England Southern Conference of the M. E. Church.
June 25, 1901, Rev. George G. Barnes, to the Presbytery of Lacka- wanna.
September 7, 1901, Rev. Joseph K. Freed, to the Presbytery of Lacka- wanna.
September 25, 1901, Rev. J. Edward Grant, to the Classis of Paramus.
Licensure —
January 22, 1901, William Boyd Sheddan.
E. Clarke Cline,
Stated Clerk.
IX. — The Presbytery of West Jersey consists of sixty-five minis- ters and fifty-seven churches, and has under its care three candidates.
Ministers received —
April 19, 1901, Rev. Augustus W. Williams, from the Presbytery of Philadelphia.
igoi. Statistical Reports. 117
June 25, 1901, Rev. Minot S. Morgan, from the Presbytery of New
York. June 25, 1901, Rev. Julius O. F. Symanski, from the Presbytery of
Nassau. September 24, 1901, Rev. John M. Davies, D.D., from the Presbytery
of Philadelphia.
Ministers dismissed —
November 21, 1900, Rev. Jacob N. Wagenhurst, to the Presbytery of Carlisle.
April 16, 1901, Rev. Robert A. Elwood, to the Presbytery of New- castle.
July 29, 1901, Rev. Isaac H. Condit, to the Presbytery of Newton.
Ordinations —
February 14, 1901, Henry C. Sperbeck. October 14, 1901, A. Minutilla.
Installations —
February 14, 1901, Rev. Henry C. Sperbeck, as pastor of Glassboro
Church. July 16, 1901, Rev. Minot S. Morgan, as pastor of Brainerd Church,
Elwood. October 3, 1901, Rev. John M. Davies, D.D., as pastor of Gloucester
Church.
Pastoral relations dissolved —
November 21, 1900, Rev. Jacob N. Wagenhurst, and Fairfield Church. January 29, 1901, Rev. Charles Schneegas, and Liberty Park Church,
Camden. January 29. 1901, Rev. Albert S. Sharpless and Bridgeton Fourth
Church. April 16, 1901, Rev. Robert A. Elwood and Absecon Church. July 29, 1901, Rev. Isaac H. Condit and Holly Beach Church.
Licensures —
October 14. 1901, A. Minutilla.
Licentiate received —
January 29, 1901, Henry C. Sperbeck, from Presbytery of Mankato.
Candidate received from another Presbytery — April 16, 1901, A. Minutilla, from Presbytery of Newark.
Candidates received tinder care of Presbytery on examination — April 19, 1901, William Carlos Peres. June 25. 1901, A. Minutilla.
Minister deceased —
March 12, 1901, Rev. Henry Reeves, D.D., Ph.D., Stated Clerk.
Alfred P. Botsford,
Stated Clerk.
Standing Rules of the Synod.
I. — The Synod shall meet annually, on the third Tuesday of October, at 3 o'clock P. M., unless otherwise ordered.
II. — The officers of Synod shall be a Moderator, a Stated Clerk, a Permanent Clerk, a Recording Clerk, and a Treasurer.
III. — The Moderator shall be elected annually, after calling the roll of the Presbyteries for nominations, when the Presbytery which has been the longest without having a representative in the Moderator's chair shall be called first. The Clerks and Treas- urer shall be elected by ballot, unless otherwise ordered, and shall hold office during the pleasure of Synod.
IV. — It shall be the duty of the Stated Clerk to cause a notice of the time and place of meeting to be published in the religious papers most current in the Synod, at least three weeks prior to the time of meeting; to lay on the Moderator's table at the opening of Synod, a printed docket of business ; to preserve the proceedings of Synod in printed form ; to file and preserve all important papers coming into the possession of Synod ; to furnish certified copies of minutes to those properly entitled to them ; to conduct the correspondence of Synod ; to transmit to the General Assem- bly the Statistical Report and the duly certified printed Records of Synod ; to send a printed copy of the minutes of each annual meeting of Synod to every Minister, to the Session of each vacant church, and to each Ruling Elder who attended that meeting; and to cause the copies that have been submitted to the General Assembly to be bound in volumes at suitable intervals. The Stated Clerk shall print an Appendix to the Minutes, which shall contain all the papers and reports presented to Synod that are of permanent value. But in preparing such materials for publica- tion he shall be authorized to abridge the same except where resolutions and recommendations have been adopted by Synod, and when otherwise ordered by Synod.
V. — The Permanent Clerk shall prepare a roll of Synod before the opening. To enable him to do this, all members shall report themselves to him on arrival at the place of meeting. To him reasons for absence or late attendance shall be given and of him permission to leave shall be obtained. He shall be the Reading Clerk, call the roll, and otherwise assist the Stated Clerk as he may require; and he shall act as Stated Clerk in the absence or disability of that officer.
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VI. — The Recording Clerk shall make the minutes of the proceedings of Synod from day to day, and deliver them to the Stated Clerk on the adjournment of Synod; and he shall act as Permanent Clerk in the absence or disability of that officer.
VII. — The compensation of the Stated Clerk shall be one hundred dol- lars per annum ; that of the Permanent and Recording Clerks, thirty dollars respectively.
VIII. — The Treasurer shall receive and disburse all funds of the Synod for contingent expenses, and render an itemized account at each annual meeting.
COMMITTEES.
IX. — The Committees of Synod shall be divided into three classes, viz. : Standing, Permanent and Special.
standing committees.
The Standing Committees, to be appointed by the Moderator at each annual meeting, shall be as follows :
1. On Bills and Overtures, seven members — four Ministers, of whom one shall be the retiring Moderator, and three Ruling Elders.
2. On Judicial Business, seven members — four Ministers and three Ruling Elders.
3. On Records of Presbyteries, three members for each Pres- bytery— two Ministers and one Ruling Elder.
4. On Minutes of General Assembly, three members — two Ministers and one Ruling Elder.
5. On Narrative, three members — two Ministers and one Ruling Elder.
6. On Finance, four members — two Ministers and two Ruling Elders, who shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer of Synod and of the Treasurers of the different funds, except the Synod- ical Home Mission Fund; and arrange the apportionment of the amount required from each Presbytery for contingent expenses.
7. On Synodical Home Mission Accounts, a Special Finance Committee, two members — one Minister and one Ruling Elder, neither of whom shall be a member of the Permanent Committee of Synodical Home Missions, who shall examine and audit the accounts of the Treasurer of the Synodical Home Mission Fund, between the first day of October and the third Tuesday of Oc- tober next ensuing their appointment, and who shall report to the Synod immediately after such examination, and whose neces.sary traveling expenses shall be defraj'ed by the Treasurer of Synod.
igoi. Standing Rules of Synod. 121
X. — The Committee of Arrangements shall consist of all the Presby- terian Pastors and one Ruling Elder from each church in the place where the Synod meets, together with the Stated Clerk of Synod, the Pastor of the church in which Synod meets to be chairman. They shall provide accommodations for the Synod ; suggest hours of meeting and adjournment; arrange for public services, and the persons to conduct them, and provide for hear- ing representatives of the Boards.
PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
XI. — The Permanent Committees of the Synod shall be as follows :
1. On Svnodicae Home Missions, eight members — one for each home Presbytery.
2. On Home Missions, one from each home Presbytery.
3. On Foreign Missions, one member from the Presbytery of Corisco; the chairman of the Presbyterial Committee on Foreign Missions and one Ruling Elder, from each home Presbytery.
4. On Historical Materials, nine members — one for each Presbytery.
5. On Sabbath-school Work, eight members; the chairman of the Committee on Sabbath-school Work in each home Pres- bytery.
6. On Sabbath Observance, three members — two Ministers and one Ruling Elder.
7. On Temperance, nine members — one from each home Pres- bytery, besides the chairman.
8. On Necrology, three members — two Ministers and one Ruling Elder.
9. On Systematic Beneficence, eight members — one from each home Presbytery.
10. On Work Among Foreign Populations, five members — three Ministers and two Ruling Elders.
11. On Young People's Societies, a chairman appointed by Synod and the chairman of the Presbyterial Committee on Young People's Societies.
12. On Applied Christianity, five members — three Ministers and two Ruling Elders.
XH. — The Permanent Committees shall each report to Synod annu- ally upon the matters assigned to them, and reconmiend suitable action to be taken by Synod in relation thereto.
122 Standing Rules of Synod. Oct., 1901
XIII. — The Necrological Committee shall present, at the annual meet- ing, brief obituary notices of all Ministers of Synod who have deceased during the Synodical year.
XIV. — Each Presbytery belonging to the Synod shall send a written Narrative of the State of Religion within its bounds to the Synod's Committee on Narrative at least one week previous to the stated meeting of Synod.
XV. — The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper shall be administered at each stated meeting of the Synod, under the superintendence of the retiring Moderator, or the Minister presiding in his place, at such time and place as the Committee of Arrangements shall designate.
XVI. — The Committeet)n Systematic Beneficence shall co-operate with the Stated Clerk and the Committee of Arrangements in selecting topics and securing speakers to address the Synod upon the sub- jects of Benevolence and Church Work, and the evening session of the second day of the meeting of Synod shall be devoted exclusively to popular addresses by Secretaries of Boards or others.
XVII.— All notices of. or calls for, meetings of Presbyteries or Com- mittees, and all resolutions, shall be in writing and read by the Clerk.
XVIII.— The rules for Judicatories adopted by the General Assembly shall be the rules of the Synod, so far as they apply.
XIX. — These rules may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds vote, but if notice of a proposed change has been given at a previous stated meeting, a majority may amend or repeal; and any one of these rules may be temporarily suspended by a majority vote.
Permanent Committees.
SYNODICAL HOME MISSIONS.
REV. RAYMOXD HILLIARD GAGE, REV. EHEX B. COBB, D.D., Chairman. REV. ALFRED H. DASHIELL, D.D., REV. WM. W. HALLOWAY, Jr., D.D., REV. J. GARLAND HAMXER, Jr., REV. PHILO F. LEAVENS, D.D.,
REV. SAMUEL M. STUDDIFORD, D.D., REV. WILLIAM THOMSON.
HOME MISSIONS.
REV. JOHN E. STUCHELL, REV. FISHER HOWE BOOTH,
REV. COURTLANDT P. BUTLER, REV. WILLIAM R. BENNETT,
REV. J. GARLAND HAMNER, Jr., REV. SAMUEL McLANAIIAN,
REV. WILLIAM THOMSON, REV. SYLVESTER W. BEACH.
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
REV. R. HAMILL NASSAU, D.D., REV. WILLIAM R. RICHARDS, D.D., ELDER EDWARD P. TENNEY, REV. CHARLES HERR, D.D., ELDER CHARLES A. DE WITT,
REV. ALEX. H. YOUNG, D.D., ELDER HORACE CHURCHMAN,
REV. JOHN F. PATTERSON, D.D., ELDER H. C. JENKINS,
REV. SAME. R. MacCLEMENTS, Ph.D., ELDER WILLIAM RANKIN, REV. JAMES W. ROGAN, D.D., ELDER WALTER B. HARRIS,
REV. GEORGE W. TOMSON, ELDER P. KENNEDY REEVES,
REV. HENRY S. BUTLER, D.D., ELDER DAVID R. HULL.
Cliairman.
HISTORICAL MATERIALS.
REV. ALLEN H. BROWN, REV. HENRY C. CAMERON, D.D.,
REV. JOSEPH F. FOLSOM, REV. CHARLES HERR, D.D.,
REV. JOHN C. CLYDE, D.D., REV. STANLEY WHITE,
REV. EBEN B. COBB, D.D., REV. R. HAMILL NASSAU, D.D.,
REV. FRANK R. SYMMES.
SABBATH-SCHOOL WORK.
REV. HENRY C. CRONIN, RE\^ SAMUEL J. ROWLAND, D.D.,
REV. D. RUBY WARNE, REV. WILLIAM MOORE,
REV. WILLIAM FRYLING, REV. JOHN HUTCHISON,
REV. EDWARD A. McLAURY, REV. J. CALVIN KRAUSE.
SABBATH OBSERVANCE.
REV. SAMUEL D. PRICE, ELDER JOHN A. ANDERSON.
REV. FRANKLIN E. MILLER, D.D.,
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TEMPERANCE.
REV. J. DK HART BRUEN, REV. JOSEPH M. McNULTY, D.D., REV. JAMES S. YOUNG, REV. EDWIN R. MURGATROYD, REV. J. GARLAND HAMNER, Jr.
REV. HENRY R. HALL, REV. CHARLES D. SHAW, D.D.,
REV. WILLIAM V. LOUDERBOUGH, REV. TITUS E. DAVIS.
NECROLOGY.
REV. SYLVESTER W. BEACH, REV. EDWARD B. HODGE, D.D.,
ELDER WILLIAM P. STEVENSON,
SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE.
REV. THOMAS S. LONG,-' REV. WILLIAM P. FINNEY,
REV. JOHN C. CLYDE, D.D., REV. JOSHUA B. GALLAWAY,
REV. ASA WYNKOOP. REV. WM. W. CASSELBERRY,
REV. SARTELL PRENTICE, Jr., REV. NATHANIEL J. SPROUL-
WORK AMONG FOREIGN POPULATIONS.
REV. ALBERT ERDMAN, D.D., REV. EDWIN A. BULKLEY, D.D.
REV. JOSEPH S. VANDYKE, D.D., ELDER AARON CARTER,
ELDER FRED. W. BALDWIN.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES.
REV. HUGH B. MacCAULEY, REV. JOSEPH O. McKELVEY, REV. EDWIN FAIRLEY,
REV. ROBERT H. SHARPE, REV. BENJ. H. EVERITT,
REV. NATHAN DUSHANE HYNSON, REV. WILLIAM S. HARPER, REV. HORACE D. SASSAMAN, REV. ARTHUR W. SPOONER, D.D.
APPLIED CHRISTIANITY.
REV. GEORGE H. PAYSON, D.D., REV. JAMES F. RIGGS, D.D.,
REV. STANLEY WHITE, l-ILDER E. D. SHEPHERD,
ELDER HORACE CHURCHMAN.
TRUSTEES OF SYNOD.
REV. EBEN B. COBB, D.D., President, REV. ALLEN H. BROWN, Treasurer,
REV. CHARLES D. SHAW, D.D., REV. SAMUEL M. STUDDIFORD, D.D.^
REV. STANLEY WHITE, Secretary, REV. WILLIAM THOMSON,
REV. ALFRED H. DASHIELL, D.D., ELDER HUGH H. HAMILL,
ELWOOD C. HARRIS, Esq.,
CUSTODIANS OF HISTORICAL MATERIAL.
REV. WALTER A. BROOKS, D.D., Stated Clerk, Trenton N. J.
REV. JOSEPH H. DULLES, Librarian Theological Seminary, Princeton, N. J.
Moderators Since the Reunion,
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DATE. |
PL.\CE OF MEETING. |
MODERATOR. |
PRESBYTERY. |
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June 21, ] |
870 |
Elizabeth, .... |
*Rev. Jona. F. Stearns, D.D., |
Newark. |
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Oct. i8, ] |
870 |
Morristown, . . |
*Rev. Charles K. Imbrie. D.D., . . |
Jersey City. |
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Oct. 17, ] |
871 |
Bloomfield, . . . |
*Rev. Robert Aikman, D.D., .... |
Morris and Orange. |
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Oct. 15. ] |
872 |
Trenton |
*Rev. Samuel Miller, D.D., |
Monmouth. |
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Oct. 21, |
873 |
Washington, .. |
*Rev. J. H. Mcllvaine, D.D., .... |
Newark. |
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Oct. 20, ] |
874 |
Camden, |
*Rev. J. M. McDonald, D.D., .... |
New Brunswick. |
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Oct. 19, ] |
875 |
Orange |
Rev. William C. Roberts. D.D.,. . |
Elizabeth. |
|
Oct. 17, 1 |
876 |
Elizabeth, .... |
Rev. Thomas McCauley |
Newton. |
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Oct. 16, ] |
877 |
Newark |
Rev. E. Kempshall. D.D |
Elizabeth. |
|
Oct. 15, ] |
878 |
Morristown, . . |
Rev. William Bannard. D.D., . . . |
West Jersey. |
|
Oct. 21, |
879 |
Trenton |
*Rev. Abraham Gosman, D.D., . . |
New Brunswick. |
|
Oct. 19, |
880 |
Bridgeton, .... |
*Rev. Charles E. Knox, D.D., . . . |
Newark. |
|
Oct. 18, |
881 |
Asbury Park, . |
*Rev. Joseph G. Symmes, D.D., . . |
Monmouth. |
|
Oct. 17, |
[882 |
Hackettstown,. |
*Rev. Alfred Yeomans, D.D., .... |
Morris and Orange. |
|
Oct. 16, |
t883 |
Orange, |
Rev. Edwin A. Bulkley. D.D., . . |
Jersey City. |
|
Oct. 21, |
[884 |
Elizabeth, .... |
*Rev. Samuel M. Hamill, D.D., . . |
New Brunswick. |
|
Oct. 20, |
[885 |
Atlantic City,. |
Rev. Allen H. Brown, |
West Jersey. Newton. |
|
Oct. 18, |
[886 |
Camden, |
Rev. William Thomson |
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Oct. 17. |
[887 |
Asbury Park, . |
*Rev. Frank Chandler, D.D., .... |
Monmouth. |
|
Oct. 15, |
1888 |
Asbury Park, . |
Rev. K. P. Ketcham, D.D., |
Elizabeth. |
|
Oct. 21, |
r889 |
.\sbury Park, . |
*Rev. Henry M. Storrs, D.D., . . . |
Morris and Orange |
|
Oct. 20, |
1890 |
Atlantic City,. |
Rev. David R. Frazer, D.D., .... |
Newark. |
|
Oct. 20, |
[891 |
Long Branch, . |
Rev. Charles D. Shaw, D.D |
Jersey City. |
|
Oct. 18, |
[892 |
Belvidere |
Rev. R. Hamill Nassau, D.D., . . |
Corisco. |
|
Oct. 17, |
1893 |
Bridgeton |
Rev. S. M. Studdiford. D.D |
New Brunswick. |
|
Oct. 16, |
1894 |
Trenton, |
Rev. Frederic R. Brace, D.D., . . |
West Jersey. |
|
Oct. 15, |
1895 |
N. Brunswick,. |
Rev. Henry S. Butler, D.D., .... |
Newton. |
|
Oct. 27. |
1896 |
Atlantic City,. |
Rev. Benjamin S. Everitt, D.D.,. |
Monmouth. |
|
Oct. 19, |
1897 |
Plainfield |
Rev. John A. Liggett, D.D., |
Elizabeth. |
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Oct. 18, |
1898 |
Asbury Park, . |
Rev. Albert Erdman, D.D., |
Morris and Orange. |
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Oct. 17, |
1899 |
•\sbury Park, . |
*Rev. A. Nelson Hollifield, D.D.,. |
Newark. |
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Oct. 16, |
1900 1 901 |
Atlantic City,. Atlantic City,. |
Rev. Melvin Eraser |
Corisco. |
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Oct. 15, |
Rev. Charles Herr, D.D |
Jersey City. |
^Deceased.
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Ministers of the Synod of New Jersey.
Abbott, Justin IJ., Bombay, India. J. C. Adams, James Bailie, Elwood. W. J. Aikman. Wm., D.D., Atlantic City. W. J. Allen, .Vdolos, Cranbury. Men. Allen, I.yman W., D.D., Newark. X'r'k. Allen, William, Jr., Pennington. N. B. Anderson, Daniel B., Camden. W. J. Armstrong, Amzi L-, Dutch Neck. N. B. Armstrong, William P., Princeton. N. B.
Bagnall, Powhatan, Paterson. J. C. Baillie, John K., D.D., Hamburg. Newt. Bainton, Henry W., Riveredge. J. C. Baldwin, Caleb C, D.D., East Orange.
Newark. Baldwin, Theodore A., Broussa, Turkey.
Newark. Bale, Albert G., Asbury Park. Men. Bannard, William, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
W. J. Bartlett, Maitland V., Princeton. N. B. Bauer, Christopher, Long Hill. M. & O. Beach, Sylvester W., Bridgeton. W. J. Beadle, Heber H., Bridgeton. W. J. Beatty, Henry T., Ph.D., D.D., Hoboken.
J. C. Beaumont, James B., jMorristown. M. & O. Bell. John \\'., Beattystown. Newt. Bennett, Wm. Russell, Madison. M. & O. Bergen, George, Rutherford. J. C. Berger, Edward, Keyport. Mon. Blauvelt, I. Alstyne, D.D., Roselle. Eliz. Bliss, Edwin M., D.D.. Roselle. EHz. Booth, Fisher Howe, Tenafly. J. C. Boppell, Charles T., Philadelphia, Pa. Cor. Botsford, Alfred P., D.D., Woodbury.
W. J. Bowen, Thomas W., Lafayette. Newt. Brace, Frederic R., D.D., Blackwood. W. J. Bradley, Joseph H., D.D., National Soldiers'
Home, Va. Mon. Brenneman, Frank S. Greenwich. W'. J. Bridges, John J., Newark. N'rk. Bridges, Thomas R., Newark. N'rk. Bridges. William J., Bridgeton. W. J. Bridgman, Chester, Merchantville. W. J. Broening, Geo. H., Ph.D., MillviUe. W. J. Brooks, Walter A.. D.D.. Trenton. N. B. Brown, Allen H., Atlantic City. W. J. Brown, Arthur T., D.D., 156 Fifth Ave.,
New York. M. & O. Brown, Henry S., Newark. N'rk. Brown, Josiah J., Newark. N'rk. Bruen, Henry Munro, Taiku, Korea.
Newt. Bruen, James DeHart, Belvidere. Newt. Brundage, Henry E., Passaic. J. C. Bryant, Robert A.. Witherbee. N. Y. Newt. Buckle, George, Elizabeth. Eliz. Bulklev, Edwin A., D.D., New York. T. C. Bullard, Chas. B., East Orange. M. & (). Burtt, Robert J., Marksboro." Newt. Butler, Courtlandt P., Lakewood. Mon. Butler, Henry S., D.D., Blairstown. Newt.
Cadwell, Newton W., Westfield. Eliz. Cameron, Henry C, D.D., Princeton.
N. B. Camp, Daniel I., Deerfield. W. J.
Camjibell, Wm. I., Ringoes. N. B.
Candee, Charles L,., Riverton. Mon.
Carlile, Samuel, D.D., Newton. Newt.
Casanowicz, Immanuel M., Ph.D., Wash- ington, D. C. N'rk.
Casselberry, Wm. W., Haddonfield. W. J.
Chambers, I. Mench, Merchantville. W. J.
Chambers, Theodore F., Dover. M. & O.
Chapman, John C, D.D., Hackettstown. Newt.
Chester, Nelson B., Caldwell. N'rk.
Clark, James B., Mt. Airy. N. B.
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Cline, E. Clarke, Phillipsburg. Newt. Clyde, John C., D.D., Easton, Pa. Newt. Coale, James J., Toms River. Mon. Cobb, Eben B., D.D.. Elizabeth. Eliz. Cockins, James M., Cape May. W. J. Colville, Andrew, Bayonne. J. C. Condit, Charles B., Liberty Corner. Eliz. Condit, Isaac H., Newton. Newt. Conrow, Lester M., Lamington. Eliz. Converse, Charles S., Clifton Springs, N.
Y. Eliz. Cornish. F. Lincoln, Asbury. Newt. Coyle, Leonidas E., Bridgeton. W. J. Crawford, Josiah H., Cream Ridge. Mon. Cronin, Henry C, Jersey City. J. C. Crouse, Nathaniel P., Danville. Newt. Crowell, John, D.D., East Orange. M. & O. Curry, Joseph E., Cranbury. Mon. Curtis, Geo. L., Bloomfield. N'rk.
Dager, William M., Batanga. W. Afr. Dashiell, Alfred H., D.D., Lakewood.
Mon. Davies, John M., D.D., Gloucester City.
W. T. Davis, John D., Ph.D., D.D., Princeton.
N."B. Davis, Titus E.. Bound Brook. N. B. Dean, Artemas, D.D., Bloomfield. M. & O. Dennis, James S., D.D., 156 Fifth Ave.,
New York. N'rk. Devor, David Henry, Benita, W. Afr. Cor. DeWitt, John, D.D., LL.D., Princeton.
N. b:
Deyo, O. H. Perrv, Highland, N. Y. M.
& O. Dickson, Spencer C Pt. Pleasant. Mon. Dietrich, Otto H., Bloomfield. N'rk. Dillon, Edward, Woodbury. \\'. J. Dinsmore, Andrew A., D.D., Newark. .X'rk. Dixon, John, D.D.. Trenton. X. B. Dixon. Joseph, Beemerville. Newt. Dod, Samuel B., South Orange. M. & O. Dodd, William S., M.D., Ca;sarea, Turkey.
M. & O. Donaldson, George, Ph.D., Edgewater.
J. C. Doughty, Tames Walter, Hiroshima, Japan.
X. B." Douglass, Bryce K., Paterson. J. C. Dulles, Joseph II.. Princeton. N. B. Dunham". James II.. Mt. Holly. Mon. Dunlop, John G., Kanazawa, Japan. W. J. Dwight, Franklin B., Morristown. M. & O.
Edmondson, John P.., Belvidere. Newt.
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Ministers of the Synod of New Jersey.
Oct.,
Egbert, J. C, D.D., West Hoboken. J. C. Elmer, Theo. A., Jaffna, Ceylon. W. J. England, Elias B., D.D., Washington.
Newt. Erdman, Albert, D.D., Morristown.
M. & O. Erdman, John Pinney, Honolulu, Hawaii.
M. & O. Erdman, Paul, Sidon, Syria. M. & O. Evans, Chas. A., West Hoboken. J. C. Everett, Charles, D.D., Belmar. Mon. Everitt, Benjamin H., Titusville. N. B. Everitt, Benjamin S., D.D., New Gretna.
Mon. Ewing, John, D.D., Daretown. W. J. Ewing, Joseph L,., Jamesburg. Mon.
Fairley, Edwin, Roseland. N'rk.
Ferguson, James A., D.D., Hanover. M. & O.
Fergusson, E. Morris, Trenton. N. B.
Finney, William P., Moorestown. Mon.
Fishburn, Wm. H., D.D., Camden. W. J.
Fisher, John R., Newark. N'rk.
Folsoni, Joseph F., Kearny^ N'rk.
Ford, Henry T., Kansas City, Mo. J. C.
Foster, Daniel R., Trenton. N. B.
Fox, Herman C, D.D., Freehold. Mon.
Eraser, Melvin, Batanga, W. Afr. Cor.
Frazer, David R., D.D., Newark. N'rk.
Frey, Jacob A., Paterson. J. C.
Frissell, Hollis B., D.D., Hampton, Va. N'rk.
Fryling, William, Morris Plains. M. & O.
FuUerton, John Q. A., Princeton. N. B.
Fulton, Hugh K.7 Perrineville. Mon.
Furnajieff, Demeter N., Kustendil, Bul- garia. N. B.
Gabrielian, M. C, M.D., Pineville, Pa. N. B.
Gage, Raymond Hilliard, Wenonah. W. J.
Gallaway, Joshua B., Paterson. J. C.
Gamon, Robert I., Milford. N. B.
Gardner, Edward P., Chatham. M. & O.
Garretson, George R., West Summit. J. C.
Gibson, Tames R., Newark. N'rk.
Glover, Charles P., Vailsburg. N. B.
Graham, Harry T., Englishtown. Mon.
Graham, Samuel T., Dutch Neck. N. B.
Greene, George F., Cranford. Eliz.
Greene, Wm. Brenton, Jr., D.D., Prince- ton. N. B.
Greenway, Walter B., Lyons Farms. N'rk.
Greenleaf. Jonathan, Sparta. Newt.
Griffen, William E., Jersey City. J. C.
Gruhnert, Herman Carl, Orange. M. & O.
Hahn, Theodore. Bloomfield. N'rk. Haley, Charles T., D.D.. Newark. N'rk. Hall, George S., Newark. N'rk. Hall, Henrv R., Columbus. Mon. Halloway, William W'., D.D., Dover. M.
& O. Hamilton, Edgar A.. Deckertown. Newt. Hamilton, Samuel M., D.D., Englewood.
T. C. Hamilton, William B.. Elizabeth. Eliz. Hamner, T. Garland. Jr., Newark. N'rk. Hardin, Oscar J., Abieh, Svria. Newt. Haring, Harry W., D.D., Delanco. Mon. Harvey, Joseph C, Collingswood. W. J. Hathaway, Harle W., Elizabeth. Eliz. Hathaway, Israel W., D.D., New York.
J. C. Hazard, O. Howell. Trenton. N. B. Henrv, Harry H.. Montclair. N'rk. Herr.' Charles, D.D., Tersev City. J. C. Herring, Charles E., Plainfield. Eliz. Hertzog, George N., Cedarville. W. J.
Hibshman, Henry E., Vineland. N. B. Hickman, Frank D. P., Batanga, W. Afr.
Cor. Higgons, John A., Newark. N'rk. Hill, Horace P., Camden. W. J. Hillman, Joseph D., Harmony. Newt. Hinsdale, Horace G., D.D., Eakewood.
Mon. Hock, Carl T., Bloomfield. N'rk. Hock, Frederick W., Newark. N'rk. Hodge, Edward B., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
Mon. Honeyman, William E., Plainfield. Eliz. Hooper, Washington A., W'est Summit.
M. & O. Hoops, Henry H., Newark. N'rk. Hoppaugh, William, Springfield. Eliz. Hopwood, Isaiah B., D.D., Newark. N'rk. Houghtaling, Paul A., Riverton. Mon. Houston, Thomas, Elizabeth. J. C. Howell, Joseph, Hamilton Square. N. B. Hunt, Theodore W., LH.D., Princeton.
Eliz. Huntting, James M., Hackettstown. Newt. Hutchinson, David W., Paterson. J. C. Hutchison, John, Arlington. N'rk. Hutchison, S. Nye, Belvidere. Newt. Hynson, Nathan Dushane, Manasquan.
Mon.
Inglis, Robert S., Newark. N'rk. Ingram, George H., Trenton. N. B. Irving, David O., East Orange. M. & O. Iserman, Harvey, Ridgewood. J. C. Itongolo, Batanga, West Africa. Cor.
Taneway, Harry L,., New Brighton, N. Y.
W. J. Johns, William H., Woodbury. W. J. Johnson, Alfred V. C, Monsey, N. Y.
M. & O. Johnson, Benjamin P., New York. W. J. Johnson, Frederick VV., D.D., Clayton.
W. J. Johnson, Leonard Z., Princeton. N. B. Johnston, William C., Batanga, West
Africa. Cor. Jones, D. Lloyd, Stillwater. Newt. Junkin, Chas. I., Englewood. J. C.
Karnell, Aimer W., LTnion. Eliz. Keigwin, Albert Edwin, Newark. N'rk. Kempshall, Everard, D.D., Elizabeth.
Eliz. Kennedy, James B., Trenton. N. B. Kern, John F., Orange. M. & O. Kern, William J., South River. Mon. Kerr, John T.. Elizabeth. Eliz. Kerr, Oliver A., Bordentown. Mon. Kilbourn. John K., D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
W. L" King, David H., D.D., \'ineland. W. J. Klein, Chas. F. A., D.D., Rahway. Eliz. Knauer, Frederick G., Omaha, Neb. Cor. Knipe, Samuel W., Oceanic. Mon. Knox, William W., D.D., New Brunswick.
N. B. Kohler, Ferdinand N.. Carlstadt. J. C. Krause, J. Calvin, Williamstown. W. J. Kuebler, C. Rudolph, Hackensack. J. C. Kugler, John B., Junction. N. B.
Labaree, Benjamin, D.D., Urumiah, Persia.
Eliz. Lampman, Lewis, D.D., Newark. N'rk. Landis, John L., Cane May. W. J. Landis, Henry M., Tokio, Japan. N. B. Lange, Richardj 156 Fifth Ave., N. \.
LaVelle, James, New York. M. & O.
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Laverty, David H., D.D., Cold Spring.
^V. J- Leary, Lewis G., Beirut, Syria. Eliz. Leavens, Philo F., D.D., Passaic. J. C. Leeds, Harry, Reaville. N. B. Liggett, John A., D.D., Railway. Eliz. Lloyd, George W., Branch ville. Newt. Locklier, John H., Newark. N'rk. Lockwood, V. Le Roy, D.D., East Orange.
N'rk. Long, Thomas S., Dayton. N. B. Louderbough, William V., Salem. W. J. Love, Edward, Plainfield. Eliz. Lowden, John W., Pleasant Grove. M. & O. Ludlow, James M., D.D., East Orange.
M. & O. Lukens, Frank, Burlington. Mon. Lusk, Davis W., Newark. N'rk. Lyle, Albert F., Newark. N'rk.
MacBride, Robert Irwin, Trenton. N. B. MacCauley, Hugh B., Trenton. N. B. McCleary, Charles \V., Batanga, West
Africa. Cor. McClellan, Charles H., D.D., Lakewood.
Mon. McClelland, Hugh R., Ph.D., Paterson.
J. C. MacClements, Samuel R., Ph.D., Ruther- ford. J. C. McCorkell, John B., Paulsboro. W. J. McFarland, Everitt O., Newark. N'rk. McHenry, H. Preston, German Valley.
M. & O. McKelvey, Joseph O., Plainfield. Eliz. McKinney, Wm. K., Hammonton. W. J. MacKubbin, Henry A., Lambertville. N. B. McLanahan, Samuel, Lawrenceville. N. B. McLaury, Edward A., Marksboro. Newt. Macloskie, George, LL-D., Princeton. N. B. McMillan, John, B.D., Atlantic City. W. J. McNair, Wilmer, Pottersville. Mon. Macnaughtan, John, D.D., Morristown.
M. & O. McNaughton, James P., Smyrna, Turkey.
J. C. McNulty, Joseph M., D.D., Woodbridge.
Eliz. Magie, David, D.D., Paterson. J. C. Mason, James G., D.D., Metuchen. Eliz. Maugeri, Giacomo, Caltanisetta, Italy.
N. B. Melkonyan, Samuel L., Tarsus, Syria. N. B. Mendenhall, Harlan G., D.D., Perth Amboy.
Eliz. Mewhinney, William J., O.xford. Newt. Miller, Franklin E., D.D., Paterson. J. C. Milligan, Robert Henry, Gaboon, W. Afr.
Cor. Minutilla, A., Hammonton. W. J. Mitchell, Charles P.., Montclair. N'rk. Mitchell. Eugene A., Elizabeth. Eliz. Mi.x, Eldridge, D.D., A\'orcester, Mass.
M. & O. Montgomery, Theophilus E-, Jersey City.
Moore, William, Lakehurst. Mon. Moore, Wm. Long, Frenchtown. N. B. Morgan, Benj. I., Stanhope. Newt. Morgan, Minot S., El wood. W. T. Mott, Henry Elliott, D.D., Elizabeth.
Eliz. Mudge, Lewis S., Princeton. N. B. Mudge, Lewis W., D.D., Princeton. N. B. Mundy, Ezra F., New Brunswick. Eliz. Mundy, Frank J., D.D., Atlantic City.
W. J. Murgatroyd, Edwin R.. New Vernon.
M. & O.
Murphy, Archibald A., New Brunswick.
N. B. Myongo, Frank S., Benita, W. Africa. Cor.
Nassau, Robert Hamill, D.D., Batanga, W.
Afr. Cor. Nesbit, Harry, Bayonne. Eliz. Newman, Frederick B., Trenton. N. B. Ngande, George S., Bata, W. Afr. Noble, George P., Mendham. M. & O. Nott, Charles D., D.D., New York. Newt. Nyenye, Etiyani ya, Bata, W. Africa. Cor.
O'Brien, John Howard, Clarksboro. W. J. Orris, S. Stanhope, Ph.D., L.H.D., Prince- ton. N. B. Osborn, Conover Samuel, Chester. M. & O. Osier, J. Thompson, West Milford. J. C. Ottman, Ford C., Newark. N'rk. Owens, James H., Paterson. J. C.
Palmer, S. Fielder, Paterson. J. C. Pannell, William T., Flanders. M. & O. Parker, Archibald F., Rutherford. J. C. Parry, Samuel, Pluckemin. Eliz. Parziale, Joseph, Madison. M. & O. Patterson, Isaac M., Trenton. N. B. Patterson, John F., D.D., Orange. M. & O. Patton, Francis L-, D.D., LL.D., Prince- ton. N. B. Paull, George A., Bloomfield. N'rk. Payson, Edward P., Montclair. N'rk. Payson, George H., D.D., Rahway. Eliz. Payson, George Phillips. Milburn. M. & O. Peach, Robert Westly. Camden. W. J. Peeke, George H., Verona. N'rk. Pesaturo, Francesco, Newark. N'rk. Peters, John E.. Sc.D., Camden. W. J. Pratt, Henry B., Montville. J. C. Prentice, Sartell. Jr.. Newark. N'rk. Price, Samuel D., Shrewsbury. Mon. Provan, James, Andover. Newt.
Qual, Martin H., Newark. N'rk.
Rawlins, James E., Jersey City. J. C. Raymond, George L., L-H.D., Princeton.
N. B. Reed, Orville, Montclair. N'rk. Reeve, John T., Basking Ridge. Eliz. Reeves, Thomas A., Rockaway. M. & O. Reid, Albert, Kingston. N. B. Reinke, Edwin J., Stewartsville. Newt. Richards, William R., D.D., Plainfield.
Eliz. Richie, Wm. N., D.D., Asbury Park. Mon. Richmond, Geo. L-, Boonton. M. & O. Riggs, Tames F., D.D., East Orange. M.
& O. Robeson, Wm. D., Princeton. N. B. Rogan, James W., D.D., Flemington. N. B. Rowland, Samuel T., D.D., Clinton. Eliz. Rundall, Herbert R., Atlantic City. W. J. Rutherford, John, Arlington. M. & O.
Sassaman, Horace D., Parsippany. M. & O. Schelly, Percy Y., Phillipsburg. Newt. Schneegas, Charles, Camden. W. J. Schumacher, Gustav. Rahway. Eliz. Scofield, John H., Manchester, Iowa. M.
& O. Seibert, George C, Ph.D., D.D., Glenridge.
N'rk. Seibert, Henry W., Ph.D., Newark. N'rk.. Serafini, Vincent, Trenton. N. B. Shannon, Thomas B.. Vailsburg. M. & O. Sharpe, John C D.D.. Blairstown. Newt. Sharpe, Robert H.. Oak Ridge. J. C. Sharpless, Albert S., Bridgeton. W. J.
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Shaw, Charles D., D.D., Paterson. J. C. Sheddan, William Boyd, Hazen. Newt. Sherwood, Nathan M., jersey City. J. C. Shields, Edward P., D.D., Bridgeton. VV. J. Simanton, Epliraim, Hackettstown. Newt. Simanton, Thomas M., Califon. Eliz. Sluter, George, Stirling. J. C. Smith, Baker, D.D., Fairmount. . M. & O. Smith, George L., Elmer. W. J. Smith, W. Everitt, Mays Landing. W^ J. Smyth, George H., D.D., East Orange.
M. & O. Snyder, Alfred J., Bridgeton. W. J. Snyder, Edward, Deckertown. Newt. Sperbeck, Henry C, Glassboro. W. J. Spining, Geo. L,-, D.D., South Orange.
M. & O. Spooner, Arthur \V., D.D., Camden. W. J. Sproul, Nathaniel J., Dunellen. Eliz. Staiger, Albert K., Atlantic City. VV. L Stanley, Frederic J., D.D., Atlantic City.
W. J. Steckel, Samuel W., Pleasantville. \\ . J. Steen, William S., Philadelphia, Pa. Mon. Stevenson, David, D.D., Perth ^\.mbov.
Eliz. Stevenson, Josiah T., Atco. W. J. Stier, Richard R., Sayreville. Mon. Stock well, Frederick E., Beverly. Mon. Stoddard, Elijah W., D.D., Succasunna.
M. & O. Stofflet, James P., Woodridge. J. C. Stonelake, Chas. A., Newark. N'rk. Street, Robert, Rosalie. Eliz. Strock, Linius L., Hopewell. N. B. Strong, Charles R., New Brunswick. N. B. Stuchell, John E., Elizabeth. Eliz. Stuchell, William Torrence, Jersey City.
J. C. Studdiford, Samuel M., D.D., Trenton.
N. B. Swain, George, D.D., Allentown. Mon. Symanski, Julius O. F., Camden. \\'. J. Symmes, Frank R., Tennent. Mon. Symmes, Jos. G., Burlington. Mon.
Thomas, John M., East Orange. M. & O. Thompson, Arthur Newton, D.D., Jersey
City. J. C. Thompson, Samuel H., LL.D., Red Bank.
Mon. Thomson, Robert, Samakov, Bulgaria.
N'rk. Thomson, William, Stewartsville. Newt. Thurlow, Harold M., Branchville. Newt. Tildon, Frederick D., Plainfield. Eliz. Titus, Albert C, Trenton. N. B. Tomson, George W., Woodbury. W. J. Townsend, Charles, Orange. AI. & O. Trimble, William J., D.D., Vineland.
W. J. Turner, John, Bridgeton. W. J. Twining, Kinsley, D.D., 156 Fifth Ave.,
N. Y. M. & O.
Tyack, Thomas, D.D., Hightstown. Mon.
Umberger, James B., D.D., Junction.
Newt. Underwood, Horace G., D.D., Seoul, Korea.
J. C. Updike, Hartley T., Trenton. N. B.
Van Alen, George L,., Blackwood. W. J. Van Allen, Charles E., Coolbaughs, Pa.
Newt. Vanderbeek, Henry C, Newark. N'rk. Van Dyke, Henry, D.D., Princeton. N. B. \'an Dyke, James \V'., Stockton. N. B. Van Dyke, Joseph S., D.D., Trenton. Mon. Van Note, Eugene M., Tuckerton. Mon. Van Syckle, Phineas B., New York. N. B. Vermilye, Dupuytren, Ridgewood. J. C. ^'oegelin, F. E., Pleasantdale. M. & O. Voorhies, William S., D.D., Trenton.
N. B. \'os, Geerhardus, D.D., Ph.D., Princeton.
N. B. Vries, J. Hendrik de, Princeton. N. B.
Wall, Edward, South Orange. M. & O. Wanderer, Adolphus E., Paterson. J. C. Warfield, Benjamin B., D.D., LE-D.,
Princeton. N. B. Warne, D. Ruby, Trenton Jc. N. B. Webb, Samuel G., Lakewood. Mon. Weber, Henry J., Ph.D., Bloomfield. N'rk. Wells, John A., Bernardsville. Eliz. \\'eston, Albert E., Farmingdale. Mon. Whitaker, Charles H.. Bordentown. Mon. White, Henry Kirk, Dover. M. & O. White, Israel A., Whippany. M. & O. White, Stanley, Orange. M. & O. White, Theodore F., D.D., Summit. M.
& O. Whitman, John S., New York. Eliz. V\ ilHams, Augustus W., Ocean City. W. J. Williamson, Joseph G., Sidney. Eliz. Willits, Alphonso A., D.D., Spring Lake.
Mon. Wilson, Thaddeus, D.D., Spring Eake.
Mon. Wirth, Albert E., Elizabeth. Eliz. Wolfe, Aaron R., Montclair. N'rk. Wolff, Julius H., D.D., Newark. N'rk. Woodbridge, John, D, D., Pasadena. Cal.
N. B. Woolverton, William H., St^kton. M. & O. Wright, Ormond W., Barnegat. Mon. Wyckoff, James, Leonia. J. C. \\'ynkoop, Asa, South Orange. M. & O.
Young, Alexander H., D.D., Matawan.
Mon. Young, James S., Garfield. J. C.
Zesch, Ferdinand Otto, Ph.D., Bloomfield. N'rk. Total number of Ministers, 459-
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Addresses, 15. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Allotments and apportionments, Sj'nodical Home Missions 13, 14
Aid for Colleges, 24, 26
American Bible Societj' 23
American Tract Society, 24
Apportionments, igoi-1902, 23
Arrangements, 7
Attendance at Synod, 30
Auditing Committee, 1902, 10
Bills and Overtures, 9, 15
Bills to be paid, 29
Charter of 1749 18
Committees, Permanent, 11, 20. 29. 123
Foreign Missions, 12, 66
Home Missions, 20
Historical Materials 18, 100
Necrology 16, 39
Sabbath Observance 24, 88
Sabbath-school Work 20, 82
Synodical Home Missions, 12, 46
Systematic Beneficence 17, 93
Temperance 26, 90
Work Among Foreign Populations 2^, 92
Young People's Societies 25, 84
•Committees, Standing g
Arrangements 7
Bills and Overtures 9, 15
Judicial Business 10. 27
Minutes of General Assembly 10. 21
Narrative, 1902, 10
Finance, 10, 23
Presbyterial Records, 10, 21, 30
Synodical Home Mission Accounts 10. 30
Committees, Special—
On Nassau Hall Tablet 30
On Papers of Synod 19
On Delegated Synod ! 16
On Law of Trustees 17
On Charter of 1749 18
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132 Index.
Committees, Special — Continued. page
On Twentieth Century Fund, 21, 29
On Docket, 27
On Evangelistic Work, 29
Custodians, Historical Materials, 19, 98
Death of President, 8, 9
Delegated Body, I5, 16
Education, 22
Evangelistic Work, I9, 29
Exception to Minutes, 11, 15. 28
Memorial, Rev. Wm. N. Richie, D.D 15, 27
Ministerial Relief, 21
Minutes of Synod, . . -.' 1 1
Moderator, 3. 7
Monmouth Records, 28
Narrative, 16, 35
Nassau Hall Tablet, 30, 39
Necrology, ■ 16, 39
Overture to Assembly, 25
Place of Next Meeting, 3°
Presbyterial Records, 21, 30
Roll of Synod, 4-7
Standing Rules, 20
Stated Clerk, n
Synodical Home Missions, 12, 13, 46
Treasurer's Report, 12, 54
Thanks, Resolutions of, 28
Treasurer's Report, 1 1- ^O"
Treasurer of Trustees, 1 1, 105
Treasurer Synodical Home Missions, 13, I4
Vice- Moderator, 9
Washington Church, n, IS
Woman's Home Missions, 16, 22, 70, 72
Woman's Foreign Missions, 16, 21, 77, 80
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