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46  Treasurer's  Report— Home  Missions.  Oct., 

Orange  gave  twenty  dollars  ;  three  persons,  members  of  churches 
in  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  gave  three  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars,  and  several  other  persons  therein  gave  fifty-three  dollars  for 
the  credit  of  the  Presbytery  ;  a  member  of  a  church  in  the  Presby- 
tery of  Newton  gave  six  dollars  ;  and  a  member  of  the  Presbytery 
of  West  Jersey  gave  fifteen  dollars.  All  of  the  contributions  are 
set  forth  with  particularity  in  Schedule  3  hereunder  written  ;  and 
in  Schedule  4  hereunder  written,  the  contributions  during  the 
eighth  and  ninth  fiscal  years  are  compared  by  Presbyteries.  At  this 
point,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  remark  that  now,  as  in  time  past,  the 
word,  "  church  "  is  not  always  used  with  perfect  accuracy.  It  may 
sometimes  mean  mission  chapels  or  stations  as  well  as  churches 
fully  organized  ;  it  may  sometimes  mean  not  only  congregations 
steadily  worshipping  at  particular  places,  but  also  Sabbath-schools, 
and  societies  and  bands  connected  with  them.  For  a  correct  classi- 
fication of  the  agents  from  which  the  work  of  Synodical  Home  Mis- 
sions has  received  support,  reference  should  be  made  to  Schedule  3 
and  the  Summary  of  Account.  From  the  latter,  it  appears  that  the 
contributions  in  the  last  year  from  congregations,  amounted  to 
fourteen  thousand,  five  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  and  forty- 
one  cents  ;  from  Sabbath-schools,  to  seven  hundred  and  fifty-nine 
dollars  and  fifty-three  cents  ;  from  societies  and  bands,  to  six  hun- 
dred dollars  and  ten  cents,  and  from  individuals,  to  four  hundred 
and  seventy-nine  dollars. 

In  the  further  performance  of  the  work,  there  have  been  paid  out 
for  the  services  of  ministers  or  missionaries  rendered  in  the  first 
quarter  of  the  year,  three  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  thirteen 
dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  ;  for  like  services  in  the  second  quar- 
ter of  the  year,  three  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  eighty-six  dol- 
lars and  seventy-one  cents  ;  for  like  services  in  the  third  quarter  of 
the  year,  three  thousand,  six  hundred  and  thirty-one  dollars ;  and 
for  like  services  in  the  fourth  quarter  of  the  year,  two  hundred  and 
thirty-three  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents.  There  were  also  paid 
out  for  similar  services  rendered  in  the  preceding  year  three  thou- 
sand, two  hundred  and  ninety-two  dollars  and  sixty-four  cents. 
From  a  different  stand-point,  your  Treasurer  may  say  that  during 
the  year  there  have  been  paid  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or  mis- 
sionaries in  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth,  five  hundred  and  twentj^- 
five  dollars ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the 
Presbytery  of  Jersey  City,  two  thousand,  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
four  dollars  and  eighty-three  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers 
or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  three  thousand, 
two  hundred  and  ninety-one  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents,  and  to 
the  Presbyterial  missionary  in  the  same,  three  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven  dollars  and  sixty-two  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or 
missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange,  one  thousand, 


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four  hundred  and  twelve  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of 
ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  one  thou- 
sand, five  hundred  and  fifty-six  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  ;  to  or 
for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  five  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars  ;  to  or  for  the 
use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Newton,  seven 
hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents  ;  and  to  or 
for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  West 
Jersey,  three  thousand,  six  hundred  and  thirty-five  dollars  and 
eighty-three  cents,  and  to  the  Presbyterial  missionary  in  the  same, 
three  hundred  and  sixty-nine  dollars  and  eighty  cents.  For  print- 
ing and  publishing,  your  Treasurer  has  paid  away  seventy-seven 
dollars  and  eight  cents  ;  for  postage  and  express  charges,  forty  six 
dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents  ;  for  interest,  sixteen  dollars  and  eleven 
cents ;  and  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  Permanent  Committee, 
thirty  dollars  and  fifty-two  cents.  All  of  the  expenditures  are  set 
forth  in  subdivisions  i  and  2  of  Schedule  5  hereunder  written  ;  and 
in  Schedule  6  hereunder  written,  the  payments  to  or  for  the  use  of 
ministers  and  missionaries  during  the  eighth  and  ninth  fiscal  years 
are  compared  by  Presbyteries.  From  the  Summary  of  Account,  it 
further  appears  that  the  payments  during  the  year  for  the  services 
of  ministers  or  missionaries  amounted  to  fourteen  thousand,  seven 
hundred  and  fifty-seven  dollars  and  forty-three  cents  ;  and  for  the 
expenses  of  administration  to  one  hundred  and  seventy  dollars  and 
forty  cents — these  payments  leaving  in  the  treasury  a  balance  of 
five  thousand,  one  hundred  and  sixty-four  dollars  and  seven  cents. 
Lest  a  large  balance  in  the  treasury  should  prove  a  hindrance  to 
contributions,  and  lest  by  attempting  to  guess  he  should  fall  into 
error,  your  Treasurer  has  deemed  it  expedient  to  inquire  what  sum 
will  shortly  be  drawn  out  in  payment  for  the  services  of  ministers 
or  missionaries,  rendered  in  the  fourth  quarter  of  the  last  year. 
This  sum  he  is  credibly  informed  will  be  three  thousaad,  eight  hun- 
dred and  eighty-seven  dollars  and  seventy-eight  cents  ;  so  that  the 
balance  in  the  treasury  may  soon  be  reduced  by  sundry  payments 
to  twelve  hundred  and  seventy-six  dollars  and  twenty-nine  cents. 

In  his  last  report  your  Treasurer  had  occasion  to  record  certain 
"first  instances"  in  the  progress  of  the  work  ;  in  this  he  makes 
mention  of  some  "  greatest  occurrences."  Three  hundred  and  six 
churches  have  contributed  to  the  Synodical  Home  Mission  Fund 
during  the  last  year — the  greatest  number  giving  in  any  one  year 
since  the  work  was  undertaken.  Five  Presbyteries  have  in  their 
giving  gone  beyond  the  limit  of  your  expectations  ;  no  greater 
number  have  ever  been  found  so  doing.  Sixteen  thousand,  four 
hundred  and  thirteen  dollars  and  four  cents  have  been  contributed 
for  the  work— the  greatest  sum  raised  in  any  year.  The  advance  in 
the  contributions  over  those  of  the  preceding  year  is  one  thousand 


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MINUTES 


OF  THE 


Seventy-Third  Annual  Session 


OF  THE 


Synod  of  ]\lew  Jersey 


HELD  IN  THE 


First  Presbyterian  Church, 


New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  October,  1895, 


WITH  AN  APPENDIX. 


Published  by  Order  of  the  Synod,  under  the  Direction  of 
THE  Stated  Clerk 


TRENTON,  N.  J.: 

MacCkELLISH   &    QUIGLEY,    BoOK   AND   JOB    PkINTBRS. 


Officers  of  the  Synod. 


Moderator, 
REV.  HENRY  S.  BUTLER,  D.D Blairstown,  N.J. 


Vice-Moderator, 
REV.  JOHN  C.  CLYDE,  D.D., Bloomsbury,  N.  J. 

Stated  Clerk, 
REV.  WALTER  A.  BROOKS,  D.D Trenton,  N.  J. 


Permanent  Clerk, 
REV.  BENJAMIN  S.  EVERITT,  D.D.,  ....  Jamesburg,  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, 
ELMER  EWTING  green,  Esq. Trenton,  N.  J. 


MINUTES 

OF  THE 

SEVENTY-THIRD    ANNUAL   SESSION 

OF  THE 

Synod-  of  New  Jersey. 


The  Synod  of  New  Jersey  met  at  New  Brunswick,  in  the 
First  Church,  on  Tuesday,  October  15th,  1895,  at  3  o'clock 
P.M. 

After  devotional  services,  the  following  communication 
from  the  Moderator  was  read  : 

Blackwood,  N.  J.,  October  nth,  1895.  Lecter  from  the 
Dear  Brethren  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey -It  was  Moderator. 
my  hope,  at  the  closing  of  the  session  of  the  Synod  of  New 
Jersey  last  year,  to  be  permitted  to  come  to  you  this  year  with 
a  rich  experience,  obtained  from  an  acquaintance  with  the 
places  where  our  Lord  and  Master  lived  and  taught  and  died 
and  rose  again,  but  He  ordered  otherwise,  frustrating  my 
plans,  laying  me  upon  a  bed  of  pain  and  weakness  and  retiring 
me  from  active  work  altogether.  I  went  on  my  trip  to  the 
Holy  Land,  was  taken  down  with  pneumonia  and  pleurisy  on 
the  steamship  four  days  after  we  left  New  York,  was  confined 
to  my  stateroom  three  weeks  and  to  the  ship  forty  days.  I  was 
not  able  to  put  my  foot  on  the  land  I  so  earnestly  desired  to 
see. 

Since  my  return  I  have  been  somewhat  of  an  invalid.  The 
last  two  months,  from  a  relapse  of  lung  trouble,  I  have  been  con- 
fined to  my  home.  But  the  Lord  does  all  things  well,  and  as 
His  servant  I  humbly  submit  to  His  will. 

The  apostle  Paul  said,  "  My  heart's  desire  and  prayer  to  God 
for  Israel  is,  that  they  may  be  saved."  So,  I  think  I  can  say, 
my  heart's  desire  and  prayer  to  God  for  New  Jersey  is,  that  the 
people  of  this  State  may  be  saved.  Within  its  bounds  our 
Synod  has  been  placed  by  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church.  This 
is  the  vineyard  which  we  are  especially  to  cultivate.  To  this 
end  let  our  prayers  go  up  as  the  prayer  of  one  man,  let  our 


4  Minutes  op  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct., 

work  be  an  earnest,  whole-hearted,  united  work.  Let  the 
strong  churches  thank  God  for  their  strength  and  then  with 
strong,  loving  arms  reach  out  to  the  weak  to  help  them  along 
as  they  endeavor  to  reach  a  condition  of  strength  too. 

My  brethren,  do  not  forget  the  weak  churches,  some  of  them 
in  these  days  of  drought  and  destruction  of  crops  and  stagna- 
tion in  many  kinds  of  business  struggling  for  their  very  life. 

May  the  blessing  of  the  dear  Master  rest  upon  you.  May  all 
your  deliberations  be  guided  by  the  Infinite  Wisdom  and  result 
in  a  great  and  blessed  and  successful  work  by  the  church  for 
the  conversion  of  sinners  and  for  the  building  up  of  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

Your  brother  in  Christ, 

F.  R.  Brace. 

The  Synod  then  listened  to  a  sermon  by  the  Vice-Mod- 
erator, Rev.  George  Svi^ain,  D.D.,  from  I  Timothy,  1:12. 

At  the  close  of  the  sermon,  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's 
Supper  was  administered.  In  this  service  the  Vice  Mod- 
erator was  assisted  by  Rev.  William  J.  Bridges  and  Rev. 
John  C.  Clyde,  D.D.,  and  by  the  following  Ruling  Elders  : 
W.  W.  Willetts,  J.  S.  Bidden,  Hugh  B.  Ely,  J.  C.  Hepburn, 
M.D.,  W.  S.  Ward,  James  P.  Langdon,  Theophilus  W. 
Trenchard,  David  R.  Hull,  Henry  D.  Oliphant,  James 
Steen,  Robert  Blake,  H.  N.  Demorest. 

The  Synod  was  constituted  with  prayer  by  the  Vice-Mod- 
erator. 

RoiiofSynid.         Thcroll  was  called,   and  the  following  members  were 
found  present : 

Presbytery  of  Oorisco. 

Ministers — None. 
Ruling  Elders — None. 

Presbytery  of  Elizabeth. 

Ministers —Joseph  M.  McNulty,  D.D.,  Everard  Kempshall, 
D.D.,  J.  Garland  Hamner,  D.D.,  I.  Alstyne  Blauvelt,  D.D., 
John  A.  Liggett,  D.D.,  Charles  S.  Converse,  Abram  I.  Martine, 
Wm.  R.  Richards,  D.D.,  Eben  B.  Cobb,  D.D,,  Samuel  J.  Row- 


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land,  Geo.  H.  Payson,  Henry  A.  MacKubbin,  John  T.  Kerr, 
Newton  W.  Cadwell,  Wm.  A.  Alexander  (2),  George  Buckle, 
Wm.  Hoppaugh,  Albert  E.  Wirth,  Geo.  Kennedy  Newell, 
Joseph  O.  McKelvey  (2),  George  B.  Van  Dyke  (2),  David  Ste- 
venson, D.D.,  Jacob  A.  Frey,  Samuel  Parry  (3),  Harle  W.  Hath- 
away (3)— 25. 

Ruling  Elders— N.  W.  Voorhees,  Clinton  ;  G.  L.  Headley, 
Connecticut  Farms  ;  Chas.  H.  Langdon,  Elizabeth,  First  ;  W. 
W.  Willets,  Elizabeth,  Second  ;  B.  M.  Ogden,  Elizabeth,  Third  ; 
Cornelius  H.  Clark,  Elizabeth,  Westminster  ;  A.  C.  Sutphen, 
Lamington  ;  Arthur  W.  Marshall,  Metuchen  ;  E.  M.  Barnes, 
Perth  Amboy  ;  A.  L.  Cadmus  (2),  Plainfield,  First ;  F.  H.  An- 
drews, Plainfield,  Crescent  Avenue  ;  Andrew  Lindsley,  Rahway, 
Second  ;  George  H.  Freeh,  Roselle  ;  H.  N.  Demorest,  Wood- 
bridge — 14. 

Presbytery  of  Jersey  City. 

Ministers— Edwin  A.  Bulkley,  D.D.,  David  Mitchell,  Chas. 
D.  Shaw,  D.D.,  Dupuytren  Vermilye,  J.  Thompson  Osier, 
Henry  T.  Ford,  George  R.  Garretson,  Israel  W.  Hathaway, 
D  D.,  Charles  Herr,  D.D.,  James  H.  Owens  (2),  James  S.  Young, 
Henry  T.  Beatty,  C.  Rudolph  Kuebler,  Franklin  E.  Miller, 
D.D.— 14. 

Ruling  Elders  —  Herbert  P.  Campbell,  Hoboken,  First; 
J.  H.  Halsey,  Jersey  City,  First  ;  J.  S.  Biddell,  Passaic  ;  W.  H. 
H.  Stryker,  Paterson,  Second— 4. 


Presbytery  of  Monnaouth. 

Ministers— Alfred  H.  Dashiell,  D.D.,  Benj.  S.  Everitt,  D.D., 
Maxwell  S.  Rowland  (2),  Joseph  S.  Van  Dyke,  D.D.,  Edward 
B.  Hodge,  DD.,  Alexander  H.  Young,  D.D.,  George  Swain, 
D.D.,  James  J.  Coale,  Charles  H.  McClellan,  D.D.,  Henry  R. 
Hall,  Samuel  W.  Knipe  (2),  John  P.  Dawson,  Thomas  Tyack, 
D.D.,  Oliver  A.  Kerr,  Wm.  L.  Cunningham,  D.D.,  Chas.  Ev- 
erett, Henry  G.  Smith,  Frank  R.  Symmes,  Wm.  P.  Finney, 
Wilmer  McNair  (2),  Jos.  E.  Curry,  Richard  R.  Stier  (2),  Mait- 
land  Alexander,  James  E.  Grant,  Nathaniel  J.  Sproul,  Harry 
W.  Haring,  Jos.  K.  Freed,  Nathan  D.  Hynson,  James  A.  Mathe- 
son  (2),  Frank  Lukens,  J.  Edgar  Franklin  (2) — 31. 

Ruling  Elders — Samuel  F.  Fowler,  AUentown  ;  E.  I.  Ford, 
M.D.,  Asbury  Paik,  First  ;  Hugh  B.  Ely,  Beverly  ;  George 
Thomas,  Cranbury,  First  ;  D.  C.  Lewis,  Cranbury,  Second  ; 
Thomas  Campbell,  Englishtown  ;  Chas.  E.  Hall,  MD.,  Free- 
hold ;  Wm.  T.  Smock,  Hightstown  ;  Taylor  Mount,  Jamesburg  ; 


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E.  McKinney,  M.D.,  Keyport  ;  H.  S.  Simons,  Lakewood  ; 
David  Baird  (2),  Manalapan  ;  O.  A.  Curtis,  Manasquan  ;  Wm. 
L.  Terhune,  Matawan  ;  W.  W.  Davidson,  Moorestown  ;  David 
Harvey  (2),  Oceanic  ;  James  Steen,  Shrewsbury  ;  W.  H.  Reed, 
Tennent— 18. 


Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange. 

Ministers— Robert  Aikmau,  D.D.,  O.  H.  Perry  Deyo.  Baker 
Smith,  D.D.,  Albert  Erdman,  D.D.,  John  H.  Scofield,  Edward 
P.  Gardner  (2),  John  R.  Fisher  (2),  Wm.  W.  Halloway,  |r., 
DD.,  Geo.  P.  Noble,  Herman  C.  Gruhnert,  Chas.  B.  Bullard, 
Edwin  R.  Murgatroyd,  Wm,  H.  Woolverton,  David  Blumen- 
feld  (2),  Stanley  White,  John  F.  Kern,  Sidney  C.  Conger.  John 
M.  Thomas,  Wm.  Russell  Bennett  (2),  John  F.  Patterson,  Alex. 
N.  Carson,  D.D..  Chas.  Tovpnsead  (2)— 22. 

Ruling  Elders— Hudson  Muchmore  (2),  Chatham  ;  J.  C. 
Hepburn,  M.D.,  Brick,  East  Orange;  Hugh  Lamb,  Arlington 
Ave.,  East  Orange;  Aaron  Carter,  Hillside;  Robert  Blake, 
Madison  ;  Stephen  Babbitt,  Mendham,  First ;  D.  F.  S.  Brad- 
ford, Morristovpn,  South  Street ;  D.  L.  Morris,  New  Vernon  ;  E. 
H.  Williams,  Orange,  First ;  H.  B.  Auchincloss,  Orange,  Cen- 
tral ;  F.  S.  Phraner  (2),  Summit— 11. 


Presbytery  of  New^ark. 

Ministers -V.  Le  Roy  Lockwood,  D.D.,  Charles  T.  Haley, 
D  D.  (2),  Isaiah  B.  Hopwood,  D.D.,  Chas.  E.  Knox,  D.D., 
David  R.  Frazer,  D.D.,  A.  Nelsoa  Hollifield,  D.D.,  Lewis 
Lampman,  D.D.,  Wm.  A.  Nordt,  Julius  H.  WolfF,  Davis  W. 
Lusk,  Hugh  B.  MacCauley,  Lyman  Whitney  Allen  (2),  Ford  C. 
Ottman,  J.  Garland  Hamner,  Jr.,  Henry  C.  Vanderbeck  (2) 
Geo  H.  Bonsall  (2),  Edward  J,  Lloyd,  Robinson  P.  D.  Bennett, 
John  Hutchison— 19. 

Ruling  Elders— John  C.  Woodruflf,  Newark,  First ;  Samuel 
Peloubet  (2),  Bloomfield  ;  C.  B.  Crane  (2),  Caldwell  ;  Wm.  R. 
Ward  (2),  Lj'ons  Farms  ;  Jos.  S.  Clark  (2),  Newark,  Calvary  ; 
Henry  E  Ogden,  Newark,  Central  ;  W.  S.  Ward,  Newark, 
Second  ;  Wm.  Rankin,  M.D.,  Newark,  Third  ;  Wm.  McKenzie 
(2),  Newark,  Sixth  ;  Chas.  Holzhauer,  Newark,  High  Street : 
Jos.  Webber,  Newark,  Memorial  ;  Philip  Doremus,  Montclair, 
Trinity  ;  Fred.  H.  Pierson  (2),  Newark,  Fewsmith  Memorial  ; 
G.  H.  Teller,  Woodside— 15. 


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Presbytery  of  Ne^v  Bruns^vick. 

Ministers— John  Woodbridge,  D.D.,  John  T.  Duffield,  D.D., 
Samuel  J.  Milliken.  George  S.  Mott,  D.D.,  Amzi  L.  Armstrong, 
Samuel  M.  Studdiford,  D.D.,  John  B.  Kugler,  Henry  C. 
Cameron,  D.D.,  O.  Howell  Hazard,  Charles  P.  Glover,  Daniel 
R.  Foster,  Thomas  S.  Long,  William  W.  Knox,  D.D.,  James 
Roberts,  D.D.,  James  W.  Van  Dyke,  John  Dixon,  D.D.,  Frank 
B.  Everitt,  Walter  A.  Brooks,  D.D.,  Titus  E.  Davis,  Joseph 
H.  Dulles  (2),  Archibald  Murphy,  Horace  D.  Sassaman, 
George  H.  Ingram,  James  B.  Clark,  David  T.  Smyth,  William 
S.  Voorhies,  William  Allen,  Jr.,  D.  Ruby  Warne,  James  R. 
Kerr,  Samuel  H.  Potter,  Samuel  McLanahan— 31. 

Ruling  Elders — Samuel  B.  Pickel,  Alexandria,  First ;  Peter 
Staats,  Amwell,  First ;  D.  W.  Larison,  Amwell,  Second  ;  Uriel 
B.  Titus,  Bethany  ;  P.  J.  Staats,  Bound  Brook  ;  W.  P.  Hege- 
man,  Dayton  ;  Joseph  H.  Grover,  Dutch  Neck  ;  W.  H.  Cad- 
wallader,  Ewing  ;  Augustus  Dilts,  Flemington  ;  William  R. 
Van  Pelt,  Hopewell ;  William  H.  Gulick,  Kingston  ;  Charles 
A.  Skillman,  Lacnbertville  ;  H.  S.  Johnson,  M.D.  (2),  Law- 
rence ;  D.  C.  English,  M.D.,  New  Brunswick,  First ;  James  P. 
Langdon,  New  Brunswick,  Second  ;  J.  V.  Terhune,  Princeton, 
First ;  Frederick  Fisher  (2),  Princeton,  Second  ;  Maurice  Wool- 
verton  (2),  Stockton;  George  H.  Phillips,  Titusville ;  Henry 
D.  Oliphant,  Trenton,  First;  Abm.  V.  D.  Stryber,  Trenton, 
Third  ;  Wm.  M.  Lanning,  Trenton,  Fourth  ;  William  H.  Crisp 
(2),  Trenton,  Fifth  ;  Joseph  B.  Wright  (2),  Trenton,  Prospect 
Street— 24. 

Presbytery  of  Ne-wton. 

Ministers— William  Thomson  (3),  Robert  J.  Burtt,  E.  Clarke 
Cline,  Samuel  Carlile,  D.D.,  Henry  S.  Butler,  D.D.,  John  B. 
Edmondson,  John  C.  Clyde,  D.D.,  James  De  Hart  Bruen  (2), 
James  M.  Huntting,  Geo.  H.  S.  Campbell,  D.D.,  Elias  B.  Eng- 
land, D.D.  (2),  Robert  A.  Bryant,  James  B.  Umberger,  D.D.  (2), 
A.  MacShannon  Higgins,  Irving  Maxwell,  Wm.  E.  Faulkner, 
Francis  M.  Todd  (2)— 17. 

Ruling  Elders— E.  H.  Freeman,  Blairstown  ;  A.  G.  Crevel- 
ing,  Bloomsbury  ;  Samuel  Stewart,  Hackettstown  ;  William 
Van  Horn,  Marksboro  ;  David  R.  Hull,  Newton  ;  Charles 
Oberly,  Stewartsville  ;  Charles  Gray,  Yellow  Frame — 7. 

Presbytery  of  West  Jersey. 

Ministers — Allen  H.  Brown,  William  Bannard,  D.D.  (2), 
Henry  Reeves,  Ph.D.,  John  Ewing,  D.D.,  Alfred  P.  Botsford, 


8 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct.y 


William  J.  Bridges,  Arthur  W.  Spooner,  Clearfield  Park  (2), 
Sylvester  W.  Beach,  James  C.  Russell  (2),  Thomas  Thompson, 
W.  W.  Casselberry,  Albert  B.  Keigwin— 13. 

Ruling  Elders— Joseph  H.  Webber,  Woodstown  ;  Richard 
Stevenson,  Blackwood ;  Theophilus  Trenchard,  Bridgeton, 
First ;  Thomas  W.  Synnott  (2),  Wenonah— 4. 

Corresponding  Members— Rev,  Allan  D,  Campbell,  Rev. 
Marcus  M.  Hutton,  D.D.,  Rev.  James  F.  Riggs,  D.D.,  Rev.  P. 
T.  Pockman,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  John  B.  Thompson,  D.D.,  of  Par- 
ticular Synod  of  New  Brunswick,  of  the  Reformed  Church  ; 
Rev.  Willis  Reeves  and  Rev.  W.  W.  Moflett,  D.  D.,  of  the 
New  Jersey  M.  E.  Conference  ;  Rev.  Duncan  J.  McMillan,  D.D., 
and  Rev.  Arthur  J.  Brown,  D.D.,  of  the  Synod  of  New  York  ; 
Rev.  Wm.  C.  Cattell,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  E.  R.  Craven,  D.D.,  of 
the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania  ;  Rev.  M.  T-  Lamb,  of  the  New 
Jersey  Baptist  Association  ;  Rev.  James  Le  Fevre,  D.D.,  from 
the  Particular  Synod  of  Raritan,  of  the  Reformed  Church. 

The  summary  is  as  follows  : 

present. 

Presbyteries.  Ministers.  Ruling  Elders. 

Elizabeth, 25  14 

Jersey  City 14  4 

Monmouth, 31  18 

Morris  and  Orange, 22  11 

Newark 19  15 

New  Brunswick, 31  24 

Newton, 17  7 

West  Jersey, 13  4 

172  97 

Ministers, 172 

Ruling  Elders 97 

Corresponding  members, 13 

Total 282 

Rev.  Henry  S.  Butler,  D.D.,  of  the  Presbytery  of  New- 
ton, was  elected  Moderator. 


Recording 
Clerk. 


It  was  announced  that  the  Recording  Clerk  had  removed 
out  of  the  bounds  of  the  Synod. 

A  Committee  to  nominate  a  Recording  Clerk  was  ap- 
pointed, as  follows : 


i8gs-         Minutes  op  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  9 

Rev.  William  R.  Richards,  D.D.,  Rev.  Charles  Herr, 
D.D.,  Rev.  William  P.  Finney,  Rev.  Theo.  F.  Chambers, 
Rev.  A.  Nelson  Hollifield,  D.D.,  Rev.  Frank  B.  Everitt, 
Rev.  John  C.  Clyde,  D.D.,  Rev.  William  J.  Bridges. 

A  memorial  was  read  from  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,   Memorial, 
concerning  matters  affecting  the  standing  of  a  minister  of  M,"nfou[^  ° 
the  Presbytery  of  Newark  living  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Presbytery  of  Monmouth. 

It  was  resolved  that  the  memorial  should  be  received. 
Rev.  A.  Nelson  Hollifield,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  David  R.  Fra- 
zer,  D.D.,  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  gave  notice  of 
protest  against  this  action  of  the  Synod. 

It  was  resolved  to  appoint  a  Committee  of  five  ministers 
and  five  elders,  to  whom  the  above  memorial  shall  be  re- 
ferred. Rev.  A.  Nelson  Hollifield,  D.D.,  and  Rev,  David 
R.  Frazei,  D.D.,  gave  notice  of  protest  against  this  action 
of  the  Synod. 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  reported,  and  the  report  Arrangements. 
was  accepted  and  its  recommendations  adopted,  as  follows: 

The  Committee  of  Arrangements  would  report,  recommend- 
ing : 

Fifst.  That  the  sessions  of  Synod  begin  at  9  A.M.,  and  that 
recess  be  taken  from  12:30  to  2  P.M.  and  from  5  to  7:30  P.M., 
and  that  the  last  half-hour  of  the  morning  sessions  be  given  to 
devotional  exercises. 

Second.  That  the  following  order  for  business  be  adopted  : 
The  first  order  for  the  morning  of  Wednesday,  the  report  of  the 
Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  ;  the  second  order,  the 
report  of  the  Committee  on  Synodical  Home  Missions  ;  the 
first  order  on  Wednesday  afternoon,  the  presentation  of  the 
work  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  by  Dr.  Craven. 

Third.  That  the  evening  session  of  Tuesday  be  devoted  to 
addresses  :  Upon  Home  Missions,  by  Rev.  Duncan  J.  McMillan, 
D.D.     Upon  State  Evangelization, 

1.  "The  purpose  and  plan,"  by  Rev.  Frank  B.  Everitt. 

2.  "  Its  possibility  and  promise,"  by  Rev.  John  T.  Kerr. 

3.  "Our  preparation  and  power,"  by  Rev.  Ford  C.  Ottman. 
That  the  evening  of  Wednesday  be  devoted  to  addresses  :  On 
Foreign  Missions,  by  Rev.  Arthur  J.  Brown,  D.D.,  and  by  Rev. 
Edward  Wilmot  Blyden,  D.D.,  on  Africa. 


lo  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct., 

invication  The  following  invitation  was  read  and  was  accepted  with 

thanks  : 

President's  Office,  Rutgers  College. 
The  Faculty  of  Rutgers  C  illege  bids  the  Reverend  Fathers 
and  Brethren  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  welcome  to  New 
Brunswici?,  and  begs  to  offer  for  their  use  any  of  the  facilities 
of  the  College  which  may  serve  the  purpose  of  Synod  or  its 
members  during  the  present  session. 

For  the  Faculty, 
Oct.  14th,  1895.  Austin  Scott,  Pres't. 

The  time  was  Extended  fifteen  minutes. 

Sabbath  The  Committee  on  Sabbath  Observance  reported,   and 

Observance         ^^   report  was   acccptcd   and   its   recommendations  were 
adopted,  as  follows  : 

ist.  This  Synod  recognizes  the  vital  importance  of  honoring 
the  Lord's  Day  in  the  family  and  in  social  customs,  and  we 
hereby  admonish  Christian  parents  to  so  order  the  affairs  of 
their  households  as  to  promote  the  religious  character  of  the 
day. 

2d.  We  believe  the  women  of  our  churches  can  check,  in 
ways  which  are  under  their  control,  the  tendency  toward  secu- 
lar recreations  oa  Sunday.  And  we  commend  to  them  the 
Woman's  National  Sabbath  Alliance,  recently  organized,  as  an 
agency  through  which  they  can  aid  in  the  observance  of  the 
Sabbath. 

3d.  We  rejoice  over  the  earnest  words  our  young  people  have 
spoken  in  their  conventions  in  favor  of  the  Sabbath,  and  we  do 
most  earnestly  exhort  them  to  abstain  from  those  self-indul- 
gences on  that  day  which  contribute  to  the  open  violation  of 
holy  time. 

4th.  It  is  the  duty  of  pastors  and  churches  to  invoke  the 
divine  blessing  to  rest  upon  the  Sabbath  ;  therefore,  we  recom- 
mend them  to  set  apart  a  prayer-meeting  for  the  purpose.  The 
General  Assembly  has  designated  the  last  Wednesday  of  Octo- 
ber. Also,  we  urge  our  pastors  to  preach  upon  the  subject  of 
the  Sabbath  in  the  home,  and  its  observance  by  our  young 
people. 

Rev.  George  S.  Mott,  D  D.,  requested  leave  to  resign  his 
membership  in  the  Committee.  The  request  was  granted, 
with  the  thanks  of  the  Synod  to  Dr.  Mott  for  his  faithful 
labors  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  for  twelve  years. 


i8g§.        Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  ii 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  was 
made  the  second  order  of  the  day  for  Wednesdaj^  afternoon, 
and  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Work  Among  Foreign 
Populations  was  made  the  third  order  for  Wednesday  after- 
noon. 

The  Synod  took  a  recess  until  7:30  P.M. 


Tuesday,  7:30  P.M. 
The  Synod  re-assembled  and  engaged  in  devotional  ser-  Addresses. 
vices,  and  listened  to  an  address  by  Rev.  Duncan  J.  Mc- 
Millan, D.D.,  upon  Home  Missions,  and  to  addresses  upon 
State  Evangelization  :  "The  Purpose  and  Plan,"  by  Rev. 
Frank  B.  Everitt ;  "Its  Possibility  and  Promise,"  by  Rev. 
John  T.  Kerr;  "Our  Preparation  and  Power,"  by  Rev. 
Ford  C  Ottman. 

The  Moderator  announced  Rev.  John  C.  Clyde,  D.D.,  as 
Vice- Moderator,  and  the  Standing  Committees,  as  follows  : 

I— Bills  and  Overtures. 
Ministers— Qtorge  Swain,  D.D.,  J.  Garland  Hamner,  D.D.,    Standing 
John  Ewing,  D.D.,  Wm.  W.  Halloway,  Jr.,  D.D. 

Elders— Kichdixd  Stevenson,  Philip  Doremus,  J.  H.  Halsey. 

II— Judicial  Business. 

Ministers—^.  Clarke  Cline,  Henry  A.  Reeves,  Ph.D.,  Chas. 
D.  Shaw,  D.D.,  Amzi  L.  Armstrong. 

Elders— Qorn&\ms  H.  Clark,  J.  C.  Hepburn,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
Uriel  B.  Titus. 

Ill— Minutes  of  General  Assembly. 
Ministers — Maitland  Alexander,  Chas.  P.  Glover. 
Elder— James  Steen. 

IV — Narrative  for  1896. 
Ministers— AvthurW.  Spooner,  John  C.  Clyde,  D.D. 
Elder — F.  H.  Andrews. 

V — Finance. 
Elders— (Z'sias.  E.  Hall,  M.D.,  B.  M.  Ogden. 
Ministers — Thomas  Thompson,  David  T.  Smyth. 


12  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct.y 

VI — Records  of  Presbyteries. 

Corisco— Rev.  Geo.  P.  Noble,  Rev.  George  Buckle,  Elder 
Arthur  W.  Marshall. 

Elizabeth— Rev.  Daniel  R.  Foster,  Rev.  Frank  R.  Symmes, 
Elder  Herbert  P.  Campbell. 

Jersey  City— Rev.  Henry  R.  Hall.  Rev.  Baker  Smith,  D.D., 
Elder  Joseph  Webber. 

Monmouth- Rev.  Henry  C.  Cameron,  D.D.,  Rev.  Newton  W. 
Cadwell,  Elder  Samuel  Stewart. 

Morris  and  Orange— Rev.  Isaiah  B.  Hopwood,  D.D.,  Rev. 
Jas.  W.  Van  Dyke,  Elder  Wm.  T.  Smock. 

Newark— Rev.  Sylvester  W.  Beach,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Woolver- 
ton,  Elder  David  R.  Hull. 

New  Brunswick— Rev.  Alfred  P.  Botsford,  Rev.  Lewis  Lamp- 
man,  D.D.,  Elder  E.  H.  Freeman. 

New^ton— Rev.  John  H.  Scofield,  Rev.  Wm.  L.  Cunningham, 
D.D.,  Elder  J.  S.  Biddel). 

"West  Jersey — Rev.  James  M.  Huntting,  Rev.  Samuel  J. 
Rowland,  Elder  W.  W.  Davidson. 

The  Moderator  also  appointed  the  following  as  the  Com- 
mittee to  whom  should  be  referred  the  memorial  from  the 
Presbytery  of  Monmouth  : 

Ministers— John  A.  Liggett,  D.D.,  Albert  Erdman,  D.D., 
Charles  D.  Shaw,  D.D.,  Samuel  Carlile,  D.D.,  James  Rob- 
erts, D.D.  Elders— Theophilus  W.  Trenchard,  Henry  D. 
Oliphant,  Stephen  Babbitt,  Herbert  P.  Campbell,  Charles 
H.  Langdon. 

The  Synod  adjourned  with  prayer  until  to-morrow  morn- 
ing at  9  o'clock. 


Wednesday,  October  i6th,  9  A.M. 
The  Synod  met  and  after  reading  of  the  Scriptures  and 
prayer,  resumed  business. 

The  minutes  of  Tuesday's  sessions  were  read  and  the 
record  was  approved. 


i8gS'        Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  13 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  was  presented  and  referred  i 
to  the  Committee  on  Finance. 


reasurer. 


The  Stated  Clerk  reported  that  the  records  of  the  last  stated  cierk 
meeting  of  Synod  had  been  approved  by  the  General  As- 
sembly. 

Sundry  papers  in  the  hands  of  the  Stated  Clerk  were  re- 
ferred to  the  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures. 

Rev.  John  T.  Kerr,  Rev.  William  J.  Bridges,  Elder  D.  C.    committee  to 
English,  M.D.,  were  appointed  a  Committee  to  revise  the 
list  of  Permanent  Committees. 


Revise 
Committees. 


The  Committee  appointed  to  nominate  a  Recording  Clerk  Recording 


presented  the  name  of  Rev.  John  T.  Kerr,  and  he  was 
elected. 


Clerk. 


The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Systematic  Beneficence  systematic 
was  presented  by  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Long.     It  was  accepted,    ^'^"^fi"""- 
and  the  following  recommendations  were  adopted  : 

1.  That  the  Synod  expresses  its  pleasure  at  the  reduction  of 
130  vacant  places  in  the  columns  in  the  benevolent  record  of 
our  home  Presbyteries,  and  the  increase  of  over  j^t6,ooo  in  the 
year's  offerings  for  benevolent  purposes  ;  that  the  churches 
of  Monftiouth  Presbytery  be  congratulated  and  commended  for 
their  faithful  loyalty,  in  every  one  of  them  making  an  offering 
to  every  Board,  and  that  every  Presbytery  be  urged  to  a  hearty 
diligence  in  the  same  direction,  that  in  their  next  statistical 
reports  every  benevolent  column  may  be  filled. 

2.  That  all  our  ministers  do  their  utmost  to  enlighten  the 
people  and  quicken  their  conscience  on  the  subject  of  Christian 
giving.  As  a  help  to  this  end,  let  the  people  be  persuaded,  so 
far  as  possible,  to  subscribe  for  and  read  the  Assembly  Herald 
and  the  CImrch  at  Home  ayid  Abroad. 

3.  That  all  our  churches  be  urged,  through  the  ministers  and 
elders,  to  send  a  still  greater  proportion  of  their  benevolent 
gifts  directly  to  our  church  treasuries. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  as  a  Synod  we  inform  the  Rev.  Frederic  R.    Letter  to 
Brace,  Ph.D.,  the  late  Moderator,  of  our  affectionate  sympathy   E'f- Moderator. 


14     Minutes  op  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.    Oct., 

with  him  in  his  sickness,  and  of  our  earnest  desire  that  God 
will  soon  restore  him  to  health,  also  of  our  appreciation  of  the 
loving  message  sent  by  him  to  Synod  and  read  at  the  opening 
of  its  sessions. 

Resolved,  That  these,  or  similar  words,  be  sent  to  him  by  the 
Clerk  to-day. 

Synodicai  Home       The  rcport  of  the  Permanent  Committee  on  Synodical 
Missions.  Home  Missions  was  presented  by  Rev.  John  Dixon,  D.D., 

and    accepted.       The    following    recommendations    were 

adopted : 

1.  That  the  work  of  the  Committee  on  Young  People's 
Societies  be  commended  by  Synod,  and  that  they  be  encouraged 
to  continue  the  work  of  bringing  these  societies  into  the  fullest 
sympathy  with  and  support  of  the  work  of  Synodical  Home 
Missions. 

2.  That  Synod  oflfer  its  heartiest  thanks  to  Elmer  Ewing 
Green.  Esq.,  for  his  valuable  services  as  Treasurer,  and  ask 
him  to  serve  another  year. 

3.  That  Presbyteries  be  asked  to  contribute  upon  the  same 
basis  as  in  former  years,  so  that  the  following  sums  may  be 
expected,  viz.  : 

From  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth, $2,656  80 

"               "               Jersey  City,   ....  1,712  50 

'•                "                Monmouth 1,416  36 

"               "               Morris  and  Orange,  2,921  70 

"                ■'                Newark, 2,990  52 

"                "                New  Brunswick,  .    .  2,433  5i 

Newton, 1,116  60 

"                "                West  Jersey,      .    .    .  1,502  82 

$16,750  81 

4.  That  allotments  be  made  to  Presbyteries  as  follows,  viz. : 
To  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth $800  00 

"  '*                Jersey  City, 2,650  00 

"  "                Monmouth, 4,000  00 

•'  "  Morris  and  Orange,      .  1,750  00 

"  "                Newark, 1,725  00 

"  "  New  Brunswick,    .    .    .  450  00 

•«  "                Newton, 1,150  00 

'*  "                West  Jersey, 4,200  00 

$16,725  00 


18%.         Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  15 

It  was  made  the  fourth  order  of  the  day  for  this  after- 
noon to  hear  an  address  from  Rev.  W.  H.  Roberts,  D.D., 
upon  the  prospects  of  the  Quarter  Century  Anniversary 
Reunion  Fund. 

At  the  request  of  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  the 
hour  of  adjournment  for  this  afternoon  was  changed  to 
4:45  o'clock. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Necrology  was  presented  Necrology. 
by  Rev.  Sylvester  W.  Beach,  and  accepted. 

The  Narrative  of  the  State  of  Religion  was  read  by  Rev.   Narrative. 
Franklin  E.  Miller,  D.D.,  and  accepted. 

The  report  of  the  Treasurer  of  Synodical  Home  Missions  Treasurer, 
was  presented  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Finance.      Riissions^     ""^ 

The  report  of  the  Special  Committees  on  Co-operation  Special 
Against  Gambling  and  Petition  to  the  Legislature  Against  Q°^™,i""' 
Gambling,  was   presented   by   Rev.   Everard   Kempshall, 
D.D.,  and  accepted. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  : 

The  Synod  of  New  Jersey,  having  felt  the  deepest  interest  in 
the  eflfort  which  has  been  made  through  a  term  of  years  to 
remove  the  evil  and  the  shame  which  have  been  brought  upon 
the  State  by  race-track  gambling,  desires  to  place  upop  record — 

First.  An  expression  of  profound  gratitude  to  Almighty  God 
for  the  divine  guidance  which  has  secured  the  grand  results 
already  accomplished. 

Seco7id.  An  expression  of  pleasure  in  witnessing  the  cordial 
co-operation  of  Christians  of  all  denominations,  and  others, 
law-abiding,  order-loving  citizens  of  New  Jersey,  in  the  deter- 
mined purpose  to  suppress  this  fearful  evil,  which  in  the  per- 
sons of  its  supporters  had  become  so  scornfully  defiant  of  public 
sentiment  and  indifferent  to  the  good  name  of  the  State 

Third.  vSynod  expresses  its  most  cordial  approval  of  the  pro- 
posed amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey,  prohibiting  all  book-making,  pool-selling  and  other 
forms  of  gambling,  and  urges  upon  all  its  members  unrelaxed 
vigilance  in  its  support,  until  it  shall  have  been  embodied  in 
the  Constitution  of  our  State  by  the  voice  of  the  people  as 
heard  at  the  ballot-box. 


l6 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  JeRvSEy. 


Address. 


Oct., 


The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Rev.  Dr.  I.  Alstyne 
Blauvelt,  was  also  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  express  its  very  earnest  and  hearty 
thanks  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Kempshall  for  the  able  and  ef&cient 
manner  in  which  he  has  worked  as  leader  in  the  conflict  with 
race-track  gambling. 

Rev.  W.  C.  Cattell,  D.D.,  addressed  Synod  on  the  cause 
of  Ministerial  Relief. 

The  Synod  engaged  in  devotional  services,  led  by  Rev. 
Edward  B.  Hodge,  D.D.,  and  immediately  afterward  took 
a  recess  until  2  o'clock  P.  M. 


Sabbath-school 
Work. 


Address. 


Wednesday,  2  P.  M. 

The  Synod  re-assembled,  and  proceeded  to  business. 

The  Committee  on  Sabbath-school  Work  reported,  and 
the  report  was  accepted.  Pending  further  action  upon  the 
report,  Rev.  Dr.  B.  R.  Craven  addressed  the  Synod  upon 
the  work  of  the  Board  of  Publication  and  Sabbath-school 
Work.  The  following  recommendations,  offered  by  the 
Committee,  were  adopted  : 

1.  In  view  of  the  urgent  calls  for  Sabbath-school  missionaries 
from  many  Presbyteries  where  the  necessity  of  this  work  is 
being  realized,  and  of  the  pressing  needs  of  the  fields,  as  yet 
untouched,  which  cannot  be  entered  until  the  resources  of  the 
Board  are  increased,  the  Synod  recommends  our  churches  and 
schools  to  contribute  our  share  of  the  $200,000  named  by  the 
General  Assembly. 

2.  The  attention  of  the  church  is  again  directed  to  the  observ- 
ance of  the  second  Sabbath  of  June  as  Children's  Day,  and  our 
schools  are  reminded  that  a  blessed  part  of  the  services  of  this 
day  is  the  presentation  of  offerings  to  carry  on  the  work  of 
Sabbath- school  missions  throughout  the  land. 

3.  In  view  of  the  many  pressing  needs  at  the  present  time,  we 
recommend  that  our  schools  be  asked  to  make  an  offering  to 
Home  Missions  at  Thanksgiving,  the  Sabbath  before  or  after, 
and  an  offering  to  Foreign  Missions  at  Christmas. 


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It  was  made  the  fifth  order  of  the  day  for  this  afternoon 
to  hear  the  report  of  the  Permanent  Committee  on  Young 
People's  Societies. 

The  Committee  to  which  was  referred  the  memorial  to  Memorial, 
Synod  from  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth  made  its  report,   Presbytery  of 

■'  .  '^  Monmouth. 

which  was  accepted.     Its  recommendations  were  adopted, 
as  follows : 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  memorial  to  the 
Synod  of  New  Jersey  from  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth, 
respectfully  report  that  they  met  this  morning  at  the  call  of 
the  Chairman,  every  member  being  present ;  that  they  con- 
ferred with  representatives  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Newark  and 
Monmouth  ;  and  that  they  reached  a  conclusion,  which  is  as 
follows  : 

The  Presbytery  of  Newark,  to  which  belongs  the  right  of 
original  jurisdiction,  having  decided  to  institute  proceedings 
in  the  case  of  Mr.  Howard  T.  Widdemer,  as  appears  by  the 
following  action  taken  at  a  regular  meeting  of  that  Presbytery, 
held  October  15th,  1895,  to  wit : 

"  Whereas,  rumors  have  reached  this  Presbytery  reflecting 
upon  the  moral  character  and  ecclesiastical  standing  of  the 
Rev.  Howard  T.  Widdemer,  a  member  of  this  body  ;  therefore, 
belt 

"■Resolved,  That  a  Committee,  consisting  of  four  ministers 
and  three  elders,  be  appointed  to  investigate  said  rumors  and 
report  to  Presbytery  at  an  adjourned  meeting  of  Presbytery,  to 
be  held  in  the  Second  Church  of  Newark,  at  7  P.M.,  November 
7th,  1895,  what  steps  are  necessary  to  be  taken  for  the  ends  of 
discipline  ;" 

And  that  Committee  having  been  appointed  as  follows  :  Rev. 
Drs.  Hollifield,  Frazer,  Lampman  and  Hopwood  ;  Elders  Ran- 
kin, Philip  Doremus  and  D.  C.  Dodd,  Jr.  ; 

Your  Committee  do,  therefore,  recommend  that  Synod  defer 
any  further  action  in  the  case  ;  and  they  make  the  further  sug- 
gestion that  Synod  recommend  to  the  Presbytery  of  Newark, 
in  the  exercise  of  its  constitutional  right  (see  Digest,  edition  of 
1886,  page  477,)  and  in  the  interests  of  peace  and  harmony,  to 
recall  the  Rev.  Howard  T.  Widdemer  within  its  own  bounds,  so 
that  there  may  be  no  cause  for  complaint,  and  that  the  difficul- 
ties and  annoyances  of  the  present  situation  may  be  relieved. 

The  Committee  on  Bills  and  Overtures  reported,  recom-  Biiisand 
mending  the  following  resolutions,  which  were  adopted :       Overtures. 


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1.  In  response  to  a  request  from  the  Session  of  the  church  at 
Hightstown,  to  be  excused  from  complying  with  certain  resolu- 
tions in  the  report  of  Synod's  Committee  on  Young  People's 
Societies  for  1894,  reply  is  made  that  since  the  resolutions 
referred  to  are  not  mandatory  in  character,  the  Session  of  this 
church  has  freedom  to  act  according  to  what  in  its  wisdom 
appears  best. 

2.  The  Synod  receives  with  much  appreciation  the  report  of 
the  Woman's  Synodical  Society  of  Home  Missions  for  1895,  and 
rejoices  with  these  co-laborers  in  the  Lord's  vineyard  over  their 
earnest  and  eflfective  endeavors  for  the  salvation  of  our  country 
and  for  God. 

3.  The  Synod  receives  with  great  pleasure  the  report  of  the 
Woman's  Synodical  Society  for  Foreign  Missions  for  1895,  and 
congratulates  these  fellow-workers  for  Christ  on  the  success 
attending  their  efforts  in  the  grand  and  sacred  cause. 

The  Stated  Clerk  was  authorized  to  print  seventy-five 
copies  of  each  of  the  above  reports,  for  the  use  of  the 
Woman's  Societies. 

Foreign  1>jjg  Permanent  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions  made  its 

report,  which  was  accepted,  and  the  recommendations  were 
adopted,  as  follows  : 

1.  We  recognize  "the  mighty  hand  of  God  "  in  recent  events, 
beckoning  His  church  to  new  and  larger  conquests  ;  with  faith 
in  Him  and  loyalty  to  our  Board  we  will  undertake  to  follow. 

2.  Thankfully  acknowledging  the  grace  of  giving  bestowed 
upon  our  churches,  which  has  enabled  them  to  make  a  decided 
advance  in  their  offerings  through  the  Board,  we  hopefully  set 
our  mark  at  $85  000  for  the  current  year. 

3.  We  urge  (i)  the  Presbyterial  Committees  to  redouble  their 
efforts  to  educate  and  stimulate  God's  people  in  foreign  mis- 
sions ;  {2)  the  ministers  to  preach  upon  it  and  regularly  to 
observe  the  Monthly  Concert ;  (3)  the  young  people  to  emulate 
the  efficiency  of  the  Women's  Societies  by  informing  them- 
selves and  by  systematic  giving. 

4.  We  approve  the  project  of  a  Missionary  Congress  at  the 
State  Capital,  and  advise  all  our  churches  to  be  represented 
therein. 

5.  We  sympathize  with  several  of  our  missions  (and  especially 
with  our  own  Presbytery  of  Corisco)  in  their  losses  through 
death,  promising  to  the  survivors  our  prayers  and  our  endeav- 
ors to  keep  up  the  supply  of  laborers  and  of  means  to  sustain 
them. 


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The  report  of  the  Permanent  Committee  on  Work  Among 
Foreign  Populations  was  made  by  Rev.  Albert  Erdman,  D. 
D.,  and  accepted. 

Rev.  Edward  B.  Hodge,  D.D.,  addressed  Synod  upon  the  Address. 
interests  of  the  Board  of  Education. 

The  Committee  on  the  Records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Nev,'-   Record.-  of 
ark  made  a  report,  which  was  accepted,  and  the  considera-  '  ""'"  ' 
tion  of   the  same  was  made  the  order  of  the  day  for  10 
o'clock  to  morrow  morning. 

The  Committee  on   the  Quarter    Centur}-  Anniversary   Reunion  Fund. 
Reunion  Fund  made  its  report,  which  was  accepted  and  its 
recommendation  adopted,  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  Synod  urgently  requests  every  church  in  its 
bounds  to  do  its  utmost  at  the  earliest  date  possible  to  raise  the 
money  needed  to  pay  the  debts  of  the  Boards  and  to  provide  an 
additional  amount  for  the  enlargement  of  the  work,  as  provided 
in  the  plan  of  the  General  Assembly  to  raise  one  million  dollars. 

The  Permanent  Committee  on  Young  People's  Societies  Young  People's 
made  its  report,  which  was  accepted  and  its  consideration 
postponed. 

The  Synod  took  a  recess  until  7:30  P.M. 


Wednesday,  7:30  P.M. 
Synod  met  and  resumed  business. 

The  Permanent  Committee  on   Unemployed    Ministers  unemployed 
and  Vacant  Churches  made  its  report,  which  was  accepted.   Ministers  .-.nd 

Vacant 
Churches. 

The  Treasurer  of  the  Trustees  of  Synod  read  his  report.   Treasurer  of 
which  was  accepted  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Fi-  Trustees, 
nance. 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey. 


Oct., 


Trustees  of 
Synod. 


Addresses. 


The  annual  report  of  the  Trustees  of  Synod  was  also 
read  by  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown  and  accepted.  The  action 
of  the  Trustees  referred  to  in  the  report,  namely,  the  ap- 
propriation of  $250  for  the  manse  at  Tuckahoe,  of  $350  for 
the  manse  at  New  Gretna,  subject  to  the  Synod's  rules,  and 
the  resolution  to  invest  the  Wurts  legacy  in  the  manse  at 
El  wood,  was  approved. 

Synod  now  engaged  in  devotional  services,  led  by  Rev. 
John  F.  Patterson,  and  listened  to  addresses  by  Rev.  Arthur 
J.  Brown,  D.D.,  and  Rev.  William  R.  Richards,  D.D., 
upon  Foreign  Missions. 

The  Synod  adjourned  to  meet  on  Thursday  at  9  o'clock 
A.  M. 

The  session  closed  with  prayer. 


Thursday,  October  17th. 
The  Synod  re-assembled,  and  after  devotional  services, 
led  by  the  Moderator,  resumed  business. 

Minutes.  Thc  minutcs  of  Wednesday's  sessions  were  read,  and  the 

record  was  approved. 


Young  People's 
Societies. 


The  report  of  the  Permanent  Committee  on  Young  Peo- 
ple's Societies  was  taken  up  for  consideration,  and  the 
recommendations  adopted,  as  follows  : 


1.  That  the  expenses  of  the  Committee,  amounting  to  $17.65, 
be  paid  by  the  Treasurer  of  Synod. 

2.  That  the  Young  People's  Societies  be  commended  for  their 
Thanksgiving  offering  for  Synodical  Home  Missions,  and  be 
requested  to  make  a  similar  offering  this  year,  and,  if  possible, 
to  increase  their  gift. 

3.  That  the  attention  of  our  Sessions  and  Societies  be  called 
to  the  Christian  Training  Course,  approved  by  the  Committee, 
and  established  as  a  new  feature  in  the  Church  at  Home  and 
Abroad,  as  likely  to  prove  helpful  to  them  in  their  work,  and 
Synod  would  urge  continued  attention  to  the  need  of  youthful 
training  until  some  satisfactory  result  is  reached. 


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4.  That  our  Societies  be  urged  to  persevere  in  securing  the 
whole  amount  for  the  support  of  their  missionaries,  and  that 
the  committees  in  all  our  Presbyteries  be  requested  to  bring  the 
matter  before  our  Societies  as  early  as  possible. 

5.  That  our  Societies  be  advised  that  it  is  very  necessary  to 
the  development  of  their  missionary  character  that  they  should 
become  interested  both  in  Home  Missions  (including  Synodical 
Home  Missions)  and  in  Foreign  Missions  ;  and  that  they 
should  have  a  fund  within  their  treasury,  to  be  known  definitely 
as  their  Mission  Fund,  except  where  the  members  of  the  Society 
are  already  contributing  by  some  systematic  plan,  and  that 
while  we  do  not  wish  to  exclude  any  other  Boards,  yet  we  think 
it  exceedingly  important  that  our  Societies  fix  their  attention 
at  present  upon  the  objects  named  above. 

6.  That  our  Senior  Young  People's  Societies  be  advised,  in 
their  correspondence  and  contributions,  to  connect  themselves, 
in  the  manner  approved  by  Session,  with  the  Boards  to  which 
they  give,  because  such  arrangement  is  preferred  by  the  Boards 
(as  we  are  informed),  is  less  complicated,  more  easily  under- 
stood, requires  less  official  machinery,  and  is  more  helpful  to 
the  operation  of  your  Committee. 

7.  That  in  view  of  the  special  efforts  for  the  instruction  of 
our  young  people,  being  made  by  The  Church  at  Hotne  and 
Abroad andby  Over  Sea  a7id  Land  (the  Juniors'  beautiful  maga- 
zine), we  call  attention  of  our  Sessions  and  Societies  to  these 
helps  as  worthy  of  a  larger  circulation  among  the  young  in  all 
our  churches 

8.  That  it  is  the  opinion  of  this  Synod  that  no  further  official 
organization  is  at  present  needed  for  the  operation  of  our  Young 
People's  Societies  than  what  is  furnished  by  Presbyterial  and 
Sessional  oversight,  and  that,  therefore,  our  Presbyteries  and 
Sessions  are  urged  to  give  all  due  attention  to  the  young 
people  under  their  care,  and  our  Societies  to  seek  for  informa- 
tion on  the  needs  of  our  great  church  and  to  perform  with 
vigor  all  those  works  that  properly  fall  to  them. 

9.  That  we  commend  to  the  careful  consideration  of  our 
pastors  the  present  movement  among  our  young  people  along 
evangelistic  lines.  With  proper  pastoral  encouragement  and 
oversight,  we  think,  it  offers  large  possibilities  of  spiritual 
growth  and  State  evangelization. 

ic.  That  five  hundred  copies  of  these  resolutions  be  printed 
for  the  use  of  the  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on   the   Records  of   the  Records  of 
Presbytery  of  Newark  was  taken  up  for  consideration. 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey. 


Oct., 


Pending  the  discussion  Synod  engaged  in  devotional 
exercises,  led  by  the  Moderator,  and  immediately  after- 
ward took  a  recess  until  2  o'clock  P.M. 


Next  Place  of 
Meeiing. 


Thursday,  2  P.  M. 
Synod  re-assembled  and  resumed  business. 
Rev.    Allen    H.   Brown    and    Rev.   John   T.    Kerr  were 
appointed  a  Committee  on  the  Next  Place  of  Meeting. 


Records  of 
Newark. 


The  Permanent  Committee  on  Temperance  made  its 
report,  which  was  accepted. 

Pending  the  consideration  of  this  report ,  Synod  resumed 
the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the 
Records  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  and  a  resolution  was 
adopted  as  follows  : 

In  view  of  the  absence  of  so  many  members  from  Synod, 
Resolved,  That  the  minutes  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newark  be 
approved  prior  to  the  record  of  October  2d,  1895,  and  that  the 
review  of  the  remaining  minutes  be  postponed  till  the  next 
meeting  of  Synod. 


Temperance  The  rcport  of  the  Committee  on  Temperance  was  taken 

up  for  consideration  and  its  recommendations  were  adopted, 
as  follows  : 

1.  We  regard  the  license  system  as  false  in  principle  and  a 
failure  in  practice,  sanctioning  rather  than  restraining,  involv- 
ing in  the  corrupting  influence  of  the  saloon  our  courts  and 
legislatures,  and  we  remind  our  Sessions  that  members  of  the 
church  engaged  in  the  selling,  purchasing  or  using  intox- 
icating liquor  as  a  beverage  and  those  who  sign  applications 
for  license  are  liable  to  discipline. 

2.  We  believe  it  is  the  duty  of  all  good  citizens  to  place 
loyalty  to  God  and  to  our  country  above  all  personal  and  party 
ties,  and  to  unite  in  supporting  for  office  men  who  can  be 
trusted  to  use  the  power  committed  to  their  hands  in  the 
interest  of  temperance  and  of  morality. 

3.  Our  Sessions  are  urged  to  look  after  the  enforcement,  in 
the  spirit  as  well  as  letter,  of  the  law  requiring  instruction  in 
the  effects  of  alcohol  in  our  public  schools. 


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4.  We  recommend  to  our  private  schools,  colleges  and  theo- 
logical seminaries  the  adoption  of  a  course  of  instruction  (in 
connection  with  allied  subjects)  upon  the  effects  of  alcohol,  and 
upon  the  methods  of  dealing  with  the  liquor  evil. 

5.  We  call  the  attention  of  our  college  graduates  and  facul- 
ties to  the  importance  of  preventing  the  use  of  liquor  in  con- 
nection with  class  and  alumni  banquets. 

The  Permanent  Committee  on  Historical  Materials  and  Historical 
the  Custodians  made  their  reports,  which  were  accepted. 


Materials. 


The  Special  Committee  on  Commemoration  of  Historic  Historic  Places. 
Places  made  a  report,  which  was  accepted  and  its  recom- 
mendation adopted,  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Joint  Committee  be  continued,  with  the 
addition  of  one  ruling  elder  from  each  Presbytery,  to  solicit 
funds  for  the  publication  of  the  proceedings  of  the  late  com- 
memoration, and  for  the  due  preservation  of  the  ancient  grave- 
stones of  John  Boyd  and  of  John  Tennent,  and  for  the  erection 
of  a  suitable  memorial  or  monument  on  the  site  of  the  Old  Scots 
Meeting  House,  where  the  first  Presbytery  ordained  John  Boyd, 
and  that  the  said  Committee  have  discretionary  power  to  exe- 
cute these  objects,  provided  that  they  see  the  way  entirely  clear 
financially. 

The  following  elders  were  added  to  the  Committee  on 
Commemoration  of  Historic  Places  :  Presbytery  of  Eliza- 
beth, E.  P.  Tenney  ;  Jersey  City,  George  Baker;  Mon- 
mouth, C.  E.  Hall,  M.D.  ;  Morris  and  Orange,  James 
Baker  ;  Newark,  Cyrus  Peck  ;  New  Brunswick,  Franklin 
Dye  ;  Newton,  T.  C.  Johnston,  M.D.  ;  West  Jersey,  Henry 
D,  Moore. 

The  following  resolution,  offered  by  Rev.  George  Swain, 
D.D.,  was  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  : 

Resolved,  That  as  a  Synod  we  express  our  appreciation  of  the 
untiring  efforts  of  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown  in  matters  pertaining 
to  the  history  of  our  church  in  New  Jersey,  and  that  we  tender 
him  thanks,  especially  for  his  arduous  and  successful  labors  in 
connection  with  the  Boyd-Tennent  Memorial  Service  held  June 
4th,  1895. 


24 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey. 


Oct. 


Minutes  of 

General 

Assembly. 


The  Committee  on  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly 
made  its  report,  which  was  accepted  and  its  recommenda- 
tions adopted,  as  follows  : 

1.  Your  Committee  begs  leave  to  call  the  attention  of  the 
Synod  to  the  addition  of  Chapter  XIV,  "On  the  Differences 
Between  Judicatories,"  to  the  Book  of  Discipline,  or  Sections 
121,  122,  123,  which  have,  by  vote  of  the  Presbyteries,  now 
become  a  part  of  the  Book.     (Pages  107-108.) 

2.  To  the  answer  to  the  Overtures  Nos.  163-164,  on  page  79, 
which  recommends  that  the  contribution  of  the  Young  People's 
Society  be  left  to  the  judgment  of  the  particular  churches. 

3.  To  the  deliverance  of  the  Assembly  on  pages  76-77, 
regarding  the  relation  of  the  Presbyteries  to  their  students. 
Resolved,  That  Synod  hereby  calls  the  attention  of  all  Presby- 
teries to  the  action  of  the  last  Assembly,  recorded  on  pages 
76-77  of  the  Minutes  of  that  Assembly,  in  regard  to  students 
who  are  pursuing,  or  who  purpose  to  pursue,  their  studies  in 
theological  seminaries,  respecting  whose  teachings  the  General 
Assembly  disavows  responsibility,  and  the  Synod  reminds  the 
Presbyteries  that  it  is  their  duty  to  see  tha  the  directions  of 
the  General  Assembly,  based  on  Sec.  6,  Ch.  24,  and  Sec.  5,  Ch. 
I,  of  the  Form  of  Government,  are  carefully  observed. 


The  following  resolutions,  offered  by  Rev.  Eben  B.  Cobb, 
D.D.,  were  adopted  : 

Bills  to  be  paid.  Resolved,  That  Synod  hereby  authorize  the  treasurer  of  Synod 
hereafter  to  pay  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  several  Com- 
mittees of  Synod,  said  bills  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Treasurer  of 
Synod  on  or  before  October  ist  of  each  year. 

Resolved,  That  the  Stated  Clerk  be  asked  to  notify  the  chair- 
men of  the  several  Committees  of  Synod  of  this  action. 


Permanent 
Committees. 


National 
Children's 
Home  Socisty. 


The  Committee  on  Revision  of  the  lyist  of  Permanent 
Committees  made  its  report,  which  was  accepted  and  its 
recommendations  adopted.  (See  list  of  Committees  in 
Appendix.) 

The  Committee  on  the  National  Children's  Home  Society 
made  its  leport,  which  was  accepted,  as  follows  : 

The  Committee  appointed  la»t  year  to  consider  resolutions 
relating  to  the  National  Children's  Home  Society  beg  leave  to 
report  that  they  have  examined  into  the  aim,  principles  and 
operations  of    the   above  society,  and   find   it   is  wisely  and 


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effectively  accomplishing  its  object,  viz.,  to  provide  suitable 
family  homes  for  homeless  and  dependent  children. 

The  General  Assembly  of  1894  commended  the  good  work 
and  methods  of  this  Society  in  seeking  out  homeless,  neglected 
and  indigent  children,  and  placing  them,  until  they  attain  their 
majority,  in  humane  and  christian  homes. 

The  New  Jersey  branch  of  National  Society,  Rev.  Wm,  W. 
Knox,  D.D.,  President,  Rev.  Geo.  H.  Ingram,  Secretary,  and 
Rev.  M.  T.  Lamb,  Superintendent,  with  headquarters  at  428 
Rutherford  Ave.,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  is  doing  this  very  excellent 
work  successfully,  and  is  every  way  worthy  of  the  full  con- 
fidence, co-operation  and  liberality  of  our  ministers  and  mem- 
bers. 

The  following  resolution  of  thanks  was  adopted  by  a  Thanks, 
rising  vote : 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  extends  its  most 
hearty  thanks  to  the  Presbyterian  Churches  of  New  Brunswick, 
their  pastors,  elders,  trustees  and  choirs,  to  the  press  of  the 
city  and  to  the  Faculty  of  Rutgers  College,  for  their  cordial 
hospitality  and  courtesy  during  the  meeting  of  this  body. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  select  the  next  place  of  Next  piace, 
meeting  named  Atlantic  City,  and  it  was  ^"^""'^  ^"^• 

Resolved,  That  when  Synod  adjourns  it  be  to  meet  in  the 
First  Church,  Atlantic  City,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  October, 
1896,  at  7:30  o'clock  P.  M. 

The  Finance  Committee  presented  its  report,  which  was   Finance 
accepted,  and  its  recommendations  adopted,  as  follows  :         Committee. 

The  accounts  of  three  Treasurers  came  to  our  notice  for 
examination. 

I.  The  accounts  of  Synod,  Rev.  Eben  B.  Cobb,  D.D.,  Treasurer. 

■'.  That  of  Sy nodical  Home  Missions,  Elmer  E.  Green, 
Esq.,  Treasurer. 

3.  The  account  of  the  Trustees  of  Synod,  Rev.  Allen  H. 
Brown,  Treasurer. 

These  accounts  have  been  examined,  the  vouchers  compared 
with  the  items  of  account,  and  in  each  case  found  correct. 

The  amount  of  balance  reported  on  hand  is  as  follows  : 


26  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct., 

By  the  Treasurer  of  Synod, $604  45 

By  the  Treasurer  of  Sy nodical  Home  Missions,    .   .      5,16407 
By  the  Treasurer  of  Trustees  of  Synod 367  65 

These  balances  are  the  same  as  shown  to  be  on  hand  by  the 
bank-books  of  the  different  Treasurers. 

The  accounts  in  each  case  are  correctly  stated,  plainly  writ- 
ten and  neatly  kept,  that  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Synodical 
Home  Missions  involving  great  labor  and  responsibility,  there 
being  hundreds  of  charges,  amounting  to  many  thousands  of 
dollars,  yet  showing  marvelous  neatness  in  every  part. 

The  Committee  recommend  that  the  assessments  of  the  sev- 
eral Presbyteries  for  Synodical  expenses  for  the  ensuing  year 
be  as  follows  : 

Elizabeth, , |6o  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 

Total $430  00 

The   Committee  also  recommend    that   the  deposit  of  the 
several  balances  of  the  Treasurers  in  the  bank  be  approved. 
For  the  Committee, 

Charles  E.  Hall, 
October  17th,  1895.  Chairman. 

The  following  protest  was  presented  to  Synod,  and  being 
found  in  order  was  ordered  to  be  placed  upon  the  minutes  : 

The   undersigned   beg  to  enter  a  respectful  protest  against 

the  action  of  the  Synod  in  adopting  the  last  item  of  the  report 

of  the  Committee  on  the  Minutes  of  the  General  Assembly, 

said  action  having  been  taken  after  most  of  the  members  of 

the  Synod  had  gone  home— and  being  virtually  the  same  action 

which,  in  another  connection,  a  fuller  house  had  refused  to 

adopt. 

I.  A.  Blauvelt, 

Eben  B.  Cobb, 
Jno.  T.  Kerr, 
Sidney  S.  Conger, 
James  S.  Young, 
Henry  Goodwin  Smith. 


i8%.         Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  27 

Rev.  John  Dixon,  D.D.,  and  Rev  John  H.  Scofield  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  prepare  an  answer  to  the  above 
protest. 

The  following  resolution  was  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  renews  its  expressions  of  cordial   American  Bible 
sympathy  with  the  work  of  the  American  Bible  vSociety,  and  Society. 
commends  it  to  the  unceasing  interest  and  the  liberal  contribu- 
tions of  the  churches. 

The  records  of  the  Presbyteries  of  Corisco,  Elizabeth,    Presbyteriai 
Jersey  City,  Monmouth,  Morris  and  Orange,  New  Bruns-  Approved, 
wick,  Newton  and  West  Jersey,  were  approved. 

The  Statistical  Reports  were  ordered  to  be  printed. 

The  Treasurer  was  directed  to  pay  the  usual  bills  and 
salaries. 

The  Permanent  Clerk  reported  that  172   Ministers  and  Attendance. 
97  Elders  and   13   Corresponding  Members   had   been   in 
attendance,  and  that  the  following  members,  having  given 
satisfactory  reasons,  had  been  excused  for  absence  : 

FROM  THE  PRESENT  MEETING. 

Elizabeth — Ministers  Ezra  F.  Mundy,  Wm.  E.  Honeyman. 

Jersey  City — Ministers  John  C.  Egbert,  D.D.,  Joshua  B.  Galla- 
Avay,  Philo  F.  Leavens,  D.D. 

Monmouth — Ministers  Lewis  S.  Mudge,  John  H.  Bradley, 
D.D.,  George  W.  Cottrell,  John  H.  Pratt,  D.D. 

Morris  and  Oa-aw^^— Minister  Stephen  C.  Leonard. 

Newark — Ministers  S.  Edward  Young,  Orville  Reed. 

New  Brunswick— ^\ia.\&X.^rs  Lewis  W.  Mudge,  D.D.,  Wm.  H. 
Filson. 

Newton — Minister  George  B.  Crawford. 

West  Jersey— M\n\siex  William  H.  Belden. 

FROM    TUESDAY'S   MEETING. 

West  Jersey  -Ministers  Sylvester  W.  Beach,  Henry  Reeves, 
Ph.D. 


28  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.         Oct.y 

AFTER  WEDNESDAY    NOON. 

Elizabeth— M\Yi\s,\.t.x  John  A.  Liggett,  D.D,,  Elder  A.  C.  Sut- 
phen. 

Morris  and  C>r««^^  — Ministers  C.  B.  Bullard,  Wm.  W.  Hal- 
loway,  Jr.,  D.D.,  Elders  Stephen  Babbitt,  Aaron  Carter. 

New  Brunswick — Elder  Augustus  Dilts. 

iV^w/o«— Minister  Robert  J.  Burtt,  Elders  Wm.  Van  Horn, 
David  R.  Hull,  Samuel  Stewart. 

FROM  WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON. 

Morris  afid  Orange  -  Minister  Stanley  White. 

FTROM  TUESDAY  AND  WEDNESDAY. 

Newton— M.\n\s\.e.r  William  Thom.son. 

AFTER    WEDNESDAY    AFTERNOON. 

Elizabeth — Ministers  David  Stevenson,  D.D.,  Henry  A.  Mac- 
Kubbin,  N.  W.  Cadwell. 

Jersey  C?Vy— Ministers  Edwin  A.  Bulkley,  D.D.,  Charles  D. 
Shaw,  D  D.,  Henry  C.  Vanderbeck,  Henry  T.  Beatty,  Elder 
Herbert  P.  Campbell. 

Momnouth—M.imsl&rs  James  A.  Matheson,  Joseph  E.  Curry, 
Charles  H.  McClellan,  D.D.,  Alfred  H.  Dashiell,  D.D.,  Elders 
David  Baird,  Hugh  B.  Ely,  George  Thomas,  Wm.  H.  Reid. 

Morris  and  Ora?ige — Elder  Hugh  Lamb. 

Newark — Minister  Isaiah  B.  Hopwood,  D.D. 

New  Brunswick— Mxnisi&x  Henry  C.  Cameron,  D.D.,  Elders 
Samuel  B.  Pickel,  D.  W.  Larison. 

iV(?z£//(?«— Ministers  Samuel  Carlile,  D.D.,  Elias  B.  England, 
D.D.,  Jas  B.  Umberger,  D  D. 

West  Jersey — Ministers  John  Ewing,  D.D.,  A.  Edwin  Keigwin. 

AFTER  WEDNESDAY   EVENING. 

Elizabeth — Ministers  Albert  E.  Wirth,  J.  Garland  Hamner, 
D.D.,  Elders  W.  W.  Willets,  Geo.  L.  Headley. 

Jersey  OVjv— Ministers  David  Mitchell,  Charles  Herr,  D.D. 

J/(9«wo?/^A  —  Minister  N.J.  Sproul,  Elder  Thomas  Campbell. 

Morris  and  Orange— Minister  Albert  Erdman,  D.D. 

Newark— Mxmster  Ford  C.  Ottman,  Elders  Jos.  Webber,  Wm. 
S.  Ward. 

New  Brunswick— Blders  P.  J.  Staats,  Charles  A.  Skillman, 
W.  P.  Hegeman. 

7V^Z£//(?«— Minister  John  B.  Edmondson. 

West  Jersey —Ministers  W.  W.  Casselberry,  Thomas  Thomp- 
son, Elder  Richard  Stevenson. 


7*95  Minutes  of  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  29 

after  thursday  noon. 

Elizabeth — Minister  George  Buckle,  Elders  Cor.  H.  Clark, 
Geo.  H.  Freck,  E.  W.  Barnes. 

Jersey  City — Ministers  Franklin  E.  Miller,  D.D.,  J.  Thomson 
Osier. 

Morris  and  Oratige — Elder  Robert  Blake. 

New  Bru7iswick—M.\n\s\.&xs  William  Allen,  Jr.,  Daniel  R. 
Foster. 

Newton — Ministers  Irving  Maxwell,  James  M.  Huntting, 
Francis  Todd,  Elder  Charles  Oberly. 

West  /^^5<?>'— Minister  Alfred  P.  Botsford,  Elder  F.  W.  Syn- 
not,  M.D. 

AFTER  THURSDAY  4  P.  M. 

Elizabeth— ^va\sXe.xs  William  R.  Richards,  D.D.,  Samuel 
Parry,  Everard  Kempshall,  D.D,,  Harle  W.  Hathaway,  A.  J. 
Martine,  Geo.  K.  Newell,  J.  M.  McNulty,  D.D  ,  Elder  H.  N* 
Demorest. 

Jersey  City — Ministers  C.  R.  Keubler,  Israel  W.  Hathaway, 
D.D.,  James  S.  Young,  Elders  J.  H.  Halsey,  J.  S.  Biddel. 

Mo7imouth — Ministers  N.  D.  Hynson,  R.  R.  Stier,  A.  H. 
Young,  D  D.,  William  L  Cunningham,  D.D.,  Thomas  Tyack, 
D.D.,  George  Swain,  D.D.,  John  P.  Dawson,  James  E.  Grant, 
Harry  W.  Haring,  James  J.  Coale,  Charles  Everett,  Henry  G. 
Smith,  J.  S.  Van  Dyke,  D.D.,  E.  B.  Hodge,  D.D.,  Elders  O. 
A.  Curtis,  Taylor  Mount,  William  T.  Smock,  Samuel  Fowler, 
E.  I.  Ford,  M.D. 

Morris  and  Orange — Ministers  Alex.  N.  Carson,  John  M. 
Thomas,  W.  R.  Bennett,  John  F.  Patterson,  E.  P.  Gardner,  E. 
R.  Murgatroyd,  Charles  Townsend,  O.  H.  Perry  Deyo,  W.  H. 
Woolverton,  John  R.  Fisher,  D.D.,  Stanley  White,  Elders  J.  C. 
Hepburn,  M.D.,  Henry  B.  Auchincloss,  F.  S.  Bradford,  M.D,, 
E.  H.  Williams, 

Newark — Ministers  C.  E.  Knox,  D.D.,  Davis  W,  Lusk,  Geo. 
H.  Bonsall,  Elders  William  McKenzie,  F.  H.  Pierson. 

New  Brunswick— ^1\n\s\.G.rs  George  H.  Ingram,  Titus  E.  Da- 
vis, Frank  B.  Everitt,  H.  D.  Sassaman,  Elders  W.  H.  Crisp, 
Joseph  H.  Grover,  Joseph  B.  Wright. 

Newton — Ministers  A.  MacShannon  Higgins,  E.  Clarke  Cline, 
J.  C.  Clyde,  D.D. 

The  roll  was  called  and  the  following  members  were 
found  absent  without  excuse  : 


30 


Minutes  of  the  Synod  oe  New  Jersey. 


Oct., 


Elizabeth — Ministers  Charles  S.  Converse,  Samuel  J.  Row- 
land, Joseph  O.  McKelvey,  Elders  N.  W.  Voorhees,  B.  M.  Og- 
den,  Arthur  W.  Marshall,  F.  U.  Andrews. 

Jersey  City — Minister  Henry  T.  Ford,  Elder  W.  H.  H.  Stryker. 

Morris  and  Orange — Minister  David  Blumenfeld,  Elders  Hud- 
son Muchmore,  F.  S.  Phraner. 

iV^ze'flr^— Ministers  V.  LeRoy  Lockwood,  D.D.,  A.  Nelson 
Hollifield,  D.D.,  Wm.  A.  Nordt,  Edward  J.  Lloyd,  John  Hutch- 
inson, Elders  Samuel  Peloubet,  C.  B.  Crane,  Charles  Holzhauer, 
Joseph  8.  Clark,  Henry  E.  Ogden,  John  C.  Woodruff. 

New  Brunswick— Minisiers  Samuel  J.  Milliken.  George  S. 
Mott,  D.D.,  James  Roberts,  D.D.,  Joseph  H,  Dulles,  James  B. 
Clark,  James  R.,Kerr,  Samuel  H.  Potter,  Samuel  McLanahan, 
Elders  U.  B.  Titus,  W.  H.  Cadwallader,  H.  S.Johnson,  M.D., 
James  P.  Langdon.  J.  V.  Terhune,  Fred.  Fisher,  Maurice  Wool- 
verton,  George  H.  Phillips. 

Newton — Rev.  William  E.  Faulker,  Elders  A.  G.  Creveling, 
Charles  Grey. 

West  Jersey — Ministers  Arthur  W.  Spooner,  Clearfield  Park. 


Answer  lo 
Protest. 


The  Committee  appointed  to  answer  the  protest  presented 
by  certain  members  against  the  action  of  Synod  in  the 
matter  of  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  Minutes  of 
tlie  General  Assembly,  presented  the  following  answer, 
which  was  ordered  to  be  inscribed  upon  the  minutes  : 


Minutes. 


The  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  a  reply  to  the  protest  of 
I,  A.  Blauvelt  and  others,  would  recommend  the  following 
answer : 

No  member  of  Synod  expressed  a  desire  to  discuss  the  report 
of  the  Committee  when  it  was  presented  to  the  Synod,  and 
there  was  no  vote  given  in  the  negative.  Further,  that  the 
matter  complained  of  came  up  in  the  regular  order  of  business 
in  the  report  of  the  Standing  Committee  on  the  Minutes  of  the 
General  Assembly,  for  which  there  had  been  no  opportunity 
offered  before,  and  which  was  clearly  within  both  their  province 
and  duty.  The  fact  that  the  same  matter  has  been  acted  upon 
by  the  Synod  in  another  connection  did  not  relieve  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly  from  discharging  their 
duty,  or  the  Synod  from  adopting  their  report. 

The  minutes  of  the  day  were  read,  and  the  record  was 
approved. 


i8g5.         Minutes  op  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey.  31 

The  Synod  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  Adjournment. 
October,  1896,  at  7:30  P.M.,  in  the  First  Church,  Atlantic 
City. 

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  15TH,   1895. 

Reports  have  been  received  with  reasonable  promptness  from  all 
the  Presbyteries  within  the  bounds  of  Synod  except  the  Presbytery 
of  Corisco.  These  reports  are  based  upon  narratives  from  the 
various  churches  furnished  in  such  number  and  completeness  as  to 
make  the  Presbyterial  reports  fully  representative.  From  these 
Presbyterial  reports  the  following  facts  appear  : 

PUBLIC  WORSHIP 

has  been  maintained  in  all  the  churches  except  in  a  very  few  cases, 
where  the  numerical  and  financial  weakness  of  the. congregation 
rendered  it  possible  to  secure  only  occasional  or  temporary  minis- 
tration in  the  Word.  The  attendance  has  been  uniformly  encour- 
aging, and  children  and  youth  have  been  present  in  the  sanctuary 
in  goodly  numbers.  One  of  our  churches  has  introduced  the  use  of 
"Communion  Cards."  cards  on  which  the  church  member  writes 
his  name,  and  on  Communion  Sabbath  deposits  it  on  the  collection 
plate,  thereby  enabling  the  Session  to  know  with  certainty  who 
have  attended  the  ordinance,  and  promoting  a  closer  and  more 
intelligent  supervision  on  the  part  of  the  Session  over  the  member- 
ship of  the  church.  We  have  ground  also  for  gratitude  in  the 
increase  of  gospel  work  within  our  borders  by  the  organization  of 
new  churches  and  Sabbath-schools. 

THE  SABBATH-SCHOOL, 

one  or  more,  is  found  in  all  our  churches.  The  Westminster  Helps 
are  generally  used  in  these  schools,  and  there  is  more  or  less 
instruction  in  the  Shorter  Catechism.  In  one  school  not  only  is 
the  Shorter  Catechism  taught,  but  also  the  Larger  Catechism.  The 
school  deserves  to  be  mentioned  by  name  —it  is  the  Berkshire 
Valley  School.  In  some  localities  there  is  a  commendable  effort  for 
better  teaching  work  through  the  organization  and  instruction  of 
teachers'  training  classes  In  this  particular  the  city  of  Trenton  is 
conspicuous.  In  some  cases  the  Sabbath-school  has  been  the 
instrumentality  for  carrying  the  gospel  with  marked  success  to 
3 


34  Narrative.  Oct., 

certain  foreigners  among  us.  In  a  Chinese  Sabbath-school  there 
have  been  four  conversions,  and  an  Italian  Sabbath-school  has 
grown  into  an  organized  church.  From  the  schools  at  large  many 
accessions  have  come  to  the  church,  and  one  union  school  in  a  rural 
neighborhood  rejoices  in  twenty  conversions 

Every  church  has  its  prayer  meetmg,  and  generally  in  addition 
to  the  church  meeting  there  are  other  devotional  meetings  of  a  spe- 
cific character.  The  Christian  Endeavor  Society  (Senior  and  Junior) 
is  ail-but  ubiquitous.  There  are  also  men's  meetings,  mothers' 
meetings,  boys'  meetings,  men's  leagues,  Andrew  and  Philip 
Societies,  and  all  of  these  receive  uniformly  commendatory  mention. 
In  some  localities  the  local  Christian  Endeavor  Union  has  held 
evangelistic  services  with  excellent  results. 

Missionary  prayer  meeiings  are  held  in  only  about  one-half  of  our 
churches,  and  are  not  always  well  sustained. 

Parents  have  not  been  neglectful  of  the  religious  instruction  of 
their  families  and  the  baptism  of  their  children.  It  is  evident,  how- 
ever, that  the  intensity  and  the  distractions  of  our  modern  life, 
business  and  social,  interfere  greatly  with  home  religion.  The 
prevalence  of  Baptist  and  Quaker  sentiments  in  some  places 
hinders  the  ordinance  of  infant  baptism  ;  and  in  some  quarters 
our  young  people  have  been  drawn  away  from  our  church  by  a 
strong  and  peculiar  activity  on  the  part  of  Episcopalians  and  Meth- 
odists :  a  condition  whicn  ought  to  stimulate  us  to  love  and  good 
works  in  behalf  of  our  young  people. 

The  financial  obligations  of  the  various  congregations  ha%'e  been 
met  with  fidelity.  The  poor  have  been  cared  for.  Three  of  our 
churches  are  so  unfortunate  as  to  have  no  poor. 

In  distinctly  benevole?it  work  there  has  been  a  generous  liberality, 
and  even  in  those  congregations  where  there  has  been  a  financial 
stringencj' there  has  often  been  a  corresponding  self-denial  in  behalf 
of  the  Master's  work.  In  contrast  with  the  necessar}-  decrease  in 
some  churches  it  is  pleasing  to  note  that  the  First  Church  of  Jersey 
City  increases  its  contributions  to  the  amount  of  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars.  In  the  Presbyteries  of  New  Brunswick  and 
Monmouth  every  church  contributes  to  all  the  Boards.  The  women 
of  our  churches  have  been  conspicuous  in  the  benevolent  work  and 
in  every  good  cause,  and  through  their  missionary'  societies  and  aid 
societies  and  similar  organizations  have  done  much,  both  for  the 
local  church  and  the  work  at  large  in  this  and  in  foreign  lands. 

Among  the  indicated  obstriictiojis  to  the  Gospel  there  is  first  and 
foremost,  and  everywhere,  the  saloon.  It  would  seem  that  some 
churches  have'outgrown  the  foretold  conditions  of  Christian  society, 
and  "have  no  poor,"  but  the  saloon  is  always  with  us,  and  is  always 
an  obstruction  to  the  Gospel,  sometimes  a  malignant  enemy  to 
the  Gospel.  Other  obstructions  are,  worldly  amusements.  Sabbath 
desecration,  attempted  introduction  of  a  foreign  Sabbath,  foreign 


i8gS'  Narrative.  35 

populations,  Jews,  Italians,  Hungarians,  the  distractions  in  family 
and  church  life  incident  to  the  influx  of  visitors  at  summer  resorts, 
the  multiplicity  of  lodges,  clubs  and  social  organizations,  and  in 
one  locality  skepticism.  Still  another  obstruction  is  mentioned 
which  is  pathetic  in  its  suggestiveness,  t.o  wit.  the  removal  of 
young  people  from  rural  districts  to  the  city.  It  is  the  loss  of 
the  most  vigorous  element  in  the  church.  It  often  means  the  decay 
of  an  historic  church  ;  of  a  church  which  has  been  a  mother  of 
churches  ;  a  self-denying  and  discouraging  effort  on  the  part  of 
pastor  and  people  to  strengthen  the  things  which  remain  and  which 
are  ready  to  perish.  The  ability,  zeal  and  fidelity  of  the  brethren 
in  the  ministry  and  membership  who  stand  to  their  post,  and  sup- 
port and  administer  a  church  in  this  transitional  and  uncertain 
stage  of  its  existence,  are  entitled  to  distinct  recognition  and  gener- 
ous honor. 

Against  these  various  obstructions  the  church  is  commendably 
active  in  the  li7ie  of  moral  reforms.  While  supreme  dependence  is 
always  to  be  placed  on  the  preaching  and  teaching  of  the  Word,  yet 
it  is  proper  that  there  should  be,  and  there  is,  much  indirect  effort. 
There  are  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations,  local  charitable 
associations,  day  nurseries,  Good  Government  clubs.  Christian 
Citizenship  clubs,  societies  for  the  suppression  of  vice  and  lawless- 
ness, the  Iron  Cross  Army,  the  Women's  Christian  Temperance 
Union,  and  other  temperance  societies — societies  which  endeavor  to 
secure  the  enforcement  of  the  Sabbath  laws,  which  oppose  the 
renewal  of  saloon  licenses,  which  advocate  a  high  license  fee,  and 
which  try  to  have  the  reputable  voter  in  attendance  at  his  party 
primary. 

In  the  way  of  direct  spiritual  results,  souls  have  teen  added  unto 
the  various  churches  in  gratifying  numbers.  At  Washington  there 
have  been  forty-four  additions  on  profession  of  faith.  In  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Monmouth  there  has  been  a  marked  growth  in  the 
churches,  with  a  special  blessing  on  the  churches  at.Cranbury. 
Figures,  however,  are  not  always  obtainable,  and  neither  do  they 
always  tell  the  whole  story,  and  the  larger  number  does  not  always 
indicate  the  larger  and  the  better  work.  Moreover,  the  immediate 
outcome  is  often  far  short  of  the  real  magnitude  of  the  work.  The 
harvest  is  not  the  annual  meeting  of  Synod,  but  the  harvest  is  the 
end  of  the  world,  and  not  until  the  final  summation  can  we  measure 
the  work  done,  and  estimate  results.  Meanwhile  it  is  our  privilege 
to  rejoice  in  a  year  of  activity  and  prosperity'.  The  church  has  not 
been  idle,  and  God  has  blessed  the  faithful  preaching  and  teaching- 
of  liis  word,  and  the  consecrated  labors  of  His  servants.  As  w^e 
conclude  the  review  of  the  year's  work,  we  can  say  with  gratitude 
the  churches  have  had  rest  and  have  been  edified,  and  walking  in 
the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and  in  the  comfort  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  have 
been  multiplied. 


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II.— NECROLOGICAL  REPORT. 

Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange. 

REV.    HENRY   MARTYN  STORRS,    D.D.,  LL.D. 

Rev.  Henry  Martyn  Storrs,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  was  born  in  Ravenna, 
Ohio,  January  20th,  1827.  His  father,  Rev.  Charles  B.  Storrs,  was 
President  of  Western  Reserve  College.  After  his  death  the  son  was 
taken  into  the  family  of  his  uncle,  Dr.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  then  living 
at  Braintree,  Mass.  He  graduated  from  Amherst  College  in  1836, 
and  five  years  later  from  Andover  Theological  Seminary.  His  first 
pastorate  was  in  the  jCongregational  Church  at  Lawrence,  Mass., 
where  he  remained  three  3'ears — long  enough  to  give  clear  promise 
of  the  eminence  he  was  afterward  to  attain  as  a  preacher  From 
this  field  he  was  called  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  by  excessive 
work  he  broke  down  his  health.  He  was  then  thirty-seven  years 
of  age,  when  it  seemed,  in  all  human  probability,  that  his  life-work 
was  ended.  But  from  the  verge  of  the  grave  he  fought  his  way 
back  to  health  and  strength.  This  experience  gave  him  a  deep 
sense  of  the  earnestness  of  life  and  new  conceptions  of  spiritual 
things.  For  five  years  he  was  pastor  of  South  Congregational 
Church,  Brooklyn.  In  1872  he  was  elected  Corresponding  Secretary 
of  the  American  Home  Missionary  Societj^  where  his  administration 
for  ten  years  was  exceptionally  wise  and  fruitful.  His  eloquent 
voice  became  familiar  throughout  the  land  as  he  made  his  impas- 
sioned appeals  for  the  cause  of  Home  Missions  which  he  loved. 
From  1882  to  his  death,  December  ist,  1894,  he  was  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Orange,  N.  J.  In  that  pulpit  he  dis- 
played for  twelve  years  the  ripened  Bible  scholarship,  the  strong 
moral  purpose  and  the  rich  spirituality  of  one  whom  God  had,  in 
these  respects,  made  great.  In  the  pastoral  work  he  was  delicate, 
tender,  patient,  sympathetic,  faithful.  In  the  community  he  was 
foremost  in  every  movement  for  the  general  good,  but  was  never 
misled  by  the  ill-timed  ventures  of  even  good  people. 

Doctor  Storrs  received  the  honorary  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
from  the  Western  Reserve  College  in  1864,  and  Doctor  of  Laws  from 
Marietta  College  in  1887. 

He  married,  March  9th,  1852,  Catherine  Hitchcock,  daughter  of 
President  Edward  Hitchcock,  of  Amherst  College,  who,  with  two 
sons,  Charles  Bigelow  and  Richard  Salter,  and  one  daughter, 
Katherine,  survives  him. 

REV.   THOMAS    CARTER. 

Rev.  Thomas  Carter  was  the  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  Thomson 
Carter.      His  birthplace  was  New  York  city,  Februar}'  6th,  1839. 


i8gS'  Necrological  Report.  37 

He  was  brought  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord,  and 
at  the  age  of  sixteen  united  with  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  often  said  he  did  not  know  the  time  when  he  did  not  love  the 
Lord.  He  pursued  his  preparatory  studies  at  the  Collegiate  School 
of  William  Forrest,  in  New  York,  and  entered  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New  York  in  the  class  of  1858,  where  he  graduated  as  val- 
edictorian. He  received  his  diploma  from  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  in  1861,  after  having  taken  the  regular  three  years  course. 
He  was  licensed  by  the  2d  Presbytery  of  New  York,  April  17th, 
1861.  He  immediately  went  to  Europe,  and  after  taking  a  course 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  Theological  Hall  of  Edinburgh,  he 
traveled  extensively  on  the  Continent  and  in  the  East. 

Upon  his  return  home,  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Church  of  Pluck- 
emin,  N.  J.,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  by  the  Presbytery  of 
Elizabeth,  June  22d,  1863.  In  this  field  his  labors  were  greatly 
blessed,  especially  among  the  young. 

In  1872  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Boonton, 
N.  J.,  where  he  was  installed  January  3d,  1873.  Here  the  bulk  of 
his  ministry  was  passed,  his  pastorate  extending  over  nearly 
twenty-two  years.  Four  hundred  and  fifteen  persons  were  gathered 
into  the  Boonton  Church  through  his  ministry.  As  a  preacher,  he 
was  fervent  and  spiritual  ;  as  a  pastor,  indefatigable  and  wise  ;  as  a 
presbyter,  a  hard  worker,  a  good  counselor  ;  as  a  man,  he  was 
genial,  unselfish,  great-hearted,  Christly. 

He  passed  awa3%  November  3d,  1894,  in  the  56th  year  of  his  age. 
He  was  at  his  post,  faithful  unto  death,  when  the  summons  came. 

Mr.  Carter  was  twice  rdarried.  His  first  wife  was  Mary  Coch- 
rane, of  New  York,  who  died  in  1870,  leaving  four  children.  In 
1873  he  married  Hettie  Dodd,  daughter  of  Rev.  Edward  and  Lydia 
Dodd,  missionariies  to  Turkey.  There  were  four  children  from  this 
marriage  also.     Mrs.  Carter  and  the  eight  children  survive  him. 

Presbytery  of  Newark. 

REV.   S.IMUEL   HUTCHINGS,    D.D., 

was  the  oldest  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  and  one  of  the 
patriarchs  of  the  Presbyterian  ministry.  A  full  score  of  years  were 
added  to  the  scriptural  limit  of  three  score  and  ten.  He  was  born 
in  New  York  city,  September  15th,  iSo6,  and  died  in  Newark,  N.  J., 
September  ist,  1895.  He  graduated  from  Williams  College  in  1825, 
and  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  in  1828.  He  was  ordained  to 
the  ministry  by  the  Presbytery  of  Cleveland,  November  8th,  1831, 
and  was  stated  supply  in  Cleveland  for  one  year.  He  was  stated 
supply  of  the  Congregational  Church  of  Medfieid,  Mass.,  1832-3,  and 
missionary  in  Ceylon  and  Madras,  India,  from  '2>l  to  '43.  He  was 
contributor  to  the  American  edition  of  Chambers'   Encyclopedia, 


38  Necrological  Report,  Oct., 

nearly  one  thousand  articles  being  from  his  versatile  pen.  He  also 
prepared  a  large  number  of  biographical  sketches  for  the  Encyclo- 
pedia of  Missions.  He  was  also  a  frequent  contributor  to  the  New 
York  Observer  and  other  periodicals.  The  degree  of  D.D.  was  con- 
ferred upon  him  by  his  alma  mater  in  1888  Dr.  Hutchings  was  a 
good  man.  Deep  and  courageous  in  his  convictions,  he  was  always 
amiable  and  peaceable.  He  was  a  fearless  advocate  of  righteous- 
ness, a  wise  and  faithful  counselor,  filled  with  the  hope  of  the 
gospel  and  guided  b}^  the  mind  of  the  Master.  He  passed  away 
peacefully  September  ist,  1895.  A  widow,  five  children,  eight 
grand-children,  and  two  great-grand-children  survive  him. 


Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

REV.  JAMES   MCCOSH,    D.D.,  LL.D. 

James  McCosh,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  the  venerable  ex-president  of  the 
College  of  New  Jerse}',  died  November  i6th,  1894.  He  had  been 
steadily  failing  during  the  summer  and  autumn,  and  the  end  came 
peacefully,  without  pain.  The  death  of  Dr.  McCosh  was  the  close 
of  a  great  career.  He  was  born  April  ist,  181 1,  at  Carskeock  Farm, 
on  the  left  bank  of  the  Bonnie  Doon,  about  twelve  miles  from  Ayr, 
the  county  seat  of  Aj-rshire.  He  received  his  first  education  in  the 
parochial  school.  In  1824,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  he  entered  the 
University  of  Glasgow,  a  fit  place  for  the  young  student  who  was 
later  to  write  the  history  of  the  Scottish  School.  Here  he  remained 
five  years,  and  in  1829  entered  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  Here 
he  came  under  the  influence  of  Thomas  Chalmers  in  theology  and 
Sir  William  Hamilton  in  philosophy. 

In  1835  he  was  licensed  to  preach  as  a  minister  of  the  established 
Church  of  Scotland.  His  first  charge  was  the  Abbey  Church  of 
Arbroath  the  Faii-port  of  Sir  Walter  Scott's  '■  Antiquary." 

In  1838  Dr.  McCosh  was  appointed  hy  the  Crown  to  the  Church 
at  Brechin.  In  this  arduous  charge  he  labored  most  assiduously. 
Besides  his  regular  parish  duties,  he  went  abroad  everywhere 
preaching  the  gospel,  in  barns,  kitchens  and  taverns  or  in  the  open 
fields.  His  communion  roll  gradually  grew  until  it  numbered  1,400 
souls.  Meanwhile  the  disruption  of  the  Church  of  Scotland  was 
impending.  In  1843,  when  it  had  become  inevitable,  Dr.  McCosh 
joined  the  immortal  400  who  surrendered  their  living.  He  at  once 
proceeded  to  organize  in  his  old  field  a  Free  Church,  and  over  800 
of  his  former  parishioners  followed  him.  But  beyond  this  he  went 
out  in  every  direction  organizing  new  congregations,  providing 
preachers,  raising  money  for  new  churches  and  manses  and  pushing 
forward  the  work  of  the  Free  Church.  The  same  j^ear  he  also 
visited  England,  by  the  appointment  of  the  General  Assembly,  to 


iSgs-  Necrological  Report.  39 

solicit  funds  for  the  Free  Church  and  explain  its  mission.  In  1844 
he  removed  from  the  West  to  the  East  Free  Church,  where  he 
labored  until  1851.  It  is  here  that  he  wrote  that  wonderful  work, 
"The  Method  of  the  Divine  Government."  It  was  through  this 
book  that  such  attention  was  called  to  him  that  in  185 1  Earl 
Clarendon,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland,  appointed  him  Professor  of 
Logic  and  Metaphysics  in  Queens  College,  Belfast.  His  pastorate 
had  continued  for  sixteen  years  ;  he  was  now  to  be  equally  success- 
ful as  a  professor  for  a  similar  period.  While  devoted  to  educa- 
tional work,  he  did  not  forget  that  he  was  a  minister  of  the  gospel. 
He  preached  continually,  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Minis- 
terial Support  Fund,  and  one  of  the  secretaries  of  the  Bible  and 
Colporteurs  Society. 

While  in  Belfast  he  wrote  "  Typical  Forms  and  Special  Ends  in 
Creation,"  "The  Supernatural  in  Relation  to  the  Natural,"  "The 
Intuitions  of  the  Mind  Inductively  Investigated,"  and  "An  Exami- 
nation of  the  John  Stuart  Mills'  Philosophy." 

Doctor  McCosh  paid  his  first  visit  to  America  in  1866.  In  1868 
he  was  called  to  the  presidency  of  Princeton  College.  The  story  of 
the  twenty  years  of  his  matchless  administration  in  Princeton  is 
too  well  known  to  need  rehearsal  here.  Fourteen  buildings  were 
added  to  the  college  plant.  The  attendance  of  students  more  than 
doubled  ;  the  faculty  was  built  up  by  importation  of  professors  from 
other  institutions,  and  afterwards  by  training  Princeton  men  as 
well.  Twenty-four  of  Doctor  McCosh's  pupils  are  now  in  the 
faculty.  The  course  of  study  was  revised  and  modernized  without 
giving  up  the  essentials  of  a  liberal  education.  Dr.  McCosh  left 
his  indelible  mark  on  the  students  singly,  but  more  than  this,  "  he 
fused  their  youthful  enthusiasm  into  one  mastering  passion  for 
Princeton  as  a  coming  university,  democratic  in  its  students'  life, 
moved  by  the  idea  of  discipline  and  duty,  unified  in  its  intellectual 
culture,  open  to  new  knowledge,  and  Christian  to  the  core." 

Dr.  McCosh  gave  up  the  presidency  in  June,  1888,  and  passed  the 
remainder  of  his  days  in  his  own  quiet  home  on  Prospect  avenue. 
As  Dr.  Patton  said  of  him  :  "  He  was  more  than  a  model  president ; 
he  was  a  model  ex- president."  Without  the  stroke  of  disease,  clear 
of  mind  to  the  last,  in  his  own  home,  surrounded  by  all  his  family, 
he  peacefully  fell  asleep  in  Jesus  at  ten  o'clock  Friday  night,  No- 
vember i6th. 

Dr.  McCosh  was  married,  in  1845,  to  Isabella  Guthrie,  daughter  of 
James  Guthrie,  M.D.,  and  niece  of  Dr.  Thomas  Guthrie.  Mrs. 
McCosh,  with  one  son  and  two  daughters,  survives  him. 

REV.   WILLIAM   MORGAN  WELLS. 

The  Rev.  William  Morgan  Wells  was  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
Sprout  Wells.  He  was  born  in  Cumberland,  N.  Y.,  March  29th, 
1830. 


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In  1846  he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Lambertville, 
N.  J.,  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  P.  O.  Studdiford,  D.D. 

His  heart  soon  turned  toward  the  gospel  ministry,  and  he  began 
preparatory  study  under  his  pastor,  and  entered  the  Sophomore 
class  in  Princeton  College  in  185 1,  graduating  in  1854.  He  then 
studied  theology  with  Dr.  Studdiford,  and  was  fitted  to  enter  the 
middle  class  of  Princeton  Seminary,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  in  1858. 

He  was  licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  Raritan,  October  6th,  1857, 
and  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  November  4th, 
1858,  and  at  the  same  time  installed  as  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Jamesburg,  N.  J.  This  charge  he  resigned  July  ist,  1869,  to  become 
assistant  principal  of  the  Freehold  Institute.  In  1870  he  removed 
to  Hightstown,  N.  J.,' and  took  charge  of  the  Ladies'  Seminary  at 
that  place,  which  he  managed  with  marked  success  for  fifteen  years. 
In  1887  he  opened  a  school  in  Lambertville,  and  in  1889  accepted 
the  pastorate  of  the  First  United  Church  of  Amwell,  which  field  he 
was  still  serving  at  the  date  of  his  death,  January  2d,  1895. 

Mr.  Wells  was  a  spiritual,  evangelical  preacher  of  the  Word,  and 
under  his  ministry  there  were  numerous  additions  to  the  church. 

He  was  married  December  7th,  1858,  at  Lambertville,  N.  J.,  to 
Clara  M.  Courie,  who  survives  him. 

His  last  words  were,  "  My  work  is  finished.    Amen." 


Presbytery  of  Newton. 

REV.  JOHN   LOWREY. 

Rev.  John  Lowrey,  pastor  of  the  Church  at  Hackettstown,  N.  J., 
died  very  suddenly,  May  22d,  1895. 

He  was  born  in  Princeton,  N.  J.,  March  17th,  1838,  graduated  at 
the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  the  class  of  1856.  He  taught  at  the 
Theological  Seminary,  at  Princeton,  for  four  years,  and  graduated 
in  i86r.  Was  ordained  by  the  Presbytery  of  North  River,  July 
loth,  1861,  and  at  the  same  time  installed  as  pastor  at  Wappinger's 
Falls,  N.  Y.  In  1863  he  became  pastor  at  Sag  Harbor,  L.  I.,  which 
charge  he  resigned  in  1867  to  become  pastor  of  the  Throop  Avenue 
Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained  until  1873.  His  next 
pastorate  was  at  Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  which  church  he  served  for 
eleven  years.  His  pastorate  at  Hackettstown  began  in  1884,  and 
continued  prosperously  until  the  voice  of  the  Master  summoned 
him  from  labor  to  reward.  Mr.  Lowrey  was  a  man  of  genial  tem- 
perament and  sterling  worth,  greatly  endeared  to  his  people  and 
brethren  of  the  Presbytery.  He  was  distinguished  for  large  knowl- 
edge of  affairs  and  great  wisdom  of  judgment.  Above  all,  he  was 
an  able  preacher  of  the  gospel,  a  safe  spiritual  guide,  a  consecrated 


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and  sympathetic  pastor.  He  was  married  om  August  5th,  1861,  to 
Lydia  Clark,  daughter  of  Benjamin  M.  and  Violetta  Clark,  of  Cran- 
bury,  N.  J.,  who  survives  him. 


REV.    LAWRENCE  TILLOU  SHULER. 

Rev.  Lawrence  Tillou  Shuler  was  born  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y., 
September  2d,  1849.  He  graduated  from  Union  College  in  1869,  and 
from  Union  Theological  Seminary  in  1873,  and  ordained  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Newton  October  28th  of  the  same  year. 

His  first  pastorate  was  at  Wantage  N.  J.,  from  1873  to  1875.  In 
1876  he  traveled  in  Europe  and  the  East,  and  upon  his  return  the 
same  year  became  stated  supply  at  West  Town,  N.  Y.  His  next 
pastorate  was  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  where  he  was  pastor  from  1881  to 
1885.  After  his  resignation  of  this  charge  in  Paterson  he  removed 
to  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  became  editor  of  the  publications  of  the  Pru- 
dential Insurance  Company,  in  which  capacity  he  served  with 
marked  ability  until  the  time  of  his  fatal  illness. 

Mr.  Shuler  was  never  married.  His  widowed  mother  was  his 
constant  companion,  and  she  survives  him. 

Mr.  Shuler  was  a  man  of  good  mind  and  large  heart.  He  was  a 
faithful  and  conscientious  pastor.  His  body  was  frail,  but  he  was 
indefatigable  in  the  ministries  of  a  servant  of  God. 

He  entered  into  rest  on  Sunday,  January  8th,  1895. 


Presbytery  of  West  Jersey. 

REV.   S.    Y.    LUM 

was  born  in  New  Providence,  N.  J.,  May  6th,  1821.  He  was 
educated  at  Oberlin  College  and  Union  Theological  Seminary,  and 
was  ordained  to  the  ministry  by  the  Congregational  Council  of  New 
Jersey  at  Middletown,  N.  J.,  November  19th,  1851.  In  1854  he  be- 
came stated  supply  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  preaching  the  first  sermon 
to  whites  in  both  Lawrence  and  Topeka. 

In  1857  he  was  appointed  ageat  of  Home  Missions  for  the  American 
Society,  with  headquarters  at  Lawrence.  In  i860,  feeling  the  duties 
of  that  position  too  arduous,  he  retired,  and  from  1861  to  1864  labored 
in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  as  stated  supply  cf  the  church  at 
Rehoboth.  Following  this  was  a  year's  illness,  but  recovering,  he 
became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Groton,  N.  Y.,  where 
his  labors  were  greatly  blessed.  In  1867  he  was  called  to  Lodi,  N. 
J.,  where  he  remained  until  1869. 

From  this  date  until  1874,  he  occupied  the  position  of  Superinten- 
dent of  the  American  Bible  Society,  with  headquarters  at  Lawrence- 
ville,  Kansas. 


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From  1874  to  1876  he  labored  at  Mannsville,  N.  Y.,  and  from  1876 
to  1878  was  pastor  at  New  Fairfield,  Conn.  The  following  winter 
was  spent  in  Georgia,  where,  although  enjoying  a  much-needed 
vacation,  he  spent  a  portion  of  his  time  in  Home  Missionary  work. 

He  next  supplied  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Upper  Lehigh,  Pa., 
but  in  September,  1894,  became  pastor  of  the  Point  Pleasant  Presby- 
terian Church,  where  he  remained  three  years. 

His  next  field  was  at  Long  Ridge,  Stamford,  Conn.,  from  wbich 
place  he  retired  in  less  than  two  j^ears  on  account  of  the  severity  of 
the  climate.  His  last  charge  was  at  Mays  Landing,  N.  J.,  from 
1889  to  1894.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  living  at  New  Gretna, 
N.  J.,  and  was  preparing  to  enter  upon  the  service  of  that  church, 
where  he  believed  the,work  of  his  ministry  would  end.  The  sum- 
mons came  suddenly  at  Rutherford,  N.  J.,  October  7th,  1895. 

Mr.  Lum  was  a  man  of  pure  and  spotless  character,  and  gentle 
and  Christlike  spirit.  He  loved  to  preach  the  gospel,  and  many 
remember  his  ministry  to  bless  him.     His  widow  survives  him. 


i8gs-  SvNODrcAL  Home  Missions.  43 

III. -REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE  ON 
SYNODICAL  HOME  MISSIONS. 

Through  the  good  hand  of  our  Goi  which  has  been  upon  us  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  5'our  Committee  is  enabled  to  present  a  verj' 
encouraging  report.  The  ninth  year  of  Synod's  care  of  the  mission 
work  within  its  bounds,  while  it  presents  no  new  features,  yet 
deepens  our  gratitude  to  the  God  of  missions,  and  prompts  us  to 
renewed  devotion  to  our  distinctive  work. 

The  first  cause  for  thanksgiving  and  rejoicing  is  the  amount  of 
money  raised  for  this  work.  The  Treasurer  reports  the  receipt  of 
516,413.04.  This  is  $1,150.89  in  excess  of  the  largest  sum  yet 
received  in  any  one  year.  Part  of  the  credit  for  this  advance  is  due 
to  the  Young  People's  Societies.  An  appeal  was  sent  by  Synod's 
Committee  on  Young  People's  Societies,  of  which  the  Rev.  Hugh 
B.  MacCauley  is  Chairman,  to  all  of  these  organizations  within  our 
bounds,  asking  them  to  contribute  not  less  than  $2.00  each  to  the  work 
of  Synodical  Home  Missions.  To  this  appeal  108  societies  responded 
by  sending  directly  to  our  Treasurer  the  sum  of  $347  89.  We 
would  place  on  record  our  grateful  appreciation  of  this  most  welcome 
aid,  and  express  our  earnest  hope  that  the  necessary  and  excellent 
work   doae    by  these  societies   may  be  continued   and   increased. 

It  may  be  too  much  to  say  that  the  money  sent  by  the 
churches  has  come  spontaneously.  Doubtless  the  members  of  the 
various  Presbyterial  Committees  would  be  somewhat  relieved  of 
anxiety  if  the  pastors  of  all  our  churches  were  so  responsive, 
prompt  and  diligent  in  presenting  this  cause  to  the  people  as  to 
leave  nothing  for  the  Committees  to  do.  There  has  been  much  for 
these  brethren  to  do.  It  is  an  unwritten  story,  but  the  results 
speak  for  themselves.  It  is  a  special  gratification  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  Synod  to  the  fact  that  the  Presb5'tery  of  Newton  reports  for 
the  first  time  that  it  has  raised  the  full  amount  asked  from  it  by 
Synod.  This  is  a  great  encouragement,  and  the  good  record  made 
last  year  will  doubtless  be  repeated.  While  thus  we  speak  so 
warmly  of  Newton,  we  make  grateful  mention  of  the  fact  that 
Morris  and  Orange  and  West  Jersey  have  never  failed  to  send  even 
more  than  their  full  quota.  Elizabeth,  Jersey  City  and  New  Bruns- 
wick are  iu  the  list  of  those  Presbyteries  which  have  raised  their 
apportionment.  Monmouth  lacks  I90.39  and  Newark  $329.30  of 
meeting  the  expectation  of  Synod.  Though  coming  somewhat 
short  of  the  stated  amount,  yet  it  is  to  be  said  to  the  credit  of  both 
Presbyteries  that  they  contributed  last  year  a  larger  sum  than  in 
the  preceding  year. 

Some  progress  has  been  made  in  the  matter  of  self-support.  The 
church  at  Hopewell,  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  of  which  the 
Rev.  James  R.  Kerr  is  pastor,  after  many  years  of  working  and 


44  Synodic AL  Home  Missions.  Oct., 

waiting,  has,  by  a  vigorous  effort,  reached  the  point  where  it  no 
longer  asks  for  aid.  The  church  at  Weehawkeu,  Presbytery  of 
Jersey  City,  will  not  draw  from  the  fund,  and  Garfield,  of  the  same 
Presbytery,  asks  lor  less.  The  church  at  North  Cramer  Hill  has 
canceled  a  mortgage  of  $900  upon  its  building.  The  church  at 
Elmer  has  paid  the  debt  upon  its  manse.  Tuckahoe,  by  the  help  of 
Synod,  obtains  a  manse  free  from  debt.  North  Hardyston  has  built 
a  manse,  and  Sparta  has  enlarged  and  improved  its  home  for  the 
minister.  The  Presbytery  of  Newark  has  recently  organized  a 
church  at  Verona,  which,  however,  will  require  no  aid  from  Synod's 
fund.  Another  church  is  soon  to  be  organized  near  Bloomfield. 
Synod  will  be  gratified  to  learn  of  the  organization  of  an  Italian 
church  of  eighteen  members  at  Hammonton.  This  interesting 
work  was  first  undertaken  by  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  with 
aid  from  Synod's  fund.  As  the  work  increased,  the  Presbytery, 
unwilling  to  ask  Synod  for  a  larger  appropriation,  determined  to 
make  a  special  appeal  to  its  own  churches,  and  especially  to  the 
Y.  P.  S  C.  E  ,  to  supplement  the  amount  appropriated  from  Synod's 
fund.  This  appeal  has  year  by  year  met  a  favorable  response,  and 
now  the  work  is  put  into  permanent  form  by  the  organization  of  a 
church.  The  Committee  on  Evangelistic  Work  of  the  Presbytery 
of  Morris  and  Orange  have  held  special  services  with  two  or  three 
of  the  aid-receiving  churches,  with  good  results.  In  some  cases  the 
churches  have  been  revived  very  notabl}',  and  in  all  there  have 
been,  comparatively  speaking,  large  additions. 

While  we  note  these  interesting  items,  we  rejoice  also  in  the  quiet, 
steady  progress  in  all  of  our  missionary  churches.  During  the  year, 
eighty-one  churches  and  mission  stations  have  been  supported,  in 
whole  or  in  part,  from  the  treasury  of  Synodical  Home  Missions. 

The  Presbyteries  of  Elizabeth,  Jersey  City  and  Newton  ask  for  an 
increased  allotment,  and  in  the  judgment  of  your  Committee  these 
requests  should  be  granted.  Elizabeth  finds  a  large  number  of 
foreigners  pouring  into  the  Presbytery,  in  the  vicinity  of  Perth 
Amboy,  along  the  Sound  and  up  the  Raritan  river.  A  work  for  the 
colored  people  of  Elizabeth  may  need  help.  Jersey  City  finds  it 
necessary  to  assist  the  John  Knox  Church  of  that  city,  and  also  a 
church  for  colored  people  in  Paterson.  Newton  feels  most  keenly 
the  increased  burden  resting  upon  it  from  the  ebbing  population  of 
the  country.  As  changes  in  the  pastorate  occur,  the  necessity'  for 
helping  the  country  churches  becomes  more  evident. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  14.) 


iSgs-  Treasurer's  Report— Home  Missions.  45 

III.— REPORT  OF  THE  TREASURER  OF  SYNODICAL 
HOME  MISSIONS. 

To  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  : 

Your  Treasurer  for  Synodical  Home  Missions  respectfully  presents 
the  following  report : 

If  after  a  survey  of  the  whole  realm  of  human  activity,  it  could 
be  written,  "  there  is  no  new  thing  under  the  sun,"  it  surely  cannot 
be  expected  of  one  who  views  a  single  department  of  your  work 
that  he  shall  find  anything  novel  to  record.  The  one  thing  that 
can  make  his  statement  interesting  is  that  it  rehearses  some  recent 
steps  in  the  performance  of  a  work  which  is  more  than  yours  only. 

In  making  ready  for  this  work,  your  Permanent  Committee  on 
Syuodical  Home  Missions  recommended  that  Synod  should  ask  for 
and  expect  the  sum  of  sixteen  thousand,  five  hundred  and  eight 
dollars  and  forty-seven  cents,  and  should  allot  among  the  several 
Presbyteries  the  sum  of  sixteen  thousand,  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  dollars.  Their  recommendations  were  confirmed  by  you  both 
in  the  whole  and  in  the  matter  of  apportionment  and  allotment. 
Such  apportionment  and  allotment  may  be  found  in  detail  in  the 
Schedules  i  and  2  hereunder  written.  The  sums  allotted  to  the 
Presbyteries  for  their  use  were  subsequently  certified  to  your  Treas- 
urer by  your  Stated  Clerk. 

In  the  performance  of  the  work,  contributions  have  been  received 
from  thirty  four  churches  in  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth,  amounting 
to  two  thousand,  six  hundred  and  sixty-four  dollars  and  thirty-six 
cents  ;  contributions  from  thirty-two  churches  in  the  Presbytery  of 
Jersey  City,  amounting  to  one  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  nine 
dollars  and  eighty-two  cents;  contributions  from  forty-nine  churches 
in  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  amounting  to  one  thousand,  two 
hundred  and  eighty  six  dollars  and  fifty-nine  cents  ;  contributions 
from  forty-four  churches  in  the  Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange, 
amounting  to  two  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars 
and  eighty-seven  cents  ;  contributions  from  twenty-nine  churches 
in  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  amounting  to  two  thousand,  five  hun- 
dred and  fifty-eight  dollars  and  eight  cents  ;  contributions  from 
thirty-six  churches  in  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  amount- 
ing to  one  thousand,  nine  hundred  and  seventy-three  dollars  and 
eighty-four  cents  ;  contributions  from  thirty  churches  in  the  Presby- 
tery of  Newton,  amounting  to  one  thousand,  two  hundred  and 
twenty-three  dollars  and  ninety-four  cents  ;  and  contributions  from 
fifty-two  churches  in  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  amounting  to 
one  thousand,  five  hundred  and  ninety  dollars  and  fifty-four  cents. 
In  addition  thereto,  a  member  of  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth  gave 
five  dollars  ;  a  member  of  a  church  in  the  Presbytery  of  Morris  and 


46  Treasurer's  Report— Home  Missions.  Oct., 

Orange  gave  twenty  dollars  ;  three  persons,  members  of  churches 
in  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  gave  three  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars,  and  several  other  persons  therein  gave  fifty-three  dollars  for 
the  credit  of  the  Presbytery  ;  a  member  of  a  church  in  the  Presby- 
tery of  Newton  gave  six  dollars  ;  and  a  member  of  the  Presbytery 
of  West  Jersey  gave  fifteen  dollars.  All  of  the  contributions  are 
set  forth  with  particularity  in  Schedule  3  hereunder  written  ;  and 
in  Schedule  4  hereunder  written,  the  contributions  during  the 
eighth  and  ninth  fiscal  years  are  compared  by  Presbyteries.  At  this 
point,  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  remark  that  now,  as  in  time  past,  the 
word,  "  church  "  is  not  always  used  with  perfect  accuracy.  It  may 
sometimes  mean  mission  chapels  or  stations  as  well  as  churches 
fully  organized  ;  it  may  sometimes  mean  not  only  congregations 
steadily  worshipping  at  particular  places,  but  aljo  Sabbath-schools, 
and  societies  and  bands  connected  with  them.  For  a  correct  classi- 
fication of  the  agents  from  which  the  work  of  Synodical  Home  Mis- 
sions has  received  support,  reference  should  be  made  to  Schedule  3 
and  the  Summary  of  Account.  From  the  latter,  it  appears  that  the 
contributions  in  the  last  year  from  congregations,  amounted  to 
fourteen  thousand,  five  hundred  and  seventy-four  dollars  and  forty- 
one  cents  ;  from  Sabbath-schools,  to  seven  hundred  and  fifty-nine 
dollars  and  fifty-three  cents  ;  from  societies  and  bands,  to  six  hun- 
dred dollars  and  ten  cents,  and  from  individuals,  to  four  hundred 
and  seventy-nine  dollars. 

In  the  further  performance  of  the  work,  there  have  been  paid  out 
for  the  services  of  ministers  or  missionaries  rendered  in  the  first 
quarter  of  the  year,  three  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  thirteen 
dollars  and  seventy-five  cents  ;  for  like  services  in  the  second  quar- 
ter of  the  year,  three  thousand,  seven  hundred  and  eighty-six  dol- 
lars and  seventy-one  cents  ;  for  like  services  in  the  third  quarter  of 
the  year,  three  thousand,  six  hundred  and  thirty-one  dollars ;  and 
for  like  services  in  the  fourth  quarter  of  the  year,  two  hundred  and 
thirty-three  dollars  and  thirty-three  cents.  There  were  also  paid 
out  for  similar  services  rendered  in  the  preceding  year  three  thou- 
sand, two  hundred  and  ninety-two  dollars  and  sixty-four  cents. 
From  a  different  stand-point,  your  Treasurer  may  say  that  during 
the  year  there  have  been  paid  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or  mis- 
sionaries in  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth,  five  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the 
Presbytery  of  Jersey  City,  two  thousand,  two  hundred  and  seventj'- 
four  dollars  and  eighty-three  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers 
or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  three  thousand, 
two  hundred  and  ninety-one  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents,  and  to 
the  Presbyterial  missionary  in  the  same,  three  hundred  and  eighty- 
seven  dollars  and  sixty-two  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of  ministers  or 
missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange,  one  thousand, 


iSgs-  Treasurer's  Report— Home  Missions.  47 

four  hundred  and  twelve  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ;  to  or  for  the  use  of 
ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Newark,  one  thou- 
sand, five  hundred  and  fifty-six  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents  ;  to  or 
for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Brunswick,  five  hundred  and  seventy-eight  dollars  ;  to  or  for  the 
use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  Newton,  seven 
hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and  thirty-eight  cents  ;  and  to  or 
for  the  use  of  ministers  or  missionaries  in  the  Presbytery  of  West 
Jersey,  three  thousand,  six  hundred  and  thirty-five  dollars  and 
eighty-three  cents,  and  to  the  Presbyterial  missionary  in  the  same, 
three  hundred  and  sixty-nine  dollars  and  eighty  cents.  For  print- 
ing and  publishing,  your  Treasurer  has  paid  away  seventy-seven 
dollars  and  eight  cents  ;  for  postage  and  express  charges,  forty  six 
dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents  ;  for  interest,  sixteen  dollars  and  eleven 
cents  ;  and  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  Permanent  Committee, 
thirty  dollars  and  fifty-two  cents.  All  of  the  expenditures  are  set 
forth  in  subdivisions  i  and  2  of  Schedule  5  hereunder  written  ;  and 
in  Schedule  6  hereunder  written,  the  payments  to  or  for  the  use  of 
ministers  and  missionaries  during  the  eighth  and  ninth  fiscal  years 
are  compared  by  Presbyteries.  From  the  Summary  of  Account,  it 
further  appears  that  the  payments  during  the  year  for  the  services 
of  ministers  or  missionaries  amounted  to  fourteen  thousand,  seven 
hundred  and  fifty-seven  dollars  and  forty-three  cents  ;  and  for  the 
expenses  of  administration  to  one  hundred  and  seventy  dollars  and 
forty  cents — these  payments  leaving  in  the  treasury  a  balance  of 
five  thousand,  one  hundred  and  sixty- four  dollars  and  seven  cents. 
Lest  a  large  balance  in  the  treasury  should  prove  a  hindrance  to 
contributions,  and  lest  by  attempting  to  guess  he  should  fall  into 
error,  your  Treasurer  has  deemed  it  expedient  to  inquire  what  sum 
will  shortly  be  drawn  out  in  payment  for  the  services  of  ministers 
or  missionaries,  rendered  in  the  fourth  quarter  of  the  last  year. 
This  sum  he  is  crediblj'  informed  will  be  three  thousaad,  eight  hun- 
dred and  eighty-seven  dollars  and  seventy-eight  cents  ;  so  that  the 
balance  in  the  treasury  may  soon  be  reduced  by  sundry  payments 
to  twelve  hundred  and  seventy-six  dollars  and  twenty-nine  cents. 

In  his  last  report  your  Treasurer  had  occasion  to  record  certain 
"  first  instances  "  in  the  progress  of  the  work;  in  this  he  makes 
mention  of  some  "  greatest  occurrences."  Three  hundred  and  six 
churches  have  contributed  to  the  Synodical  Home  Mission  Fund 
during  the  last  year — the  greatest  number  giving  in  any  one  year 
since  the  work  was  undertaken.  Five  Presbyteries  have  in  their 
giving  gone  beyond  the  limit  of  your  expectations  ;  no  greater 
number  have  ever  been  found  so  doing.  Sixteen  thousand,  four 
hundred  and  thirteen  dollars  and  four  cents  have  been  contributed 
for  the  work — the  greatest  sum  raised  in  any  year.  The  advance  in 
the  contributions  over  those  of  the  preceding  year  is  one  thousand 


48  Treasurer's  Report — Home  Missions.  Oct., 

eight  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents— the 
greatest  seen  in  any  twelve-month.  These  are  occurrences  of  a 
cheering  nature,  and  indicate  that,  notwithstanding  "  hard  times  " 
and  pressing  calls,  the  work  of  Synodical  Home  Missions  lies  close 
to  the  hearts  and  conscience  of  Presbyterians  in  New  Jersey,  and 
that  a  generous  emulation  has  place  in  the  efforts  to  meet  its 
demands.  The  expenses  of  administration  have  been  the  greatest 
in  the  history  of  the  work.  This  does  not  mark  the  beginning  of 
extravagance.  The  increase  has  been  largely  through  the  payment 
of  interest,  which  was  unavoidable,  and  through  the  printing  and 
distribution  of  cards  and  envelopes,  which,  it  is  believed,  have 
brought  in  more  than  their  cost.  The  decrease  in  payments  for 
missonary  services  has  been  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars 
and  two  cents— the  greatest,  almost  the  only,  diminution  ever 
marked.  The  cause  of  this  decrease  is  not  altogether  apparent, 
hence  the  estimate  that  we  should  put  upon  the  fact  is  not  wholly 
clear.  Six  thousand  and  twenty-four  dollars  and  twenty-two  cents 
were  received  in  September  last — the  greatest  sum  ever  received  in 
any  single  month.  This  is  not  a  pleasing  incident ;  it  shows  that 
the  tendency  to  defer  gathering  and  giving  until  the  closing  hours 
of  the  year  (a  tendency  heretofore  noticed  and  disapproved)  has 
become  confirmed. 

Moved  by  the  necessity  of  seizing  upon  an  opportunity,  and 
encouraged  by  the  silent  permissions  of  the  past,  your  Treasurer 
would  speak  of  two  matters  not  especially  connected  with  the  work 
now  under  review.  To  those  who  are  or  may  be  entitled  to  draw 
from  this  fund,  let  him  say  that,  in  the  early  days  of  October, 
orders  on  the  Treasurer  cannot  be  honored  upon  their  presentation. 
The  work  of  the  closing  year  must  be  finished  before  that  of  the 
opening  year  can  be  begun.  Nor  can  letters  of  inquiry  receive 
immediate  answer  ;  it  were  as  easy  to  respond  to  an  order  by  writ- 
ing a  cheque  as  to  respond  to  a  question  by  writing  a  letter.  To 
the  Synod  as  a  body  let  him  say  that,  should  he  be  again  elected, 
and  thereupon  serve  to  the  end  of  the  year,  a  decade  will  then  have 
elapsed  since  he  became  your  Treasurer  for  Synodical  Home  Mis- 
sions, a  period  of  no  small  duration  in  the  life  of  a  man,  however 
short  it  may  be  in  the  history  of  the  church  or  of  the  world,  and 
that  at  its  close  it  is  his  expectation  and  purpose  to  transfer  the 
duties,  privileges  and  pleasures  of  the  office  to  the  man  whom  you 
may  choose. 

All  which  matters  and  things  are  respectfully  submitted  this  six- 
teenth day  of  October,  A.D.  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-five. 

ELMER  EWING  GREEN, 

Treasurer. 


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Schedule  i. 
Referred  to  in  the  foregoing  report  as  thereunder  written. 

Contributions  sought  for  the  work  of  Synodical  Home  Missions 
for  the  year  ending  October  ist,  1895  : 

From  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth $2,610  90 

"         Presbytery  of  Jersey  City 1,693  00 

"         Presbytery  of  Monmouth 1.376  98 

"         Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange 2,835  9° 

"         Presbytery  of  Newark 2,887  38 

"         Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,     2,406  51 

"         Presbytery  of  Newton, 1.223  80 

"         Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,      1.474  00 


$16,508  47 
Schedule  2. 
Referred  to  in  the  foregoing  report  as  thereunder  written. 

Sums  allotted  for  use  in  the  work  of  Synodical  Home  Missions 
for  the  year  ending  October  ist,  1895  : 

To  the  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth, $600  00 

"      Presbytery  of  Jersey  City, 2,450  00 

"      Presbytery  of  Monmouth 4,000  00 

"      Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange, 1.750  00 

"      Presbytery  of  Newark, 1.750  00 

"       Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick, 600  00 

"      Presbytery  of  Newton, 925  00 

"      Presbytery  of  West  Jersey, 4,200  00 

$16,275  00 


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Schedule  4. 

Referred  to  in  the  foregoing  report  as  thereunder  written. 

Contributions  by  Presbyteries,  during  the  eighth  and  ninth  years. 

compared. 


presbytery. 


Elizabrth 

Jersey  City 

Monmouth     .    .    .    . 
Morris  and  Orange, 

Newark 

New  Brunswick,  .   . 

Newton 

West  Jersey.     .    .   . 


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34 

26 

32 

48 

49 

44 

44 

27 

29 

33 

16 

26 

30 

49 

52 

inc. 
inc. 
inc. 

inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 


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*tS259i  66 

1366  29 

*  1170  90 

^  2784  30 

2282  21 

X  §  1850  35 

881  4T 

*•  t 1456  04 


*  §2664  36 

1709  82 

1286  59 

•III  2926  87 

2558  08 

II  II  2026  84 

XX  1223  94 

**  1590  54 


inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 
inc. 


I72  70 
343  S3 
115  69 
142  57 
275  87 
176  49 
342  S3 
134  SO 


*  One  person,  a  member  of  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of  1^5.00. 
■j-  Of  this  sum,  $5.00  were  privately  contributed  for  the  credit  of  the  Presbytery. 
^  One  person,  a  member  of  a  church  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  lurther  sum  ot 
$3.00. 

1  Of  this  sum,  5200.00  were  privately  contributed  for  the  credit  of  the  Presbyterj'. 

2  Two  persons,  members  of  a  church  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of 

$175-00. 
**  One  person,  pastor  of  a  church  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of  J15.00 
I  ^^  One  person,  a  member  of  a  church  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of 

J20  00. 
§§  Of  this  sum,  $53  00  were  privately  contributed  for  the  credit  of  the  Presbytery. 
II  Three  persons,  members  of  churches  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of 

$380.00. 
XX  One  person,  a  member  of  a  church  within  this  Presbytery,  contributed  the  further  sum  of 

$6.00. 
ft  Mission  Stations  and  Sabbath  schools  counted  as  churches. 

Schedule  6. 

Referred  to  in  the  foregoing  report  as  thereunder  written. 

Payments  on  account  of  appropriations  for  services,  7nade  during  the 

eighth  and  ninth  years,  compared  by  Presbyteries. 


presbytery. 


No.  of  Churches, 
etc.,  where  aid 
was  received. 


1893-4   I  1894-5. 


V  u 


Elizabeth 

Jersey  City 

Monmouth,    .   .   .   . 
Morris  and  Orange, 

Newark 

New  Brunswick, .   . 

Newton, 

West  Jersey,     .   .   . 


19 

19 

10 

9 

3 

4 

S 

4 

S 

5 

2,S 

25 

dec.  I 
inc.  I 
dec.  I 


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'4093  32 
1469  74j 
1506  25I 
630  so 
793  75 1 
*24a34  89I 


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mc. 

2274  8  J 

dec. 

♦3678  84 

dec. 

1412  50 

dec. 

1556  25 

inc. 

578  00 

dec. 

726  38 

dec. 

*40os  63 

dec. 

$187  so 
'94  67 
414  48 

57  2* 
SO  00 
52  so 
67  37 
239  26 


\  Besides  this  sum,  $18.00  were  paid  for  work  among  foreign  peoples, 
*  These  sums  include  the  salaries  of  the  Presbyterial  Missionaries. 
\  Besides  this  sum,  $66.00  were  paid  for  work  among  foreign  peoples. 


56  Treasurer's  Report — Home  Missions.  Oct., 

Summary  of  Account. 

For  the  year  ending  October  ist,  iSgs- 
Dr. 

To  balance  from  last  year, $3,678  86 

"  contributions  during  the  year — 

From  congregations, |i4,574  41 

"      Sabbath- schools 759  53 

"      societies, 600  10 

"      individuals, 479  00 

16,413  04 

$20,091  90 

To  notes  and  bills  payable,  issued $i,oco  00 

"       "       "        "  "  "       1,000  00 

"       "       "  .      "  "  "       300  00 

2,300  00 

$22,391  90 

Cr. 
By  payments  for— 

Services  of  ministers  or  missionaries $14,75743 

Printing,  postage,  traveling  and  other  expenses,    .   .         154  29 
Interest, 16  11 

$14,927  83 

By  notes  and  bills  payable  redeemed $1,00000 

"       "       «'       "  "  "  ....       1,000  00 

"       "       "       "  "  "  ....         300  00 

2,300  00 

$17,227  83 
By  balance  to  next  year,     5.164  07 

$22,391  90 

ELMER  EWING  GREEN, 

Treasurer. 


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v.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE  ON 
FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

The  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  Reunion,  which  gave  a  fresh 
impulse  to  our  Presbyterian  Foreign  Missions,  and  added  largely  to 
its  field  of  operations  by  the  transfer  of  Western  Africa,  Persia  and 
Syria  from  the  American  Board,  calls  attention  to  the  remarkable 
development  during  this  quarter  century.  The  increase  is  thus 
indicated  : 

Ordained  foreign  missionaries,  from  iii  to  213  ;  medical  mission- 
aries, from  5  to  56  ;  woman  missionaries,  from  119  to  376  ;  native 
ministers  and  helpers,  from  378  to  1,943  ;  communicants,  from 
3,500  to  31,888  ;  mission  pupils,  from  10,000  to  30,000. 

The  additions  to  the  391  churches  on  confession  of  faith  have 
recently  averaged  more  than  tea  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number,  or 
31635,  last  year.  In  that  year  these  missionary  churches  gave,  for 
self-support  and  beneficence,  $65,828. 

Do  not  these  figures,  with  all  that  they  imply,  furnish  a  crushing 
answer  to  the  recent  strictures  upon  missionaries  and  their  woik  ? 
With  such  a  record,  ought  not  the  gratitude  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  to  impel  a  hearty  response  to  the  appeal  of  the  General 
Assembly  for  a  memorial  million  to  wipe  out  the  debt  of  $175,000, 
and  provide  for  necessary  enlargement  ? 

The  review  of  the  past  year  convinces  your  Committee  that  while 
there  have  been  many  perplexities,  there  have  been  no  real  grounds 
for  discouragement,  but  rather  for  humble  thanks  and  hopeful  per- 
severance. If  death  has  been  busy  among  our  workers,  and  has 
found  man}'  a  shining  mark,  we  know  that  the  Lord  does  not 
depend  upon  this  man  or  upon  that  woman  ;  and  that  He  loves  to 
promote  His  tried  and  trusted  servants,  and  to  make  way  for  the 
development  of  those  whom  He  has  been  fitting  to  take  their 
places.  If,  in  Mohammedan  countries,  and  elsewhere,  government 
interference  and  local  persecution  are  rife,  they  but  indicate  that  the 
former  stolid  indifference  is  giving  way  to  a  measure  of  conviction, 
or,  at  least,  to  a  degree  of  alarm,  lest  the  Galilean  should  be  about 
to  conquer  the  false  prophet.  If  suspicion  in  Japan,  and  anti-foreign 
excitement  in  China,  are  creating  hindrances  and  arousing  anxiety 
for  the  safety  of  mission  premises  and  of  precious  lives,  are  they  not 
necessary  incidents  of  a  marvelous  transformation  which  is  soon  to 
lay  open  those  teeming  countries  for  general  and  speedy  conquest, 
and  has  not  the  "Jesus  religion  "  proved  itself  uniformly  superior 
to  such  tests  in  the  past  ?  And  if,  looking  at  home,  the  most  serious 
embarrassment  appears  in  the  want  of  means  for  the  proper  pursuit 
and  advancement  of  the  work,  is  it  because  there  is  not  money  in 
the  hands  of  God's  people  to  invest  in  His  enterprises,  or  simply 


58  Foreign  Missions.  Oct.,- 

because  they  have  not  perceived  the  need  and  the  blessing  of  giving 
it  ?  Is  there  any  insuperable  obstacle,  or  only  an  invitation  to 
believing  prayer  and  effort  at  home,  that  hearts  and  purses  and 
safes  may  be  unlocked,  and  their  owners  convinced  that  this  class 
of  foreign  securities  is  both  safe  and  profitable  ? 

If  your  Committee  reads  God's  providence  aright,  He  is  leading 
in  foreign  missions  far  more  rapidly  than  His  people  are  following. 
He  is  manifesting  his  readiness  "  to  do  exceeding  abundantly  above 
all  that  we  have  been  asking  or  thinking."  The  church  must 
awake  to  the  measure  of  her  opportunity,  or  the  pillar  of  cloud  and 
of  fire  will  continue  to  go  onward  and  leave  her  at  a  dangerous  dis- 
tance, exposed  to  the  onsets  of  selfishness  and  distrust.  Oh,  for  a 
fuller  sense  of  what  is  meant  by  "  I  am  with  you  alway  "  ;  of  what 
is  implied  in  "the  power  that  worketh  in  us  "  ;  of  the  import  of 
Paul's  declaration,  "  I  can  do  all  things  through  Christ  which 
strengtheneth  me."  Examining  the  General  Assembly's  record  of 
offerings  for  this  cause,  we  find  that  of  the  $712,877  reported  by  the 
whole  church,  exclusive  of  legacies.  New  Jersey  gave  I89.049  — 
almost  exactly  one-eighth.  Also,  that  while  the  general  result 
reveals  a  decrease  from  last  year  of  $33,000,  our  Synod  fell  back 
$373.  A  remarkable  uniformity  in  the  gifts  of  1894  and  1895  makes 
it  appear  that,  in  spite  of  the  difficult  conditions,  our  churches  have 
been  struggling  to  "hold  the  fort."  Twenty-four  blanks  are 
reported,  as  against  twenty-eight  last  year,  and  the  two  Presbyteries 
of  New  Brunswick  and  Monmouth  retain  their  proud  distinction  of 
every  column  filled. 

When  we  examine  the  report  of  moneys  received  by  the  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions,  the  showing  for  the  New  Jersey  Synod  is  much 
better.  Our  gifts  through  the  Board  were  $8r,oo8,  nearly  one-ninth 
of  the  whole,  as  against  $76,033  last  year — almost  $5,000  gain — 
being  an  average  of  $[.22  or  five  cents  per  member  better  than  last 
year.  This  gain  is  distributed  among  all  of  our  Presbyteries,  each 
of  them  having  at  least  a  slight  increase,  while  Elizabeth,  Newark 
and  New  Brunswick  gained  more  than  $1,000  each,  and  Morris  and 
Orange  and  Newton  each  more  than  $500.  In  the  face  of  a  loss  to 
the  account  of  the  whole  church  of  $22,000,  this  gain  in  New  Jersey 
of  $5,000  doubtless  represents  a  somewhat  general  and  a  faithful 
effort  to  sustain  this  vital  department  of  our  church's  work.  It 
gives  to  your  Committee  no  little  encouragement,  as  indicating  that 
the  organized  efforts  of  the  past  few  years  have  borne  fruit.  Con- 
vinced, however,  that  a  multitude  of  New  Jersey  Presbyterians  are 
still  far  short  of  their  ability  and  their  privilege,  we  feel  constrained 
to  push  our  advantage  until  the  gifts  shall  correspond,  in  some 
measure,  to  the  enlargement  indicated  in  the  providence  of  God. 
Believing  that  the  present  is  a  critical  time,  in  view  of  beckoning 
events  and  the  increased  number  of  candidates  who  are  ready  to  go 


i8%.  Foreign  Missions.  59 

if  the  church  will  send  them,  your  Committee  is  arranging  for  a 
"  Missionary  Congress,"  to  be  held  (if  the  Synod  shall  approve)  by 
invitation  of  the  churches  of  Trenton,  in  the  Fourth  Church  of  that 
place,  on  November  20th  and  21st,  and  of  which  a  partial  pro- 
gramme is  herewith  submitted,  and  in  which  some  of  the  burning 
aspects  of  the  great  question  of  foreign  missions  will  be  discussed 
by  those  whose  wisdom  and  experience  entitle  them  to  be  heard. 

We  had  purposed  a  somewhat  detailed  account  of  the  educational 
methods  in  use  in  our  several  Presbyteries  under  the  direction  of 
their  Committees  on  Foreign  Missions  ;  but,  with  a  single  excep- 
tion, the  data  have  not  been  furnished.  Your  Committee  believe, 
however,  that  the  day  has  gone  by,  in  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey, 
when  the  Presbyterial  Committees  did  no  more  than  to  make  an 
annual  report.  We  are  glad  to  know  that  these  Committees  are,  in 
the  main,  both  active  and  efiicient,  giving  to  your  Committee  most 
helpful  support.  We  never  fail  when  we  count  upon  the  hearty 
cooperation  of  "  those  women  ;  "  and  we  have  a  more  recent  ground 
of  rejoicing  in  the  increasing  number  of  earnest  youth  who  include 
this  cause  in  their  prayers  and  their  systematic  offerings. 

Hopeful  for  the  future,  yet  realizing  that  our  efforts  must  never 
be  relaxed  until  every  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  New 
Jersey  is  an  active  supporter  of  Foreign  Missions,  both  by  prayers 
and  consecrated  gifts,  we  ascribe  "  the  kingdom  and  the  power  and 
the  glory"  to  our  ascended  Lord  whose  commission  we  aim  to  fulfill, 
and  upon  whose  favor  alone  we  rely. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  18.) 


6o  Woman's  Work  for  Home  Missions,  Oct.^ 

VI.— EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE 
WOMAN'S  SYNODICAL  SOCIETY  OF  HOME 
MISSIONS  IN  THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 

In  the  face  of  what  seemed  an  insurmountable  dif&culty,  came 
the  command  to  God's  chosen  people,  "Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  that  they  go  forward."  Not  less  distinctly  did  the  command, 
"go  forward,"  come  to  us  one  year  ago,  and  in  the  face  of  what 
might  well  be  termed  a  Red  Sea  difficulty — a  debt  of  $101,000  rest- 
ing upon  us. 

How  were  we  to  go  forward  !  The  forward  movement  was  thus 
outlined  by  the  President  at  our  Synodical  meeting: 

Each  member  was  asked  to  contribute  to  an  Emergency  Fund  for 
the  payment  of  the  debt — the  average  gift  to  be  one  dollar  per 
member,  if  possible. 

As  special  objects  tor  work,  $1,000  was  asked  for  the  maintenance 
of  the  Asheville  Farm  Schcol,  and  $[,000  for  the  Indian  and  Alaskan 
schools— to  help  make  good  the  deficiency  caused  by  withdrawal 
from  government  aid. 

It  was  also  resolved  to  endeavor  to  raise  $500  to  aid  in  the  erection 
of  a  building  for  the  Freedmea  at  Sumter,  S.  C,  with  the  under- 
standing that  gifts  to  these  objects  must  in  no  way  interfere  with 
the  regularly  pledged  work. 

Now,  the  question  naturally  arises,  have  we  advanced  ? 

Reviewing  the  past  year,  we  find  the  results,  as  represented  by 
figures,  are  as  follows  : 

Presbytery.  Value  of  boxes.  Money.  Total. 

Elizabeth $1,723  52  $4,264  84  $5,988  36 

Jersey  City, 1,415  42  1,536  42  2,951  84 

Monmouth, J, 055  83  2,030  80  3,086  63 

Morris  and  Orange, 5.827  92  3,898  24  9,726  16 

Newark 2,135  34  2.002  32  4,137  66 

New  Brunswick, 2,767  63  2,352  81  5,120  44 

Newton, 1,446  90  2,168  ']']  3,615  67 

West  Jersey, 1,112  02  1,118  79  2,230  81 

The  whole  amount  received  by  the  Woman's  Executive  Com- 
mittee from  Societies,  Sunday-Schools,  Bands,  and  C.  E.  Societies, 
is  $21,479.25.  Of  this  amount  $3,271.53  was  contributed  to  the 
Emergency  Fund — an  average  of  52  cents  per  member— the  highest 
in  any  Presbytery  being  $1.28  per  member,  this  gratifying  average 
having  been  attained  by  Monmouth. 

For  the  Asheville  Farm  School,  the  Indian  and  Alaskan  Schools, 
and  the  building  at  Sumter,  $2,132.40  have  been  given,  of  which 
$193.72  was  for/the  Freedmen, — less  than  the  amount  asked,  though 


iSgs-  Woman's  Work  for  Home  Missions.  6i 

the  whole  sum  contributed  for  the  work  among  the  Freedmen  is 
$996.71,  a  gain  of  $400  over  the  contributions  of  any  previous  year. 

The  number  of  subscriptions  to  the  "  Home  Mission  Monthly  "  is 
1,408 — a  gain  of  more  than  one  hundred  over  last  year. 

In  reviewing  the  work  of  each  Presbyterial  Society,  we  note  : — 

Elizabeth,  in  contributions,  makes  a  gain  of  $244  over  the  amount 
raised  in  '94,  yet  falls  short  of  the  amount  asked  for  special  objects. 
A  gain  is  made  in  increased  subscriptions  to  the  "  Home  Mission 
Monthly,"  and  the  work  among  the  Freedmen  has  been  more  gen- 
erously taken  up  than  at  any  time  hitherto. 

Jersey  City  has  added  three  new  societies  during  the  past  year. 
The  Secretary  reports  an  advance  in  contributions  over  last  year, 
but  adds,  "As  the  amount  last  year  fell  far  behind  the  usual  gift, 
there  is  not  so  much  gain  as  appears," — but  an  increase  in  subscrip- 
tions to  the  "  Home  Mission  Monthly"  guarantees  an  increase  in 
interest,  a  probable  gain  in  membership,  a  corresponding  gain  in 
gifts,  thus  making  a  cheerful  outlook  for  the  coming  year. 

Monmo7ith,  by  its  advance  in  contributions,  and  its  average  of 
$1.28  per  member  to  the  Emergency  Fund,  shows  an  increase  of 
2>y/i  per  cent,  over  last  year. 

Morris  and  Orafige,  although  there  has  been  a  falling  off  in 
receipts  from  Sabbath-schools  and  C.  E.  Societies,  more  than  holds 
its  own  in  the  regular  channels  of  work,  and  reports  an  increase. 

Newark,  reporting  contributions  much  the  same,  makes  a  distinct 
onward  movement  in  the  organization  of  societies  among  the  young, 
a  step  taken,  not  so  much  to  increase  the  money  in  the  treasury  as 
to  make  the  children  of  the  church  intelligent  on  the  subject  of 
Missions. 

The  secretary  of  the  New  Brunswick  society  reports  but  little 
gain  financially,  but  increased  interest  in  many  of  the  societies. 

Newton  heads  the  list  in  gifts  to  the  Emergency  Fund,  the  amount 
given.  $487  95  ;  at  the  same  time  an  advance  is  reported  in  the  regu- 
lar line  of  work,  thus  indicating  increased  membership,  or  that  a 
deeper  sense  of  responsibility  has  moved  the  members  to  greater 
effort. 

West  Jersey,  having  increased  the  number  of  officers  and  added  a 
Secretary  of  Literature,  also  a  Secretary  of  Young  People's  Work, 
notes  advancement  financially  and  a  most  encouraging  outlook  for 
the  future. 

While  this  review  may  show  retrenchment  at  some  points  and  a 
weakened  treasury  in  others,  yet  the  general  average  shows  a  gain 
in  finances,  and  although  for  all  practical  purposes,  for  the  enlarge- 
ment and  extension  of  the  work,  there  must  be  an  increase  in  con- 
tributions, yet  advance  is  not  to  be  measured  only  by  dollars  and 
cents.  A  growth  in  intelligence  on  the  subject  of  Missions,  an  in- 
creased interest,  a  deepened  sense  of  the  spiritual  needs  of  our 


62  Woman's  Work  for  Home  Missions.  Oct., 

fellow-men,  an  awakened  personal  responsibility— all  mark  a  for- 
ward movement. 

We  record  with  sorrow  the  death  of  a  member  of  one  of  our 
Synodical  Committees,  Mrs.  George  A.  Paull,  of  Bloomfield  ;  yet 
she  still  lives  among  us  in  the  loving,  cheerful  and  encouraging 
words  which  flowed  so  freely  from  her  pen,  and  which  greet  us  now 
from  many  a  printed  page. 

Enrolled  as  subjects  under  the  banner  of  the  King  whom  she 
served,  a  King  who  knows  no  defeat,  and  whose  watchword  is  "  Go 
forward  and  possess  the  land,"  let  us  work  and  pray,  more  earnestly 
than  hitherto,  for  the  eternal  interests  of  oar  own  broad,  fair  land — 
our  heritage. 

SUSAN  H.  PINGRY, 

Corresponding  Secretary. 


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VII.— ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  WOMAN'S  SYN- 
ODICAL  SOCIETY  OF  HOME  MISSIONS  IN 
THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 

The  eighteenth  annual  meeting  of  the  Woman's  Synodical  Society 
of  Home  Missions  in  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey,  was  held  in  the 
Crescent  Avenue  Church,  at  Plainfield,  October  loth.  1895. 

After  a  half  hour  of  devotional  exercises,  led  by  Miss  May  White, 
of  Roselle,  the  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  9:30  A  M.,  by  the 
President,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Honeyman,  and  opened  by  responsive  read- 
ing and  prayer. 

The  delegates  and  friends,  representing  every  Presbytery  in  the 
Synod,  were  very  cordially  welcomed  to  the  hospitality  of  the  Cres- 
cent Avenue  Church  by  its  pastor,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  R.  Richards,  to 
which  our  President  responded. 

The  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Pingry,  read  the  report 
of  the  last  year's  work,  and  paid  a  beautiful  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  Mrs.  Geo.  H.  Paull. 

Committees  were  then  appointed  by  the  President. 

Miss  M.  Katharine  Jones'  report  of  Young  People's  Work  was 
read  by  Miss  Bond,  and  was  followed  b}'  the  report  of  the  Secretary 
of  Literature,  Mrs.  Wm.  Nelson,  both  of  wh  ch  were  adopted. 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Honeyman  gave  an  outline  of  the  prospective  work 
for  the  coming  year. 

After  a  hymn,  Mrs.  Darwin  R.  James,  President  of  the  Woman's 
Executive  Committee,  made  an  appeal  for  personal  opposition  to 
the  evils  confronting  our  country. 

The  offerings  were  then  collected. 

The  "Question  Box  Conference,"  led  by  Mrs.  D.  E.  Finks, 
brought  out  much  hearty  and  practical,  and,  we  hope,  profitable 
discussion. 

Mrs.  Langdon,  for  many  years  a  faithful  worker  in  the  Synodical 
Societj',  but  now  "called  aside,  to  rest  awhile,"  was  present  and 
gave  us  greeting. 

Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Roberts  spoke  of  the  duty  to  obey  the  call  of  the 
Master  to  take  up  the  cross,  even  if  the  "  cross  "  assumed  the  form 
of  public  prayer. 

Mrs.  M.  C.  De  Vore  spoke  of  the  Alaskan  people. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  in  addition  to  our  regular  pledged  work,  we  not 
only  hopefully  assume  the  special  objects  recommended  by  the 
Woman's  Executive  Committee,  namely,  $1,000  for  the  support  of 
the  Asheville  Farm  School,  and  $1,000  for  the  Training  School  at 
Tucson,  Arizona,  but  we  will  also  put  forth  self-denying  efforts  for 
the  purpose  of  removing  the  heavy  debt  resting  on  the  Woman's 
Executive  Committee. 


64  Woman's  Work  for  Home  Missions.  Oct., 

Resolved,  That  we  will  endeavor  to  raise  the  balance  needed  to 
complete  the  work  undertaken  at  Sumter,  S.  C,  last  year  for  the 
Freedmen. 

The  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  accepted  and 
adopted,  as  follows : 

President — Mrs.  W.  E.  Honeyman,  Plainfield. 
Vice-Presidents— yi^KS.  J.  H.  Owens,  Paterson. 

Mrs.  G.  W.  B.  Gushing,  East  Orange. 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Langdon,  Elizabeth. 

Mrs.  J.  M.  Paul,  New  Brunswick. 

Mrs.  Chas.  Brearley,  Trenton. 

Mrs.  D.  C.  Blair,  Belvidere. 
Corresponding  Secretary— M^s.  J.  F.  Kelley,  Elizabeth. 
Recording  Secretary — Mrs.  J.  R.  Gibson,  Newark. 
Secretary  of  Literature— Mrs.  Wm.  Nelson,  Paterson. 
Young  People's  Secretary — Miss  M.  K.  Jones,  Englewcod. 
Treasurer  Contingent  Fund— Mks.  J.  H.  Manning,  Plainfield. 


synodical  committees. 

ELIZABETH. 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Pierson,  Elizabeth. 
Mrs.  E.  B,  Cobb,  Elizabeth. 
Mrs.  W.  P.  Stevenson,  Roselle. 
Mrs.  J.  M.  McNulty,  Woodbridge. 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Honeyman,  Plainfield. 
Miss  M.  J.  Peck,  Elizabeth. 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Kelley,  Elizabeth. 


JERSEY   CITY. 

Miss  L.  C.  Pudney,  Passaic. 
Miss  C.  D.  Shaw,  Paterson. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Nichols,  Jersey  City. 
Mrs.  Alex.  Campbell,  Jersey  City. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Nelson,  Paterson. 


MONMOUTH. 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Long,  Freehold. 

Mrs.  H.  V.  Deshler,  Hightstown. 

Mrs.  B.  S.  Everitt,  Jamesburg. 


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MORRIS   AND   ORANGE. 

Mrs.  Robert  Aikman,  Madison. 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Beaumont,  Morristown. 
Mrs.  P.  A.  Gile,  East  Orange. 
Mrs.  Albert  Erdman,  Morristown. 
Mrs.  G.  W.  B.  Gushing,  East  Orange. 

NEWARK. 

Mrs.  E.  O.  ]\IcFarland,  Newark. 
Mrs.  Paul  Babcock,  IVIontclair. 
Mrs.  Jones,  Bloomfield. 
Mrs.  Isaac  B.  Marshall,  Newark. 
Mrs.  Wm.  Meeker,  Lyon's  Farms. 
Mrs.  John  Maxwell,  Montclair. 

NEW    BRUNSWICK. 

Mrs.  Chas.  Brearley,  Trenton. 
Mrs.  Elmer  E.  Green,  Trenton. 
Miss  Margaret  Sloan,  Trenton. 
Mrs.  P.  A.  Studdiford,  Lambertville. 
Mrs.  P.  I.  Nevius,  Flemington. 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Hopewell,  Flemington. 
Mrs.  A.  V.  Van  Fleet,  Flemington. 

NEWTON. 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Van  Flick,  Washington. 
Mrs.  William  Morrow,  Belvidere. 
Mrs.  William  Thomson,  Stewartsville. 
Mrs.  McMurtry,  Newton. 

WEST  JERSEY, 

Mrs.  M.J.  Paulding,  Daretown. 
Miss  Nellie  M.  Skinner,  Woodbury. 
Mrs.  N.  P.  Elmer,  Bridgeton. 
Mrs.  John  M.  Moore,  Clayton. 

Mrs.  Stevenson  announced  the  committees  for  the  afternoon  meet- 
ing, after  which  we  were  led  in  prayer  by  special  request  on  behalf 
of  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee.  The  meeting  closed  with 
the  hymn,  "Our  land,  our  land  for  Jesus,"  and  benediction  by  Rev. 
Baker  Smith,  D.D. 

The  Society  adjourned  to  meet  in  the  Second  Church,  Paterson,  in 
October,  1896. 

LILUE  CAIRNS  GIBSON, 

Recording  Secretary. 
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66  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  Oct., 

VIII.—EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE 
WOMAN'S  SYNODICAL  SOCIETY  FOR  FOR- 
EIGN MISSIONS. 

In  reviewing  the  work  of  our  Presbyterial  Societies  for  the  year, 
we  may  do  well  to  remember  the  following  words  of  Rev.  J.  Hudson 
Taylor  :  "We  need  persons  who  will  consecrate  their  lives  to  foreign 
mission  service  at  home.  It  is  for  some  to  consecrate  their  lives, 
their  thoughts,  their  prayers,  to  just  this  service.  I  believe  that 
some  of  the  best  missionary  work  that  is  done  to-day  is  done  by 
invalids  who  never  leave  their  bedrooms,  or  by  old  people,  or  by 
those  who  are  very  poor  and  have  not  much  to  give  ;  but  they  give 
the  Lord  what  is  most  precious — a  true,  yearning  heart,  a  constant 
remembrance,  a  constant  prayer." 

This  is  the  testimony  of  one  who  stands  very  high  on  the  roll  of 
the  world's  wise  and  efficient  missionary  leaders.  And  the  Apostle 
Paul,  whose  words  in  regard  to  woman's  sphere  are  construed  or 
misconstrued  to  suit  many  opinions,  gives  to  "those  women  who 
labored  with  him  in  the  gospel  "  an  honorable  place  in  the  work  of 
apostolic  missions.  No  less  than  Priscilla,  Lydia,  Persis  and  Julia 
do  we  labor  for  the  extension  and  prevalence  of  the  gospel  of  Jesus 
of  Nazareth. 

The  return  of  prosperity  to  our  land  has  been  emphasized  by  an 
increase  of  contributions  in  most  Presbyteries.  The  amounts  are 
as  follows  : 

Elizabeth $5,034  83 

Jersey  City, 2,661  76 

Monmouth, 2,540  26 

Newark, 6,659  94 

New  Brunswick 4,001  00 

Newton, 2  240  77 

West  Jersey. 1,464  88 

Morris  and  Orange, 5.132  79 

$29,736  23 

The  large  and  prosperous  towns  of  Elizabeth  and  Plainfield  have 
each  an  association  of  churches  thoroughly  organized  for  effecient 
work.  This  seems  a  kind  of  church  union  that  might  be  extended 
to  other  towns  where  there  are  several  Presbyterian  churches.  The 
President  of  the  Elizabeth  Presbyterial  Society  dwells  especially 
upon  the  importance  of  perfect  harmony  of  feeling  and  action 
between  the  Young  People's  Societies  and  the  women's  auxiliaries. 
One  secretary  reports  the  purchase  of  a  missionary  library  by  the 
Young  People's  Society,  to  which  the  members  of  the  woman's 
society  have  access.  With  the  Newark  societies  this  past  year  was 
one  of  special  advance,  with  considerably  increased  contributions. 


iSgs-  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  67 

The  Newton  Society  celebrates  the  twentieth  anniversary  of  its 
formal  organization,  but  missionary  interest  was  awakened  in  the 
Salem  church  as  long  ago  ns  1828.  and  Pittsgrove  church  took  up 
the  work  in  1840. 

From  the  churches  of  this  Presbytery  laborers  have  from  time  to 
time  gone  forth  to  reap  the  white  fields  of  heathen  lands. 

The  society  at  May's  Landing  have  a  new  but  widely  known 
leader  in  Mrs.  Alden,  the  "Pansy"  to  whom  our  Sunday-school 
libraries  are  indebted  for  some  of  their  brightest  and  most  helpful 
literature. 

Some  friends  who  worked  and  prayed  with  us  here  have  gone  to 
join  the  many  peoples  and  nations  and  tongues  that  worship  about 
the  throne. 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Symmes  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Van  Dyke,  of  Cranbury,  and 
Miss  Kilbourn,  of  New  Brunswick,  are  among  those  who  have 
passed  from  prayer  to  praise. 

It  is  related  of  Jonathan  Edwards  that  he  was  in  the  habit  of  read- 
ing the  weekly  "News-letter,"  which  was  the  only  newspaper  of 
his  day,  in  order  to  observe  the  progress  of  the  kingdom  of  God  in 
the  world.  It  ought,  therefore,  not  to  be  difficult  for  minds  less 
penetrating  than  his  to  get  similar  information  from  the  far  more 
abundant  current  literature  of  our  day. 

If  our  subscription  to  the  "  Church  at  Home  and  Abroad  "  should 
have  run  out,  and  we  should  have  forgotten  to  renew  that  to 
"  Woman's  Work,"  if  we  could  not  afford  to  take  the  ' '  Missionary 
Review  of  the  World,"  and  had  no  children  to  enjoy  the  "Over 
Sea  and  Land,"  still  one  could  gather  much  interesting  missionary 
information  from  the  secular  press.  International  politics  and 
Christian  missions  have  met  in  more  than  one  distant  land. 
Whether  we  read  in  the  daily  papers  the  editorials  on  the  Armenian 
outrages,  or  Minister  Denby's  report  to  his  home  government  ; 
whether  we  peruse  Julian  Ralph's  well-illustrated  articles  in  the 
"Harper's  Magazine,"  or  enjoy  Mr.  Percival  Lowell's  unique 
papers  on  unexplored  Japan  in  the  "Atlantic  Monthly,"  or  even  the 
papers  of  the  unfortunate  bicyclist  Lenz  in  "  Outing,"  we  find  allu- 
sions, usuallj'  favorable,  to  the  missionaries  and  their  work,  and 
often  a  deep  sense  of  appreciation  and  indebtedness  for  friendly 
services  freely  rendered. 

From  a  literary  point  of  view,  tlje  antipodes  have  become  inter- 
esting, and,  alas,  politically  also. 

Our  soldiers  on  the  outposts  of  the  church  militant  have  fought 
the  good  fight  this  year  amid  innumerable  diflSculties,  and  some 
have  fallen  by  the  way.  The  missionary  cause  in  Africa,  for  exam- 
ple, has  suffered  a  severe  blow  in  the  death  of  Dr.  Good,  and  the 
North  Laos  mission  mourns  the  loss  of  the  Rev.  S.  K.  Phraner, 
who  died  in  Singapore  on  his  way  to  America.     Miss  Cornelia  Mc- 


68  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  Oct., 

Gilvary,  of  the  same  mission,  desires  to  continue  her  connection 
therewith,  preferring  to  sever  that  with  the  British  Civil  Service. 

In  Curityba  Miss  Kuhl  and  Miss  Dascomb  have  been  interrupted 
in  their  work  by  the  civil  war,  and  difficulties  have  pressed  upon 
both  teachers  and  pupils. 

The  girls'  school  in  Kanazawa  reports  a  slight  falling  off  in  the 
number  of  pupils.  Justice  requires,  however,  that  it  should  be  said 
that  this  decrease  is  not  a  thing  peculiar  to  Kanazawa.  As  the 
national  Japanese  schools  increase  in  excellence,  it  is  perhaps 
inevitable  that  the  mission  schools  should  at  least  seem  to  decline 
in  relative  importance.  At  any  rate  other  institutions  than  that  at 
Kanazawa  have  of  late  reported  decreased  attendance. 

Miss  Porter  writes^  "  the  war  has  not  affected  our  work  as  much 
as  we  feared." 

We  can  easily  believe  that  in  China  the  trials  have  been  many 
and  peculiar,  owing  to  the  war  ;  in  Canton  the  situation  was  rendered 
dangerous  by  the  ravages  of  the  plague.  However,  it  drew  the 
attention  of  the  heathen  to  the  true  God,  for  when  their  own  gods 
failed  them  their  hearts  were  opened  to  listen  to  the  gospel  message. 

Miss  Morton  continues  to  give  the  girls  of  the  Ningpo  school  a 
practical  training,  in  addition  to  a  liberal  education.  Forty-seven 
pupils  tax  the  boarding  school  to  its  utmost  capacity,  and  many 
applicants  have  been  refused.  The  Zenana  school  at  Eta\\ah  flour- 
ishes as  in  former  years,  under  the  superintendence  of  Miss  Belz, 
assisted  by  three  native  women  teachers. 

The  school  conducted  by  Miss  Morris,  of  the  Lodiana  mission, 
was  closed  owing  to  an  access  of  religions  among  the  heathen 
parents  of  the  pupils. 

The  girls'  schools  in  Mexico  owe  much  of  their  prosperity  to  the 
demand  for  an  advanced  education,  to  be  obtained  for  women  only 
from  the  Protestant  Church. 


iSgs-  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  69 

IX.— EIGHTEENTH  ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE 
WOMAN'S  SYNODICAL  SOCIETY  OF  FOR- 
EIGN MISSIONS  IN  THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW 
JERSEY. 

This  meeting  was  held  in  the  Crescent  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church, 
Plainfield,  N.  J.,  on  Thursday,  October  loth,  1895.  The  church  was 
filled  with  delegates,  every  Presbytery  being  represented.  The 
minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  and  the  report  of  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  were  read  and  accepted.  Owing  to  the  unavoidable 
absence  of  the  Treasurer,  her  report  was  not  presented.  A  confer- 
ence was  held  in  consideration  of  the  question  laid  on  the  table  at 
the  close  of  the  last  meeting,  "Is  the  Synodical  Society  useful  and 
necessary  ?  ' '  The  delegates  from  each  Presbytery  being  called  upon 
for  affirmative  and  negative  votes,  the  result  was  unanimous  in  favor 
of  the  Societ}'.  An  interesting  discussion  was  held  in  regard  to  the 
best  methods  of  making  the  meetings  profitable. 

Mrs.  C.  N.  Thrope,  of  the  Philadelphia  Board,  stated  that  out  of 
376  missionaries  the  Women's  Societies  of  New  Jersey  support 
twenty,  and  that  one-fifth  of  the  revenues  of  the  Woman's  Board 
come  from  this  State. 

Rev.  George  Pierson,  of  Japan,  dwelt  upon  the  lack  of  orthodoxy 
in  that  country,  saying  that  the  religion  was  apt  to  be  a  veneer  and 
the  philosophy  not  deep  enough. 

Mrs.  Pierson  described  in  an  interesting  manner  her  own  work 
and  experience  among  the  Japanese. 

The  Committee  on  Resolutions  expressed  the  sorrow  felt  by  the 
Society  in  the  loss  of  Mrs.  George  A.  Paull,  who,  by  her  earnest 
Christian  character  and  energy  in  hei  work,  endeared  herself  to  all 
her  associates. 

The  following  named  officers  were  elected  : 

Prestdenl— Mrs.  W.  P.  Stkvknson,  Roselle. 

MONMOUTH   PRESBYTERY. 

isi  Vice-President — Mrs.  Joel  Parker,  Freehold. 

Mrs.  R.  H.  Young,  Matawan. 

JERSEY  CITY   PRESBYTERY. 

Mrs.  S.  R.  Forma  J,  Jersey  City. 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Owens,  Paterson. 

NEW   BRUNSWICK   PRESBYTERY. 

Mrs.  J.  J.  Davidson,  New  Brunswick. 
Miss  Mary  S.  Gummere,  Trenton. 


JO  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society.  Oct 

NEWTON    PRESBYTERY. 

Miss  S.  D.  Thompson,  Newton. 
Miss  Isabel  Stewart,  Washington. 

WEST  JERSEY   PRESBYTERY. 

Mrs.  S.  E.  Ware,  Salem. 
Mrs.  John  Moore,  Clayton. 

ELIZABETH   PRESBYTERY. 

Mrs.  Petrie,  Plainfield. 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Folger,  Elizabeth, 

-'NEWARK   PRESBYTERY. 

Miss  A.  M.  Carter,  Newark. 
Mrs.  Wm.  I.  Rusling,  Newark. 

MORRIS  AND  ORANGE  PRESBYTERY. 

Mrs.  Robert  Aikman,  Madison. 
Mrs.  R.  1.   S.  Paton,  East  Orange. 

Corresponding^  Secretary— Mrs.  Chalmers  Martin,  Princeton. 
Recording  Secretary — Mrs.  Paul  Babcock,  Montclair. 
Treas7irer—M\ss  E.  M  Colton,  Elizabeth. 

MARY   W.  BABCOCK, 

Recording  Secretary. 


iSgs-  Sabbath-School  Work.  71 

X.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE  ON 
SABBATH-SCHOOL  WORK. 

For  the  third  time  in  succession  your  Committee  report  an 
increase  in  the  ofiFerings  of  Synod  to  this  Board  over  any  previous 
year.  The  contributions  to  the  Board  of  Sabbath  school  Work  and 
Publication,  according  to  the  report  of  the  Board,  were  $7,802.19,  of 
which  the  schools  gave  $3,913.  The  other  Boards  received  from  the 
Sabbath- schools  of  Synod,  according  to  the  General  Assembly 
Minutes,  $17,295,  while  there  were  given  to  other  benevolent  causes, 
according  to  the  same  authorit}',  $15,576.  The  total  benevolent 
offerings  of  these  three  amounts  were  $40,673.19.  To  the  support  of 
the  schools  were  contributed  last  year  $32,413.  The  average  offer- 
ing per  Sabbath-school  member  for  benevolence  this  year  was  $0.56  ; 
last  year  it  was  $0,558  ;  and  the  year  before,  $0.57.  The  average 
offering  for  benevolence  per  Sabbath-school  member  for  five  years 
has  been  $0,545.  The  total  offering  of  the  Sabbath-schools  of  Synod 
this  year  for  benevolence  and  the  support  of  the  schools  was 
$73,046.19,  or  an  average  of  $0,995  P^'"  member. 

Your  Committee  are  of  the  opinion  that  radical  steps  should  be 
taken  to  set  at  work  in  our  schools  some  scheme  of  systematic 
giving.  One  of  the  first  steps,  according  to  the  statistics  just  given, 
would  be  the  earnest  consideration  on  the  part  of  the  Session  of  the 
possibility  of  lifting  the  burden  of  the  support  of  the  schools  from 
them  and  placing  it  upon  the  church.  That  there  are  a  great  many 
schools  that  pay  their  own  expenses  is  attested  by  the  tens  of  thou- 
sands of  dollars  in  the  last  column  of  the  statistical  report.  Some 
schools  will  not  find  it  possible  to  make  any  change,  but  where  the 
church  is  able,  an  effort  along  this  line  would  open  up  blessed 
results  for  training  the  schools  in  systematic  giving.  The  Standing 
Committee  of  the  last  General  Assembly  called  attention  to  this 
matter  : 

"  From  various  sources  it  comes  to  the  knowledge  of  your  Com- 
mittee that  many  of  our  Sabbath-schools  are  not  being  trained  in 
the  matter  of  systematic  giving  for  the  benevolent  work  of  the 
church.  Many  of  our  schools  are  left  by  the  particular  churches 
to  which  they  belong  without  any  proper  provision  for  their  sup- 
port. The  schools  are  left  to  provide  the  funds  for  their  current 
expenses  ;  and  instead  of  the  intelligent  interest  and  affection  of 
the  children  being  centered  upon  the  need  of  a  perishing  world,  all 
is  centered  in  self-care.  No  more  should  parents  expect  their  little 
children  to  pay  for  their  own  bread,  clothes  and  school-books  than 
should  the  church  expect  them  to  bear  the  expense  of  their  instruc- 
tion in  the  Sabbath-school.  We  plead  with  our  Presbyterian  Church 
to  make  the  Sabbath-school  a  training  school  iu  methods  and  ob- 


72  Sabbath-School  Work.  Oct.y 

jects  of  Christian  benevolence,  to  the  end  that  our  young  people 
may  understand  the  work,  and  love  the  great  Boards  of  our  Church 
— not  part,  but  all  of  them." 

Your  Committee  also  desire  again  to  call  the  attention  of  Synod 
to  the  Home  Department.  This  feature  of  Sunday-school  work  is 
only  ten  years  of  age,  yet  in  this  time  it  has  grown  to  large  propor- 
tions. It  encourages  those  who  are  kept  at  home  by  necessity  or 
lack  of  interest  to  engage  in  the  systematic  study  of  the  Word  of 
God  ;  and  from  the  latter  class  it  brings  recruits  to  the  Sabbath- 
school  ;  the  home  class  visitors  gather  up  important  information  for 
the  pastor  ;  and  in  many  other  ways  it  promotes  the  kingdom  of 
our  Lord. 

The  Missionary  Department  of  the  Board  received  from  all  sources 
last  year  1129,989.58,  an  increase  over  the  previous  year  of  $5,202.28. 
During  the  last  year  95  missionaries  were  employed  ;  1,084  Sabbath- 
schools  were  organized  and  254  re-organized,  with  44,004  scholars 
and  5,455  teachers  ;  87  per  cent,  of  the  schools  organized  the  pre- 
vious year  sent  in  annual  reports,  thereby  attesting  their  contin- 
uation. From  these  schools  organized  last  year  fifty  churches  were 
established.  This  is  not  all  our  Sabbath-school  missionaries  do  ; 
house-to-house  work  is  carried  on.  Last  year  82,348  families  were 
visited,  millions  and  millions  of  pages  of  tracts  were  distributed 
and  tens  of  thousands  of  books.  These  visits  were  not  made  on 
families  within  the  sound  of  half-a-dozen  church  bells,  but  upon 
those  very  often  tens  and  tens  of  miles  away  from  church  privi- 
leges. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  16.) 


i8gs-  Young  People's  Societies.  73 

XI.— REPORT    OF    THE    PERMANENT    COMMITTEE 
ON  YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  SOCIETIES. 

The  Permanent  Committee  on  Young  People's  Societies  would 
respectfully  make  its  second  report. 

All  the  home  Presbyteries  of  Synod  have  special  committees  on 
this  work  and  are  actively  engaged  in  prosecuting  it. 

Your  Committee  has  held  three  meetings  during  the  year  and  en- 
deavored to  execute  your  will  as  directed  by  the  resolutions  of  the 
last  Synod,  in  doing  which  the  Committee  has  contracted  bills 
amounting  to  $17.65,  all  of  which  have  been  audited  by  the  Com- 
mittee and  are  for  reduced  amounts. 

In  order  to  gather  the  interesting  statistics  as  directed  by  Synod 
(see  Minutes,  1893,  p.  32),  and  in  a  manner  worthy  of  the  work,  the 
Committee  prepared  a  statistical  blank  similar  to  that  used  for  the 
Sunday-schools,  and  circulated  the  same  among  all  our  Sessions, 
asking  them  to  appoint  one  of  their  number  to  be  the  special  cor- 
respondent for  this  work  with  the  Presbyterial  and  Synodical  Com- 
mittees, so  that  the  burden  need  not  fall  upon  pastors  already  heavily 
taxed,  and  also  that  sessional  oversight  might  be  furthered.  This 
plan  has  worked  well,  although  about  one-sixth  of  our  Sessions 
have  not  yet  been  heard  from.  We  believe,  also,  that  our  efforts 
will  ultimately  simplify  the  present  complication,  which  is  owing, 
partly,  to  the  distraction  of  many  appeals,  by  lack  of  unity  in 
operation,  and  failure  on  the  part  of  many  Sessions  and  Societies  to 
see  the  need  of  oversight  and  co-operation. 

I.— synodical  home  missions. 

According  to  the  direction  of  last  Synod  asking  for  a  Thanksgiv- 
ing offering  for  Synodical  Home  Missions,  the  Committee  sent  an 
explanatory  letter  to  every  Session,  in  which  was  enclosed  a  copy 
of  an  appeal  for  Synodical  Home  Missions,  prepared  by  the  Rev. 
John  Dixon,  D.D.,  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  that  work.  The 
same  Committee  informs  us  that  the  contributions  from  the  Societies 
by  way  of  response  amounted  to  $347. 

II.— -THE   christian   training   COURSE. 

The  Committee  has  given  particular  attention  to  the  preparation 
of  a  Christian  Training  Course  for  Young  People's  Societies,  and 
circulated  copies  of  the  same,  as  far  as  Outline  A,  the  first  year's 
work,  throughout  the  Synod,  with  only  the  cost  of  postage  to  the 
Synod,  as  the  printing  was  paid  for  by  a  friend  interested  in  the 
idea.  Meanwhile  the  editors  of  the  Church  at  Home  and  Abroad, 
having  examined  the  Course,  asked  for  its  insertion  in  their  maga- 
zine, and  printed  the  outline  of  the  first  year  in  the  October  number. 
They  propose  to  carry  on  the  same,  with  the  Committee,  by  furnish- 


74  Young  People's  Societies.  Oct., 

ing  every  month  helpful  suggestions.  The  course  is  intended  to 
run  for  three  years,  and  is  divided  into  three  departments,  Biblical, 
Historical  and  Missionary,  which  are  fully  treated  to  allow  a  choice, 
are  complete  each  in  itself,  and  yet  closely  connected.  Two  leading 
principles  prevail  in  its  operation,  (i)  the  use  of  a  cheap  but  reliable 
text-book  for  each  department,  (2)  the  treatment  of  only  elementary 
parts  of  the  subject. 

III.  missionary  enterprises. 

It  is  gratifying  to  see  that  much  progress  has  been  made  by  the 
societies  in  supporting  missionaries  of  their  own  by  the  method  of 
Presbyterial  groups,  although  the  whole  amount  needed  has  in  no 
case  been  secured  as  yet.  It  is  our  opinion  that  this  method,  so 
heartily  recommended  by  the  General  Assembly  and  by  the  Boards 
of  Home  and  Foreign  Missions,  if  followed  up,  will  furnish  our 
societies  with  sufficient  work  at  present  to  engage  them  fully.  The 
fields  chosen  are:  Elizabeth,  Japan;  Monmouth,  India;  Newark, 
China  ;  New  Brunswick,  China  ;  West  Jersey,  the  Italians  at  Ham- 
monton,  N.  J. 

IV.   STATISTICS. 

It  is  a  pleasant  and  important  task  to  present  to  Synod  a  sum- 
mary of  statistics,  based  upon  the  reports  of  the  Boards  of  Home 
Missions  and  Foreign  Missions,  and  upon  those  received  from 
Sessions. 

There  are  250  C.  E.  Societies  in  the  Synod,  numbering  10,000 
members,  or  37  per  cent,  of  the  whole  number  in  all  denominations. 
These  gave  to  Home  Missions  $1,540  ;  to  Foreign  Missions,  |i,86o ; 
to  other  Boards,  $190,  or  to  all  our  Boards  $3,590  ;  to  other  benevo- 
lent objects,  $2,415,  and  to  the  local  church  and  self-support,  $7,255, 
or  a  total  to  all  purposes  of  $13,260.  The  Junior  C  E.  Societies 
number  126,  with  4,800  members,  or  about  40  per  cent,  of  Juniors  in 
all  denominations.  These  gave  to  Home  Missions  $500  ;  to  Foreign 
Missions,  $565  ;  to  other  Boards,  $40,  or  to  our  own  Boards  $1,105  :  to 
other  benevolent  objects,  $210,  and  to  local  church  and  self-support, 
$310,  or  a  total  of  $1,625,  being  a  grand  total  of  the  C.  E.  Societies, 
senior  and  junior,  of  $[4,885. 

Besides  this,  we  report  for  all  the  Young  People's  Societies,  senior 
and  junior,  of  all  kinds  and  names.  There  are  300  senior  and  260 
junior  societies,  numbering  15,000,  of  whom  10,000  are  communi- 
cants, 918  having  been  added  to  the  church  by  examination.  Fifty- 
six  societies  have  some  form  of  training  course.  All  these  gave  to 
Home  Missions,  $3,817  ;  to  Foreign  Missions,  $9,752  ;  to  other  Boards, 
$637,  or  a  total  to  our  own  Boards  of  $14,206.  They  also  gave  to 
other  Benevolent  Objects  $3,278,  and  to  the  local  church  and  self- 
support,  $9  524,  or  a  grand  total  to  all  purposes  of  $27,008  ! 

(For  the  resolutions  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  20.) 


iSpj.  Sabbath  Observance.  75 

XII.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE 
ON  SABBATH  OBSERVANCE. 

No  class  of  persons  in  our  land  should  be  more  concerned  respect- 
ing the  observance  of  the  Sabbath  than  women,  for  upon  its  due 
remembrance  depends  much  of  the  happiness  of  the  home.  The 
injunctions  of  the  fourth  commandment  apply  especially  to  home 
life.  They  are  for  parents,  children,  guests  and  servants.  The  Jew 
made  the  Sabbath  a  home-day.  Anglo-Saxon  legislation,  from  the 
time  of  Alfred  the  Great,  has  beea  designed  to  prevent  amusements 
and  occupatioQS  that  would  entice  from  home  on  that  day.  The 
spirit  of  the  Puritan  Sabbath  was  a  day  of  rest  in  the  family  and  a 
day  of  worship  in  the  sanctuary.  The  fact  that  the  Puritan  left  out 
too  much  the  joyousness  of  the  day  was  an  omission  and  not  a  per- 
version. 

The  tendency  now  is  to  subvert  the  Lord's  Day  into  man's  day 
by  devoting  it  to  pleasures.  This  was  a  secularizing  of  the  Sabbath 
against  which  the  Prophet  Isaiah  earnestly  warns,  "Doing  thy 
pleasure  on  my  holy  day."  Seeking  for  recreation  in  this  way 
interferes  with  the  sanctuary  of  the  Sunday-school.  Social  visiting 
is  on  the  increase.  The  facilities  for  traveling  on  the  Sabbath 
foster  this.  While  not  claiming  that  all  should  remain  at  home 
every  Sunday,  yet  those  who  visit  for  the  day  can  easily  attend 
divine  worship  with  the  family  whose  guests  they  are.  This  was 
the  rule  when  George  Washington  was  at  Mount  Vernon.  He  took 
it  for  granted  that  his  guests,  often  very  distinguished  men,  would 
attend  church.  He  made  arrangements  for  them  accordingly.  No 
Christian  family  should  set  aside  their  observance  of  the  Sabbath 
because  they  have  company.  Another  mode  of  "doing  pleasure" 
on  the  holy  day  is  through  the  concert  and  the  semi-theatricals, 
and  the  sociable  on  Sunday  evening.  These  in  our  cities  are  be- 
coming increasingly  frequent. 

Now,  Christian  women  can  and  ought  to  resist  this  tendency, 
which,  if  left  to  itself,  will  soon  become  a  custom  in  society.  These 
usages  of  polite  society  are  under  the  control  of  mothers  and  their 
daughters,  and  a  large  number  of  these  are  professing  Christians. 
That  sweet  constraint,  which  is  woman's  power,  may  be  exerted  so 
as  to  stay  the  tide  of  Sabbath  desecration,  which,  having  flooded 
the  low  lands  of  public  places,  is  now  rising,  so  that  its  waves  lap 
the  threshold  of  home. 

Alarmed  by  these  dangers  and  urged  on  by  a  sense  of  duty,  over 
one  hundred  women,  well  known  in  philanthropic  and  religious 
work,  in  New  York  city,  Washington  and  elsewhere,  have  banded 
together  in  an  association  named  "The  Woman's  National  Sabbath 
Alliance."     This  was  organized  February  7th,  1895.     Its  object  is 


76  Sabbath  Observance.  Oct., 

' '  To  enlist  all  women  in  definite  eflforts  to  counteract  the  perils 
which  threaten  the  Christian  Sabbath,  especially  in  the  home  and  in 
social  life." 

Women  have  generally  been  under  the  impression  that  it  belongs 
to  men  to  prevent  the  desecration  of  the  Lord's  Day  by  enforcing 
the  laws,  or  by  securing  additional  legislation,  and,  consequently, 
there  was  nothing  for  women  to  do  but  to  petition.  This  movement 
furnishes  a  field  especially  adapted  to  them. 

In  this  work  of  honoring  the  Lord's  Day  "in  the  home  and  in 
social  life,"  our  young  people  can  be  valuable  coadjutors.  To  them 
mainly  is  entrusted  the  preservation  of  those  safeguards  which  now 
protect  the  day.  They  can  form  the  usages  of  society  toward  this 
end,  and  it  should  b^  a  serious  inquiry  with  them  how  far  they  can 
make  this  endeavor  a  part  of  their  work.     It  certainly  is  a  duty. 

The  limit  of  this  report  will  permit  only  a  reference  to  the  observ- 
ance of  the  Sabbath  in  New  Jersey,  and  this  is  the  less  necessary 
because  little  can  be  stated  other  than  has  been  noticed  in  recent 
reports.  In  those  portions  of  the  State  where  towns  are  contiguous 
and  cities  are  large,  there  is  a  renewed  impetus  to  Sabbath  desecra- 
tion by  means  of  electric  railroads.  The  "runs"  and  the  "meets" 
of  the  bicycle  clubs  continue  on  Sunday  during  the  summer  and 
autumn.  The  fair  at  Egg  Harbor  was  again  held  on  Sunday,  to 
the  shame  of  all  concerned  in  it.  The  Mayor  of  Atlantic  City  made 
a  praiseworthy  effort  to  enforce  the  Sunday  laws,  although  he  was 
thwarted  because  the  Grand  Jury  refused  to  indict  the  offenders  ; 
yet  the  cause  of  the  Sabbath  has  been  strengthened  in  that  city. 
Ordinances  are  now  before  both  branches  of  the  City  Council,  and 
if  enacted  will  greatly  aid  the  officials  in  securing  a  better  observ- 
ance of  Sunday.  In  justice  to  Atlantic  City  it  should  be  remem- 
bered that  the  Sabbath  is  well  observed  there,  except  during  the 
three  summer  months. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  lo.) 


iSgs-  Temperance.  77 

XIII.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE 
ON  TEMPERANCE. 

Your  Committee  would  respectfully  report  that  they  see  great 
cause  for  encouragement  in  the  world-wide  interest  now  taken  in 
the  subject  of  the  alcoholic  evil. 

Russia  has  recently  established  a  law  forbidding  the  private  sale 
of  intoxicating  liquor,  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  saving  the  people 
from  the  evil  effects  of  alcohol.  Belgium  has  appointed  a  com- 
mission with  large  power  for  the  study  of  the  evil  and  its  remedies. 
Norway  and  Sweden  have  adopted  a  method  of  their  own  that  has 
already  decreased  the  evil  one-half,  and  has  in  many  places  in  these 
countries  led  to  successful  prohibition  England  is  trying  the  Local 
Veto,  a  form  of  Local  Option,  and  although  the  party  that  advocated 
it  has  suffered  temporary  defeat  in  the  recent  elections,  yet  the  fact 
of  the  agitation  proved  the  strength  of  the  cause.  In  our  own 
country  and  in  Canada  a  variety  of  methods  of  dealing  with  the 
evil  are  being  tried  and  the  results  carefully  studied.  Our  public 
schools  in  almost  every  State  in  the  Union  are  teaching  the  effects 
of  alcohol.  Scientific  investigation  is  tat«ing  the  place  of  fanatical 
denunciation.  The  great  reform  movement  in  New  York  city  has 
proved  that  a  law  prohibiting  the  sale  of  liquor  on  Sunday  can  be 
enforced.  We  regard  it  as  the  most  practical  step  in  the  interest  of 
temperance  taken  in  many  years.  We  rejoice  in  the  liberation  of 
New  Jersey  from  the  gambling  and  liquor  rings  which  so  long 
violated  her  laws  with  impunity  and  disgraced  and  degraded  her 
citizens,  and  made  her  the  favorite  resort  of  the  sporting  and 
criminal  classes  of  adjoining  States.  It  is  the  first  duty  of  our 
citizens  to  hold  the  ground  gained. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  22.) 


78  Systematic  Beneficence.  Oct., 

XIV.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE 
^      ON  SYSTEMATIC  BENEFICENCE. 

Our  nine  Presbyteries  consist  of  335  churches,  including  chapels 
— an  increase  over  last  year  of  14.  These  churches  represent  a  mem- 
bership of  66,355,  ^  gain  of  1,371  communicants  ;  an  average  gain  of 
4  members  to  each  church  during  the  year.  The  total  amount  of 
money  contributed  by  the  churches  for  the  year,  including  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  column,  is  $1,231,2x6,  an  average  per  member  of 
$18  54.  The  following  table  shows  the  distribution  of  the  money, 
as  represented  in  the  Minutes  of  the  Assembly,  and  the  comparison 
between  this  and  last-  year's  offerings  : 


Home  Missions,     .    . 
Foreign  Missions,  .    . 

Education, 

■Sabbath-school  Work, 
Church  Erection,    .    . 
Ministerial  Relief, 
Freedmen 


1894.  1893.  Increase.  Decrease. 

I98.603  $106,455  $7,852  .... 

89,422  89,049  ....  $373 

10,765  13,488  2,723  .... 

12.758  12,537  ....  221 

17,908  25,524  7,616  .... 

13,067  10,302  ....  2,765 

9,242  10,040  798  .... 


Synodical  Home  Missions,       14,510  14, 753  243 

Aid  for  Colleges,    ....  6,372  7. 711  1.339 


$272,647       $289,859       $17,212      .... 
Miscellaneous 49,418  48,498      ....  920 


Total  Benevolence,  .    .     $322,065       $338,357       $16,292      .... 
Congregational, 995.453         886,007      ....         109,446 


Total  Contributions,  .  $1,317,518    $1,224,364      ....        $93,154 

The  corresponding  statement  last  year  showed  a  loss  in  our  gifts 
to  seven  of  the  causes  represented  by  the  Board,  with  a  net  decrease 
of  $25,897.  There  was  also  a  loss  of  $18,414  in  our  miscellaneous 
gifts,  making  a  decrease  in  the  amount  of  our  benevolence  of 
$44,311.  This  year  we  have  done  better.  We  have  enlarged  our 
contributions  to  six  causes,  making  a  net  gain  of  $17,212.  In  our 
miscellaneous  gifts  we  have  fallen  short  $920,  which  still  leaves  us 
a  net  gain  in  benevolence  of  $16,292.  The  table  shows  a  large 
reduction  in  congregational  expenses.  The  decrease  being  $109,446. 
This  makes  our  total  contributions  for  the  year  $93,154  less  than 
during  the  former  year  New  Jersey  stands  in  the  middle  of  the 
five  Synods  which  contribute  to  the  causes  represented  by  our 
Boards  $100,000  or  over  : 


^^95- 


Systematic  Beneficence. 


79 


New  York $638,730 

Pennsylvania 610,774 

New  Jersey, 289,859 

Illinois, 284,006 

Ohio 241,011 

Baltimore  follows,  with  $98,679,  which  places  her  in  the  list  of 
six  Synods  contributing  over  $3.00  per  capita. 

First  stands — Oregon, $6.19  per  member 

Illinois, 4.49 

New  Jersey, 4.37 

Baltimore, 4.20 

New  York, 3.69 

Pennsylvania, 3.09 

We  thus  hold  //lird  place  in  each  list.  Last  year  we  held  second 
place  in  per  capita  gifts,  though  giving  but  $4.19,  while  this  year 
we  give  $4.37  per  member.  Our  young  sister,  Oregon,  has  raised 
the  standard  from  $4. 74  last  year  to  $6.19  this  year. 

The  table  below  shows  the  amounts  paid  to  the  treasuries  of  our 
several  Boards,  including  our  own  Synodical  Home  Missions  : 


Home  Missions, $47,244 

Foreign  Missions, 76,033 

Education, 

Sabbath-school  Work 

Church  Erection, 

Ministerial  Relief, 

Freedmen 

Aid  for  Colleges, 


1894. 

1895- 

Increase. 

Decrease. 

^7.244 

$48,297 

$1,053 

.     .     . 

'6,033 

80,897 

4,864 

.     .     . 

4,935 

4,753 

.     .     . 

$182 

7-073 

7,802 

729 

.     .     . 

5,568 

5.342 

.     .     . 

226 

9.294 

8,952 

.     .     . 

342 

5,930 

6,627 

697 

.     .     . 

3.779 

3.165 

.     .     . 

614 

Synodical  Home  Missions, 


$159,856     $165,835     S5,979 
14.510         14.753  243 


$[74,366     $180,588    $6,222 


This  table  affords  cause  for  gladness.  I,ast  year  we  reported  a 
loss  in  our  offerings  to  each  Board— in  all  a  total  of  $16,655.  I" 
Home  Missions  there  was  a  loss  of  over  $10,000.  This  year  there  is 
a  gain  in  five  cases,  and  we  have  a  net  increase  of  $6,222.  In  our 
gifts  to  the  two  great  Mission  Boards  the  gain  is  over  $6,oco.  It  is 
also  a  pleasure  to  report  that  the  largest  amount  ever  given  for 
Synodical  Home  Missions  iu  any  fiscal  year  was  given  in  the  year 
ending  October  ist,  namely,  $16,413.47,  being  nearly  $150  more  than 
was  allotted  to  the  Presbyteries  a  year  ago  for  the  aid  of  mission 
churches.  The  foregoing  tables  reveal  the  fact  that  of  the  $338,357 
which  we  credit  ourselves   as  contributing  to  benevolent  objects 


8o  Systematic  Beneficence.  Oct., 

only  $180,588  (a  little  over  53  percent.)  finds  a  place  in  the  direct 
work  of  our  official  agencies.  We  here  discover  one  great  root  of 
the  difficulty  found  in  maintaining  and  advancing  the  work  under- 
taken by  the  church.  A  combination  of  circumstances  turns  almost 
one-half  the  money  which  we  contribute  for  benevolent  uses  aside 
from  the  official  channels  and  source  of  supply  from  which  our 
organized  agencies  are  expected  to  sustain  our  beneficent  enter- 
prises. If  this  Synod  represents  the  church  at  large  in  this  particu- 
lar it  is  very  clear  that  if  the  money  given  could  be  secured  to  the 
treasuries  of  the  Boards,  all  the  work  which  the  church  has  author- 
ized could  easily  be  maintained  and  greatly  enlarged.  This  diffi- 
culty is  annually  presented.  Your  Committee  two  years  ago  asked 
your  consideration  o{  the  plan  so  vigorously  urged  by  the  Assem- 
bly's Special  Committee,  that  the  churches  contribute  directly  to 
the  Boards  at  least  three  per  cent,  of  the  valuation  of  their  church 
property.  But  the  suggestion  found  no  standing  in  Synod.  The 
last  General  Assembly  endorsed  another  plan  proposed  by  its  Com- 
mittee on  Systematic  Beneficence,  and  "directs"  the  Committee 
"to  make  an  apportionment  to  the  different  Presbyteries  of  the 
various  amounts  recommended  by  this  Assembly,"  &c.  (Min.  G.  A., 
p.  84,  Resolution  4).  Whether  this  action  will  remove  the  difficulty 
we  do  not  know.  We  would  ask  the  Presbyteries  to  give  the 
apportionment  which  may  be  made  to  them  their  earnest  considera- 
tion. The  condition  of  our  benevolent  finances  calls  for  our  wisest 
thought  and  our  most  hearty  and  generous  endeavor.  Five  of  our 
Boards  had  a  sorry  account  of  debt  to  report  at  the  last  Assembly  : 

Home  Missions $364,850 

Foreign  Missions 174,770 

Education, 3.539 

Ministerial  relief, I977 

Freedmen, 22,351 

Total  debt, $567,487 

Of  this  bewildering  debt,  the  Home  Board  reports  that  $144,502 
"  was  incurred  by  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee  in  conducting 
school  work."  Not  only  do  we  face  this  half  million  of  debt,  but 
the  Assembly  asks  the  church  to  give  the  Board  within  the  current 
year  $3,388  945.  We  may  hope  that  the  whole  debt  will  be  removed 
by  the  "Quarter  Century  Anniversary  Reunion  Fund"  of  "'One 
million  dollars,"  which  the  Assembly  requested  the  church  to  raise. 
If  this  effort  shall  succeed  there  will  be  a  handsome  balance  to  apply 
to  the  advance  work  of  all  the  Boards.  But  the  only  hope  for  con- 
tinued advancement  is  found  in  the  constant  and  generous  liberality 
of  the  churches — wisely  applied.  Last  year  Synod  requested  this 
Committee  "to  conduct  an  educational  campaign,  with  the  view  of 


i895- 


Systematic  Beneficence. 


8i 


raising  Christian  sentiment  upon  the  question  of  scriptural  giving 
to  God,  and  of  recruiting  our  membership,  young  and  old,  in  the 
growing  army  of  proportionate  givers." 

(See  Minutes  of  Synod,  p.  6i,  Recommendation  5.) 

We  would  report  that  we  at  once  entered  upoi  the  work,  striving 
to  effect  the  result  sought,  through  the  agency  of  the  corresponding 
Committees  in  the  several  Presbyteries.  We  have  accomplished 
something,  are  in  the  midst  of  the  campaign,  and  as  you  set  no 
limitation  of  time,  if  it  please  the  Synod,  we  would  like  to  work 
along  this  line  another  year.  The  thing  at  which  we  have  been 
especially  aiming  this  year,  and  for  which  we  mean  to  continue  our 
effort,  is  to  secure  a  contribution  from  every  church  in  the  Synod 
for  every  one  of  our  Boards.  We  do  not  ignore  the  importance  of 
enlarged  gifts,  but  just  now  let  every  church  recognize  the  claim  on 
its  benevolence  of  every  Board  organized  by  the  General  Assembly, 
and  show  its  recognition  by  a  gift  to  every  treasury.  It  can  be 
done,  and  will  be  if  every  pastor  and  the  moderators  of  the  sessions 
of  vacant  churches  and  our  eldership  join  hands  in  the  effort 

We  dare  appeal  to  every  session  and  church  in  the  Synod,  cher- 
ishing the  hope  that  the  statistical  reports  of  the  Presbyteries  of 
New'  Jersey  in  the  Minutes  of  the  next  General  Assembly  will 
present  solid  columns,  page  after  page.  It  wiH  be  a  duty  done.  It 
will  also  be  an  example  that  will  awaken  emulation  in  every  Pres- 
bytery of  the  church.  Your  Committee  will  blush  if  it  cannot 
report  such  a  result  to  Synod  a  year  hence. 

The  following  table  shows  some  marks  of  the  campaign,  and 
reveals  the  work  yet  to  be  done. 

(Blanks  against  chapels  not  counted.) 


Fill  Every   Blanks,      Blanks, 
Churches.    Column.       1894.  1805. 


Increase.  Decrease. 


Presbyteries. 

Corisco, 

Elizabeth,  .... 
Jersey  City,  .  .  . 
Monmouth,  .  ,  . 
Morris  and  Orange, 

Newark, 

New  Brunswick,  . 

Newton, 

West  Jersey,  .    .    . 


The  attention  of  the  brethren  is  especially  called  to  one  particular 
connected  with  this  table.  For  a  long  succession  of  years  New 
Brunswick  Presbytery  has  presented  unbroken  columns,  except  one 
year  (1892),  in  which  two  blanks  occurred  by  an  oversight  of  a 
pastor  who  had  charge  of  two  churches.  This  year  the  Fifth  Church 
6 


10 

4 

36 

46    10 

40 

24 

2,7 

32 

5 

38 

12 

85 

75 

10 

49 

49 

39 

.  . 

39 

44 

31 

52 

36 

16 

34 

20 

56 

46 

TO 

34 

34 

.  . 

•  . 

37 

23 

66 

57 

9 

49 

28 

126 

85 

41 

335 

225 

497 

2,2>7 

120 

82  Systematic  Beneficence;.  Oct., 

of  Trenton  is  reported  in  the  Minutes  by  mistake  with  ever}' column 
empty.  But,  as  your  Committee  is  informed  that  that  church  con- 
tributed to  every  Board,  and  so  reported  to  the  Presbytery,  we 
suggest  that  the  brethren,  in  justice  to  a  most  faithful  and  in- 
defatigable pastor  and  church,  make  a  memorandum  of  the  error 
in  their  copies  of  the  Minutes. 

The  glory  of  the  table  is  that  every  home  Presbytery  reduced  the 
number  of  its  blanks,  as  compared  with  last  year,  in  an  aggregate 
of  130,  making  in  the  past  two  years  a  total  reduction  of  225.  The 
chief  glory  must  be  divided  between  Monmouth  and  West  Jersey. 
They  made  a  combined  reduction  of  90  blanks — West  Jersey  41, 
Monmouth  39,  all  she  had.  Her  49  churches  filled  441  columns,  and 
then  only  stopped  because  there  were  no  more  blanks  to  conquer. 
Our  adjutant  there  conducted  the  campaign  wisely  and  persistently, 
and  won  a  brilliant  and  fruitful  victory  on  the  field  of  Monmouth. 
The  Synod  of  Penns54vania  rejoices  over  her  one  (Butler)  Presbytery 
with  full  columns.  We  welcome  Butler  to  the  roll  of  honor  and 
give  her  a  place  with  Monmouth  and  New  Brunswick  ;  and  next 
year,  with  our  other  seven — Corisco  in  the  van— all  in  line,  we  will 
number  ten,  and  a  spirit  of  enthusiasm  will  move  every  Presbytery 
in  the  Assembly  to  a  holy  rivalry.  Now,  if  Monmouth  and  West 
Jersey,  our  missionary  Presbyteries,  on  whose  mission  churches  is 
expended  one-half  of  our  Synodical  Aid  Fund,  can  make  such  an 
advance,  what  other  Presbytery  will  be  content  to  report  a  vacant 
column  next  year  !  Rev.  W.  P.  Finney,  Chairman  of  Monmouth's 
Committee,  writes  :  "I  had  to  work  hard  for  it,  and  only  accom- 
plished it  by  the  regardless  expenditure  of  postage,  patience  and 
persistence." 

Our  Church  has  a  grand,  systematic  plan  by  which  she  seeks  to 
do  the  Lord's  work.  It  was  formed  and  developed  gradually.  The 
best  wisdom  and  experience  of  the  Church  have  been  enlisted  in 
maturing  a  method  of  beneficent  operations,  which  is  proving  itself 
eflfective  in  proportion  as  the  individual  churches  give  it  their  sup- 
port. May  we  not  justly  say  that  the  first  duty  of  a  church  relative 
to  Christian  giving  is  to  recognize  the  importance  and  claim  of  each 
one  of  our  several  Boards. 

No  pastor  or  Session  may  properly  withhold  support  from  any  one 
of  the  agencies  adopted  by  the  church  at  large.  A  very  small  con- 
tribution from  each  church  which  ignores  one  and  another  of  these 
departments[,of  effort  would  often  relieve  them  from  all  embarrass- 
ment in  carrying  on  their  operations.  Some  of  our  own  churches 
give  by  the  hundred  and  some  by  the  thousand  dollars  to  some 
Boards,  and  fail  to  give  anything  to  certain  other  Boards.  This 
ought  not  so  to  be.  Let  us  call  your  attention  to  the  new  apportion- 
ment of  contributions  to  the  Boards  as  ordered  by  the  late  Assembly, 
namely,  ForeignJMissions,  33%,  Home  Missions,  31  ^  as  before,  and 


iSgs-  Systematic  Beneficence.  83 

6  %  to  each  of  the  other  six  Boards.  The  great  need  of  our  churches 
generally,  we  believe,  is  a  plan  or  system  of  gathering,  or  rather 
securing,  the  people's  oflFerings.  Some  churches  will  make  large 
contributions  by  almost  any  method  ;  but  even  these  strong  and 
wealthy  churches  would  better  educate  their  people  in  beneficence 
and  add  considerably  to  their  gifts  if  they  used  a  plan  which 
prompted  and  aided  their  poorer  members  to  contribute.  Every 
church  should  adopt  a  plan  that  works  equally  well  in  stormy 
weather  and  in  fair,  in  summer  and  winter,  a  plan  easy  of  operation 
and  which  cannot  fail.  The  same  method  may  not  be  equally 
adapted  to  every  locality,  but  some  form  of  annual  subscription 
card,  accompanied  by  a  weekly  or  monthly  envelope  collection,  can 
hardly  fail  to  be  effective  if  the  people  are  willing  to  try  to  do  as 
well  as  God  may  enable  them.  Then  let  the  pastor,  sustained  by 
the  elders,  magnify  this  form  of  divine  service  and  instruct  the 
whole  church,  men  and  women  of  all  ages,  and  the  children  also, 
concerning  this  grace  of  Christian  beneficence,  and  so  far  as  possible 
hold  the  mass  of  his  people  to  one  grand  effort  to  bring  in  all  the 
tithes,  that  God's  house  maj'  be  full. 

We  would  give  the  people  liberty  of  choice  as  to  the  Boards  that 
should  receive  their  gifts,  but  it  were  well  if  the  people  could  be 
persuaded  to  trust  the  wisdom  of  the  church,  and  give  simply  as 
unto  the  Lord,  and  then  the  Session  distribute  the  gifts  according 
to  the  Assembly's  instruction.  This  is  the  ideal  system.  To  attain 
to  it  is  possible  and  worthy  of  our  best  efforts.  We  know  "there  is 
that  scattereth  and  yet  increaseth,"  but  we  believe  it  is  possible  for 
the  church  to  multiply  organized  divisions  and  erect  special  depart- 
ments to  an  extent  that  may  so  disintegrate  her  force  as  to  hinder 
her  most  effective  operations. 

Your  Committee  desires  Synod  to  discuss  and  express  its  views 
concerning  the  establishment  of  a  Young  People's  Department  in 
the  beneficent  operations  of  the  church.  The  matter  has  been  form- 
ally passed  upon  by  the  Assembly,  and  rather  taken  for  granted  by 
the  Synod.  But  so  far  as  we  know,  the  question  has  never  had,  in 
Assembly  or  in  our  Synod,  the  consideration  which  its  importance 
demands.  Now  that  the  last  Assembly  appointed  a  Committee,  and 
one  member  of  it  from  our  Synod,  "  to  consider  the  whole  subject  of 
Young  People's  Societies  and  their  relations  to  the  church,"  which 
action  was  prompted  by  overtures  from  six  Presbyteries,  some  of 
which  related  directly  to  the  question  of  their  contributions,  and 
moreover,  since  the  Presbyterian  Rally  at  the  Boston  International 
Christian  Endeavor  Convention  in  July  appointed  a  large  Committee 
"  to  co-operate  with  the  Assembly  Committee,"  it  seems  fitting  that 
this  Synod  should  give  the  question  at  this  time  the  consideration 
which  its  importance  merits.  Your  Committee  feels  that  it  is  a  ques- 
tion at  least  open  for  discussion. 


84  Systejmatic  Beneficence.  Oct., 

The  division  of  labor  in  our  beneficent  operations  seems  already 
sufficiently  extended.  Twenty-five  years  ago  the  subject  of  Zenana 
work  and  work  for  women  and  children  in  heathen  lands  formed  a 
strong  argument  for  the  organization  of  "'Woman's  Work  for 
Woman."  A  little  later  the  question  of  schojls  for  the  Indians  and 
the  exceptional  populations  of  our  own  country  prompted  to  the 
organized  effort  on  the  part  of  the  Woman's  Executive  Committee 
of  Home  Missions.  These  organizations  developed  and  gathered 
Mission  Bands  by  the  hundred,  composed  of  boys  and  girls.  They 
have  done  a  wonderful  and  blessed  work,  and  are  still  maintaining 
grand  enterprises  of  Christian  love  and  labor.  The  good  women 
who  were  at  the  head  of  this  advance  in  woman's  work  insisted  that 
the  work  done  through  these  special  organizations  be  a  supple- 
mental work  ;  that  every  woman  should  first  of  all  make  her  regu- 
lar contribution  to  the  church  collection,  and  then,  by  some  holy 
ingenuity  and  self-denial,  make  a  special  gift  to  maintain  the  new 
and  special  enterprise.  But  the  movement  was  yet  young  when 
the  question  arose,  Is  the  money  thus  received  supplemetii  or  co7n- 
plement  f  And  for  some  years  it  has  looked  as  if  the  special  work 
was  outstripping  the  regular  and  general  work  of  the  Mission 
Boards.  The  immense  debt  of  over  $[44,000  now  resting  on  one  of 
these  special  departments  calls  for  wise  planning  for  the  future.  It 
is  interesting  to  compare  the  amounts  of  money  reported  by  the 
Home  and  Foreign  Mission  Boards  as  received  from  the  churches 
and  the  women's  societies.  In  two  of  our  own  I'resbyteries— Jersey 
City  and  Monmouth— the  women's  societies  are  credited  by  both 
these  Boards  with  larger  amounts  than  the  churches  are.  In  the 
Synod  of  New  York  the  same  is  true  of  eleven  Presbyteries  in  rela- 
tion to  the  Home  Board,  and  of  thirteen  Presbyteries  in  relation  to 
the  Foreign  Board.  In  the  Synod  of  Pennsylvania  the  same  is  true 
of  ten  Presbyteries  in  relation  to  the  Home,  and  of  fifteen  Presby- 
teries in  relation  to  the  Foreign  Board.  With  this  mere  reference 
to  existing  facts,  and  remembering  that  these  societies  exist  in 
almost  every  church,  and  that  all  our  young  women  and  our  church 
boys  and  girls  have  full  opportunity  to  share  in  the  work  contem- 
plated by  these  organizations  and,  in  addition,  that  the  Sabbath- 
schools  form  another  department  for  mission  study  and  beneficent 
work,  where  all  the  youth  and  the  children  of  the  community  are 
taught  and  trained  in  Christian  giving,  it  .seems,  in  the  judgment 
of  your  Committee,  that  the  grace  oi systematic  beneficence  will  not 
be  promoted  by  the  establishment  of  a  special  young  people's 
department  for  the  gathering  of  money  for  the  Master's  use.  There 
are  in  the  Synod  considerably  over  one  hundred  Junior  Societies  of 
Christian  Endeavor.  These  children,  with  few  exceptions,  are 
member^  of  Mission  Bands  or  Sabbath  schools.  Where  can  they  be 
better  taught  and  trained  relative  to  Christ  and  the  church  ?  And 
what  better  opportunity  can  be  afforded  for  the  exercise  of  the  grace 


iSgs-  Systematic   Beneficenck.  85 

of  giving?  There  are,  besides,  two  hundred  and  fift}'  or  more  adult 
Young  People's  Societies,  of  which  two-thirds,  perhaps,  are  Chris- 
tian Endeavor  Societies.  Of  these  it  may  be  said  that  thousands  of 
the  members  are  persons  of  middle  life  or  near  it,  and  the  great 
majority  are  far  removed  from  childhood.  All  the  active  Christian 
Endeavor  members  are  already  members  of  the  church.  Perhaps 
most  of  the  5  oung  women  are  members  of  Missionarj'  Societies  or 
Bands,  and  nearly  all  of  both  sexes  are  officers,  teachers  or  scholars 
in  the  Sabbath-schcol. 

Every  member  of  the  church,  however  young,  should  know  that 
the  church — his  church— is  the  field  for  his  most  devoted  and  faith- 
ful service,  and  that  the  place  for  his  otterings  to  the  Lord  is  the 
treasury  of  the  church.  If  a  young  people's  department  of  church 
benevolence  should  become  an  established  institution,  we  see  by 
the  present  experience  something  of  the  future.  Our  Societies  are 
now  flooded  with  appeals  from  all  quarters.  Our  own  Boards  and 
our  Woman's  Societies  are  appointing  special  secretaries  to  look 
after  our  young  people,  and  these  secretaries  are  seeking  the  names 
and  addresses  of  our  Society  officers,  that  they  may  be  in  commu- 
nication and  touch  with  our  young  people ;  that  the}'^  may  bring 
to  their  notice  objects  for  their  gifts  and  instruct  them  as  to  their 
duty  and  privilege.  Your  Committee  feels  that  every  pastor  and 
session  should  be  competent  to  instruct  their  own  young  people 
and  are  entitled  to  the  privilege  of  guiding  them  to  a  wise  exercise 
of  their  spirit  of  beneficence,  and  that  even  our  own  church  officials 
should  reach  these  Societies  through  the  pastoi  and  session.  Other- 
wise, so  far  as  christian  giving  is  concerned,  the  pastor  will  shortly 
find  that  he  has  on  hand  the  management  of  a  church  within  a 
church. 

Your  Committee  is  in  full  sympathy  with  the  great  Christian 
Endeavor  movement,  and  is  in  hearty  accord  with  the  object 
prompting  the  organization.  We  also  recognize,  with  gratitude, 
the  existence  of  very  many  Young  People's  Societies  in  our 
churches,  embodying  in  spirit  the  same  great  principle,  "  For 
Christ  and  the  Church."  whose  history  runs  far  back  into  past 
years.  We  also  recognize  the  fact  that,  because  of  circumstances 
beyond  their  control,  a  large  part  of  the  young  people  of  our 
churches  are  not  members  of  any  of  these  societies,  and  yet  many 
of  them  work  and  witness  for  Christ  and  the  church  with  great 
faithfulness. 

The  idea  seems  to  prevail  in  some  quarters  that  our  benevolent 
finances  will  advance  in  proportion  as  we  organize  Young  People's 
Societies.  The  error  in  this  calculation  is  manifest  when  we  con- 
sider that  we  form  our  societies  from  the  members  of  our  churches. 
And  it  is  a  very  grave  and  ungeaerous  assumption  that  our  young 
people  are  unfaithful  as  church  members,  and  only  begin  to  do  their 


86  Systematic  Beneficence.  Oct. 

duty  when  organized  into  a  Young  People's  Society,  and  that  our 
young  people  who  are  not  so  organized  are  less  faithful  than  those 
who  are.  Your  Committee  sees  a  difficulty  which  may  arise  in  case 
of  the  erection  of  a  Young  People's  Department.  The  Christian 
Endeavor  Societies  so  far  outrank  all  others  in  number  that  it  is 
natural  for  them  to  ask  for  special  recognition  ;  while  in  justice  to 
other  Young  People's  Societies  in  existence  and  doing  a  blessed 
wor  for  many  ye irs,  they  also  should  have  recognition.  Further, 
no  record  of  the  gifts  received  from  Young  People's  Societies  could 
possibly  do  justice  to  the  young  people  of  the  church.  Very  many 
of  the  young  men  and  women  of  our  churches  who  are  not  members 
of  any  Young  People's  Societies  are  among  our  most  interested  and 
liberal  givers.  So  that,  if  we  should  have  such  a  department,  the 
record  should  be  of  the  gifts  of  our  young  people,  without  reference 
to  any  society,  and  the  pastor  and  session  should  ascertain  and 
report  to  the  department  all  moaey  contributed  by  the  young  people 
of  the  congregation.  This  would  give  a  showing  that  would  honor 
our  young  people  by  reason  of  its  magnitude,  and  the  church  would 
be  startled  to  see  the  balance  credited  to  itself  Our  departments  of 
benevolence  might  then  be  considered  complete  :  The  Mission 
Societies  for  the  women  ;  the  Bands  for  the  children  ;  the  Sabbath- 
school  benevolence  a  joint  eflfort  for  all  ;  the  proposed  new  depart- 
ment for  the  young  men  and  women. 

By  a  natural  process  of  elimination  we  have  left,  with  duty 
unassigned,  only  the  venerable  men,  to  whom  should  be  credited  the 
contributions  reported  as  from  "the  churches."  We  consider  the 
question  fraught  with  important  issues,  and  submit  it  to  Synod  for 
your  judgment  and  decision. 

(For  the  recommendations  adopted  by  Synod,  see  page  13.) 


iSgs-  Foreign  Populations  87 

XV.— REPORT    OF   THE   PERMANENT   COMMITTEE 
ON  WORK  AMONG  FOREIGN  POPUI.ATIONS. 

Work  among  foreign  populations  within  the  bounds  of  the  Synod 
of  New  Jersey  is  mainly  confined  to  the  German-speaking  people. 
There  are  in  connection  with  the  Synod  nineteen  German  churches, 
as  follows  : 

In  the  Presbytery  oi  Elizabeth,  three  churches,  with  an  aggregate 
roll  of  communicants  of  280,  and  a  Sabbath-school  membership  of 
478. 

Presbytery  of  Jersey  City,  four  churches,  with  353  communicants  ; 
Sabbath-schools,  781. 

Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  two  churches  ;  communicants,  119 ; 
Sabbath-schools,  224. 

Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange,  four  churches,  404  communi- 
cants ;  Sabbath-schools,  404. 

Presbytery  of  Newark,  four  churches,  801  communicants  ;  Sab- 
bath-schools, 1,614. 

Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  two  churches,  119  communicants ; 
Sabbath-schools,  147. 

Most  of  these  nineteen  churches  are  served  by  pastors  who  were 
graduated  from  the  German  Theological  School  in  Bloomfield,  thus 
indicating  not  only  the  great  importance  of  that  institution  to  the 
church  at  large,  but  also  its  absolute  necessity,  if  our  church  is  to 
do  its  bounden  duty  in  providing  a  pure  gospel  ministry  for  the 
constantly  growing  German  population  of  our  State. 

In  addition  to  the  work  among  the  Germans,  we  have  also  to 
report  one  church  for  Italians,  in  Newark,  with  a  membership  of  91. 
A  very  hopeful  work  is  also  in  progress  among  the  Italians  in  Ham- 
monton  (Presbytery  of  West  Jersey),  under  the  earnest  and  devoted 
labors  of  Mr.  Thos.  Fragali,  a  licentiate  of  the  Presbytery,  and  who 
is  soon  to  be  ordained  to  the  ministry.  A  church  of  eighteen  mem- 
bers has  been  organized,  and  a  house  of  worship,  it  is  hoped,  will 
soon  be  provided.  There  are  upwards  of  1,000  Italians  in  and 
around  Hammonton,  among  many  of  whom — and  but  for  the  oppo- 
sition of  the  Roman  Catholic  priest,  among  most  of  whom— the 
labors  of  Mr.  Fragali  find  acceptance. 

The  Dundee  Church,  in  Passaic,  has  for  several  years  been 
engaged  in  work  among  the  Slavonian  population  in  that  city.  A 
congregation  was  gathered,  and  taken  under  care  of  Presbytery,  but 
under  the  leadership  of  its  new  pastor,  himself  a  fellow-countryman, 
has  since  become  connected  with  the  Reformed  Synod  of  New  Jer- 
sey. Efforts  are  also  being  made  to  reach  the  Hungarians  of  Pas- 
saic, who  are  literally  as  sheep  without  a  shepherd.  The  Dutch 
and  Swedish  populations  have  their  own  respective  churches. 


88  Foreign  Populations.  Oct.y 

The  First  Church  of  Jersey  City  carries  on  a  Chinese  Sabbath- 
school,  which  numbers  twenty-two.  Eleven  Chinamen  have  been 
received  into  that  church  on  confession  of  faith. 

Your  Committee  have  no  special  recommendations  to  offer,  save 
to  urge  upon  the  several  Presbyteries  increased  efforts  to  bring  the 
gospel  to  the  foreign  peoples  whom  God  in  His  providence  has 
brought  to  our  doors,  being  assured  by  the  success  which  has 
attended  the  work  thus  far,  that  the  blessing  of  God  is  in  it,  for 
"  He  loveth  the  stranger  in  giving  him  food  and  raiment." 


rSgs-       Unemployed  Ministers  and  Vacant  Churches. 


XVI.— RKPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE 
ON  UNEMPLOYED  MINISTERS  AND  VACANT 
CHURCHES. 

There  is  an  "old,  old  story"  that  it's  blessed  to  repeat ;  but  the 
story  of  the  ecclesiastical  interest  known  as  Unemployed  Ministers 
and  Vacant  Churches,  while  an  old  one,  is  not  at  all  a  pleasant  one. 
The  unsatisfactory  condition  which  has  prevailed  for  a  number  of 
years  still  continues.     Presbyterial  oversight  exists  only  in  name. 

The  vacant  church  inaugurates  a  still  hunt,  chiefly  among  the 
most  popular  and  outwardly-prosperous  churches,  while  the  unem- 
ployed minister  dons  the  habit  of  the  political  oflfice-seeker,  and  im- 
portunes his  friends  for  their  influence. 

In  our  Presbyterial  policy,  the  unemployed  minister  and  the 
vacant  church  are  two  factors  of  a  problem,  the  solution  of  which  is 
in  their  being  brought  together.  The  one  is  the  supply,  of  which 
the  other  is  the  demand  Presbytery  is  the  natural  and  legitimate 
instrumentality  for  their  wise  and  successful  adjustment. 

It  has  come  to  pass  that  in  the  method  that  very  generally  pre- 
vails these  fundamental  principles  are  largely  ignored.  It  were 
folly  to  shut  our  eyes  to  circumstances  that  have  led  to  the  present 
methods.  While  some  of  them  are  greatly  to  be  deplored,  others 
are  not  such  an  unmixed  evil  as  at  first  they  might  seem. 

The  decadence  of  Presbyterial  oversight  in  the  careful,  judicious, 
loving  oversight  of  everything  that  pertains  to  the  life  and  activity 
of  the  churches  must  awaken  profound  regret.  When  the  relation 
of  the  Presbytery  to  its  churches  is  simply  a  matter  of  form,  a  mere 
clerical  registering  of  congregational  acts  which  involve  Presbyterial 
judgment  and  authority,  then  Presbyterianism  ceases  and  Congre- 
gationalism prevails. 

But  on  the  other  hand,  it  must  be  admitted  that  great  changes 
have  taken  place  since  the  daj-s  of  our  fathers.  The  quiet,  leisurely 
habits,  which  gave  opportunity  for  careful  and  mature  consideration 
of  all  the  interests  involved,  has  given  place  to  an  intense,  compli- 
cated and  exhaustive  haste  that  injects  new  and  serious  difficulties 
into  the  problem.  It's  an  age  of  steam  and  electricity,  instead  of 
the  stage  coach  and  tallow  dip. 

The  Presbyter  is  an  exceedingly  busy  man,  with  greatly  multi- 
plied local  responsibilities  which  necessarily  decrease  his  ability  to 
serve  efficiently  the  larger  interests  involved  in  Presbyterial  over- 
sight. 

Moreover,  and  as  a  consequence,  the  churches  have  come  to  feel 
that,  being  on  the  ground,  and  familiar  with  all  its  peculiarities, 
no  one  can  know  so  well  as  they  their  own  particular  needs  or  who 


90  Unemployed  Ministers  and  Vacant  Churches.       Oct. , 

can  best  satisfy  them.  Hence  the  vacant  church,  without  intend- 
ingf  to  ignore  the  Presbytery,  and  possibly  with  a  measure  of  ignor- 
ance of  what  our  Presbyterian  polity  really  requires,  proceeds  with 
its  own  affairs  and  asks  Presbytery  to  ratify  its  work. 

Another  fact  contributing  also  to  the  present  unfortunate  condi- 
tion is  the  exacting  nature  of  the  demands  made  by  the  churches, 
which  largely  diminishes  the  available  number  of  the  unemployed 
ministers. 

This  meager  outline  will  serve  to  show  that  the  present  state  of 
things,  however  abnormal  it  may  seem,  is  a  growth  which  has 
attached  itself  so  closely  to  the  present  form  of  church-life  that 
any  attempt  at  removal  is  likely  to  be  attended  with  serious  conse- 
quences. Hence  the-fruitlessness  of  the  efforts,  of  late,  to  revive, 
with  some  modifications,  the  principle  of  immediate  oversight  of 
the  vacant  pulpits  by  the  Presbyteries. 

The  Committee  renews  the  suggestion  of  former  reports  that  the 
time  has  not  come  for  any  heroic  effort  to  restore  our  policy  of 
Presbyterial  oversight,  but  we  believe  that  much  may  be  accom- 
plished in  the  way  of  education,  especially  of  the  churches,  as  to  the 
polity  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  this  and  other  matters. 

The  Committee  would  also  call  attention  to  the  recommendation 
of  two  years  ago  respecting  the  appointment  of  a  Standing  Com- 
mittee in  the  Presbyteries,  to  be  known  as  an  Advisory  Committee, 
who  shall  hold  a  fatherly  relation  to  all  the  churches,  to  be  con- 
sulted confidentially  respecting  perplexing  questions,  and  to  advise 
with  reference  to  difficulties  which  may  arise. 

Appended  is  the  usual  tabulation  of  the  ministers  and  churches 
of  the  Synod  for  the  year : 

Present  number  of  churches, 331 

Last  year 312 

Year  before, 307 

Present  number  of  ministers, 406 

Last  year 407 

Year  before, 399 

JOHN  R.  FISHER, 

Chairman. 


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92  Historical  Material.  Oct., 

XVII.— REPORT  OF  THE  CUSTODIANS  OF  HISTORI- 
CAI,  MATERIAI,. 

The  Custodians  of  Historical  Material  respectfully  report  that  the 
following  material  has  been  deposited  in  the  Synod's  collections 
during  the  past  year  : 

From  the  Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown  : 

Bound  Volumes — 

Twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Jersey 
City  Heights,  1881. 

History  of  Second  Cl^urch,  Rahway,  1887. 

Historical  Discourses,  &c. — 

First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Jersey  City,  Rev.  Charles  K.  Imbrie, 
D.D.,  1876,  1888. 

First  Church,  Rahway,  Rev.  J.  Jay  Pomeroy,  1877. 

Central  Church,  Orange,  Rev.  Alfred  Yeomans,  D.D.,  1879. 

Crescent  Avenue  Church,  Plainfield,  semi-centennial  year  book, 
1894. 

Manuals- 
Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange,  1870-1875. 
First  Church,  Rahway,  1834,  1854. 
Freehold  Church,  1871. 
Central  Church,  Orange,  1876. 

Memorial  of  Rev.  Wm.  Scribner,  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Wells,  D.D..  and 
Rev.  Wm.  C.  Stitt,  1884. 

Inauguration  of  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Hornblower,  D.D.,  1871. 

The  Record,  First  Church,  Morristown,  January,  1881,  to  Janu- 
ary, 1883. 

Picture,  Grace  Church,  near  Camden. 

Glass  frame  for  original  letter  of  Indian  woman  concerning 
"  Brainerd  conch-shell,"  prepared  for  Boyd-Tennent  Pilgrimage, 
1895- 

From  the  Rev.  Eben  B.  Cobb,  D.D.  : 

Bound  Books — 

City  of  Elizabeth  illustrated. 

Inscriptions  on  tombstones  in  burying-grounds  of  First  Presby- 
terian and  St.  John's  Churches,  Elizabeth. 

History  of  St.  John's  Church,  Elizabeth. 

Jubilee  of  First  Church,  Rahway,  1891. 

Church  Manuals- 
Second  Church,  Elizabeth,  1835  ;  Westminster  Church,  Elizabeth 
(with  tenth  anniversary  sermoa  by  Rev.   Wm.   C.  Roberts),  1876, 


i8g5-  Historical  Material.  93 

1877,  1894;  Marshall  Street  Church,  Elizabeth,  1890:  Connecticut 
Farms,  i860. 

Church  Histories- 
First   Church,    Rahway,    1877 ;    Clinton,    1880 ;    Amwell   United 
First,  Ringoes,  1881. 

Printed  Sermons,  Addresses,  &c. — 

By  Rev,  David  Magie,  "Debts,"  1830;  Installation  of  Rev.  C. 
Hoover,  1837  ;  Burial  of  Rev.  Aaron  Condit.  1852.  By  Rev.  Everard 
Kempshall,  D.D.,  Thanksgiving,  1863.  By  David  Magie,  Nicholas 
Murray  and  James  M.  Huntting,  "Claims  of  the  Gospel  Ministry 
to  Adequate  Support,"  1838. 

Manual  of  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth,  1887. 

Methodism  in  Elizabeth,  1885. 

From  the  Rev.  Beyijamm  S.  Everitt,  D.D.  : 

Twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  pastorate,  Jamesburg,  1895. 

From  the  Rev.  David  R.  Frazer,  D.D.  : 

Memorial  of  Rev.  Jonathan  F.  Stearns,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  David  R. 
Frazer,  D.D.,  1889. 

Address  before  Washington  Association  of  New  Jersey,  by  Rev. 
David  R.  Frazer,  D.D.,  1892. 

Forty  years  retrospect,  Central  Church,  Newark,  by  Rev.  William 
T.  Findley,  D.D.,  1877. 

From  F  Wolcott  Jackson,  Esq.,  through  Rev.  David R.  Frazer,  D.D.  : 
Bound  volume,  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  South  Park  Church, 
Newark,  1879. 

From  the  Rev.  Charles  Herr,  D.D.  : 

Historical  Sketches  of  Churches,  &c. — 

South  Bergen,  First,  1864  ;  Jersey  City  Heights,  First,  1881  ; 
Jersey  City,  First,  1888 ;  Englewood,  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary, 
1885  ;  Rutherford,  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary,  1888  ;  Scotch  Church, 
Jersey  City,  1885  ;  Jersey  City,  Personnel  of  Presbytery,  1870-1880. 

From  the  Rev.  Thotnas  S.  Long  : 
Twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  Dayton  Church,  1894. 

From  the  Rev.  George  S.  Mott,  D.D.  : 
Memorial  Sermons  and  Addresses — 

Rev.  Joseph  L.  Shafer,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  James  C.  Edwards,  1854. 
Rev.  D.  M.  Miller,  by  Rev.  Nicholas  Murray,  D.D.,  1855. 
Rev.  Jacob  J.  Janeway,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  Samuel  B.  How,  D.D.,  1859. 
Rev.  Charles  F.  Hedges,  by  Rev.  James  F.  Brewster,  i860. 


94  Historical  Material.  Oct., 

Rev.  Jacob  Kirkpatrick,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  P.  O.  Studdiford,  D.D., 
and  Rev.  W.  J.  Wright,  1866. 

Rev.  Peter  O.  Studdiford,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  George  Hale,  D.D.,  Rev. 
Chas.  W.  Hodge,  D.D,  and  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Kirk,  1866. 

Rev,  James  M.  MacDonald,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  Lyman  H.  Atwater, 
D.D.,  1878. 

Rev.  Charles  Hodge,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  Lyman  H.  Atwater,  D.D., 
1878. 

Rev.  John  Maclean,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  John  T.  DuflSeld,  D.D.,  and 
Rev.  James  M.  Ludlow,  D.D.,  1887. 

President  Lincoln,  by  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Hamill,  D.D,,  1865. 

President  Lincoln,  by  Rev.  James  M.  Macdonald,  D.D.,  1865. 

Chief  Justice  Whelpley,  by  Rev.  Chas.  E.  Knox,  D.D.,  and  Rev. 
J.  M.  Sherwood,  1864. 

L.  Q.  C.  Elmer,  LL.D.,  by  William  E.  Potter,  Esq.,  1884. 

Inaugural  Discourses — 

Rev.  William  Henry  Green,  D.D.,  with  charge  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Beach  Jones,  185 1. 

Rev.  Alexander  T.  McGill,  D.D.,  address  by  Rev.  Nicholas  Mur- 
ray, D.D.,  1854. 

Rev.  Charles  E.  Knox  and  Rev.  George  C.  Seibert,  Ph.D.,  address 
by  Rev.  J.  Fewsmith,  D.D.,  1874. 

Rev.  Archibald  Alexander  Hodge,  D.D.,  charge  by  Rev.  William 
M.  Paxton,  D.D.,  1877. 

Historical  Discourses  — 

Twenty  Years  in  Princeton,  Rev.  James  M.  Macdonald,  D.D., 
1873  ;  Bound  Brook,  Rev.  A.  E.  Baldwin,  1876  ;  First  Princeton, 
Rev.  Dr.  Macdonald,  1876  ;  Second  Princeton,  Rev.  Dr.  DuflB.eld, 
1876  ;  Semi-Centenary,  Clinton,  Rev.  I.  Alstyne  Blauvelt,  1880. 

Printed  Sermons  and  Addresses — 

Rev.  C.  F.  Worrell,  D.D.,  Millstone,  1864;  Rev.  Cortlandt  Van 
Rensselaer.  D.D.,  1853  ;  Rev.  Edward  D.  Yeomans,  1859  ;  Rev.  M. 
J.  Hickok,  Synod  at  Morristown,  i860  ;  Rev.  James  C.  Moffat,  D.D., 
1864  ;  Prof.  Stephen  Alexander,  LL.D.,  1865  ;  Rev.  Nicholas  Murray, 
D.D.,  1854;  President  James  McCosh,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1876;  Rev. 
Henry  M.  Storrs,  D.D.,  1889;  Rev.  J.  H.  Mcllvaine,  D.D.,  1869; 
Rev.  David  Magie,  D.D.,  1861  ;  Ashbel  Welch,  Hunterdon  County 
Bible  Society,  1880  ;  Rev.  George  S.  Mott,  Seven  Weeks  of  Prayer, 
1865.  "Perplexity  amidst  Peace,"  Thanksgiving  discourse,  Rev. 
Charles  K.  Imbrie.  1856. 

Miscellaneous — 

Messenger  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission  for  New  Jersey,  1864. 

Second  Report  German  Theological  School,  1871. 

Sundry  duplicates  of  sermons,  addresses,  etc. 

File  of  printed  Minutes  of  Synod,  1 868-1883. 

Sunday-schools  in  Somerset  County,  1873. 


18%.  Historical  Material.  95 

From  the  Rev.  Lewis  W.  Mudge,  D.D.: 
Historical  Sermon,  Second  Princeton,  1895. 

From  the  Rev.  Henry  Goodwin  Smith  : 
The  Old  Scots  Church,  &c.,  1895. 

From  the  Rev.  Franklin  E.  Miller,  D.D.: 
Centennial  of  Sabbath-school,  First  Church,  Paterson,  1894. 

From  the  Rev.  James  Beveridge  Lee  : 

Bloomfield,  First  Church,  Re-dedication,  by  Rev.  James  M.  Sher- 
wood. 

Historical  Memoranda,  by  Rev.  Stephen  Dodd,  1854. 

From  the  Rev.  Frank  R.  Symmes : 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  First  Church,  Cranbury,  by  Joseph  G. 
Symmes. 

Historical  Sketch  of  Monmouth  Presbytery,  by  Rev.  Joseph  G. 
Symmes. 

Life  Sketch  of  Joseph  Gaston  Symmes,  D.D.,  by  Rev.  Frank  R. 
Symmes. 

From  the  Rev.  E.  A.  Bjilkley,  D.D.: 

"  Road-Making  ;  "  a  Sermon. 

"The  Axe-Man"   (Sermon). 

Yearly  Hand-Book  of  the  First  Church,  Rutherford,  1863-1895. 

Manual  of  the  First  Church  of  Rutherford,  1863-91. 

The  First  Church  of  Rutherford,  1863-1888.  An  Historical  Dis- 
course, by  the  Rev.  E.  A.  Bulkley,  D.D. 

WALTER  A.  BROOKS, 
JOSEPH  H.  DULLES, 

Custodians. 


96  Historical  Material.  Oct., 

XVIII.— REPORT  OF  THE  PERMANENT  COMMITTEE 
ON  HISTORICAL  MATERIALS,  INCLUDING  THE 
REPORT  OF  THE  SPECIAL  COMMITTEE  ON 
COMMEMORATION  OF  HISTORIC  PLACES. 

Your  Permanent  Historical  Committee  report  to  the  Synod  of 
New  Jersey  that  decided  progress  has  been  made  during  the  year 

1894-95- 

The  distribution  of  labor  among  the  several  members  of  the  Com- 
mittee has  secured  important  additional  historical  material,  as  the 
report  of  the  Custodians  abundantly  proves. 

The  unusual  and  memorable  event  of  the  year,  as  authorized  by 
Synod,  and  under  the  supervision  of  your  Joint  Committee,  was  the 
commemoration  of  the  establishment  of  the  Old  Scots  and  the 
Tennent  Churches,  in  Monmouth  county,  and  the  commemoration 
of  the  first  recorded  meeting  of  the  First  Presbytery  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  this  country,  and  of  the  first  ordination  of  a  min- 
ister by  the  Presbytery.  It  is  not  here  asserted  that  this  was  the 
first  meeting  of  that  body,  but  oaly  that  it  was  the  first  meeting  of 
which  any  minutes  now  exist.  Neither  is  it  asserted  that  the 
Church  of  Freehold  was  the  first,  or  is  the  oldest  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  country  (as  some  carelessly  afiirm  that  we  say),  but 
merely  as  Doctor  Hodge  wrote  in  his  history*  and  the  printed 
Records  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  prove,  that  it  was  the  first 
Church  in  New  Jersey  to  be  connected  with  the  Presbytery. 

On  the  eleventh  of  March  your  Joint  Committee  of  fourteen  met 
in  Newark,  and  (a  majority  being  present)  organized  by  the  elec- 
tion of  ofiicers  and  the  appointment  of  an  Executive  Committee  of 
eight  of  their  number,  to  superintend  the  work  which  had  been 
entrusted  to  them  by  the  Synod. 

On  May  25th,  upon  the  recommendation  of  its  Standing  Com- 
mittee on  Bills  and  Overtures,  the  General  Assembly,  meeting  in 
Pittsburgh,  in  reply  to  Overture  No.  196,  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Monmouth,  in  regard  to  the  Commemoration  of  the  Ordination  of 
John  Boyd,  which  took  place  at  the  church  on  Free  Hill,  Monmouth 
county,  N.  J.,  adopted  the  following  resolution  : 

"That  the  General  Assembly  regard  with  profound  satisfaction 
the  celebration  of  the  first  ordination  by  Presbytery  of  a  Presby- 
terian minister  within  the  present  bounds  of  the  United  States,  and 
that  we  do  hereby  extend  our  sympathy  and  congratulations  to  both 
the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  and  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth,  on  the 
occasion  of  the  great  gathering  in  commemoration  of  this  event, 
on  June  4,  1895.  We  also  request  the  Moderator  and  other  officers 
of  this  Asserablj'  to  grace  the  occasion  by  their  presence  and  co- 

*  Hist.,  Part  I,  p.  87. 


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operation  ;  and  request  the  Coramissioners  to  accept,  so  far  as  pos- 
sible, the  kind  invitation  of  the  Presbytery  of  Monmouth  to  be 
present."     (Min.  G.  A  ,  pp.  74  and  105.) 

The  celebration  was  held  on  the  fourth  day  of  June,  and  was 
known  a**  the  Boyd-  Tennent  Pilgrimage,  in  memory  of  the  first  and 
third  pastors  of  the  Old  Scots  Church  of  Freehold,  where  the 
ancient  tombstones  now  mark  their  graves. 

Providentially,  after  several  excessively  hot  days,  the  weather 
upon  the  appointed  day  was  favorable  ;  the  people  of  the  vicinity 
cordially  assisted  ;  the  special  trains  between  Wickatunck  and 
Freehold  and  Tennent  stations  were  admirably  conducted,  and  the 
programme  was  executed  to  the  letter,  with  the  one  exception  that 
Rev.  Samuel  M.  Studdiford,  D.D.,  ex-Moderator  of  Synod,  presided 
at  the  morning  session,  in  the  absence  of  Doctor  Robert  Russell 
Booth,  the  Moderator  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Hundreds  of  representative  men  and  women,  from  diflferent  States 
and  various  ecclesiastical  and  historic  societies,  assembled  in  the 
morning  at  the  Old  Scots  Burial  Ground,  in  the  open  air,  and  after 
devotional  exercises,  in  which  ancient  psalms  and  hymns  had  an 
important  place,  the  audience  listened  to  eloquent  addresses,  to  wit : 

On  the  Beginnings  of  Mo?itnouth—hy  Rev.  George  Swain.  D.D. 

On  Walter  Ker  and  His  Posterity — by  Rev.  Frank  Melville  Kerr, 
a  lineal  descendant  of  Walter  Ker,  who  was  the  first  elder  and  the 
founder  of  the  Old  Scots  Church. 

On  Makemie,  Our  First  Father  and  His  Monument — by  Rev.  John 
S.  Macintosh,  D.D. 

On  Rev.  /oh?i  Boyd — by  Rev.  Henry  Goodwin  Smith. 

At  this  point  Rev.  James  G.  Bolton,  D.D.,  Moderator,  with  others 
of  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  presented  the  greetings  of  that 
body  and  exhibited  the  original  book  and  oldest  record  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  in  this  country,  containing  the  original  minutes  of 
the  Presbytery  when  Makemie,  Andrews  and  Hampton,  on  this  very 
spot,  ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry  John  Boyd,  in  1706. 

The  Pilgrims  then  adjourned  to  Freehold  for  refreshment.  In  the 
afternoon  they  took  the  train  for  Tennent,  where,  being  reinforced 
by  new  arrivals,  they  filled  to  overflowing  the  ancient  edifice  which 
was  erected  in  1730  and  enlarged  in  1753  as  it  now  stands. 

Here  the  Moderator  of  Synod,  Doctor  F.  R.  Brace,  presided  and 
was  assisted  by  the  Chairman  of  your  Historical  Committee.  The 
pastor  of  the  church,  Rev.  Frank  R.  Symmes,  extended  a  cordial 
welcome  and  exhibited  interesting  relics  of  historic  Presby  terianism. 

Rev.  Howard  Duffield,  D.D.,  delivered  an  address  on  The  Pioneer 
Guard  of  New  Jersey  Presby teria7iis7n. 

Rev.  J.  Henry  Sharpe,  D.D.,  an  address  on  The  Presbyterian  His- 
torical Society. 

Col.  James  S.  Yard,  an  address  on  The  Battle  of  Monmouth. 


98  Historical  Material.  Oct., 

James  Steen,  Esq.,  an  address  on  Prominent  Scotch,  Irish  and 
Huguenot  Settlers  of  Monmouth  County. 

In  addition  to  the  programme,  Elder  David  W.  Glass  presented 
the  greetings  of  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore. 

The  Treasurer  made  an  appeal  for  funds,  and  a  collection  was 
taken,  which,  with  subsequent  individual  gifts,  sufficed  to  meet  the 
actual  expenses  of  the  celebration  without  any  remuneration  for  the 
speakers  other  than  their  expenses. 

One  gratifying  evidence  of  the  success  of  the  celebration  appeared 
in  the  numerous,  extended  and  favorable  notices  by  the  religious 
papers,  and  by  the  secular  press  of  this  State  and  the  metropolitan 
journals. 

At  the  close  of  the  celebration,  in  the  words  of  a  writer  to  the 
Herald  and  Presbyter'ipi  June  12th)  : 

"A  large  committee  was  appointed  to  secure,  if  possible,  the 
removal  of  the  crumbling  tombstone  of  John  Boyd  to  some  appro- 
priate place  of  shelter,  where  it  may  remain  in  safety,  a  perpetual 
memorial  of  the  first  days  of  American  Presbyterianism,  and  the 
erection  of  a  suitable  monument  in  the  Old  Scots  ground,  to  com- 
memorate for  all  future  time  the  first  Presbyterial  ordination  upon 
American  soil ;  the  meeting  of  the  first  Presbytery  on  that  historic 
spot,  as  well  as  the  virtues  and  faith  of  the  pioneers  '  who  have 
left  unchanged  what  there  they  found — freedom  to  worship  God,'  " 

In  concluding  this  report  we  cannot  better  find  appropriate  words 
to  describe  the  historic  celebration  than  by  quoting  a  few  brief  sen- 
tences from  the  many  columns  which  were  published  immediately 
after  the  celebration. 

Said  the  New  York  Tribune  (June  5th)  : 

"  x\fter  lying  neglected  and  unnoticed  for  perhaps  a  century,  for- 
gotten by  all  except  a  few  historians  (fond  of  tracing  from  its  source 
the  course  of  Presbyterianism),  public  attention  has  been  called  to 
the  spot  upon  which  the  '  Old  Scots '  Church,  of  Freehold,  was 
erected  by  the  exiles  of  1685." 

And  the  True  American  said  (June  5th)  : 

''  The  air  was  cool  and  pleasant  and  the  haze  obscured  the  sun,  so 
that  the  pilgrimage  was  a  real  pleasure.  *  *  *  The  pilgrimage 
was  replete  with  interest  and  instruction,  and  will  not  soon  be  for- 
gotten by  those  who  participated  in  it." 

A  correspondent  of  the  Herald  and  Presbyter  (June  12th)  wrote  : 

"On  June  4th  a  large  company  of  Presbyterians,  not  only  from 
New  Jersey,  but  from  New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Maryland, 
*  *  *  assembled  at  the  Old  Scots  Burial  Ground.  There,  under 
the  old  trees  and  among  the  ancient  tombstones,  the  people  sang 
once  more  the  psalms  and  hymns  that  their  ancestors  loved,  and 
listened  to  addresses  commemorating  the  lives  and  struggles  and 


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achievements  of  those  early  toilers  who  made  American  Presby- 
terianism  what  it  is. 

Rev.  Doctor  John  S.  Macintosh,  of  Philadelphia,  delivered  the 
principal  address  of  the  morning,  a  brilliant  setting  forth  of  the 
life  and  services  of  Francis  Makemie,  under  whose  powerful  influ- 
ence, and  by  whose  clear  insight  and  practical  judgment,  the  scat- 
tered elements  of  our  early  Presbyterianism  were  fused  and  welded 
into  the  first  Presbytery." 

A  well-informed  writer  in  the  New  York  Evangelist  (June  13th), 
after  describing  the  little  "God's  Acre,"  the  site  of  the  Old  Scots 
Church,  added  :  "  Yet  of  the  large,  intelligent  and  representative 
assemblage  on  the  day  of  the  pilgrimage,  but  very  few  had  heard  of 
its  existence  until  the  pilgrimage  was  planned,  and  only  two  or 
three  had  ever  visited  the  sacred  spot  before." 

Another  in  the  same  paper  said  : 

"  It  is  easy  to  see  the  value  of  this  revival  of  the  heroic  past,  out 
of  which  the  present  of  our  church  has  come.  *  *  *  Dr.  Duffield 
fulfilled  the  office  of  one  who  on  such  a  day  stood  in  the  pulpit  of 
William  Tennent,  and  swayed  the  sceptre  of  magnetic  speech  over 
a  captive  audience.  *  *  *  And  when  he  ceased  to  speak,  there 
fell  a  musical  silence,  and  we  went  forth  feeling  that  the  day  had 
ended  well,  going,  like  a  hymn  or  prayer,  upward  to  the  gates  of 
heaven." 

It  remains  for  the  Synod  to  decide  what  more  shall  be  done  to 
preserve  and  perpetuate  the  memory  of  events,  thus  intimately 
connected  with  the  beginnings  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  this 
country,  especially  as  they  were  enacted  within  the  territory  of  this 
our  own  Synod.  Therefore,  and  in  accordance  with  the  unanimous 
expression  of  opinion  at  the  close  of  the  recent  celebration,  your 
Committee  ofier  for  the  consideration  of  the  Synod  this  resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Joint  Committee  be  continued,  with  the  addi- 
tion of  one  ruling  elder  from  each  Presbytery,  to  solicit  funds  for 
the  publication  of  the  proceedings  of  the  late  commemoration,  and 
for  the  due  preservation  of  the  ancient  grave-stones  of  John  Boyd 
and  of  John  Tennent.  and  for  the  erection  of  a  suitable  memorial  or 
monument  on  the  site  of  the  Old  Scots  Meeting  House,  where  the 
first  Presbytery  ordained  John  Boyd,  and  that  the  said  Committee 
have  discretionary  power  to  execute  these  objects,  provided  that 
they  see  the  way  entirely  clear  financially. 

ALLEN  H.  BROWN,  JAMES  STEEN, 

DAVID  R.  FRAZER,  GEORGE  SWAIN, 

JOHN  C.  CLYDE,  FRANK  R.  SYMMES, 

EBEN  B.  COBB,  HENRY  G.  SMITH, 

HENRY  C.  CAMERON,       R.  PERRINE  CRAIG, 
CHARLES  HERR,  ANDREW  PERRINE, 

Joint  Committee. 


Report  of  the  Trustees.  Oct., 


XIX.— REPORT  OF  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  SYNOD. 

Your  Trustees  respectfully  report  to  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey  that 
besides  the  disbursement  and  custody  of  the  funds,  as  more  fully 
appears  in  the  Treasurer's  report,  they  have  given  special  attention 
to  the  erection  of  manses  for  the  missionary  churches. 

As  it  was  intimated  and  anticipated  one  year  ago,  the  Trustees 
have  received  for  the  Manse  Fund  the  residuary  gift  of  five  hundred 
dollars  of  Mrs.  Robert  I,.  Stuart,  with  the  addition  of  forty-eight 
dollars  and  eight  cents  interest  on  the  same. 

By  the  payment  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  from  this  fund 
to  the  church  of  Tuckahoe,  in  Cape  May  county,  that  little  church 
has  been  enabled  to  provide  for  its  pastor  a  manse  free  of  debt,  at  the 
modest  valuation  of  one  thousand  dollars.  Proportionately,  this  is 
to  them  as  important  as  a  ten-thousand-dollar  manse  would  be  to 
some  large  and  rich  congregation.  The  usual  mortgage,  without 
interest,  to  protect  the  grant,  is  herewith  submitted  for  examination. 
The  unusually  large  balance  in  the  treasury  will  be  almost  ex- 
hausted by  a  pending  application  from  the  church  of  New  Gretna 
(formerly  called  Bass  River),  in  Burlington  county,  for  a  grant  of 
three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  to  liquidate  the  debt  on  a  manse 
valued  at  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  so  soon  as  the  said 
church  shall  fulfill  the  usual  conditions. 

Your  Trustees  have  approved  this  application  from  New  Gretna 
for  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  and  appropriated  the  same,  sub- 
ject to  Synod's  Standing  Rules. 

Application  comes  from  the  Brainerd  Church  at  Elwood,  with  the 
endorsement  of  the  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey,  that  the  Wurts 
legacy,  amounting  to  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars,  which 
is  now  invested  in  the  city  of  Newark,  at  five  per  cent.,  be  invested 
permanently  in  a  manse  at  Elwood. 

Your  Trustees  approve  the  request  of  the  Brainerd  Church  at 
Elwood  and  have 

Resolved,  That  upon  the  erection  of  a  manse  by  the  said  church, 
the  Wurts  legacy  be  transferred  and  invested  in  a  manse,  to  be 
secured  by  a  first  mortgage  on  the  church  and  by  a  mortgage  on 
the  manse  subsequent  to  a  mortgage  of  six  hundred  dollars  to  the 
Board  of  Church  Erection. 
Respectfully  submitted  by 

ROBERT   AIRMAN,  CHARLES   D    SHAW, 

ALFRED  H.  DASHIELL,    ALLEN   H.  BROWN, 
ABRAHAM   GOSMAN.        JOSEPH   ALWARD, 
WILLIAM   THOMSON,        ELWOOD   C.  HARRIS, 
HUGH  SMYTHE,  Trustees. 


i8g5-  Report  of  the  Treasurer.  ioi 

XX.— REPORT  OF  ALI.EN  H.  BROWN,  TREASURER 
OF  THE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  SYNOD  OF  NEW 
JERSEY. 

From  October  i6,  1894,  to  October  16,  1895. 

Dr. 
1894. 
Oct.     16.     To  balance  on  hand, $69  40 

1895. 
Jan.      I.     To  accrued  interest  in  trust  company, 18 

Jan.       I.     To  residuary  gift  from  Mrs.  Robert  L. 

Stuart  for  Manse  Fund, .    |5oo  00 

And  interest  on  the  same, 48  cS 

548  08 

Mar.   18.     To  E.  C.  Harris,  interest  on  Kane  mortgage,  .    ,       31  25 
Sept.  14.     To  E.  C.  Harris,  interest  on  Kane  mortgage,  .   .       31  25 

$680  16 
Cr. 
1894. 
Dec.    19.     By  payment  to  Tuckahoe  Manse, $250  00 

1895. 
Mar.     18  and  Sept.    14.      By  payments  to  Forked  River 

Church,     36  25 

Mar.     18  and  Sept.    14.      By      payments      to      Brainerd 

Church's  pastor, 26  25 

Oct.     16.     By  balance,     367  66 

|68o  16 
1895. 
Oct.    16.     Balance  in  Camden  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  I367  66 

New  Brunswick,  October  17th,  1895. 
We  have  examined  the  above  account,  and  compared  the  vouchers 
with  the  payments,  and  find  them  correct. 

CHAS.  E.  HALL, 
BENJ.  M.  OGDEN, 
THOMAS  THOMPSON, 

Finance  Committee. 


102  Treasurer's  Report.  Oct., 


XXL— TREASURERIS  REPORT. 

Eben  B.  Cobb,  Treasurer,  in  Account  with  the  Synod  of  New 

Jersey. 

Dr. 

To  balance  from  previous  account, $604  26 

"  apportionments  from  eight  Presbyteries,     .    .      435  00 
"  advertising, 15  00 

$1,054  26 

Cr. 

By  janitor's  bill,  Trenton, $10  00 

"  expenses  of  Trustees, 8  40 

"  salaries  for  year  ending  October  ist,  1895,  .    .  160  00 

'•  printing, 258  05 

"  binding  minutes, 2  00 

"  sundry  expenses  of  Stated  Clerk 9  50 

"  envelopes, i  86 

"  balance  on  hand,      604  45 

$1,054  26 

EBEN  B.  COBB, 

Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  Oct.  ist,  1895.  Treasurer. 


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XXII.— STATISTICAL  REPORTS. 

I.— The  Presbytery  of  Corisco  consists  of  thirteen  ministers, 
ten  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  two  licentiates  and  six  candi- 
dates. 

Of  these  ministers,  four  are  native  African  negroes. 

1.  One  new  church,  LokA,  organized  March  17th,  1894. 

2.  Three  new  ministers  received  January  8th,  1895,  viz.,  Rev. 
Robert  H.  Milligan,  Rev.  Melvin  Fraser  and  Rev.  Herman  Schnatz, 
of  respectively  the  Presbyteries  of  Chicago,  Mankato  and  Newark. 

3.  One  new  licentiate  George  Smith  Ngiinde,  January  loth,  1895. 

4.  Two  ministers  deceased  :  Rev.  Adolphus  Clemens  Good,  Ph.D., 
Decemberi3th,  1894,  aged  thirty-nine  ;  Rev.  Ntaka  Truman  (native), 
November  19th,  1894,  aged  sixty  years. 

Robert  Hamill  Nassau, 

Stated  Clerk. 

II.— The  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth  consists  of  forty-seven 
ministers  and  thirty-three  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  two 
licentiates  and  five  candidates,  with  five  other  candidates  under  the 
care  of  some  of  its  Sessions. 

Ministers  received — 

April  16,  1895,  Rev.  Henry  A.  MacKubbin,  from  the  Presbytery 

of  Chester. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  David  Stevenson,  D.D.,  from  the  Presbytery 

of  West  Jersey. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  John  S.  Whitman,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

Erie. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Edgar  C.  Mason,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

Kingston. 

Ministers  dismissed  to  another  Presbytery — 
June  17,  1895,  Rev.  Corydon  C.  Tyler,  to  the  Presbytery  of  Phila- 
delphia North. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  William  C.  Stinson,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Chillicothe. 

Minister  dismissed  to  another  denomination — 

October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Charles  F.  A.  Klein,  D.D.,  to  the  Classis  of 
Plaisant  Prairie,  Reformed  Church  in  America. 

Ordained — 
June  17,  1895,  Licentiate  Corydon  C.  Tyler  [sine  titulo). 
June  25,  1895,  Licentiate  Jacob  A.  Frey. 


104  Statistical  Reports.  Oct., 

Installed— 

April  30,  1895,  Rev.  Henry  A.  MacKubbin,  as  pastor  of  the  West- 
minster Church,  Elizabeth. 

June  25,  1895,  Rev.  Jacob  A.  Frey,  as  pastor  of  the  First  German 
Church,  Rahway. 

October  9,  1895,  Rev.  Edgar  C.  Mason,  as  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Basking  Ridge. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
October  22,  1894,  between  Rev.  Charles  F.   A.  Klein,  D.D.,  and 

the  First  German  Church,  Rahway. 
April   17,   1895,   between  Rev.  John   C.    Rankin,  D.D.,  and   the 

church  at  Basking  Ridge. 

Licensed  as  local  evangelist— 

April  17,  1895 'Elder  William  B.  Hamilton. 

Licentiates  received — 
June  17,  1895,  Jacob  A,  Frey,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Newark. 
October   i,    1895,  James  Boddy,   from    the    Presbytery  of   New 
Brunswick. 

Candidates  taken  under  care — 
October  i,  1895,  Robert  D.  Schoomaker. 
October  i,  1895,  Robert  M.  Honeyman. 
October  i,  1895,  J.  Herbert  McConnell. 

Died— 

October  12,  1895,  Rev.  Emile  Victor  Hoelsche,  at  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
aged  forty  years. 

SamueIv  Parry, 

Stated  Clerk. 


III. — The  Presbytery  of  Jersey  City  consists  of  forty-eight 
ministers  and  thirty-one  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  two 
candidates  for  the  ministry. 

Ministers  received— 
November  6,  1894,  Rev.  J.  Gilmore  Smith,  from  the  Minnesota 

Valley  (Cong )  Conference. 
February  5,  1895,  Rev.  Powhatan  Bagnall,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

Chester, 
March  5,  1895,  Rev.  Bryce  K.  Douglass,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

New  York. 

Candidate  received  under  care  of  Presbytery— 
September  10,  1895,  John  A.  Macintosh,  from  New  York  Presby- 
tery. 


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Licensure — 
September  10,  1895,  John  A.  Macintosh. 

Ordinations — 
November  15,  1894,  John  Kamm. 
September  16,  1895,  John  A.  Macintosh. 

Installation — 
September  16,  1895,  Rev.  John  A.  Macintosh,  as  pastor  of  John 
Knox  Church,  of  Jersey  City. 

Ministers  dismissed — 
December  4,  1894,  Rev.  Wm.  A.  George,  to  Presbytery  of  Bing- 

hamton,  and  Rev.  John  Kamm  to  Presbytery  of  Hudson. 
September  loth,  1895,  Rev.  Henry  M.  Booth,  D.D.,  to  Presbytery 

of  Cayuga. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
February  5,  1895,  between  Rev.  Thomas  Houston  and  John  Knox 

Church,  Jersey  City. 
March  5,  1895,  between  the  Rev.  David  Mitchell  and  the  Scotch 
Church,  of  Jersey  City. 

Minister's  name  erased  from  roll — 
September  10,  1895,  Rev.  F.  B.  Hanle,  at  his  own  request  and  for 
reasons  stated. 

New  Church  organized — 
May  28,  1895,  St.  Augustine  Church,  of  Paterson  (colored). 

Church  transferred — 
November  6,   1894,  Church  at  Arlington,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Newark. 

Death— 
July  6,  1895,  Rev.  Laurens  T.  Shuler. 

George  R.  Garretson, 

Stated  Clerk. 


IV. — The  Presbytery  of  Monmouth  consists  of  forty-seven 
ministers  and  forty-nine  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  one  licen- 
tiate and  six  candidates. 

Ministers  received — 

December  26,  1894,  Rev.  James  E.  Grant,  from  the  New  Jersey 
Conference  of  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

October  2,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Wallace,  D.D.,  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Wooster,  Ohio. 


io6  Statistical  Reports.  Oct., 

Candidates  received  on  examination — 
April  9,  189s,  Benjamin  H.  Everitt,  Joseph  G.  Symmes,  Eugene 
M.  Van  Note. 
Licentiates  received- 
October  I,   1895,  Lewis  S.  Mudge,  from  the  Presbytery  of  New 

Brunswick. 
October  16,  1895,  William  Moore,  from  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia. 
Licens7ire— 

April  10,  1895,  Mark  G.  Clayton. 
Ordination — 

October  9,  1895,  Lewis  S.  Mudge. 
Ministers  disjtiissed — 
March  8, 1895.  Rev.  George  T.  Eddy,  to  the  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  James  C.  Elliott,  to  the  Manhattan  Association 

of  Congregational  Ministers. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Frank  H.  Decker,  to  the  Rhode  Island  Asso- 
ciation of  Orthodox  Congregational  Ministers. 
April  10,  1895,  Rev.  Bentley  S.  Foster,  to  Presbytery  of  Rochester. 
August  5,  1895,  Rev.  S.  Harper  Leeper,  to  Presbytery  of  Chester. 
I?istallatioTis  — 

October  22,  1894,  Rev.  Richard  M.  Hodge,  as  pastor  of  Calvary 

Church,  Riverton,  N.  J. 
October  30,  1894,  Rev.  Joseph  E.  Curry,  as  pastor  of  First  Church, 

Cranbury,  N.  J. 
November  13,  1894,  Rev.  J.  Edgar  Franklin,  as  pastor  of  Church 

of  South  Amboy,  N.  J. 
December  26,  1894,  Rev.  James  E.  Grant,  as  pastor  of  Church, 

Keyport,  N.  J. 
April  24,  1895,  Rev.  R.  R.  Stier,  as  pastor  of  German  Church, 

South  River,  N.  J. 
October  9,  1895,  Rev.  Lewis  S.  Mudge,  as  pastor  Church  of  Bev- 
erly, N.  J. 
Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
March  8,  1895,  Rev.  George  T.  Eddy  and  the  Church  of  Beverly, 

N.J. 
April  29,  1895,  Rev.  Richard  M.  Hodge  and  the  Church  of  River- 
ton,  N.  J. 
August  5,  1895,  Rev.  S.  Harper  Leeper  and  the  Church  of  Mount 

Holly,  N.  J. 
October  16,  1895,  Rev.  M.  S.  Rowland  and  the  Churches  of  Hol- 
manville  and  Hope. 

Benjamin  S.  Everitt, 

Stated  Clerk. 

V. — The  Presbytery  of  Morris  and  Orange  consists  of  sixty- 
five  ministers  and  forty-four  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  two 
chapels  and  one  licentiate. 


18%.  Statistical  Reports.  107 

Ministers  received — 
January  15,  1895  Rev.  Francis  M.  Todd,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

Lackawanna. 
January  15,  1895,  Rev.  Wm.  Russell  Bennett,  from  the  Presbytery 

of  New  York. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  William  H.  Woolverton,  from  the  Presbytery 

of  Huntington. 
June  18.  1895,  Rev.  Chas.  O.  Gill,  from  the  Orleans  Congregational 

Society. 
June  18,   1895,  Rev.   Chas.   Townsend,   from  the  Presbytery  of 

Cleveland. 
September  17th,  1895,  Rev.  Alexander  N.  Carson,  D.D.,  from  the 

Presbytery  of  St.  Paul. 
October  3,  1895,  Rev.  Chauncey  W.  Goodrich,  from  Presbytery  of 

New  York. 

Ordifiations — 
October  22,  1894.  Conover  Samuel  Osboru. 
June  18,  1895,  Eugene  A.  Mitchell. 

Licefisure — 
June  i8,  1895,  Eugene  A.  Mitchell. 

Ministers  Dismissed — 
December  6,  1894,  Rev.  W.  F.  Whitaker,  to  Presbytery  of  Albany. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  H.  A.  Harlow,  to  Presbytery  of  Hudson. 
October  3,  1895,  Rev.  E.  A.  Mitchell,  to  Presbytery  of  Baltimore. 

Minister  dismissed  to  another  deyiomination — 
Rev.  Jas.  V.  Johnston,  to  the  Presbytery  of  his  choice  in  England. 

Installations — 
October  22,  1895,  Rev.  Conover  Samuel  Osborn,  at  Chester. 
January  24,  1895,  Rev.  William  Russell  Bennett,  at  Madison. 
May  14,  1895,  Rev.  Wm.  H.  Woolverton.  at  Boonton. 
May  2,  1895,  Rev.  Geo.  L.  Spining,  D.D.,  at  vSouth  Orange,  First. 
June  20,  1895,  Rev.  Chas.  Townsend,  at  Orange,  First. 
October  3,  1895,  Rev.  Alexander  N.  Carson,  D.D.,  East  Orange 

Brick. 
October  15,  1895,  Rev.  Chauncey  W.  Goodrich,  St.  Cloud. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved— 
December  6,  1894,  Rev.  Wm.  F.  Whitaker  and  St.  Cloud  Church. 
January  15,  1895,  Rev.  Henry  F.  Hickok,  D.D.,  and  Brick  Church, 
East  Orange. 

Deaths — 
November  3,  1894,  Rev.  Thos.  Carter,  of  Boonton. 
December  i,  1894,  Rev.  Henry  M.  Storrs,  D  D.,  LL.D. 

Stanley  White, 

Stated  Clerk. 


io8  Statistical  Reports.  Oct., 

VI. — The  Presbytery  of  Newark  consists  of  fifty-three  minis- 
ters and  thirty-four  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  five  licentiates, 
one  local  evangelist  and  nineteen  candidates. 

Ministers  received — 

November  26,  1894,  Rev.  Edward  J.  Lloyd,  from  the  Presbytery  of 
New  York  ;  Rev.  John  Hutchison,  from  the  Presbytery  of  Jersey 
City  (transferred  by  Synod). 

July  I,  1895,  Rev.  Jos.  F.  Folsom,  from  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
chester. 

October  2,  1895,  Rev.  Thomas  R.  Bridges,  from  the  Manhattan 
Congregational  Association. 

Mitiisters  dismissed— 

January  14,  1895,  Rev.  Isaac  H.  Polhemus,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Holston. 

May  8,  1895,  Rev.  Louis  C.  Krueger,  to  Michigan  District,  Ger- 
man Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America. 

June  5,  1895.  Rev.  G.  W.  Goerlitz,  to  Nebraska  District,  German 
Evangelical  Synod  of  North  America. 

September  23,  1895,  Rev.  Geo.  T.  Berry,  to  Presbytery  of  Troy. 

Minister  deposed  and  excommunicated — 
July  3,  1895,  Rev.  Frederick  E.  Hausser,  Ph.D. 

Licentiates  received — 

May  8,  1895,  Messrs.  Henry  K.  Denlinger  and  Robinson  P.  D. 
Bennett,  from  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick. 

Licensures — 

February  6,  1895,  Mr.  William  Evans. 

April  3,  1895,  Messrs.  Jacob  Schmitt.  Jacob  A.  Frey,  Carl  C.  G.  T. 
Hock. 

Local  evangelist  licensed — 
February  6,  1895,  Mr.  William  C.  Johnson. 

Church  received — 
November  26,  1894,  Church  at  Arlington,  transferred  by  Synod. 

Church  organized — 
December  11,  1894,  Church  at  Verona. 

Candidates  received  on  examination — 
October  22,  1894,  Mr.  Louis  Nixe. 
February  6,  1895,  Mr.  William  Evans. 
October  2,  1895,  Messrs.  Lewis  H.  Holden,  Norman  B.  Harrison, 

G.  Phillips  Payson,  Richard  Lange,  Julius  Symanski,  Theodore 

Hahn,  John  F.  Meyer,  Herman  Blaschke. 


i8gs-  Statistical  Reports.  109 

Licentiate  dismissed — 
May  8,  1895,  Jacob  A.  Frey,  to  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth. 

Ordinations — 
May  16,  1895,  H.  K.  Denlinger. 
May  29,  1895,  Robinson  P.  D.  Bennett. 

Installations — 

October  x8,  1894,  Rev.  George  H.  Bonsall,  as  pastor  of  tbe  Few- 
smith  Memorial  Church,  Newark. 

October  22,  1894,  Rev.  James  B.  Lee,  as  pastor  of  the  First  Church, 
Bloomfield. 

October  23,  1894,  Rev.  Edward  P.  Payson,  as  pastor  of  Grace 
Church,  Montclair. 

February  27,  1895,  Rev.  Edward  J.  Lloyd,  as  pastor  of  Verona 
Church 

May  16,  1895,  Rev.  H.  K.  Denlinger,  as  pastor  of  Caldwell  Church. 

May  29,  1895,  Rev.  Robinson  P.  D.  Bennett,  as  pastor  of  Lyons 
Farms  Church. 

July  8,  1895,  Rev.  Joseph  F.  Folsom,  as  pastor  of  Knox  Church, 
Kearney. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
January  14,  1895,  between  Rev.  D.  Charles  Preyer  and  the  Knox 

Church,  Kearney. 
June  5,  1895,  between  Rev.  J.  Garland  Hamner,  Jr.,  and  the  Wick- 

lifFe  Church,  Newark. 
September  23,  1895,  between  the  Rev.  Jacob  Freshman,  D.D.,  and 

the  North  Park  Church,  Newark, 

Minister  deceased — 
September  i,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  Hutchings,  D.D.,  at  Orange,  N.  J. 

Julius  H.  Wolff, 

Stated  Clerk. 

VII.— The  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick  consists  of  sixty- 
three  ministers  and  thirty-four  churches,  and  has  under  its  care 
nine  licentiates  and  forty-eight  candidates. 

Ministers  received  from  other  Presbyteries — 

April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Archibald  A.  Murphy,  from  Presbytery  of 
Dayton. 

May  6,  1895,  Rev.  James  Roberts,  D.D.,  from  Presbytery  of  Chester. 

September  17th,  1895,  Rev.  Dr.  John  DeWitt,  from  Presbytery  of 
Chicago. 

October  i6th,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  H.  Potter,  from  Genesee  Con- 
ference of  the  ME  Church. 

October  17,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  McLanahan,  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Baltimore. 


no  Statisticai,  Reports.  Oct., 

Ministers  dismissed  to  other  Presbyteries — 

January  29,  1895,  Rev,  William  Swan,  to  the  Presbytery  of  New- 
castle. 

April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Minot  S.  Morgan,  to  the  Presbytery  of  Long 
Island. 

September  17,  1895,  Rev.  Lowndes  W.  Curtis,  to  the  Presbytery 
of  Laos. 

October  16,  1895,  Rev.  William  Harris,  Jr.,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
North  Laos. 

Minister  distnissed  to  another  denofnination — 
June  25,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  A.  Harlow,  to  Worcester  Central  As- 
sociation of  Congregational  Churches,  Massachusetts. 

Ordinations,  sine  titulo — 
January  25,  1895,  Lowndes  Waldeheur  Curtis. 
April  23,  1895,  William  Harris,  Jr. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Dr.  Abraham  Gosman,  with  Lawrenceville 

Church,  to  take  eflfect  May  i,  1895. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Dr.  Lewis  W.  Mudge,  with  Princeton  Second 

Church,  to  take  effect  May  19. 
September  17,  1895,  Rev.  Dr.  Horace  G.  Hinsdale,  with  Princeton 

First  Church,  to  take  eflfect  November  ist. 

Pastoral  relations  constituted — 
October  25,  1894,  Rev.  William  Allen,  Jr.,  installed  pastor  of  the 

Pennington  Church. 
May  8,  1895,  Rev.  Archibald  A.  Murphy,  installed  pastor  of  New 

Brunswick  Second  Church. 
May  14,  1895,  Rev.  Dr.  James  Roberts,  installed  pastor  of  Lam- 

bertville  Church. 

Licentiate  received  on  certificate — 
January  29,  1895,  Lowndes  W.  Curtis,  from  Presbytery  of  Chicka- 
saw. 
Candidates  received  on  certificate — 
April  23,  1895,  Albert  E.  Stuart,  from  Presbytery  of  New  York. 
April  23,  1895,  Earnest  E.  Townley,  from  Presbytery  of  Wooster. 
April  23,  1895,  Nathaniel  Stephenson,  from  Presbytery  of  Ahoy- 
hill,  Ireland. 

Candidates  received  on  examination — 

October  17,  1894,  J.  Harry  Dunham,  Frank  P.  R.  Van  Syckel. 

April  23,  1895,  James  Martin  Broadnax,  Thomas  Cowden  Laugh- 
lin,  William  H.  Davis,  William  Henry  Dodd,  Samuel  Melkon 
Melkonyan,  Edward  Reed  Laughlin,  John  Tathem  Dunn,  Allen 
Woodend  McCurdy. 


iSgs-  Statistical  Reports.  hi 

Licensures — 

April  23,  1895,  Nathan  S.  Aller,  Franklin  J.  Barackman,  Maitland 
V.  Bartlett.  Robinson  P.  D.  Bennett,  Cassius  E  Bixler,  James 
Boddy,  William  H.  Davis,  Henry  K.  Denlinger,  J.  Harry  Dun- 
ham, William  Harris,  Jr.,  Neelo  F.Janssen,  James  R.  McDonald, 
Charles  S.  McKinney,  Thomas  H.  Medd,  Levi  S.  Mogel,  Lewis 
Seymour  Mudge,  Edv^rard  L.  Renick,  John  Van  Ness. 

Lice?iiiates  dismissed  to  other  Presbyteries — 
October  20,  1894,  Francis  Palmer,  to  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 

North. 
November  22,  1894,  Samuel  Gillespie,  to  Presbytery  of  Belfast, 

Ireland. 
February  11,  1895,  George  A.  McKvpan  to  Presbytery  of  St.  Louis. 
April  23,  1895,  Robinson  P.  D.  Benne  t,  to  Presbytery  of  Newark, 
April  23,  1895,  Henry  K.  Denlinger,  to  Presbytery  of  Newark. 
May  2,  1895,  Edward  L.  Renick,  to  Presbytery  of  Ozark. 
May  6,  1895,  Webster  E.  Browning,  to  Presbytery  of  Larned. 
May  16,  1895,  William  H.  Davis,  to  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia 

North. 
May  22,  1895,  Levi  S.  Mogel,  to  Presbytery  of  Cedar  Rapids. 
June  19,  1895,  John  Van  Ness,  to  Presbytery  of  Washington  City. 
August  6,  1895,  Rufus  L.  Barackman,  to  Presbytery  of  Winona. 
August  30,  1895,  Cassius  E.  Bixler,  to  Presbytery  of  Fort  Dodge. 
September  10,  1895,  Lewis  S.  Mudge,  to  Presbytery  of  Monmouth. 
September  11,  1895,  James  Boddy,  to  Presbytery  of  Elizabeth. 
September  21,    1895,    Franklin  J.  Barackman,  to  Presbytery  of 

Duluth. 

Licentiates  dismissed  to  other  religious  bodies  — 
July  27,  1895,  Neelo  F.  Janssen,  to  the  Atlantic  District  of  the 

German  Evangelical  Synod. 
August  21,  1895,  Nathan  S.  Aller,  to  Chenango,  Oneida  and  Dela- 
ware Congregational  Association  of  New  York. 

Ca?ididates  dismissed  to  other  Presbyteries— 
November  28,  1894,  Otis  Harter,  to  Presbytery  of  Pittsburgh. 
July  4,  1895,  John  B.  Appel,  to  Presbytery  of  Westchester. 

Mi?iisters  deceased — 
November  16,  1894,  James  McCosh,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  at  Princeton, 

N.  J.,  aged  eighty  years. 
January  2,  1895,  William  M,  Wells,  at  Ringoes,  N.  J.,  aged  sixty- 
four  years. 

A.  L.  Armstrong, 

Stated  Clerk. 


Statistical  Reports.  Oct., 

VIII. — The  Presbytery  op  Newton  consists  of  thirty-seven 
ministers  and  thirty-eight  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  one 
licentiate  and  ten  candidates. 

Ministers  received — 

January  15,  1895,  Rev.  Edward  Kirk  Donaldson,  from  the  Presby- 
tery of  Lehigh. 

October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Albert  I,.  Kelly,  from  the  Presbytery  of 
Philadelphia,  North. 

October  i,  1895,  Rev.  William  E.  Faulkner,  from  the  Presbytery 
of  Lackawanna. 

Candidates  received — 
June  x8,  1895,  Herbert  Kingsbury  England,  Frank  Philip  Hiner 
and  Harry  L.  Bowlby,  on  examination. 

Ministers  dismissed — 
January  15,   1895,  Rev.  Francis  R.  S.  Hunsicker,  D.D.,  to  the 

Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  North. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  William  N.  Todd,  D.D.,  to  the  Presbytery  of 

Erie. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Bacon,  to  the  Presbytery  of  West 

Jersey. 

Licentiate  dismissed — 
June  18,  1895,  R.  Collins  Bryant,  to  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of 
Binghampton. 

Licensure — 
June  i8th,  1895,  Courtiandt  Patterson  Butler. 

Pastoral  relations  dissolved — 
April  9th,   1895,  Rev.  George  H.  S.  Campbell,  D.D.,  with  the 

Church  of  Danville,  to  take  eflfect  the  same  day. 
April  9th,  1895,  Rev.  William  N.  Todd,  D.D.,  with  the  Church  of 

Yellow  Frame,  to  take  eflfect  April  30. 
April  9,  1895,  Rev.  Irving  Maxwell,  with  the  Second  Church  of 

Oxford,  to  take  effect  May  i. 
April  9th,    1895,    Rev.   Charles  E.  Van   Allen,    D.D.,    with  the 

Churches  of  Delaware  and  Knowlton,  to  take  effect  April  28. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Robert  J.  Burtt,  with  the  Church  of  Marks-  - 

boro,  to  take  eflfect  October  13. 
October  i,  1895,  Rev.  Samuel  F.  Bacon,  with  the  First  Church  of 

Wantage,  to  take  eflfect  the  same  day. 
October  25,  1895,  Rev.  Alfred  N.  Raven,  with  the  First  Church  of 

Phillipsburg,  to  take  effect  October  31. 


i895-  Statistical  Reports.  113 

Minister  deceased — 
May  22,  1895,  Rev.  John  Lowrey,  at  Hackettstown,  N.  J.,  aged 
fifty-seven  years. 

E.  Clarke  Cline, 

Stated  Clerk. 

IX.— The  Presbytery  of  West  Jersey  consists  of  forty-eight 
ministers,  and  fifty-one  churches,  and  has  under  its  care  two  licen- 
tiates and  four  candidates. 

Ministers  received — 
January  29,    1895,    Frank  J.   Mundy,   from    the    Presbytery  of 

Spokane. 
March  14,  1895,  Albert  Kdwin  Keigwin,  from  the  Presbytery  of 

New  Castle. 
April    16,    1895,    Charles    Schneegass,   from  the    Presbytery  of 

Newark. 

Ministers  dismissed— 

November  13,  1894,  Remi  J.  Buttinghausen,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Nassau. 

July  5   1895,  Francis  S.  Hort,  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lehigh. 

September  24,  1895,  Edward  Eells,  Jr.,  to  the  Presbytery  of  Lack- 
awanna. 

September  24,  1895,  David  Stevenson,  D.D.,  to  the  Presbytery  of 
Elizabeth. 

Licentiate  dismissed — 
September  24,    1895,   Howard  M.  Wright,  to  the   Presbytery  of 
Lackawanna. 

Licensure — 
January  29,  1895,  Thomas  Fragale. 

Ordinations — 
June  27,  1895,  Francis  S.  Hort  {siyie  titulo). 
Ootober  3,  1895,  Horace  P.  Hill, 

Installations — 

February  6,  1895,  J.  Charles  Levengood,  as  pastor  of  Greenwich 

Church. 
February   28,    1895,    Albert   Reid,    as   pastor   of    Irving   Avenue 

Church,  Bridgeton. 
March  14,  1895,   Albert  Edwin  Keigwin,  as  pastor  of  Millville 

Church. 
June  12,  1895,  Arthur  W.  Spooner,  as  pastor  of  Calvary  Church, 

Camden. 

8 


114  Statistical  Reports.  Oct.,  i8gs. 

June  24,    1895,  Charles   Schneegass,  as  pastor  of  Liberty   Park 

Church,  Camden. 
October  3,    1895,    Horace   P.    Hill,   as   pastor  of  Grace  Church, 

Cramer  Hill,  Camden. 

Pastoral  relation  dissolved — 

October  17,  1894,  Clearfield  Park,  with  Millville  Church. 
November  13,  1894,  Remi  J.   Buttinghausen,  with  Liberty  Park 

Church,  Camden. 
January  29,  1895,  Albert  Reid,  with  Glassboro  Church. 
June  6,  1895,  Arthur  W.  Spooaer,  with  First  Camden  Church. 
June   25,    1895,    David    Stevenson,    D.D.,    with    Gloucester   City 

Church. 

Churches  organized — 
May  21,  1895,  the  "Italian  Evangelical,"  Hammonton. 
June  6,  1895,  "Calvary,"  Camden. 

Church  dissolved — 
January  29,  1895,  Camden  Third. 

Candidate  received  on  examination — 
January  29,  1895,  Thomas  Fragale. 

Candidate  dismissed — 
September  25,  1895,  Nelson  B.  Kline,  to  the  Presbytery  of  West- 
minster. 

Death  of  candidate — 
August  II,  1895,  A.  W.  Blizzard. 

Death  of  minister — 

October  i,  1895,  Samuel  Y.  Lum,  aged  seventy-four  years. 

HENRY  REEVES, 

Stated  Clerk. 


Standing  Rules  of  the  Synod. 


I. — The  Synod  shall  meet  annuall3^,  on  the  third  Tuesday  of  October, 
at  3  o'clock  P.  M.,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

II. — The  officers  of  Sj-nod  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  Presb^-teries  for  nominations,  when  the  Presbyter}- 
which  has  been  longest  without  having  a  representative  in 
the  Moderator's  chair  shall  be  called  first.  The  Clerks  and 
Treasurer  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  unless  otherwise  ordered, 
and  shall  hold  office  during  the  pleasure  of  Synod. 

IV. — It  shall  be  the  dut}'  of  the  Stated  Clerk  to  cau.se  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  pre- 
serve the  proceedings  of  Sj-nod  in  printed  form  ;  to  file  and 
preserve  all  important  papers  coming  into  the  possession  of 
Synod  ;  to  furnish  certified  copies  of  minutes  to  those  properl}' 
entitled  to  them  ;  to  conduct  the  correspondence  of  S3'nod  ; 
to  transmit  to  the  General  Assembly  the  Statistical  Report 
and  the  duh'  certified  printed  Records  of  S^'nod  ;  to  send  a 
printed  copy  of  the  minutes  of  each  annual  meeting  of  S^-nod 
to  ever}'  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  svibmitted  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  mate- 
rials for  publication  he  shall  be  authorized  to  abridge  the 
same,  except  where  resolutions  and  recommendations  have 
been  adopted  b}-  S3-nod,  and  when  otherwise  ordered  b}-  Synod. 

V. — The  Permanent  Clerk  shall  prepare  a  roll  of  S3'nod  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 


ii6  Standing  Rules  of  the  Synod.  Oct., 

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. 

VI.— The  Recording  Clerk  .shall  make  the  minutes  of  the  proceed- 
ings 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 
dollars  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. 


COMMITEES. 

IX. — The  Committees  of  S3'nod  shall  be  divided  into  three  classes, 
viz.  :  Standing,  Permanent  and  Special. 

STANDING   COMMITTEES. 

The  Standing  Committees,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Mod- 
erator at  each  annual  meeting,  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  On  Bills  and  Overtures,  seven  members — four  Min- 
isters, 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 
Presbytery— 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  vSynod  and  of  the  Treasurers  of  the  different  funds  ;  and 
arrange  the  apportionment  of  the  amount  required  from  each 
Presbytery  for  contingent  expenses. 


iSgs-  Standing  Rules  of  the  Synod.  117 

X. — The  Committee  of  Arrangements  shall  consist  of  all  the  Pres- 
bj'terian  Pastors  and  one  Ruling  Elder  from  each  church  in 
the  place  where  the  S_vnod  meets,  together  with  the  Stated 
Clerk  of  S3'nod,  the  Pastor  of  the  church  in  which  Synod 
meets  to  be  chairman.  They  shall  provide  accommodations 
for  the  Sj-nod  ;  suggest  hours  of  meeting  and  adjournment ; 
arrange  for  public  services,  and  the  persons  to  conduct  them, 
and  provide  for  hearing  representatives  of  the  Boards. 

PERMANENT  COMMITTEES. 

XI. — The  Permanent  Committees  of  the  Sj'uod  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  On  Synodical  Home  Missions,  eight  members— one  for 
each  Home  Presbytery. 

2.  On  Foreign  Missions,  one  member  from  the  Presbyter}- 
of  Corisco  ;  the  chairman  of  the  Presbyterial  Committee  on 
Foreign  Missions  and  one  Ruling  Elder,  from  each  Home 
Presbyter}-. 

3.  On  Historical  Materials,  nine  members — one  for 
each  Presbyter}-. 

4.  On  S.vbbath-School  Work,  seven  members — four  Min- 
isters and  three  Ruling  Elders. 

5.  On  Sahhath  Observance,  three  members— two  Minis- 
ters and  one  Ruling  Elder. 

6.  On  Temperance,  nine  members — one  from  each  Home 
Presbytery,  besides  the  chairman. 

7.  On  Unemployed  Ministers  and  Vacant  Churches, 
eight  members     one  from  each  Home  Presbj'terx-. 

8.  On  Necrology,  three  members  two  INIinisters  and  one 
Ruling  Elder. 

9.  On  Systematic  Beneficence,  eight  members— one 
from  each  Home  Presbytery. 

10.  On  Work  Among  Foreign  Populations,  five  mem- 
bers   three  Ministers  and  two  Ruling  Elders. 

11.  On  Young  People's  Societies,  the  chairmen  of  the 
Presbyterial  Committees  on  Young  People's  Societies. 


ii8  Standing  Rules  of  the  Synod.  Oct.,  18%. 

XII. — The  Permanent  Committees  shall  each  report  to  S3'nod  an- 
nually upon  the  matters  assigned  to  them,  and  recommend 
suitable  action  to  be  taken  by  Synod  in  relation  thereto. 

XIII. — The  Necrological  Committee  shall  present,  at  the  annual 
meeting,  brief  obituary  notices  of  all  Ministers  of  Synod  who 
have  deceased  during  the  Synodical  year. 

XI\'.  Each  Presbyterj"  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  vStated  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  Arrange- 
ments shall  designate. 

XVI.  —The  Committee  on  S3'Stematic  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  subjects  of  Benevolence  and  Church  Work,  and  the 
evening  session  of  the  second  da}-  of  the  meeting  of  Synod 
shall  be  devoted  exclusively  to  popular  addresses  b}-  Secre- 
taries 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  Assem- 
bh-  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  majoritj-  may  amend  or  repeal  ; 
and  any  one  of  these  rules  may  be  temporarily  suspended  by 
a  majority  vote. 


Permanent  Committees. 


Synodical  Home  Missions. 

REV.  JOHN   DIXON,  D.D.,  REV.  EBEN   B.  COBB,  D.D., 

REV.  CHARLES  D.  SHAW,  D.D.,  REV.  ALFRED  H.  DASHIELL,  D.D. 

REV.  J.  GARLAND  HAMNER,  JR.,  REV.  WILLIAM  THOMSON, 

REV.  THEODORE   F.  WHITE,  D.D.,  REV.  FREDERIC   R.  BRACE.  PH.D. 

Foreign  Missions. 

REV.  R    HAMILL   NASSAU,  D.D., 

REV.  WILLIAM  R.  RICHARDS,  D.D.,  ELDER  EDWARD  P.  TENNEY, 
REV.  ISRAEL  W.  HATHAWAY,  D.D.,  ELDER  CHARLES  A.  DE  WITT, 
REV.  EDWARD   B.  HODGE,  D.D,,  ELDER   HORACE   CHURCHMAN, 

REV.  JOHN  F.  PATTERSON,  ELDER  EDWIN  J.   ROSS, 

REV    ORVILLE  REED,  ELDER  WILLIAM   RANKIN, 

REV,  SAMUEL  J.  MILLIKEN  ,  ELDER  FRANK   L.   JANEWAY, 

REV.  GEORGE  W.  TOMSON,  ELDER  KENNEDY  REEVES, 

REV.  HENRY  S.  BUTLER,  D.D.,  ELDER   DAVID   R.  HULL. 

Chairman. 
Historical  Materials. 

REV.  ALLEN   H.  BROWN,  REV.  HENRY  C.   CAMERON,  D.D., 

REV.  DAVID   R.  FRAZER,  D.D.,  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., 

ELDER  JAMES  STEEN. 

Sabbath-School  "Work. 

REV.  GEORGE   H.  INGRAM,  ELDER   HENRY  C.  JENKINS, 

REV.  HENRY  GOODWIN  SMITH,  ELDER  JAMES  J.  REEVES, 

REV.  HUGH  B,  MAC  CAULEY,  ELDER   HERBERT  P.  CAMPBELL. 
REV.  ROBERT  J.  BURTT, 

Sabbath  Observance. 

REV.  GEORGE  SWAIN,  D.D.,  ELDER  JOHN   A.  ANDERSON. 

REV.  FRANKLIN   E.  MILLER.  D.D.. 


I20  Permanent  Committees.  Oct.,  iSgs. 

Temperance. 

REV.  WILLIAM  E.    HONEYMAN, 
REV.  JOSEPH  M.  MCNULTY,  D.D.,        REV.  JAMES  S.  YOUNG, 
REV.  WM.  W.  HALLO  WAY,  JR.,  D.D.,   REV.  J.   GARLAND   HAMNER,   JR., 
REV.  HENRY  R.  HALL,  REV.  J.  DEHART  BRUEN, 

REV.  WILLIAM  V.  LOUDERBOUGH,      REV.  TiTUS  E.  DAVIS. 

Unemployed  Ministers  and  Vacant  Churches. 

REV.  JOHN  R.  FISHER,  REV.  LEWIS  W.  MUDGE,  D.D., 

REV.  SAMUEL  PARRY,  REV.  E.  CLARKE   CLINE, 

REV.  GEORGE  SLUTER,  REV.  ALFRED  H.  DASHIELL,  D.D., 

REV.  HENRY  REEVES,  PH.D.,  REV.  JULIUS   H.  WOLFF. 

Necrology. 

REV.  SYLVESTER  W.  BEACH,  REV.  EDWARD  B.  HODGE,  D.D., 

ELDER  JOSEPH  P.  DUSENBERRY. 

Systematic  Beneficence. 

REV.  THOMAS  S.  LONG,  REV.  WILLIAM   P.  FINNEY, 

REV.  JOHN  C.  CLYDE,  D.D.,  REV.  JOSHUA   B    GALLAWAY, 

REV.  THEODORE  F.  WHITE,  D.D.,        REV.  HARRY  L.  JANEWAY, 
REV.  A.  NELSON  HOLLIFIELD,  D  D.,  ELDER   E.  W.  BARNES. 

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.  MAC  CAULEY,  REV.  NATHAN  D.  HYNSON, 

REV.  JOHN  T.  KERR,  REV.  ROBERT  A.  BRYANT, 

REV.  FRANK  B.  EVERITT,  REV.  ARTHUR  W.  SPOONER, 

REV.  GEORGE  R.  GARRETSON,  REV.  JOHN  M.  THOMAS. 

Trustees  of  Synod. 

REV.  ROBERT  AIKMAN,  D.D.,  REV.  ALLEN  H.  BROWN, 

President.  Treasurer. 

REV.  CHARLES  D.  SHAW,  D.D.,  REV.  ABRAHAM   GOSMAN,  D.D., 

REV,  HUGH   SMYTHE,  REV.  WILLIAM  THOMSON, 

REV.  ALFRED  H.  DASHIELL,  D.D.,      ELDER  JOSEPH  ALWARD, 
ELWOOD  C.  HARRIS,  ESQ. 


Custodians  of  Historical  Material. 

Rev.  Walter  A.  Brooks,  D.D.,  Stated  Clerk,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
REV.  Joseph  H.  Dulles,  Librarian  Theol.  Seminary,  Princeton,  N.J. 


MoDERiTORs  Since  the  Reunion. 


DATE. 


PLACE  OF 
MEETING. 


MODERATOR. 


PRESBYTERY. 


June  21, 
Oct.  1 8, 
Oct.  17, 
Oct.  15, 
Oct.  21, 
Oct.  20, 
Oct.  19, 
Oct.  17, 
Oct.  16, 
Oct.  15, 
Oct.  21, 
Oct.  19, 
Oct.  18, 
Oct.  17, 
Oct.  16, 
Oct.  21, 
Oct.  20, 
Oct.  18, 
Oct.  17, 
Oct.  15, 
Oct.  21, 
Oct.  20, 
Oct.  20, 
Oct.  18, 
Oct.  17, 
Oct.  16, 
Oct.  15, 


1870 
1870 
1871 
1872 

1873 
1874 

1875 
1876 

1S77 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 
1891 
1892 

1893 
1894 

1895 


Elizabeth,     . 
Morristown, . 
Bloomfield,  . 
Trenton,    .    . 
Washington, 
Camden,   .    . 
Orange,     .    . 
Elizabeth, 
Newark,    ..  . 
Morristown,. 
Trenton,   .    . 
Bridgeton,    . 
Asbury  Park, 
Hackettstown 
Orange,     .    . 
Elizabeth, 
Atlantic  City, 
Camden,   .    . 
Asbury  Park, 
Asbury  Park, 
Asbury  Park, 
Atlantic  City, 
Long  Branch, 
Belvidere,     . 
Bridgeton,    . 
Trenton,  .    . 
N.Brunswick, 


*Rev.  Jona.  F.  Stearns,  D.D., 

*Rev.  Charles  K.  Imbrie,  D.D 
Rev.  Robert  Aikman,  D  D., 

*Rev.  Samuel  Miller,  D.D.,  . 
Rev.  J.  H.  Mcllvaine,  D.D., 

*Rev.  J.  M.  McDonald,  D.D., 
Rev.  William  C.  Roberts,  D.D 
Rev.  Thomas  McCauley,  .    . 
Rev.  E.  Kempshall,  D.D.,  . 
Rev.  William  Bannard,  D.D. 
Rev,  Abraham  Gosman,  D.D. 
Rev.  Charles  E.  Knox,  D.D., 

*Rev.  Joseph  G.  Symmes,  D.D 

*Rev.  Alfred  Yeomans,  D.D., 
Rev.  Edwin  A.  Bulkley,  D.D 

*Rev.  Samuel  M.  Hamill,  D.D 
Rev.  Allen  H.  Brown,  .    .    . 
Rev.  William  Thomson,    .    . 

*Rev.  Frank  Chandler,   D.D., 
Rev.  K.  P.  Ketcham,  D.D., 

*Rev.  Henry  M.  Storrs,  D.D., 
Rev.  David  R.  Frazer,  D.D., 
Rev.  Charles  D.  Shaw,  D.D., 
Rev.  R.  Hamill  Nassau,  D.D 
Rev.  S.  M,  Studdiford,  D.D., 
Rev.  Frederic  R.  Brace,  Ph.D 
Rev.  Henry  S.  Butler,  D.D., 


Newark. 

Jersey  City. 

Morris  &  Orange. 

Monmouth. 

Newark. 

New  Brunswick. 

Elizabeth. 

Newton. 

Elizabeth. 

West  Jersey. 

New  Brunswick. 

Newark. 

Monmouth. 

Morris  &  Orange. 

Jersey  City. 

New  Brunswick. 

West  Jersey. 

Newton. 

Monmouth. 

Elizabeth. 

Morris  &  Orange. 

Newark. 

Jersey  City. 

Corisco. 

New  Brunswick. 

West  Jersey. 

Newton. 


♦Deceased. 


Ministers  in  the  Synod  of  New  Jersey. 


Abbott,  Justin  E.,  Bombay,  India.    J.  C. 
Adams,  James  Bailie,  Elwood.     W.  J. 
Aikman,  Robert,  D.D.,  Madison.     M.  &  O. 
Aikman,  William,  D.D.,  Atlantic  City.    W.  J. 
Ainslee,  John  A  ,  Mosul,  Turkey.     N.  B. 
Alexander,  Maitland,  Long  Branch.     Mon. 
Alexander,  William  .'V.    Plainfield.     Eliz. 
Allen   Lyman  W.,  Newark,    ^''rk. 
Allen,  William,  Jr.,  Pennington.     N.  B 
Anderson,  Charles  T.,  Somerville.     M.  &  O. 
Armstrong,  Amzi  L.,  Dutch  Neck.     N.  B. 

Bacon,  Samuel  F.,  JJeckertown.     Newt. 
Bagnall,  Powhatan,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Baldwin,  Theodore  A.,  Broussa,  Turkey. 

N'rk. 
Bannard,  William,  D.D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

W.J. 
Bannerman,  William  S  ,  Gaboon  River,  W. 

Africa.     Cor. 
Bardwell,  David  M.,  Perth  Amboy.     M.  &  O. 
Barnes,  George  G.,  Hamburgh.     Newt. 
Beach,  Sylvester  W.,  Bridgeton.     W.  J. 
Beadle,  Heber  H.,  Bridgeton.     W.  J. 
Beatty,  Henry  T.,  Hoboken.     J.  C. 
Beaumont,  James  B  ,  Morristown.     M.  &  O. 
Belden,  William  H.,  Clifton  Springs,  N.  Y. 

W.  J. 
Bennett,  Robinson,  P.D.,  Lyons  Farms.    N'rk. 
Bennett,  William  Kussell,  Madison.    M.  &  O. 
Bentley,  Richard,  Tenafly.     J.  C. 
Berry.  Charles  T.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     N'rk. 
Blauvelt.  L  Al.styne,  D.D  ,  Roselle.     Eliz. 
Bliss,  Edwin  M.,  East  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Blumenfeld,  David,  Pleasantdale.     M.  &  O. 
Bonsall,  George  H.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Botsford,  Alfred  P.,  Wenonah.     W.  J. 
Brace,  Frederic  R  .  Ph.D.,  Blackwood.    W.  J. 
Bradley,  Joseph  H.,  D.D.,  Tuckerton.     Mon. 
Brewster,  James  F.,  Summit.     AL  &  O. 
Bridges,  Thomas  R.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Bridges,  William  J.,  Bridgeton.     W.  J. 
Bridgman,  Chester,  Woodstown.     W.  J. 
Brooks,  Walter  A.,  D.D.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Brown,  Allen  H.,  Camden.     W.  J. 
Brown,  Josiah  J.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Bruen,  James  DeHart,  Belvidere.     Newt. 
Brj'ant,  Robert  A.,  Asbury.     Newt. 
Buckle,  George,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Bulkley,  Edwm  A.,  D.D.,  Rutherford.     J.  C. 
BuUard,  Charles  B.,  Parsippany.     M.  &  O. 
Burtt,  Robert  J.,  Marksboro.     Newt. 
Butler,  Henry  S.,  D.D  ,  Blairstown.     Newt. 

Cadwell,  Newton  W.,  West'ield.     Eliz. 
Cameron,  Henry  C,  D.D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
Camp,  Daniel  L,  Tuckahoe.     W.  J. 
Campbell,  George  H.  S.,  D.  D.,  Beattystown. 

Newi. 
Carlile,  Samue',  D.D.,  Newton.     Newt. 
Carroll,  Vernon  B.,  Tenafly.     J.  C. 
Carson,  Alex.  N.,  D.D.,  East  Orange. 

M.  &  O. 
Casanowicz,  Immanuel  M.,  Ph.D.,  Washing 

ton,  D.  C.     N'rk. 
Casselberry,  Wm.  W.,  Haddonfield.     W.  J 
Chambers,  I.  Mench.,  Merchantvil  e.     W.  J. 


Chambers,  Theodore  F.,  German  Valley.     M. 

&0. 
Clark,  James  B.,  Mt.  Airy.     N.  B. 
Clarke,  John  P.,  Stillwater.     Newt. 
Cline,  E.  Clarke,  Phillipsburgh.     Newt. 
Clyde,  John  C,  D.D.,  Bloomsbury.     Newt. 
Coale,  James  J.,  Toms  River.     Mon. 
Cobb,  Eben  B.,  D  D.,  Elizabeth.     Ehz. 
Cockins,  James  M  ,  Cape  May.     W.  J. 
Colville,  Andrew,  New  York.     J.  C. 
Condit,  Uzal  W.,  Ph.D.,  Easton,  Pa.     Newt. 
Conger,  Sidney  S.,  Milburn.     M.  &  O. 
Converse,  Charles  S.,  Union.     Eliz. 
Cottrell,  George  W.,  Wheatland.     Mon. 
Coyle,  Leonidas  E.,  Bridgeton.     W.  J. 
Crane,  Edward  P.,  Hanover,  Germany.    J.  C. 
Crane,  Oliver,   D.D.,   LL.D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

M.  &0. 
Crawford,  George  B.,  Franklin  Furnace. 

Newt. 
Cromack,  Joseph  C,  Perth  Amboy.     Newt. 
Cronin,  Henry  C,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
Crowell.  John,  D.D.,  East  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Cunningham,    William     Luke,     D.D.,    Point 

Pleasant      Mon. 
Curry,  Joseph  E.,  Cranbury.     Mon. 

Dashieil,  Alfred  H.,  D.D.,  Lakewood.     Mon. 
Davis,  John  D.,  Ph.D.,  Piinceton.     N.  B. 
Davis,  Titus  E.,  Bound  Brook.     N.  B. 
Dawson,  John  P.,  Asbury  Park.     Mon. 
Denlinger,  Henry  K.,  Caldwell.     N'rk. 
Dennis,  James  S.,  D.D.,  156  Fifth  ave..  New 

York.     N'rk. 
Deruelle.  Daniel,  New  Egypt.     Mon. 
DeWitt,  John,  D.D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
Deyo,  O.  H.  Perry,  Highland,  N.  Y.    M.&O. 
Dillon,  Edward,  Woodbury.     W.J. 
Dixon,  John,  D.D.,  Trenton.     N   B. 
Dod,  Samuel  B.,  East  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Dodd,  William  S  ,  M.D.,  Ca;sarea,  Turkey. 

M.  &0. 
Donaldson,  Edward  K.,  Stanhope.     M.  &  O. 
Douglass,  Bryce  K.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Duffield.  John  T.,  D.D.,  LL.D  ,  Princeton. 

N.  B. 
Dulles,  Joseph  H.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
Dwight,  Franklin  B.,  Morristown.     M.  &  O. 

Eddy,  William  W.,D.D.,  Beirut,  Syria.  N'rk. 

Edmondson,  John  B  ,  Belvidere.     Newt. 

Eells,  James,  Englewood.     J.  C. 

Egbert,  James  C.,D  D.,  West  Hoboken.  J.  C. 

England,  Elias  B.,  Washington.     Newt. 

Erdman,  Albert,  D  D.,  Morristown.    M.  &  O. 

Everett,  Charles,  Belmar.     Mon. 

Everitr,  Benjamin  S..  D.D.,  Jamesburg.  Mon. 

Everitt,  Frank  B.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 

Ewing,  John,  D.D.,  Daretown.     W.  J. 

Fairley,  Edwin,  Roseland.     N'rk. 
Faulkner,  William  E..  Newton.     Newt. 
Ferguson,  James  A.,  D.D.,  Hanover.  ^L  &  O. 
Fergusson.  E.  Morris,  Trenton.     Newt. 
Filson,  William  H.,  Frenchtown.     N.  B. 
Finney,  William  P.,  Moorestown.     Mon. 
Fisher.  John  R.,  Newark.     M    &  O. 


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Folsom,  Joseph  F.,  Kearney.     N'rk. 
Ford,  Henry  T.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.     J.  C. 
Foster,  Daniel  R.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Franklin,  J.  Edgar,  South  Amboy.     Men. 
Fraser,  Melvin,  Batanga,  W.  Africa.     Cor. 
Frazer,  David  R.,  D.U.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Freed,  Joseph  K.,  Dobbins.     Mon. 
French,  J.  Clement,  D.  D  ,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Freshman,  Jacob.  Newark,  N'rk. 
Frey,  Jacob  A  ,  Rahway,  Eliz. 
Frissell,  HoUis  B.,  Hampton,  Va.     N'rk 
Fryling,  William,  Morris  Plains.     M.  &  O. 

Gabrielian,  M.  C,  M.   D.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

N.  B. 
Gage,     Raymond     Hilliard,    South     Orange. 

M.&O. 
Gallaway,  Joshua  B.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Gamon,  Robert  I.,  Cedarville.     W.  J. 
Gardner,  Edward  P.,  Chatham.     M.  &0. 
Garretson,  George  R.,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
Gault,    William     Chambers,    Batanga,    West 

Africa.     Cor. 
Gibson,  James  R.,  Newark.     Eliz. 
Gill,  Charles  O.,  Orange.     M.&O. 
Gillespie,  John,  D.   D.,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  New 

'i'ork.     Eliz. 
Glover,  Charles  P.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Godduhn,     George    Albert,     Batanga,    West 

Africa.     Cor. 
Goodrich,  Chauncey  W  ,  Orange.     M.&O. 
Gosman,     Abraham,     D.D.,     Lawrenceville. 

N.  B. 
Grant,  James  E.,  Keyport.     Mon 
Green,  William  Henry,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Prince- 
ton.    N.  B. 
Greene,  George  F.,  Cranford.     Eliz. 
Gruhnert,  Herman  Carl.  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Guenther,  Joh^nn  U.,  Newark.     N'rk. 

Haley,  Charles  T.,  D.D.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Hall,  Henry  R.,  Columbus.     Mod. 
Halloway.  William   W.,   Morris   Plains.     M. 

&  O. 
Halloway,   William    W.,   Jr.,   D.D.,    Dover. 

M.  &0. 
Hamilton,  Edgar  A  ,  Deckertown.     Newt. 
Hamner,  J.,  Garland,  D.D  ,  Lamington.  Eliz. 
Hamner,  J.  Garland,  Jr  ,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Harbaugh,  F.  Reck,  Red  Bank.     Mon. 
Hardin,  Oscar  J..  Abieh.  Syria.     Newt. 
Haring,  Harry  W.,  Delanco.     Mon. 
Hascall,  Theodorus  B.,  Ph.D.,  Newark.  J.  C. 
Hathaway,  Harle  W.,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Hathaway,   Israel    W.,    D.D.,   Jersey    City. 

J.  C. 
Hazard,  O.  Howell,  Bound  Brook.     N.  B. 
Henderson,  William  J.,  Glen  Gardner.     Eliz. 
Herr,  Charles,  D.D. ,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
Herring,  Charles  E.,  Plainfield.      Eliz. 
Heywood,  Thomas,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Hickok,  Henry  F.,  D.D.,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Higgin-,  A.  McShannon,  Beemerville.    Newt. 
Hill,  Horace  P.,  Camden.     W.J. 
Hillman,  Joseph  U.,  Harmony,     Newt. 
Hin-dale,  Horace  G.,  D.D.,  Princeton.    N.  B. 
Hodge,  Edward  B.,  D.D.,  Burlington.     Mon. 
Hodge,  Richard  M.,  Riverton.     Mon. 
Hollifield,  A.  Nelson,   D.D.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Holiinshed,  William,  Sparta.     M.  &  O. 
Honeyman,  William  E.,  Plainfield.     Eliz. 
Hooper,  Washington  A.,  West  Summit.     M. 

&  O. 
Hoppaugh,  William,  Springfield.     Eliz. 
Hopwood,  Isaiah  B.,   D.D..  Newark.     N'rk. 
Houghtaling,  Paul,  Kiverton.     Mon. 
Houston,  Thomas,  Junction.     J.C. 
Howell,  J.  Beatiy,  Jahu,  Brazil.     Mon. 
Hunt,  Theodore  W..  Ph.  D.,  Princeton.   Eliz. 
Huntting,  James  M.,  Hackettstown.     Newt. 
Hutchinson,  Aaron  F.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 


Hutchinson,  David  W.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Hutchison,  John,  Arlington.     N'rk 
Hutchison,  S.  Nye,  Belvidere.     Newt. 
Hynson,  Nathan  D.,  Manasquan.     Mon. 

Imbrie,  William,  D.D.,  Lawrenceville.     J.  C. 
Ingram,  George  H.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Irving,  David  O.,  East  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Itongolo,  Batanga,  West  Africa. 

Jackson,  Fred  W.,  Jr.,  China.     N'rk. 

Jacot,  Herman  L.,  Ogowe  River,  West  Africa. 

Cor. 
Janeway,  Harry  L  ,  Williamstown.     W.  J. 
Jessup,  William,  Beirut,  Syria.     N.  B. 
T  Ikeiige,  Ibia,  Gaboon,  W.  Africa.     Cor. 
Johns,  William  H..  Woodbury.     W.J. 
Johnson,  Alfred  V,  C,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.     M. 

&0. 
Johnson,  Benjamin  P.    Bartow-on-the  Sound, 

N.  Y.     W.  J. 
Jones,  Franklin  C,  Newark.     M.  &  O. 
Jones,  Henry  W.  F.,  Bayonne.     Eliz. 
Julien,  Robert,  Bordentown.     Mon. 
Junkin,  William  F.,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Montclair, 

N'rk. 

Keigwin,  Albert  Edwin,  Millville.     W.  J. 
Kellngg,  Samuel,   Plainfield.     Eliz. 
Kelly,  Alfred  L.,  Delaware.     Newt. 
Kempshall,  Everard,  D.D.,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Kennedy,  James  B.,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Kern,  John  F.,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Kerr,  James  R.,  Hopewell.     N.  B. 
Kerr,  John  T.,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Kerr,  Oliver  A.,  Bordentown.     Mon. 
Kilburn,  John  K..  Philadelphia,  Pa.     W.  J. 
King,  David  H..  Vineland.     W.J. 
Kirk,  William  Henry,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Knipe,  Samuel  W.,  Oceanic.     Mon. 
Knox,  Charles  E.,  D.D.,  New  York.     N'rk. 
Knox,,  William  W.     D.D.    New  Brunswick. 

N.  B. 
Kraushar,  Frederic  J.,  Carlstadt.     J.  C. 
Kuebler,  C.  Rudolph,  Hackensack.     J.  C. 
Kugler,  John  B.,  Reaville.     N.  B. 

Lampman,  Lewis,  D.D.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Landis,  John  L.,  Cape  May.     W.  J. 
Landis,  Henry  M.,  Tokyo,  Japan.     N.  B. 
Laverty,  David  H.,  D.D.,Cold  Spring.    W .  J. 
Leavens,  Philo  F.,  D.D.,  Passaic.     J.  C 
Lee,  Jas.  Beveridge,  Bloomfield.     N'r   . 
Leonard,  Stephen  C,  Orange,     M.  &  O. 
Levengood.  J.  Charles,  Greenwich.     W.  J. 
Liggett,  John  A.,  D.D.,  Rahway.     Eliz. 
Lloyd,  Edward  J.,  Verona.     N'rk. 
Lloyd,  George  W.,  Hranchville.     Newt. 
Lockwood,     V.    LeRoy,    D.D.,    Bloomfield. 

N'rk 
Long,  Thomas  S.,  Dayton.     N.  B. 
Louderbough,  William  V.,  Salem.     W.  J. 
Love,  Edward,  Plainfield.     Eliz. 
Ludlow,  James  M.,  D.D.,  East  Orange.     M. 

&0. 
Lukens,  Frank,  Burlington.     Mon. 
Lusk,  Davis  W.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Lyle,  Albert  F.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Lynch,  William  A.,  Newark.     N'rk. 

MacCauley,  Hugh  B.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
McClellan,  Chas.  H.,  D.D.,  Lakewood.  Mon. 
McClelland,  Hugh  R.,  Ph.D..  Paterson.    J.  C. 
McClenaghan,  Samuel   J.,  East  Orange.     M. 

&  O. 
McConaughy,  Nathanie',  Somerville.     W.  J. 
McFarland,  Everett  O.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
McHenry,  H.  Preston,  Andover.     Newt. 
Mcllvaine,  Joshua  H.,  D.  D.,  Princeton.  N.  B. 
.Macintosh,  John  A.,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
McKelvey,  Joseph  O..  Plainfield.     Eliz. 


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Mackenzie,  James  C,  Ph.D.,  Lawrenceville. 

N.  B. 
MacKubbin,  Henry  A.,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
McLanahan,  Samuel,  Lawrenceville.     N.  B. 
McLaury,  Edward  A.,  Cedarville.     W.J. 
Macloskie,  George,  LL.D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
McNair,  Wilmer,  Atlantic  Highlands.     Mon. 
Macnaughtan,  John,  D.D.,  Morristown.     M. 

&0. 
McNaughton,    James   P.,  Smyrna,   Turkey. 

J.  C. 
McNulty,    Joseph    M.,    D.D.,   Woodbridge. 

Eliz. 
Magie,  David.  D.D.,  Paterson.     J.  T. 
Marling,  Arthur  W.,  Gaboon,  W.  Africa.  Cor. 
Martin,  Chalmers,  Princeton.     Eliz. 
Marline,  Abram  I.,  Dunellen.     Eliz. 
Mason,  Edgar  C,  Basking  Ridge      Eliz. 
Mason,  James  G.,  D.D.,  Metuchen.     Eliz. 
Matheson,  James  A.,  Manalapan.     Mon. 
Maugeri,  Giacomo,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
M.(XweU,  Irving,  Oxford.     Newt. 
Mewhinney,     William    J.,    Pleasant     Grove. 

M.  &0. 
Miles,  Robert  H    P.,  Lyndhurst.     J.  C. 
Miller,  Franklin  E.,  D.D.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Milligan,  Robert  H.,  156  Fifth  Ave.,  N.   Y. 

Cor. 
Milliken,  Samuel  J..  Titusville.     N.  B. 
Mitchell,  David,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
Mix,     Eldridge,     D.D.,     Worcester,     Mass 

M.  &  O. 
Mott,  George  S.,  D.D.,  Newark.     N.  B. 
Mudge,  Lewis  S.,  Beverly.     Mon. 
Mudge,  Lewis  W.,  D.D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
Mundy,  Ezra  F.,  Everett,  Wash.     Eliz. 
Mundy,  Frank  J.,  Atlantic  City.     W.  J. 
Murgatroyd,    Edwin    R.,   New   Vernon.     M. 

&0. 
Murphy,    Archibald     A.,    New     B  unswick. 

N.  B. 
Murray,  James  O.,  D.D.,  Princeton.     N.    B. 
Myongo,  Frank  S.,  Benito,  W.  Africa.     Cor. 

Nassau,  Robert    Hamill,  D.D.,  Gaboon,  W. 

Africa.     Cor. 
Newell,  George  Kennedy,  Plainfield.     Eliz. 
Nicholson,  Alfred,  Califon.     Eliz. 
Noble,  George  P.,  Mendham.     M.  &  O. 
Nordt,  William  A.,  Newark.     N'rk. 
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. 
Park,  Clearfield,  Millville.     W.  J. 
Parry,  Samuel,  Pluckemin.     Eliz 
Patterson.  John  F.,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Patten,  Francis  L  ,  D.D.    LL.D.,  Princeton. 

N.  B. 
Paull,  George  A.,  Bloomfietd.     N'rk. 
Payson,  Edward  P.,  Montclair.     N'rk. 
Payson,  George  H.,  Rahway.     Eliz. 
Pesaturo,  Francesco,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Peters,  John  E.,  Sc.D.,  North  Cramer  Hill. 

W.  J. 
Potter,  Samuel  H.,  Ringoes.     N.  B. 
Pratt,  John  H.,  D.D.,  Allentown.     Mon. 
Preyer,  D.  Charles,  Kearney.     N'rk. 
Purves,  George  T.,  D.D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 

Rankin,  John  C,  D.D.,  Basking  Ridge    Eliz. 
Raven,  Alfred  N.,  Phillipsburg.     Newt. 


Raymond,   George    L.,    L.H.D.,     Princeton. 

N.  B. 
Reed,  Orville,  Montclair.     N'rk. 
Reese,  Philip  P.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Newt. 
Reeves,     Henry,     Ph.D.,     Gloucester    City. 

W.  J. 
Reeves,  Thomas  A.,  Rockaway.     M.  &  O. 
Reid,  Albert,  Glassboro,  W.  J. 
Reinke,  Edwin  J.,  Bloomsbury.     Newt. 
Rhinow,  Arthur  B.,  Long  Hill.     M.  &  O. 
Richards,  William  R.,  D.D.,  Plainfield.    Eliz. 
Riggs,  Elias,  D.D.,   LL.D.,  Constantinople, 

Turkey.     Eliz. 
Roberts,  James,  D.D.,  Lambertville.     N.  B. 
Robeson.  William  D.,  Princeton.     N.  B. 
Rogers,  John  M.,  Machodoe,  Va.     N.  B. 
Rowland,  Maxwell  S.,  Whitesville.     Mon. 
Rowland,  Samuel  J.,  Clinton.     Eliz. 
Rundall,  Herbert  R.,  Hammonton.     W.  J. 
Russell,  James  C,  Camden.     W.  J. 
Rutherford,  John,  Plainfield.     M.  &0. 

Sassaman,  Horace  D.,  Mt.  Pleasant.     N.  B. 
Schnatz,  Herman   E.,   Batanga,  West  Africa. 

Cor. 
Schneegas,  Charles,  Camden.     W.  J. 
Schumacher,  Gustave,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Scofield,  John  H.,  Budd's  Lake.     M.  &  O. 
Seibert,  George  C,  D.D.,  Glenridge.     N'rk. 
Seibert,  Henry  W.,  Ph.D..  B  oomfield.     N'rk. 
Shape,  Robert  H.,  Oak  Ridge.     J.  C. 
Shaw,  Charles  D.,  D.D.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Sherman,  Andrew  M.,  Whippany.     M.  &  O. 
Sherwood,  Nathan  M.,  Jersey  City.     J.  C. 
Shields,  Charles  W.,  D.D.,  LL,D.,  Princeton. 

N.  B. 
Simanton,  Ephraim,  Hackettstown.     Newt. 
Sluter,  George.  Arlington.     J.  C. 
Smith,  Biker,  D.D.,  Flanders.     M.  &  O. 
Smith,  Henry  Goodwin,  Freehold.     Mon. 
Smith,  J.  Gilmore,  Woodridge.     j.  C. 
Smyth,  David  T.,  Hamilton  Square.     N.  B. 
Smyth,  George   H.,  D.D. ,  East   Orange.     M. 

&0. 
Smythe,  Hugh,  Schooley's  Mountain.  M.  &  O. 
Snyder,  Alfred  J.,  Bridgeton      W.  J. 
Spining,  Geo.  L.,  D.D.,  South   Orange.     M. 

&  O. 
Spooner,  Arthur  W.,  Camden.     W.  J. 
Sproul,  Nathaniel  J.,  Englishtown.     Mon. 
Staiger,  Albert  K.,  Atlantic  City.     W.  J. 
Steen,  William  S.,  Wayne,  Pa      Mon. 
Stevenson,  David,  D.D.     Eliz. 
Stier,  Richard  R.,  South  River.    Mon. 
Stoddard,  Elijah  W.,  D.D.,  Succasunna.     M. 

&0. 
Stonelake,  Chas.  A.,  Aquebogue,  N.  Y.  N'rk. 
Street,  Robert,  Roselle.     Eliz. 
Strong,  Charles  R.,  New  Brunswick.     N.  B. 
Stryker,  Isaac  P.,  Perth  Amboy.     J.  C. 
Studdiford,  Samuel  M.,  D.D.,  Trenton.  N.  B 
Swain,  George,  D.D.,  Allentown.     Mon. 
Symmes,  Frank  R.,  "Tennent.     Mon. 

Taylor,  Frank  E.,  Passaic.     J.  C. 
Thomas,  John  M.,  East  Orange.     M.  &  O 
Thompson,  Thomas,  Elmer.     W.J. 
Thomson,   Robert,   Constantinople,    Turkey. 

N'rk. 
Thomson,  William,  Stewartsville.     Newt. 
Titus,  Albert  C,  Trenton.     N.   B. 
Todd,  Francis  M.,  Dover.     M.  &  O. 
Tomson,  George  W.,  Clayton.     W.  J 
j    Townsnnd,  Charles,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Turner,  John,  Deerfield.     W.  J. 
Tyack,  Thomas,  D.D.,  Hightstown.     Mon. 

Um*ierger,  James  B.,  D.D  ,  Junction.     Newt. 
Underwood,  Horace  G.,  D.D.,  Seoul,  Korea. 
J.  C. 


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Van  Allen,  Charles  E.,  Delaware.     Newt. 
Van  Cleve,  Benjamin  G.,  Milford.     N.  B. 
Vanderbeck,  Henry  C,  Newark.     N'rk. 
Van  Dyke,  George  B.,  Perth  Amboy.     Eliz. 
Van  Dyke,  Jame>  W.,  Stockton.     N.  B. 
Van  Dyke,  Joseph  S.,  D.D.,  Cranbury.  Men. 
Van  Syckel,  Phineas  B.,  New  York.     N.  B. 
Vermilye,  Dupuytren,  kidgewood.     J.  C. 
Voorhies,  William,  Trenton.     N.  B. 
Vos,   Geerhardus,    Ph.D.,    D.D.,   Princeton. 
N.  B. 

Wall,  Edward,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
Wallace,  Samuel  H.,  D.D..New  Egypt.  Mon. 
Wanderer,  Adolphus  E.,  Paterson.     J.  C. 
Ward,  John,  Glenridge.     N'rk. 
Warfield,  Benjamin  B  ,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Prince- 
ton.    N.  B. 
Wame,  D.  Ruby,  Kingston.     N.  B. 
Warrington,  George,  Fairton.     W.  J. 
Webb,  Samuel  G.,  New  Gretna.     Mon. 
Wells,  J.  Lester,  Jersey  City.     N'rk. 


Wells,  John  A.,  Liberty  Corner.     Eliz. 
Wenrick,  George  W.  S.,  Ringoes.     N.  B. 
Weston,  Albert  E.,  Farmingdale.     Mon. 
White,  Stanley,  Orange.     M.  &  O. 
White,  Theodore  F.,  D.D.,  Summit    M.  &  O. 
Whitman,  John  S.,  Metuchen.     Eliz 
Widdemer,  Howard  F.,  Asbury  Park.     N'rk. 
Williamson,  Joseph  G.,  Sidney.     Eliz. 
Wilson,  Thaddeus,  Shrewsbury.     Mon. 
Wirth,  Albert  E.,  Elizabeth.     Eliz. 
Wolfe,  Aaron  R.,  Montclair.     Nr'k. 
Wolff,  Julius  H..  Newark.     N'rk. 
Wood,  Charles  W.,  Mt.  Freedom.     M.  &  O. 
Woodbridge,   John     D.D.,  New  Brunswick. 

N.  B. 
Woolverton,  William  H.,  Boonton.     M.  &  O. 
Wright,  Ormond  W.,  Barnegat.     Mon. 
Wynkoop,  Asa,  South  Orange.     M.  &  O. 

Young,  Alexander  H.,  D  D.,  Matiwan.  Mon. 
Young,  James  S.,  Garfield.     J.  C. 
Young,  S.  Edward,  Newark.     N'rk. 


Total  number  of  Ministefs,  October  17th,  1895,  420. 
Number  of  Churches,  335. 
Number  of  Communicants,  66,355. 


INDEX. 


PAGE. 

Addresses,     ii,  i6,  19,  20 

Allotmeats  and  Apportionments,  Synodical  Home  Missions,    .  14 

American  Bible  Society, 27 

Answer  to  Protest 30 

Apportionments,  1895-96 26 

Arrangements, 9.  15 

Attendance  at  Synod ,  27 

Bills  and  Overtures, 11,  13,  17 

Bills  to  be  paid, 24 

Committees,  Permanent 123 

Foreign  Missions 18,  57 

Historical  Materials, 23,  96 

Necrology, 15.  36 

Sabbath  Observance, 10,  75 

Sabbath-school  Work 16,  71 

Synodical  Home  Missions,      . 14,  43 

Systematic  Beneficence, 13.  78 

Temperance 22,  77 

Unemployed  Ministers  and  Vacant  Churches,     ....      19,  89 

Work  Among  Foreign  Populations 19.  87 

Young  People's  Societies 18,  19,  20,  21,  73 

Committees,  Standing, 11,  12 

Arrangements, 9 

Bills  and  Overtures, 11,  13,  17 

Judicial  Business n 

Minutes  of  General  Assembly, 11,  24 

Narrative,  1896 n 

Finance 11,  25 

Presbyterian  Records, 12,  27 

Committees,  Special — 

On  Commemoration  of  Historic  Places, 23,  96 

On  Cooperation  Against  Gambling 15,  16 

On  Memorial,  Presbytery  of  Monmouth, 12,  17 

On  National  Children's  Home  Society, 24 

On  Petition  to  Legislature  Against  Gambling 15 

Corisco,      18 

Custodians,  Historical  Materials,     23,  92 


128  .                                            Index,  page. 

Invitation, lo 

Letter  from  Moderator, 3 

Letter  to  ex-Moderator 13 

Memorial,  Presbytery  of  Monmouth, 9,12,17 

Minutes,  of  Synod, 13 

Moderator, 8 

Narrative 15,  33 

Necrology, 15.  36 

Newark,  Records  of  Presbytery, 19,  21,  22 

Place  of  Next  Meeting 22,  25 

Presbyterial  Records, 27 

Protest,      26 

Protest  answered, 30 

Recording  Clerk, 8,  13 

Reunion  Memorial  Fund,    . 19 

Roll  of  Synod, 4-8 

Standing  Rules,      115 

Synodical  Home  Missions 14,  43 

Treasurer's  Report 15,  45 

Thanks,  Resolution  of, 25 

Theological  Seminaries 24 

Treasurer's  Report, 13,  102 

Trustees  of  Synod 19,  100 

Treasurer  of  Trustees, 19,  loi 


Vice-Moderator, 


Woman's  Home  Missions, 18,  60,  63 

Woman's  Foreign  Missions 18,  66,  69 


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