Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-21
THE REFORM ED OHUKCHrS.
Report OF the missionary Meeting al
Wyoming Yesterday.

! 5pecal.Cor'e 'espondenceo OF Gizstte aud journal.
WYOMING, Feb. l3.-The missionary
| meetiLh OF the Reformed churches Of the
Peninsula, commenced in St. John e
Chnroh last evening, and listened 10 a
sermon by the Rsv. C. W. Lsvan, OF
sid2ley, d.
a temporary organization WAS then
ehected with c. ". Levan, president; A,
u. Wetz7l, secretary, and s. +. Larry,
treasurer. motion to make the Organi-
| zation permanent was deferred till the
close of the session.
The topic OF discussion at this morn
ing's session-"The duty OF our people
in the work OF home missions"-was
opened by the Rev. s. +. Laury, who
showed the nature Of this duty as it re-
lated to the life and work OF every indi-
vidual Christian, as we'll as the specific
duties Of congregations of Christians.
The Rev. Mr.. Melvin OF the M. 4.
Church here, said that our duties as mis-
sionary workers should bs OF the apos-
tolic kind. As Christ was the living head
of the church, We should strive to ad-
vance His king lom on earth in whatever
position We were placed.
J. @. Brown, VINO performed the first
towards establishing the Reformed church
here, and afterwards, at Ridgely, Milling
ton and Easton, reoounted at length, but
hurriedly, the early history of these mis-
sions IS practical illustration OF the
duties of our people ia the home mission
work.
The discussion was further participated
in by MIR. Levan and others.
We direct our missionary efforts a"-was
opened by A. 4. Wetzel, who stated, in
Pennsylvania in 1880, ont OF population
OF 1896, ,062, there were 149, 1874 members
CT the Reformed church, or one to
every 25. In the same year there
were IL, ,095 persons residing in Delaware;
a population which, at the same ratio,
would give 442 members, of whom about
rs constituted the organic alton at Wyom-
ing, the rest being scattered over the
State, mainly, however, at Wilmington.
That city, therefore, seemed to present
itself IS the most promising point to
direct our missionary operations.
The third topic -"What is the best
means of promoting missionary work ?"
WAS opened by J. G. Brown, who advo-
Gated individual effort, cooperative action,
self-denial and liberal contributions Of
time and money. Our people must be
educated to this work; it should be- taught
in the schools, and he could cite numer
ous instances where large and fourishing
congregations had sprung from small mis-
sion schools.
Mr.. Melvin spoke Of the Importance OF
Sunday school work, and the Rev. Mr..
Larry, Lsvsn and others spoke on the
question.
This evening the Rev. y. f. Laury
preached a missionary sermon from the
text $50 teach all nations" After the
sermon, l.. N. Steuner OF the Lutheran
Church, spoke of Wilmington as q mis-
sionary field. There are, he said, great
many persons living there who came
from central Pennsylvania, the strong
hold OF the Reformed and Lutheran
churches, who have not and will not con-
nect themselves with any other religious
bodies.
The permanent organization business
was taken up and deferred to some future
time.
A missionary collection was taken, and
it was decided that the next meeting
should be held at Rldgely, Md.