Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-28
more church room needed; II present pros
perity continues soon want new church
building or two conprarntiona

mlltotd-The Rev. j. II. Wiley, pastor, Ill
tnTee months OF the year; 6S probationers;
corrections up TO high standard reached last
year II the church continues to grow the
chapel will become a church; pastors
salary raised $500.
Butrsvllie-Fhe Rev. J. W. Fogle pastor;
W prooatloners and 80 conversions; SY3S
expended for church improvements at
wesley collections advanced 81 per cent |;
strange tnat the pastor had to come to con.
unpaid.
Eiiendale-The Rsv. Robert Roe, pastor; ;
w probattoners auo SO conversions pastors
salary raised $500,
Bhdgsville-The Rev. John NJ, Howard.
pastor; 100 conversions and go probationers:
pehevolences increasing; new church In
| prospect.
Camden 60 probationers and 70 CONVEX
slohsi benevolent collections Increased 40
per ,cent; PASTORS salary raised $50; ex-
| pended on church Improvement S2. $50; |;
Lebanon Church remodeled; hall been ee.
cured In Rising Sun at an expense OF $500
and congregation desires to be connected
with Camden; my privilege to preach at
the opening to a full house; found there all
the appliances for successful church work,
Including modern ohoir, which whispered
through the prayer and ditto the sermon;
like all choirs, In a high state OF refinement
and Christian civilization; the Rev. W. p.
haWlins, pastor, reports 1856 sermons and
400 pastoral visits.
Farmington-Ihe Rev. G.. W. Wilcox,
| 800 pastoral Visits.
Beckwtth-The Rev. William Green, pas
tor; 90 probationers aud 81 conversions !;
collections advanced IL per cent; $40 pas
toral visits; substantial Increase In pastors
salary.
Milton-Thc Rev. t. r. Dreamer, pastor !;
% conversions and 30 probationers; collec.
! tion5 advanced SO per cent; 800 added to
pastors salary; 800 pastoral visits.
Houston--The Rev. James Carroll, pastor; I;
compelled to divide his time between the
church and his wife, who is alarmlngly I'll I;
20 propationers and 28 conversions; collec-
tion5 advanced 48 per cent; 1870 sermons
and 6i4 pastoral visits. pastors salary
raised; MT; Carroll needsthe sympathy and
Taylor's Island-The Rev. @. W. Bounds,
pastor; plenty of work aud increasing sue
| cess; 40 probationers old st. Johns Church
added TO the charge; A5buiy, Ia Mukin's
Neck, almost built anew and, for the first
time In 40 years, plastered; cost OF i'm
provements met; church enclosed and
occupied on Taylor's G.ate; be completed
early In coming conference year; pastors
support scant; boarding from house to
house; 160 sermons and 800 visits, travelling
more than 5000 miles; some time ago his
carriage collapsed and recently his horse
fell and broke its neck; too poor to buy
another team places of double his present
salary open to him but he feels that he can
not leave at present.
Hurlocks-The Raw. Ralph t. Coursey,
pastor; 40 probationers and 90 conversions
| Washington Church moved here at an ex-
/ penae OF 81 900; pastors salary increased.
Preston-The Rev. L. p. 0orkran, pastor
3s probationers; 5000 spent In building
and Improving property; church built at
\ Choptank.
HarrIngton-The Rev. 8. J. Morris, pas
tor; S6 probationers; advanced collections
| pastors salary increased 800.
| East New Market--The Rgv, T.. W. Lay
field pastor; a5 probationers and 40 con-
\ versions; collections advanced So per cont
PASTORS salary increased 800.
! sHcopa-'sz-rhe Rev q p Swain naatort
20 prnhatiopers; isi,2d6.axpended for. i'm.
beuavolences advanced 70 per cent and
pastors salary increased.
! NRssau-The Rev. Edward Davis, pastor
| probationers and conversions, 80 each.
Oannon-The Rev. W. T. Valiant, pastor
20 probationers and 3s conversions; coIlec-
tions advanced per cent.
Crapo-27 probatiopers; the Rov. d. Il.
MeFaul has withdrawn.
Denton-The Rev. l. N. Foreman, pastor
! 81 conversions and 90 probationers.
Galestown-The Rev. Wilmer Jaggard
pastor &c conversions and 90 probatloners
1918 paid for improvements; collections ad-
vGuced per cent.
Church oreekIThe Rey. J. 7. Prouse
| pastor; 81 probationers and ~ conversions
benevolences advanced 80 per cent.
Potter's Landing-The Rev. W. W. Red
man pastor; 100 conversions and 20 proba-
tioners; advance In collections.
Lincoln-The Rev. I. L. Wood pastor; %
probationers; collections advanced 16 per
cent; pastors salary increased; Slaughter
Beach Church enlarged at cost Of $1,000;
| $3.50 paid on debt OF parsonage at Lincoln.
| WoUdside-Bupplied by the Rev. J. j.
McAlllster; composed OF Viola and Canter-
bury churches and a church In prospect at
Woodside; 20 probationers and 23 CONVEX
sIons.
Millsboro-The Rev. W. r. Dawson, pas
| tor; 20 probationers and 2i conversions;
collections advanced As per cent; parson-
| age purchased.
Leipsic-The Rev. James Cannon, pastor
10 probationers: collections advanced IL
per cent; pastors salary considerably In
creased.
Dorchester-The Rev. Bayard Wheatley
pastor; two churches completed and paid
| for one In Grifilth's and the other In
Hurleys Neck; one at Thompson's station
ready for occupancy; church started at
Linkwood; II probatloners; collections
advanced SO per cent and pastors salary
( increased.
Frederica--The Iiev. ]. II. Caldwell, D.
D., pastor; IL probationers; collections
advanced ~ per cent and pastors salary
increased $50.
Magnolia-The Rev. s. T. Gardner pas
tor; 10 probatIoners and IS conversions.
| Hatbeson--The Rsv. W. N. Conway
pastor; 10 probatloners.
Elliott's Island-The Rev. John NJ. Col
llns pastor; 10 conversions and Z pro.
bationers; collections advanced II per
| cent.
Vienna--The Rev. j. NJ. Mitchell pastor
Seaiord-The Rev. W. ]. Duhadway pas
| tor; Is probationsrs; collections increased
\ ii per cent; lot for new church secured.
Federalsburg-The Rev. G W. Burke pas
| tor; 16 probatloner5 and 20 conversions /;
pastors salary Increased.
Felton-The Rev. e. O. Macnlehol pastor;
Is probatloners; collections advanced 20
Wyoming-The Rsy. ]. L. Kidney pastor +;
| IA probationers; 60 camp-meeting conver-
sions; $3.50 paid for improvements; church
debt reduced $3.50; 81 600 debt on church
causes anxiety; pastors salary Increased
800.
The growing Intelligence and prosperity
| OF the people create demand for minister's
we'll equipped for their work. Men come
through the schools often with debts that
1t Will take years to pay and with refine
ment of taste and needs Incident to the
cultivation which our Improving condition
demand, yet the salaries In the more
wealthy charges, like the laws OF the nIedes
and persians, change not; a style OF living
Is required which scarcely any one else
could maintain on the income received.
The Conference Academy at Dover has
eeven teachers and principal. 10 1887
| -. rad nd fffaF A.
uated. Six of the graduates are In the
ministry and IL non-graduates are preach
ing. Twelve OF the present students are
preparing for the ministry.