Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-29
GRACE MISSIONS.
the FINANCIAL AEcoAp or
0RAcE N. {. cHuRcH.
Rsvs. W.. ,. sssv.nsen. D. D.. Esd
Harvey W. Ewing and Mr.. !. H.
Jaelkssn SuppIsmens the Able
and Eiequsns Esaays ef slssars.
=. Jalnss Esslt and Francis
W. Hsdslsr.

ieAb evening embraced the topics 0l A.
nance By Mr.. z. james Belt, the Drug
gist. and ''the hiatory OF Grace Church
Sunday School Union and \ issioss" By
Mr.. Francis w. Healer. ave are His
people" Was the ehelr's voluntary.
Hymn No: % was sung: Presiding
Elder w. L. 9. Murray, Ph. D.. con-
Quoted prayer. Rev. Harvey w. Ewing,
pastor Of Aadeley Mission. read katt.
vi from the 10Th verse. Rev. jacob
Todd, D. D., pastor, fillet his ofiicial po-
Tron Mr. Bslts report ws iearn that
Tor the % years: The total cost Of the
euildings and intsreat u Ninth and Wsst
st.sst. z esse: 81. - f q u Ehich he istss-
81 Sss scsSuns auss " ssO = ssd sAs
elee GSa a; sue iesal y Y but blailelag esd
has been raised and dIsburied. The ball
ancs now In the treasury Ii 9ioo. 10. with
al dAbts paid. Conlsssues co!lectious
add III, ,926. 10, Of which as, l57. "a was
paid 70 lorcign missions. OF tkls sum or
Coufersuce eEsriuGs the Sunday school
contributed e32. .ao0.21.
Mr.. HEALER gave an epttoms Of home
missionary history. from which We nots
few dates.
SPw0RrH AND \ .. UNION.
IT. inception appears co-sval with
Grace Church onnday school, both
having been born Of . inissiou spirit In
st. Pnul's n. =. Church, 1861. March ID.
Project0vs met at the house Of q. y.
Rudolph. Amope the cary woi kers sp.
psar Wm. H. Bfilauy, WashipRton
Hastings, Samuel n Hsrrihgton, Isq..
J. n. Jacobs. Isaac Crouch, Mis- Marjj
Belt, and a. . contributor J. Taylor
Cause, who gave . new frame bulldinR,
80xs0 feet, at Seventh and Button wood
on lot that had been presented, ard
numerous other persous. Me:sre Ru.
dolph and Hastings drAflSd the eonstitu-
ton and by-laws. March IL, with Samuel
NJ. Harrington, Esq., presiding, the,
favored . Sunday school union Of Graci
NJ. X. Church 70 advance mission and
6. @. work. August % constitution au<
BY laws adopted; y. n. IIarrington
president; w. Il. 6timmel, vice presi
dent; ]. Parks Postles, secretary, ant
w. y. Cotter, treasurer. Tue frat reRu
lsr meeting was held September Is, 16G0
The schools then under the guardian
ship Of the unicn were presided over b,
J. +. Gauss Of the afternoon school and
Job H. jackson Of the Grace Missiol
| School.
Tie scope Of the nnlon included dsyis
Ing wAys and means Tor tile fiuancia
lsnppore Of home end misaion work. Ii
disbnrbing Of revenues and tho clcctfo,
of officers Of the various schools.
In 1850, In order 70 hold property, tn
union applied to the LegIslatnre Of tn
State Tor corporate powers and subnAitte,
. bill for that purpose, but 1t was dt
feat;d. Under the general law OF April
1852, the union was incorporated Apri
Tho nrst ofiicers OF the new corpora
tIon, which retained Its old title, yer
". A. Reynolds, !. Parks Postlcs
Thomas Moore, j. 7. Cause, Job H
jackson, 3. NJ. Harrington, Washington
Hastings, G. F. Rudolph and R. Kmmet
Robinson AZ 4 board 0f nanagers.
In the early years OF the unions his.
tory the Revs. w. J. Stevenson, Alfrel
Goodman, Jacob Todd, during his fIrs
partorate; j. Z. Smith and L. @. Mat
lack, former pastors oi the church, were
and work contributed largely to Its suc-
GEES. 9. M. Harrington, bravo In pur.
pose, jealous In doing, accomplished In
teauling, eloquent In speech, yielded the
wealth OF bis abilities to the union. II.
EMmett Robinsbn, silent, but generous
the saintsd Cookmsu aud the voner able
Edward Moore each have left tho marks
OF their hAndiwork upon the character
OF the union.
A review OF tho treasurer's account1
since tho foundation Of the uuion shows
that approximately &S7, 900 have beeu
raised aud iisburp ped In the work Of hom I
missions.
ls0S, April IL, J. Il. jackson, superlu.
tendent Of EpwOrth Sunday school, fay-
ored new and permanent building. A
lot l0Oxl50 feet at Tenth and Church
streets was purchased.
1902, April, dedication.
1870, lSsv. A. II. Davis called, who
proved successful aud efficient pastor.
The succession of pastors since are
Revs. A. D. Dayis, L. e. barrett, Robin
son, White, Hill and d. H. Corkrsn. the
present pastor 10 charge.
1873, October, Epworth received con.
sent Of the Union to manage ltsslf.
1876, Rev. John White elected Sunday
school superintendent and still serving.
1882. great revival. Ovcr 400 persons
converted. July, repairs costing q, 900.
Mrs. Ann Sarah Perkins gave . three
story brick house for = parsonage. Revs.
William White and Andrew J. Dolbow
greatly assisted the pastor in revival
work.
MADRLEY.
Some important data are: 1871, April
0 preaching (in tent which subsequently
blew dowu. In Q low days the J. 4 o.
Co., had . frame building up at Cay
uont and B streets) by Rev. A. II. Davis
OF Rpvorth; April 23, frat service in
Eew small frame chapel; lot bought at
$3.50 1872, August. corner stcne laid;
named Madeley from preacher In Eng
Pastors: ksys. A. II. Davis, r. y.
Plummer, J. Foreman, A. ID. Davis, J.
Mowbray, David Dodd, 7. II. O'Brlen, d.
T. Price and H. W. Ewing The Sunday
school superintendent 10 John 8. Muliin,
succeeoing Henry G. Conrad, Esq., both
Of whom have been efficient and success.
full. Grace NJ. e. Church has been her
main strength. Members, including
probatioDers, 180.
In this niissIon there arc some 800
xeli-oidered people. There have been
ONE 900 conventions
President Hastings invited voluntary
remarks.
Rev. W. J. Stevenson, D. D., spoke
cloquenlly In a summing up Of Grace's
contributions Of over half million dol
lars. He revealed the tone aud nature OF
The encouragement he gave them during
the most severe years of their financial
progress. Time, while 1t lnakes many
changes, does not change all thiuRs. Ho
had Observed the same old contribution
baskets passed that evening. II ives .
fundamsutAl testimony that Grace 10 stlll
an oid-.ash oned n. Il. Church.