Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-12
GRAcE CHURCH pasToR4rE.
What "Innocence Abroad Says--Saia
ries of Wilmington Pastors.

ries of Wilmington Pastors.
A correspondent of the Peninsula |
Moth0dist, styling himself "lnnocence |
Abroad" says: Recently a little stir was
made in methodist circles by remark |
of a brother to the effect that Grace M.
Il. Church in your city was not in the
habit of looking over the roll of the
Wilmington Conference in making its
selection of pastor.
That remark was entirely correct and
if | made it l would defend it. There
are reasons why we feel sighted by
Grace Church. One is the pastor OF
Grace Church is sin the swing" and will
be considered by other such influential
churches. It is folly for us to deny a
willingness to be a member Of its trans
fer conference.
Another reason is the salary paid by
Grace Church is sufficient to enable the
recipient to indulge in all the books he
needs, in a journey now and then to
great gatherings, where much informa-
ton is picked up, in vacation, in a
trip to Europe, in IL qualification OF the
wife's reasonable desire to escape now
and then some of the routine drudgery
that comes along in the life OF an timer
ants wife.
Now, brethren and sisters, the Grace
people feel their church contributions.
They represent a large number of dol
lars, but the most of it is invested, and
The investor has to move lively to make
it pay enough interest to meet all his
demands. Witness the zeal required to
secure the new parsonage.
Yet, what church enterprise in Will
mington has not Grace greatly helped ?
Ask the pastors of the churches where
they found money to tide their churches
over emergencies See what splendid
contributions the Grace people make to
our beneyolences, particularly to our
worn out preachers, who never wore out
preaching at Grace. But they pay q
comfortable salary to their pastor.
Let the other churches in Wilmington
pay better salaries, or, if they are now
doing their reasonable best, let them say
to their pastors, "brother, we will pay
you Just what we paid our last pastor
and if you will increase the income oil
the church on lines endorsed by us that
increase will be added to your salary,
or make some other such proposition
and in few years other churches OF
your city will be quite as desirable as
Grace; and not only your city churche:
but all over our conference men will
strive to advance the interests OF thell
churches. See what zeal there is TO col
lect benevolences When big records or
this line mean promotion to larger
salaries.
Hold bit, brother, mean laymar
may cry, preaching for money, Ell Z!
and thus choke you down. II he has
wit tell him the minister needs books
H. ,ltr, a. in, kra
If he hasn't wit grin and bear it; but &C
, on, and you will find wit by and by
What is the matter with thu
Methodist clergy of Wilmington
that they should be more poorly paiG
than any others in that city, How is i
that ali other cities in the world pay
their Methodist preachers better thar
Wilmington
, I'm only a country preacher but II
undertake to make any one of severa
Wilmington churches as desirable t.
. the Wilmington conference as Grace il
to the transfer conference, in the space
of one pastorate, and it wont cost thu
church one cent.
Let Grace Church have credit. Thu
Grace people are not foreigners; thel
are Wilmington people; they want min
listers of wide information; they wan
the instruction from their pulpit sucl
, as can only come from broad men; ant
breadth of mind comes from fellowship
with the great minds of history. Sucl
men require books, books, books; and
a love for books begotten by books.
If Grace Church is willing to pay TO
such men let her alone. Think of men
working as hard as men must, the mel
who have church with from 600 t.
,, 1000 members, with a salary tina
pinches !