Evening journal., 1894-03-17
FAREWELL MORROW
Many Ministers Will Preach
Their Goodbye Sermons.
WILL BE OFF FOR CONFERENCE


On Wednesday, when bishop Vincent
VIII Hold Their Fate In His Hands-Rev.
}. ID. c. Hanna to Hold Farewell Meet
inE at urJ-Arrangements for Con-
ference.
Although not every Methodist minis
ter Of the city has announced that he will
preach farewell sermon to morrow, a
number Of the brotherhood have, and
goodbye sermons will be In order
throughout Wilmington on the last
Sunday before the Methodist Episcopal
Conference, which convenes at Salisbury
next Wednesday.
Some of the ministers will return
Some have hopes OF returning, while
others know that their work at their
present charges is done Some will be
glad to go among pastures new, while
others will regret the sunderlng Of old
ties Once broken. the srelations be-
tween pastor and congregation are never
the same again, and, upon the whole the
last Sunday before the yearly conference
is one Of general sadness and depression
though busy one.
Rev. John d. G. Hanna, the beloved
pastor at Asbury, the Oldest Methodist
church of Wilmington, will preach his
last sermon as pastor there 10 morrow
night. In the morning his subject will
be on "The Gospel Of the Power Of God
His night sermon. at 30 will be, "The
Preacher You Need and the Congrega-
tion You Ought TO Be" This will be
followed by a farewell meeting TO the
pastor.
At Union NJ + Church there will be
preaching by the presiding elder, Rev
l.. r. Barrett, II being the fourth
quarterly meeting and the last official
DUTY in New Castle county that Mr.. Bar.
rett will discharge before going TO con
ference. In the evening there will be
preaching by the pastor Rev j Edwin
Amos.
Rev. Isaac Jewell will not return to
| Epworth, the handsome new church at
the corner Of Teuth and Lombard
streets. To morrow night at 2 30 o'clock
he will hear the reports Of the various
church societies. The subject of his
fnal sermon will be "The Reward "
Rev. II S Dulany has invited all the
members and friends of Klngswood to be
present at the services tomorrow. This
church closes the conference year with a
splendid record. II numbers nearly 500
members and probationers aud over 400
Sunday school scholars aud one bonevo-
lence over those OF last year. Mr.. Du-
lany expects to return 10 Kingswood, to
continue his good work there.
Arrangements for Transportation.
Presiding Elder Barrett reports through
the Peninsula Methodist Of 20 day that
arrangements have been made with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for ad
ditional trains but it is proper 20 add,
that on receipt Of a letter from Mr.. BOYD
he wrote an urgent request TO r B
Cooke. General Passenger Agent. n. Y,
p. & n. r R, for similar accommoda
tious for Monday aud Tuesday, but re.
ceived reply that the folio wing is the
best they can possibly do:
l. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. %, 1924.
REV. LOUIS r. b sRRETr, Wilmington, Del.
| DEAR clR.-We re advised by the n. Y. II.
a \. r. X. that they have arranged for
special trains between Salisbury ami Delmar,
on March 22d, I'D 2ith. 10Th and 9th as fol-
lows:
70 connect with Delaware Division train
Il. Leave Dclmar for salisbury at 7.2j p. m,
after arrival Of Delaware Division train
NO. 3. Very truly.
GEORGE W. BOYD, A. G. p. A.
Local deacons for elders orders will
meet the committee Of examination in
the basement Of the NJ r Church in Sails.
bury on Tuesday night, at 8 o'clock.
work for the Examination Committee.
The members of the FIRST, second, third
and fourth years, classes will meet the
Wilmington Conference examination
committee in the Salisbury Church on
Monday night. at 30 o'clock.
| c. H. B. Day, secretary, announces
that the stockholders Of the Wilmington
Conference Acadamy will hold a meeting
next Friday. at o'clock. for the pur-
pose Of electing four lay trustees, to
serve for period of eight years.
Report From DOver's Successful Church
The reports ct the Fourth Quarterly
Conference Of Wesley NJ. +. Church,
Dover, held on Thursday evening,
showed the church TO be in an excellent
condition, spiritually and financially.
During the year there have been forty
received into full membership, twenty by
letter and twenty on probation.
The principal report showed that the
church has actuSlly raised, for every
thing, at home and abroad, IS, 1885. The
( missionary report will reach 5000, beinl
half as much as the church pays in sal
sry to its pastor. At the meeting OF
Thursday evening, last, resolutions were
passed and adopted, requesting DR.. Muir
ray TO return as pastor for another year
TWO GUARDIANS APPOINTED.