The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-17
During that period there were but three

During that period there were but three
deaths.
The Epworth League was represented
by Ii. X. Erickson. This association was
organized May Is, 1893, with fourteen
members. Mr.. Short was president and
continued to be for three years. when he
was succeeded by the speaker. The society
had raised s55i.56. S27f75 of which had
been turned over to the trustees. or the
balance 500 was contributed toward car
peting the church. The society now has
% members, which number, Mr. Erickson
believed would be doubled II the work had
the hearty cooperation of the church
membership.
Miss Elsie Curlett spoke for the Junior
, Chapter of the Epworth League, which
| now has u members and Mrs. b. r. Yeas.
ey for the Women Workers which body
Was organized January Goth, 1891, with 80
members. 1t now has a membership of
l0o, During Mr.. Shorts pastorate
81, 1887 had been raised, sl4l5 of which
had been paid to the trustees and SlS2 81
for improvements leaving a balance OF
sl76 Much of the departments success
was attributed to the retiring pastor.
:, Mrs. James Robertson spoke for the
Women's Foreign Missionary Society,"
She said:
"On the evening of April 10th, 1895 Mrs.
Lingo, then District secretary Of tho
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society mot
with the ladies Of this church and organ
l1eu anIauxiliary consisting Of IL members
and ht the present time we have member
snip OF 81. While our Society is young, we
have sent in the two years 1876 to foreign
fields to help spread the gospel and while
1t Is but a mite needed, 1t will help some
poor heathen to learn of our blessed
Savior
The Auxiliary Is held at the homes Of
members once month, and after the bus.
lnes5 OF the society Is gone through, we
TAKE up the literary and social part OF our
Program and we not only spend a very
pleasant evening together but we learn Of
the lives Of those In foreign countries.
How glad and how thankful we feel that
our lives were cast in II civilized nation,
whero We can worship a true God. Let us
pray Tor the missionaries who have gone
to foreign fields to labor with those who
Know not God, and may we live more
with Christ, catch more Of his Spirit, and
the more intensely missionary we shall
become"
IL was an unpleasant duty for William
ii. Clayton to express the congregations
sympathy to the retiring pastor. While
he was glad in one sense that Mr. Short
was about to retire he was sorry in an
other. He believed that the pastors CO.
operation in the work had caused religious
churches of the city. Mr.. Clayton hoped
that The pastors usefulness might be con-
tlnued and that his power for good might
be Increased. He closed by extending to
the pastor the assurance of the congrega-
tion that they would always remember
him in their Prayers. BE faithful" was
his closing remark
Joseph Price, aged and respected janitor
OF the building, spoke after which Rev.
Jnbez Hudson, q former pastor presented
10 MI. short purse containing $50 in
gold at the same time expressing as did all
the other speakers, his regret at his de-
parture. Mr.. Hudson closed his brief re-
marks by the remark God bo with you"
Then came the retiring pastors oppor-
tunity to speak and his utterances wers
pleasant and entertaining notwithstaud-
ing the event which occasoned them. He
Told OF having entered the ministry and
lhe obstacles which confronted him at
that time; of coming to Harrison street
Church and the indulgence its people have
had with him, Of the blessing he had re-
1cived and those he had endeavored to
give.
In reviewing the work of the church
which he considered remarkable, he claim
,u none OF the glory He had simply been
The Instrument in Gods hand who had
WORKED through the memGers' andsociety's
cooperation. He had nothing but good
VIII Tor lht people and 1t was only because
Of Methodist itineruncy that he had left
them. llo said he had endeuvored to treat
all kindly and would always i'll the future
remember them kindly. He regretted one
hing, however, and that was that all Of
the people who heard him had not been
to God. Bat those who
were not he was satisfied had been I'M
pressed and that pleased him to degree.
lie closed by predicting thar in five years
n ri 4, Il
extend its walls TO accommodate the 50i
members who would associate themselves
to the church After the congregation
sang God be with you till we meet
again. Mr.. Short pronounced his last
benedlction us pastor Of the church and
shook the hands OF the members and con-
gregatlon. This ended the relations of
Jnc Of the most successful pastors who
'ver occupied Wilmington church
pulpit.