The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-29
REVIEWED THE YEARS WORK.
Wesley and Seventh street Churches
Receive Pastors Reports.

Two of tho Methodist churches, Wesley
Monumental and Seventh street, had the
reports for the conference year submitted
yesterday by the pastors.
/ 1t is usually the custom Of the pastors to
prepare these reports to be submitted to
their congregations on the Sunday imme-
diately preceding the meeting of the con-
| ference. Owing to the fact of some adj
diuons to the reports being necessary be
fore they Will be complete, those Of Trim
lty ana Grace churches were not submit
ted. They will be completed to-day or to-
morrow and submitted directly to the con-
| ference.
Rev. A. NJ. Williams made his report to
large congregation at Wesley MonA-
mental Tor the morning service. The report
Indicated that there are now 573 members
| upon the roll of The church, the largest
number it has ever known. OF these mem
pers, thirty-twO We're added through their
profession of faith, and seventy-tWo
through certificates from other churches.
The total of members received during the
year was thus 104. During the year there
were tWenty-seven infants and fourteen
adults baptized.
The Sunday school was shown to be in
a fourishing condition. There are thirteen
officers of the school, tWenty-eight teach
ers ana $50 pupils. In the Epworth League
there is membership Of siXty-eight.
Inc financial report showed that there
was A5 raised for the bishop fund, SlS5
Tor the conference claimants, $1S5 for do
nestle missions, 500 for foreign missions,
| 800 for education, $50 for church extern
sion, $25 for the general conference $}l5
Tor the trustees expenses, $44.80 for the
American Bible Society SIP Is for the par
sonage aid, $16S50 for the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society, $365.O5 for the Hattie Car
son Society, $l2.40 for the Missionary So
ciety, S2l44 for the Epworth League, $1. 50
for the Epworth Aid society," $210.05 for the
Orphans home, $1,000 for the current ex-
penses, including the presiding elders the
pastors and others salaries $40 for Sun
day schools, $500 for miscellaneous ex-
penses, making a total of $500
AT the Seventh Street church, the report
was read by the pastor, Rev E. f. Nor
gan at the night service. 1t showed that
there have been forty-six members receiV-
ed into the church during the conference
year, while seventy-fye were lost through
their removal or death This leaves a de-
clhed net decrease, but the church labored
under many disadvantages during the
greater part of the year. 1t was in January
tnat the old location on West Broad street
OF Marvin church was given up. The con-
Sfegatlon then began to worship in a store
building at the corner of Whitaker and
second streets. There were many causes
that conspired to handicap the efforts of
the pastor, and leading members. until the
present house of worship was completed
and occupied on Oct TO- From that time
the membership has grown constantly.
nearly all of the forty-sx new members
having been received since that time.
IL was SHOWN that the Sunday school is
IN very fourishing condition, and that
the membership is $50 The amount con-
trlDuted during the year by the members
was $3.50. 1t was shown that an Epworth
League of fifty members is i'm good work.
ing order. While the financial report has
not yet been made uD, il is said that the
chuFch Will be able to discharge all of its
obligations and appear before the confer
ence free from debt
The services at which the reports were
submitted, was very interesting to the
large number that attended. A short ad-
dress was delivered by the pastor. who
gave an account of the histofE of the
church, showing the difficulties with which
1t has had to deal. His history of the
manner In which these dfficulties have
been overcome and the church established
upon its now secure footing was heard
with pride by the congregation.
Mr.. l.. L. Carswell gave talk upon the
progressiveness of the members of the
church, showing how it was through their
energy that what has been done was ec-
complished. He drew a brilliant picture
OF the future of the church, when it is
pushed forward by the same spirits that
nave been such a help to it in the past.
a talk on the Sunday school and En-
worth League was given by Mr. ]. /.
Christian, who was followed by Mr.. l.
RoWIands, who spoke upon the "Church's
Greatest Need" pointing out that this is
perfect harmony and unity.