Evening journal., 1897-10-14
TO FOSTER THE OLD.
Delaware Baptists Believe
That Better Than Building.
DBIMAR's APPEAL FOR All
CAN HAVE PREACHING THERE
BUT ONCE A MONTH DELLA
WARE BAPTIST UNION DECIDES
TO MEET NEXT YEAR AT DOVER.

WAhE BAPTIST lNlON DECIDES
TO MEET NEXT YEAR AT DOVER.
The second days session OF the
fourth annual meeting of the Della
ware Baptist Union Association. held at
the First Baptist Church, in Chester.
opened yesterday with devotional exer-
cises, led by Rev. j. NJ Hunt. w. II.
Gregg. Washington Jones, Samuel Bar
ker and William b. Adams were elected
trustees for three years, and Lawrence
c. Weakley succeeded John +. Fielding,
Of this city, deceased.
EXPENDED 81. 100 IN DELAWARE.
The report OF the Missionary Com
mittee was followed by a spirited dis
cussion on the spiritual need of the as
ISOLATION. Rev Moses Heath. OF Will
mington, read that part of the report
relating to the State Of Delaware, and
stated that 81, 100 had been expended in
aid OF the needy churches OF that state
half of which had been contributed by
the American Baptist Mission Society
Ten Baptist missions had been estab-
lished, and one mission had been in ex-
istence fifty-eight years previously. Out
OF these eleven missions five churches
had grown, two had been discontinued
and four remained. The Delaware mis-
sion work was largely confined to the
city Of Wilmington.
BETTER FOSTER THE OLD.
In his report on Crum Lynne Mission
and the old Brandywine Church. Rev.
w. r. Patton, OF Delaware county, de-
clared that it WAS better to maintain ex-
listing chapels than to build weak
churches, and that there were many op-
pOrtunities for mission work, both in
the State OF Delaware and Delaware
county. along the lines of the great
railroads. "a grave responsibility rests
on us as pastors and as individual
Christians for this work" the report
read, and concluded by embodyine
the recommendations adopted by
the committee last year that there
needs to be more prayer, more time
given to the report and discussion d
the missionary meetings, more Interest
taken in the weaker churches by pas
tors and members Of stronger churches
and suggested that the pastors come TO-
gether during this meeting and Arrange
for a series OF meetings. and pledg'
themselves to give a portion OF theil
time to the assistance OF their brethren
FIELD MISSIONARY FOR DELLA
WARE.
Thomas B. Partridge, OF Ridley Park
suggested the employment Of On itin
Grant missionary to go from town Q
town in Delaware scattering the seed
and offered to contribute towards tn
expense. Rev. W. A. Walling. Of VIII
mington, thought this money would d.
! as good service II put into the mission
airy society, and said that the pastor
of the Wilmington city churches coul'
cover the work, If their expenses wer
paid.
Rev. F. F. Briggs, pastor OF Secon
Baptist Church. Wilmington, raised tn
question whether this itinerant mis-
! sionary is to establish new churches o
supplement the work of the wea
churches II the former, he did not ap
prove Of it, as, with the large numbe
Of very weak interests on hand,
would not be wise to branch out an
establish others, but it would b
wise to strengthen the wea
churches on the list. He presented
petition from the church at Delmal
asking aid and stating that preachin
was held there but once a month.
Rev. o. G. BuddingtOn, Of Whining
ton. expressed surprise at the nature {
the communication from Delmar,
there are few people there to preach L
Hon. e. c. Hepburn. of Chadd's For
suggested that the association appoir
a committee to cooperate with the AS
sociation of Maryland and find out Oh
best means Of making that church
success.
Mr.. Partridge said he was convince
that there were no people at Delmar
preach to, and that nothing can be don
with churches that are no bigger tina
they were fifty years ago.
Mr.. Briggs arose to say that the De
mar church is one OF those Instance
where a Let has been given at u
S wrong place. and this came abol
e through the impression that Delmi
e was to be a great railroad centre.
The report Of the committee WI
e adopted.
STRONG SERMON TO THE UNIol
I Students from Grocer Theologic
|, Seminary arrived to hear the doctrin
I sermon by Professor NJ. c. Evans,
/, the faculty. He took his text from
Timothy. iii. part Of the fifteenth vers
''The Church of the Living God, Il
Pillar and Ground Of ihe Truth"
= Professor Evans said that the grea
!. est service perhaps ever rendered ma
y kind was the preservation Of the Ne
0 Testament "How long" he aske
4 would you live n Christian life If "
= die not lcolI into that word daily al
d see Jesus Christ, the spotless Son
I Man? We do not throw the book ash
e as Of no consequence, but if we did, q
e Christian Church would be as evane
cent as a song sung without being ma.
permanent in muiscal form. The Chri
J. tlan Church is the body Of the truth
= the abstract by preserving Z
s truth I'M the concrete, and
a can only know Jesus Christ as n
e Saviour, and can only feel Hi
= in the Transforming power. The Chur
!. will live as long as the truth will liz
= and that truth will live only so long