The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-26
OLlVET'S NEEDS.
Presbyterians VIII Be Asked to Help Them
OF Of Financial Trouble.


raised before the first Of the year 1t Is
probable that service will have to be sus-
pended.
subject Of much sympathetic discussion
throughout the city.
When Roy 7. Z. Montgomery was In
charge tho finances did not bother the
trustees although about $500 was owed the
pastor. Since his retirement by the synod
the church has steadily. gone down nil!
until now, about &40o beside that owed
the former pastor. Is owed. OF this amount
$24O is owed as six months interest on tho
$4,000 mortgage held by the Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Company. The
amount was due ON October 10. :,
1t Is said the money cannot be raj ed
among the so members of the church. Be
side $50 required for electric light and S4o
for gas, the respective companies threaten
ing to cut off their supplies If the bills are
not paid by the first Of the year. 1t can
there fore be seen in what dl1llculG IMAM
clal straits the church is.
The figures used, 1t can be seen, do not
include the amounts which must be paid
pastors and other necessary supplies. II
Ia the opinion of many Presby yterians who
are the friends of Mr.. Montgomery, that II
he had been allowed to remain at tho
church the financial condition would not
be as it is. They think Mr.. Montgomery
very considerate Of his people, inasmuch
as lie never pressed them for the money
owed him, nor is ho doing SO now that the
con ongregation is go discouraged.
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: ..... Thanksgiving Services.
Thanksgiving services wero held In
Central Presbyterian church, on Thurs
day morning, the 1nembers Ut the Flrst,
West, Hanover and Contral uniting. Ihs
opeping prayer was made by MIR. Miliigan
the lO7th Psalm was read by Rev. Marks
and the se1I,on was preached by Dr. Nc
Curdy, from the toxt: 'lf thy father ut
ali miss me, then David earnestly asked
leave Of me that he might run to Be,hlo'
hem, his city, for there Is yearly sacrlnce an y
there for all the family Samuel H-6
Dr.. McCurdy said that this text showed
that thanksgiving WIS not a mcdern i'll
stitution, but 1t was observed by tho house
OF Jesse and the entire family gathereu
once u year under the parental root, re-.
newcd their associations and received tho
parental .hlessins. He considered such
gatherings AT tho old hcnie, cnco year,
grand sight.
He thought man could not he consider
ed a manly man who did not feel better hy
shnking hands with brnthors and sisters
and receiving the blessing OF mother anu
father. lie vas impressed by thu alluslun
of Commander Todd to the I'D home IN an
address to the children in one OF our pnhiic
schools. Saamen have no home but stl'l
the. OF early childhood was inde'ihly
stamped on their memories. SIX OF the
seven wise men OF Greece defined mono
more or less correctly, but it was was re-
served for a lttlc American girl to do so IN
tho most appropriate terms, saying mono
is the place where my praying mothtr
lives" The going home by young men on
Thanksgiving Day indicated not only hllnl
love but in ntegrity and trustworthlhess.
In the course Of time parents pass AWAY
and too often they nre speedily forgotten
or remembered only by marble stone,
tho coolest Of all substances. Parents
labor for their children, but comparatively
few boys are as grateful as young llmothy
Many things of tho present day diuer from
those of former years, but all should re-
member that our fathers and mothers laid
the foundation which rendered possible
many of the blessings which are now en-.
loved. Tn former times men believed that
prosperity came from Heaven, but now
many imagine it is dependent upon cer'
tain legislative enactment.
Flo roforrod to the custom OF prayer ana
praise that prevailed In Scotland the re-
mark that standing on certain rock
sounds thereof could bs heard reVer-
C9fAtlHK bllrDuSuOlb pHo
showing the piety Of the inhabitants and
their daily acknowledgment of God.
The attractions Of the home, We're strlk,
ipply depicted, nnd the Doctor Remarked
il things now existed as in years gone by
he would not be standing In Central
Church to-day. He drew graphic pictures
of,tho old house. the burn, the otuhar1',
the skating pond and the old oaken bucket
that hung In tho we'll.
The family gatherings on thanksgiving
OCCASIONS were truly dslightfni, ard yet
they often had tlnge Of sadness. There
was frequently one vacant cha,r., As tho
the littls son entwined his arms about the
neck Of his father. that father told Of how
the ohllds mother had sickened and died.
although no had sat by herfor mouths and
faithfully labore1 to restore her to hsalti,
lust as President Mckinley had SAT by his
wife, with this difference. that James was
unseen by the public. willis the devotion
Of President Mckinley is secn by the eyes
of the entire nation. The discourse was
replete with interest and we regret that we
are unable to give 1t at length.