The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-31
Wilmington
M. {, CONFERENCE
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Reports of the work done during the past
year in this, The Wilmington District show:
Practitioners, 1,O30; full members, 1872:
local preachers, Al; children baptized, 557;
adults, 1888; Sunday schools, 70; officers and
teachers. 1887; scholars, II 900; churches,
&C: parsonagcs, SO; vaiue of churches, $7G1,
400; value Of latsonaces, S9l 800; paid for
ness, Sl7,697; present Indebtedness. $75, 0sO;
number oi Sunday school members convert
ed, 532, Epworth Leagues. SO: members,
1913; Junior Leagues, II; members, AGO;
paid pastors support, $40 ,O55; DEFICIENCIES,
$G4: paid presiding elders and bishops.
$445 16 Missionary Soci ty, 81. G23; Church
Extension Society, s555 Sunday School
Union, 3113; Tract Society, $109 Trcedman's
Aid and Southern Education Society, 1892:
public educational collection, a571 childrnu's
fund, .1S3; American Bible Society, 513t:
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, s .Oj0;
Womap'5 Home Missionary Society, 81 $50.
Conference Education Society, Spa: domestic
mis'ions, $50; Methodist Episcopal Hospital
of Philadelphia, 353; q neral Conferences ex-
penses, STAY; conference ala!man,- 5l.9S5;
episcopal fund, 800; total receipts, SIS, 53l.
PRESIDING ELDERS REPORT.
Prosdiar Elder Watt in his report sald the
work on the Wilmington district during tho
past year has been very successful Death
has made inroads on the ranks OF tho super
anuate ministers in the district, ,hrea hay
ing died during the year, namely. Henry
SardcIson oi Wilmington. T. S. Williams Of
North East, and W. i. Englond Ct Phila-
delphia.
The following is a summary OF the work on
the district: At HlsingsCn, aud North East.
Md, ana Brandywine, Wilmington there
were reyiya!s Of uuusua! scope ard power
At Riaipgsun there wern 1870 couycrsions
North East, 1916: Bandywino, los. The whole
number Of CONVERSE as OF tho year was 1,2G0
Miro charges have increased The pastors
salary. They are Goodman. 5000 EPwortj
1900; hshury. $500; Ncwari., $50; Perry
VILE, 500; East Lake, 2125; HockessIn, &jO
and It. iohl, 500.
The io,lo"in a-narnod Churches haze bean
remoLsArd and improved: Scot Church.
Wilninctoo, ct cost Of 50 600. A new
chrpoI 1T kigIHood. Del. was built vt q cost
Of $l,7oJ anu at Mt. Lebanon the church
was iwPrcvsl at Il cost OF 500, and Wesley
Wi!mIr@toa 5000. The parsonage Il, Newark
was completely remodeed at Il cost Of = 100.
Other CHURCHES have reported improvements
as follows; Epworth, 1925; MHr-halItor,
sos; Zion, $50; Gharle,town, $3.50; Silver
brooP, 227G: M-ngsun, $500; st. Georges
$50; Rcd Lion, $50; Hopewell, 375. Total
amount of Improvements. $4,000.
Large payments have been made on church
debts. Grace Church has provided for its
debt of Sl5 900; Epworth has paid 81 500 on
mortgage, and Asbury. -. Harrison
Street has raised 81, 400 toward its debt;
Kingswood, $500; Elkton. 81 600; Port De-
post, $500. and Goodman and Union have
each paid $1,000 on their floating debt
Other charges have reported lesser amounts.
The total of debts paid and provided for this
year is $4,000.
Many of the charges have increased their
offerings to the benevolent charges, among
whom are the following: Newark, Elk Neck
Risingsun, Cherry Hill, Elkton, Chesapeake
City, Hopowell Colora, Newport, North
East. Goodman, Epworth, Claynont and
Stanton. The increase in the missionary
collection will probably be *40O.
The twentieth century thank Offering has
been fully presented on Wilmington district
and the contributions, exclusive of debts and
improvements, will he over $4,000