Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-29
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DELAWARE GAZETTE AND sTATE JoURNAL-MI

siding elder CT the Wilmington ulsfics.
1.-The work on the Wilmington dis
trict has been very successful Death
has made inroads on the ranks of the
ministers. three having
died during the ear-Henry Sanderson
Of Wilmington, 7. S. Williams of North
east and w. Z. England of Philadel-
phia.
1.-THE following is a summary OF the
work on the district: At Rising Sun, |
Northeast and Brandywine, there have |
been reyiyals of unusual scope and |
power. At Rising Sun, there have
been 100 conversions; at Northeast,
I25, aud at brandywine, los. The
whole number of conversions during
The year is l,26o. Nine charges have
increased ths pastors salary, as fol-
lows: Goodman, $500; Epworth, $500;
Asbury, $500; Newark. $50; Perry
vile, 800; Eastlake, sl25: Hoekessin,
so, and ST. Johns, $50. Scott Church
has been improved at cost OF IS. 6OQ.
A chapel has been built at kirkwood,
at cost of $1,000. The church at Mt.
Lebanon has been improved at cost
Of $500; Wesley Church, at cost OF
5000. The parsonage at Newark has
been remodeled at cost of Sl.lO0.
Other churches report improvements as
| IOilOWb. cpWortut ga .h"iShes.sa'
s95; Zion, $3.50; Charlestown, s230;
| Silverbrook, s27ti; Rising Sun, $500;
St. Georges, $3.50: Red Lion, $50. and
| Horeweil, 575. The total cost of i'm
proyements is $500. Large payments
have been made on church debts.
Grace Church has provided for its
debt of $4,000. Epworth has paid
81, $50 on mortgage; Asbury, 50, Geo.
Harrison Street has raised 81, 4OO
towards its debt: Kingswood, $500
Eikton, 1900, and Port Deposit, $500.
Goodman and Union have paid 81, OOO
each on their floating debt. Other
charges have reported lesser amounts:
The total of debts paid and provided
for is S23, 200. Many of the churches
have increased their offerings TO the
benevolent charges, among which are
. Newark, Elk Neck, Rocgland, Rising
Sun, Cherry Hill, Efkton. Chesapeake
City, Hopewell, Colora. Newport
Northeast, Goodman, Epworth, Clay
mont and Stanton. The increase II
the missionary collection is s4Oo TIT
Twentieth Century thank offering ha
been fully presented on the district
/ and the contributions, exclusive o
debts and Improvements, are owe
i 1000"
n The memorial service held in Ep
: worth Church Saturday afternoon b.
!, the Wilmington Methodist Episcopa
:. Conference was largely attended. In
i Rev. j. W. Easley presided. Deyo
:. tional exercises were conducted by tn
!. Rev. Il. d. Hunter. Memoirs wer
! read as follows: OF the Rev. a. L
y Davis, by the Rev. Adams Stengle; {
4 the Rev. ". E. England, by the Rev
;. W. i. Avery, d. D. +; of the Rev. L. 5
10 Williams. by the Rev. G. W. Townsend
/. Of the Rev. Henry Sanderson, by u
;. Rev. O. A. Grise: of Mrs. Mary L
!. Caswell, wife of the Rev. E: W. Ca
a we'll, by the Rev. Alfred Smith, D. d
r. and of Mrs. Kate NJ. Harding, wife.
!. the Rev. L. ii. Harding, by the he
"a L. E. Barrett, d. d. Remarks we
:. made by the Revs. G. 4. Phoebus,
s; ". Sharp. E. c. Atkins g. :. Con
II, way, b. F. Price, A: I. Scott, 4.
y, Mowbray, j. d. c. Hanna, ID. d.,
!. G. Smoot and W. r. McFarlane. ~
Il presiding elders were requested to pr
nj pars for the minutes memoirs OF y
IN Rev. L. Ii. Hynson ard Mrs. Eli
q. Pjerson, wife of the late Rev. John
~ Pierson.
ne simultaneously, the Epworth Leag
~ convention was held in Scott Churc
I0o The Rev. r. X. Stephenson made {
err address, The officers we're reelected
s74 The temperance anniversary was CO
ye. brated 10 Epwofth Church Saturd
MS night. George W. Todd preside
81 Samuel Dickie, editor of The Vol
for | wto made the address, severely
ns; nounced President McKinley's act
It's, regarding the army canteen. The R
,rr, r. T. Coursey sang two solos.
fol- Epworth Church was thronged
day Sunday. Some people, to m;
AIDE sure OF securing seats, did not go no
ort. at meal time, but lunched in
ton church. The Rev. W. L. S. MUIR
ars, d. D., conducted lovefeast at S.3C
,ior m. Bishop Andrews preached the mo
I'M ing sermon. His text was III CORN
ali spirit" An ordination service
,ase held at 2 n. M Bishop Andr
was officiated, and was assisted by the |
siding elders and the Rev. A. S. NJ
full bray, the conference secretary. Dur
the the ordination of deacons, Presid
!, as Elder Baker read the gospel, and {
ing the ordination Of elders, Presto
.oRr Elder Watt read the gospel. Presto
mort Elder Martindale read the ri
Iale' prayer Omar Z. Jones, Floyd
ourv Bloxton. John W. Jones. Frederic
Moore, Harry Taylor, Everett @. Wri
n of A. Howard Convey, James II. Gard
nre. Milton Mccain and W. E. Green!
dren were ordained deacons, and Hugh
gard Kelso, George II. Ellis, Luther
nira Poole. Clarence E. Hastings
iasm Thomas r. Van Dyke were ele
asts, oilers. The Rev. Il. W. Gas
tions preached the AFTERNOON sermon.
,nce, missionary anniversary was celebr
'ence last night. A. E. Sudler presided,
who the Rev. W. Il. Smith, d. D., /
mis- the address.
what Mondays session of Confer
er of was preceded by praise service,
sjens Quoted by the Rev. II. q. Turner.
ntion Soon after the opening of the SEES
There Presiding Elders Martindale and
mope read their reports.
thar On motion of Presiding Elder {
d co. ran, the presiding elders were instr,
rites to urge the pastors 10 see lhat al
the ficiencies in aEportionments for
eral Conference expenses are pa
ecord May lst.
ching announcement was made that
Il i'm. conference has been apportioned
4 old for bishops support during the co
regis year.
terial TO MEET AT STAFFORD NEXT YE.
wsen. At. 10 O'Clock, the conference
'st of ceeded to select its next meeting j
reno The Rev. X. ii. Adams, d. d..
rch at Easton in nomination; the Rev.
d at a Stephenson, Seaford, and the H
built H. Beauchamp. st. Michael's.
one at the facilities of the places put in