Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-03-29
report of the committee on Woms.
Foreign Missionary Society.

CONFERENCE STATISTICS
The Rev, W. R. Mowbray, the stall,
teal secretary. read his report. ii
hns leen statistical secretary for
yoars, and In that time, owing to 4,
nress Of Official duty, has had opu,
unity to attend only two conferer.
anniversary celebrations. During
10 years, he has kept his Office expeps
down to the modest sum OF S25. M
elusive of figures contained in the CO,
ference treasurer's report, Mr. No,
Draws statement was as follows;
Dover Observation-Disclosures Ind
full members, 10, ITO; local preacher
%: deaths, l39: children baptized, d;
adults hsptized, &c; Sunday school
ISS. Sunday school officers and teacs
ers, LIB: Sunday school scholar
II, 416; churches, $50; probable vau
OF churches, 1908, SEQ; parsonages, a
probaple value of rarsonages, ST.,
maid for building and imfrovu
churches and parsonages, Sll, lA n
on old Indebtedness on church prope,t
"a, ll3:, present Indebtedness on chud
property, Sl2, 13l; average ATTENDING
Of sunday school officers, teachers al
scholars, 1887; members in the Hold
Department g.; officers and teachs
who are church members or probata
ers, 1857: scholars who are chura
members or prubationers, 2, I'll Sundn
school members converted during ID
wear. 1, O6e; current expenses Of Sunday
schools, 81, 965 senior Epworth League
as. with membership of 2,4Ti iuni
Epworth Leagues. 80. with menbe
shin Of 1876; pastors support, s2sN
cash and 81, 800 house rent; preside
elders support, 81, S35: bishops sl
port, S347; total support, $50, 3}I cu
rent expenses of churches, S6,323.
Easton district Probationers, l,$
full members, 7,O72; local breaches
10; deaths, 90: children baptized, III
adults baptized, %; Sunday school
"a: Sunday school officers and teachen
|, 1876; scholars, 1857; churches,
probable value of churches, $4,000
! rarsonaees, 80; probable value Of pad
, sopaees, $50, go; paid for building ~
improving churches and parsonage
a., 1893; paid on old Indebtedness
, church property, s4,314; present i
8 debtedness on church property, Sl,7AJ
l average attendance OF Sunday -schs
o officers, teachers and scholars, 5,laJ
: members in the Home Derartmel'y
t 1863; officers and teachers who AZ
!. church members or pIobationers liz
Q scholars who are church members \
Q probationers, 2,376; Sunday .schu|
}. members converted during the yea|
IS TAO; current expenses OF sunds|
J. schools, 1924; senior Epwcrt]
= Leagues, 40, with membership 4
2,ls2; junior Epworth Leagues,2l, wiz
" a membership of 937; pastors support
10 s25, 1874 cash and "a. AGO house rent pis
n siding elders support, l,634; bishops
Is support, 1902; total support, 8l,@
current expenses of churches, s6,o0l
in Salisbury district - ProbatlUneu
10 el,G25; full members, 11,O33; loo
a preachers, %, deaths, l54 chldis
baptized, 642; adults baptized q
,h Sunday schools, lib; Sundays chc
he officers and teachers, 1.527; .Sunds
9. school scholars, ID. l61; churches, j
r. probable value of churches, s2d9S
q, parsonagss. Al; probable value Of p
sonages, 500, 500; paid for building o.
he improving church and parsonag
,al 500, 247; paid on old indebtedness
'or church property, SOB; present
he debtedness on church property, Sll,8
he average attendance of Sunday-sch
set officers, teachers and scholars, 81
he officers and teachers who are chu
to members or probationers, 1,467; sch
ley ars who are church members or pro
H." TONERS, 3,60l: Sunday school mema
the CONVEX ted during the year, lob; .
it rent expenses of Sunday schools, s3,V
raj senior Epworth Leagues, 40, wit
vas membership Of 2,499; junior Epwc
civ Leagues, 20, with membership
cir 1,225 pastors support, SD, III 9
and ABA house rent; presiding cid
MS support, S1,9l5; bishops support, i
the total support, S37,316: current
g.. penses of chulch S5,36a.
.ne Wilmington district =. Probation
ther, l,03O: full members, s. S42; local PREF
ha' ers, At; deaths, 81; children barti
:. 557: adults baptized, 1873; Sun
in schools. ~; Sunday school officers
srsii teachers, !, 457; Sunday school scho
sr 1909; churches, &C; probable walt
,an churches, s76l, 420; parsonages,,
n na probable value of parsonage, s9l'
use paid for building and impro
,,a churches and parsonages, $40, 81;
" a ~ on old Indebtedness on church prop
VI SIT, 697 pie sent indebtedness on Oh
, property, S75, 0S0; average attend
,s.a Of Sunday school officers, teachers
scholars, 1911; members in the
70 Department, 297; officers and tea
~, IN who are church members or proDa
''"n ers, 1925; scholars who are ca
IL members or probationers, 2, $40 /; SUI
VA, school members converted durln
~. !, year, 532: current expenses Of SUI
!. e, ~ schools, So, 1853 senior Epworth Lea
u ~. 33, with a membership of LIB; ]
oea- Epwortn Leagues. IL, with mel
said oP ona a e9 ,7p "1 honso rnnt. rres
] fe- &c., ,,,S,na.t 81 oos b;sbpns,
al port, S470; total support, Si4, 5l6
az az rent expenses of churches, SIG, s60
t;cs Whole conference Probationers
t2,0S9 more than a year age
;ded members, 81, III five less than a
n nil agol: local preachers, 1913 -four
than year agol; deaths. Ash q
tbera than the previous year children
stors tized, 2,2fil (l6o more than the pr,
mt year,; adults baptized, $40 l49
q than tho previous year,; Su
n MT schools, 1897 tone more than II year
trra. Sunday school officers and tea
rches S,ooi IL mofe than go
more than year ago); church,
nv n 1.-THE same rs q year agol; pr.
value of churche' $1,000, 100 u
sd n more than year agol; parsonas
vh;ch 1.-TWO more than year agol; pr
value Of parsonages, s26S, 100
more than year agol; paid for
ing and improving churches az
,e re- sonages, S52, 045 (s7, la more IN
The previous year,; paid Oh old ind
united ness on church property,
ever. tSl2, 305 more than the previous
Z $40 nresept indabtadnasa ei06 632 II