Smyrna times., 1901-04-17
ASBURy CHUCH ADOPTS
NEW MODE OF WORSHIP
ACTION TAKEN AT THE MEETING OF OF.
FICIAL BOARD MONDAY EVENING.
Repeating OF the Apostles Greed, the Sing.
ing OF "GlOria Patria" and the Standing
During Second Hymn Adopted.

OuiihS oeSOn0 hymn Adopted.
Rev. Vaughan S. Collins called a
special meeting of the Official Board
of Asbury NJ. E. Church on Monday
evening, not so much for any special
business, as to meet the members of
the Board on their personality and their
Ielation to it-whether trustees, stew
ards, class leaders, local preachers, &c.
This was the more important to him as
there had been in the parsonage rec
ord scarcely any changes for nine
years. For instance, names were on
his record for these several offices who
have been dead for several years. A
year ago, radical changes were made
which enlarged the list, no one man
holding two offices, thus enlarging the
membership of the Official Board.
whom lie wanted to meet personally
aud know their relations to the church
and him as the pastor.
Modes of Worship Discussed and Adopted.
Incidently the modes of Worship
came up for discussion. The pastor
thought standing while singing the
second hymn would be a preventive to
drows1ness which an easy position had
prepared many for, by or before the
text was taken, a feeling at times
which was hard to shake off. Other
changes were spoken of by members
OF the BOard-the repeating of the
Apostles Greed, the singing of"Gloria
Patria' Immediately following the
reading of the Psalm, &c. The mode
OF worship as adopted by the last Gen
eral Conference which includes the
the above, as laid down in the Dis
cipllne was called for and adopted bv
the Official Board and will be put in
use next Sunday to keep the church
here in line with other leading Meth
odist churches.
Pastor Collins is determined that
the members Of the congregation shall
be apprised of what is going on in the
bounds of the Wilmington Conference
and to this end distributed fifty copies
of the minutes of the last conference.
An Evening With the Minutes.
He has planned can Evening with
the Minutes" as a special service to-
night in place of the regular prayer
meeting, at which a number of items
of church Interest will De discussed by
pastor and people.
Preparatory to the meeting, the pas
tor on Sunday last distributed list of
thirty questions, the answers to which
he desired the members and friends of
Asbury to hunt out before Wednesday
night. In addition to that list he has
selected ten more questions as fol-
lows:
Under general questions two additional
(a), What is the total membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church? (b), What is
the total Sunday School enrolment?
Under Wilmington Conference questions,
one-To what district does Smyrna be-
long?
Under local church questions, seven: (a), !
How many church classes? Cb), To what
class do you belong? (c), How is your class
leader? (d). How often do yOu attend class
meeting? (e), How many Sunday School
classes? Cf), To what Sunday School class
do you belong? (g), What amount did As |
bury contribute for all purposes last year?
This meeting bids fair to be quite in
teresting as number of persons both
young and old are busily engaged in
quiring for the facts on which to base
their answers.