Smyrna times., 1901-12-04
SMYRNA ENTERTAINS KENT
COUNTY BIBLE SOCIETY
ANNUAL SESSION HELD IN ASBURY METH.
ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH YESTERDAY.
Owing TO the Rainy Weather the Delegation
Was Small and Attendance Poor, but Some
Interesting Papers Were Discussed.

Interesting Papers Were Discussed.
The annual session of the Kent
County Bible Society was held in AS
bury M. E. Church, this town, yester-
day. The full delegation was not
present, owing to the rainy weather.
which continued throughout the dav
and kept many of our town people
away who would probably have attend
ed. The consequence was the attend
ance was very small.
The morning session began soon
after the arrival of the morning trains.
Rev. Vaughan S. Collins. the presi-
dent of the society, presided, and in
the absence of Secretary r. NJ. Cooper,
| the Rev. &. l.. Hardesty acted as sec
retary pro TEN. The morning session
was taken up mostly with a sermon on
''The Word of God" delivered by the
Rev. Alfred Smith, of Dover. Before
taking the noon recess, the following
committees were appointed: Nominat-
ing COmmittee-Rev. Alfred Smith.
Dover; Rev. j. L. Estlin, Smyrna, and
B. F. b. Woodall, Esq, of Milford.
Auditing COmmittee-Rev. G. L. Har-
desty, Rev. W. F. Corkran, Smyrna.
and the Rev. j. A. Arters, Clayton.
President Collins Makes His Annual Report.
The afternoon session opened with a
Devotional Service, lead by the Rev.
W. f. Corkran, d. D., Presiding Ell
der of Easton District. President
Collins read his annual report, which
was followed by discussion on the
different phases of Bible work through
out the county and the various Difficult
ties to be overcome in order that the
society shall do effective work. Du-
ring this discussion, Mr.. B. F. z.
WoOdall called attention to the fact
that the State Board of Education had
made the Bible text book in the Pub
lie Schools and furnished them to the
| different districts along with the other
free text books. Owing to the absence
of A. W. Slaymaker, treasurer of the
society, the auditing committee was
authorized to get the report and audit
it so that it could be properly entered
upon the minutes of the meeting.
Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins, Smyrna; Secre-
tary, R. NJ. Cooper, Cheswold; Treas
urer, A. W. Slaymaker, Camden: Vice
Presid James P. Hoffecker.
Smyrna; Gamaliel Garrison, Kenton
Robert Carson, Little Creek; John
Hutton, Dover; James Aron, Hazlett-
vile; j. W. F. Cooper, Woodside;
Clark NJ. Mensch, Magnolia; DIR. j.
ID. West, Harrington; and B. F. B.
Woodall, Milford.
During the afternoon interesting
papers were read and discussed. Rev.
G. l.. Hardesty opened the discussion,
''The Relation of Bible Study to Spir-
itual Life, which was followed by re-
marks from Rev. Alfred Smith, Rev.
j. l.. Estlin and Rev. w. f. Corkran.
Principal John P. Burdette, of the
Smyrna High School, read paper on
''The Bible in the Schools" which
was discussed by Mr.. B. F. B. Wood
all, DR.. W. F. Corkran and Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins.
The evening session was taken up
with splendid address on "Christian
Work" by Dr. L. T., Weiderman, of
Baltimore, agent of the Maryland BIZ
BILE Society.