The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-11
NEWS in
THE CHURCHES

At 81. Johns Church yesterday, Arch
deacon George G. Hall, the rsc'or' who
has been attending the Ganeral Convsn-
tion OF the Eriscopal Church In San B:an
cisco. preached for tho first time in six
weeks. He discussed the work OF the con
vsntion and was listened to attentively
BY large oongrega ion. Tho vested choir
gave On excellent musical programme.
After the service u large numbbr Of tho
congregation shook hand with DR.. Hail.
aud expressed their pleasure ut sesing hlm
home again,
\ In speaking Of the convention DR.. Hall
said that 1t left its lmpIess upoa the city
Of San Francisco and at hs same time the
pity had an effect upon ,hs convention.
Standing in that city and looking out
over tha beautiful harbor tho msmbers of
She convention could uct failto think Of
tte lands beyon with their millions still
In superstition, and probably for this
reason the work Of missions secursl u
greater impetus than evsr bafors.
E1hs speaker expressed sorrowuthat tho
convention did not include oil Of tie de.
nominations, for II by unitsd effort shat
the best work can b, accomplished. Is ril-
iiARt work was done by she various divt.
pions at the Buttle of Gettysburg. but 1t
WAS only whom the united Union army
khere was thrown against the Confederate
bad won. Hs then took up tho work Of
bhs convention, alluding to tho com mont
which had been made upon he meetings
In the editorials Of the l6ading Sa, Fran.
6lsoo newspapers. All spoke fav1r.hly OF
he work ant paid high compliments In
the members Of the convention.
Or. Hall alluded to the action OF tho
convention 10 appointing n COMMITTEES to
use its good Offices in settling disputes bs
tween capital and labor and to tho address
Of Bishop Coleman and Bishop Potter up
pn::the subject In which "adrss o. thsy
held that 1t was tho right OF the church TO
use Its influence for good in all ln,t;er7.
'Dr. Hall also alluded briefly to the &c.
Sion OF the convention or ths question o!
divorce and oxpre- sod the opinion thatthe
sg,tation Of tho subject before the convsn-
tion mnst result in good in the end. In
Alluding to the action Of the convention
on Missions. he told OF tho $loI 90 for
shat work secured by tho Women's Aux
Hilary and pointed out that Delaware wo
nsnsshud sent M Offering OF SLIGO. lic
added that had every diocese do0o as we'll
a. 1l,,l. .,Hh ripx
from tho women would have amounted
eSOi. 900. He was glad that Delaware hnl
done so we'll.
The Sunday School of West Church cello
Mated la thirty third anniversary last
eyening in tho church.
The exer cises commenced at I'D o'clock
when the little children OF tho primary
department. entered the church. Tho
little tots made pnrticnlnrly pleasing sp
pearance, large majority OF them being
arss ,sa in pure white aud. with their
amillny faces. they added charm to Tho
Exercises. With mo opening hymn, "Ths
Spirit OF the b ide siys Come. tho walls
sf the church fairly shaok. for the spirit
ssosing was so great that evsry boly joineI
in the music.
II After the invocation and hymn by the
prlmary department thers was a rsspon
blvs Scripture reading, aud then tho schol
afs and congregation Joined In singing
: Forward" Harlan Palmatory rectod
Autumn Leaves, after which Superinten-
dent Shspperd read his auuua, report.
,ttI, 81, I.,.
schoo, 99S persons, divided 40 follows: or
nosrs D. teachers IS, Of whom 9are male
and ~ females. AZ members Of the mems
Bible class aud l52 members OF the wo
mems Bible class. 42a scholars in the main
beA00l, 40 In the infant school. and 50 in
Shs intermediate cIssu In the Home ne
partment there are six teachers and rs
soholars. On the cradle roll there are 10
members too young to attend school. Tho
total attendance during tho year wa. 49,
Hoa as compared with 81. .sss for the previ
ous year. The average attendance each
Aa5. The highest attendance on auy one
day was on September 49, Rally Day, VIII, u
6SS persons were present.
During the yoar tho collectlo MS amount
sd to el.8.0, 40 Of which $97l25 was used
for missionary purposes. 500 for church
dsbs. and 1908. II for general expenses
Ip bis report Superintendent Sheppard
1sferred feslingly to tho death of Mary
Brown. Mrs Ida +, Morrison, Sidney J.
Tsiegs, who were connected with the
school and died during the year.
The congregation and school Joined In
singing "Siloam," and it was sung with
eject. as each scholar seemed to realize
khat 1t waa the favorite hymn Of tho lale
Charles Baird who for more thsa twenty
Vsars was superintendent Of the school
Mrs. w. G. Mckinney Of Jersey city. for
@srly Of the school. sang plsasingly as
bolo Gounods o. Divine Rsdeemer.
The children Of the intermediate class
who have been promoted to tho main
bohool then took their places on the plat
Torn. aud each WAS presented with hand
rome Bible by Superintendent Sheppard
~ the children left the platform tho pas
tor. Rev. A. N. Keigwin, took each by the
0puu uuu JUL 8'nuoIutou euoio upou SUolE
Advancement The scholars who were
promoted were: Marion CLARK, Elizabeth |
Coke. o. Loletta Day. her; ha Greenwood.
Fannie Jacobs. Helen McIntirs. Grace
Publ. Louise Reybold, Marion Taylor, !
Mary Thompson, Laura Wsldin. A. Ellis
Beown, Herbert Clark. Charles Eek maa,
Leroy Fsivrs, Harry Morrison, Robert
Morrow. Harold Souder Herbert Whitteu |
Florence Ea ton.
D. The annual address to the scholars was
Aelivered By the Rev. DeWitt Talmags.