The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-27

time the pressure of a debt of sa250o was heavy burden for the church to carry. and not an easy task for min ister to face. 4 heavy church debt is loadstone about a pastors neck, as well as those of the brethren. MethO- dists with church letters do not always put them into a debt-laden church as freely as they ought.
 With characteristic energy and push Bro. Scofeld entered upon his new field of labor There is neither time nor space in this paper to go into all the details of work. both of pastor and peo- pie. but We can say this: That at the end of five years pastOrate nine thou sand dollars had been paid on the church debt, with more pledged, and a goodly number added to the member ship of the church.
 During this time also a lot was pur- chased at Plainville camp-ground, and fine cottage, costing about $500 was erected. This property is highly val ued by our members, and many have taken advantage of it to spend week or more at the camp-ground.
 All loyal MethOdists welcome the pastor whom the conference sends them, and bid them God-speed when their term of service is ended. The writer of this paper hopes to see the time limit restored, believing it the best plan for all concerned. An iTn- portant part of the work of the confer ence in April, 1897, was the appointing of Rev. James s. Chadwick to Grace church. He came to us from Sumner avenue. Brooklyn, one of the largest churches in our connection. Bro. Chadwick is a man of large experience i'll church work, one who knows the whole keyboard of the church, and can touch the right key at the right time. During this pastOrate several important improvements were brought about. One of these was the organi- zing of an Epworth League. Previous to this time we had young peoples so- ciety, which had done very good work, but was neither an Epworth League nor a Christian Endeavor, al- though it went by the name of both. About the same time a Junior League was started for the children. Miss Chadwick was superintendent of this as long as she remained with us. Since then the work has been successfully carried on by Miss Holton and her as- sistants
 Another important item was the pay ment of $1.OOO on the church debt by the penny-a-day plan. This was insti- tuted and successfully carried out by the members and friends of the Ladies' Aid society
 The introduction of Epworth Hym- nal 1-2 into our church and Sunday school has been a blessing to both. Lastly we would mention the organ izing of an auxiliary of the Womans Foreign Missionary society. This has been the means of arousing an interest both in home and foreign missions. For four years the society has support ed little girl in India, besides aiding in the various other branches of the foreign field. The effect of Dr. Chad wicks ministry will never be effaced from the memory of those who knew the most of it.
 At the end of two years the powers that be thought Grace church too small a field for him, and decided to give him seventy or more churches to supervise. The conference doubtless understood the situation, and knew what was best for the largest number. What was our loss was their gain.
 pr. Chadwick was followed by Rev. A. c. Eggleston, who remained with us one year. Bro. Eggleston is man of long and successful experience in the ministry, whose sermons were filled with the substantial clements of gos- pei truth, and whose most earnest prayer was that the people might be fed and strengthened as as to become strong men and women in Godis ser our present pastor Rev. A. J. Smith,