Evening journal., 1903-03-20
TALKS
To NEW MEMBERS
CONTINUED From Third Page.

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1eepers. clerks and superintendents more
salary than they are willing their Instor
should have. / can name officials OF
churches on this district whose net income
Is from 5000 TO s25OoO per year, who VIII
stoutly oppose an advance in pastors
salary above $500 to 5000. This is unjust
suicidal"
DR.. Corkran finds some progress. Six
years ago the district estimated s2S,57O for
pastoral support and closed the year with
a deficiency column; this year the esti-
mate rs S27 100 and may have a clear gain
of $4,000 in the six years
The work OF raising the Conference
Academy debt apportionment goes for
ward steadily; THE deficiencies should be
reapportioned next year. AS soon as the
debt Is gone the work OF raising an ade-
auate endowment should be begun and
the standard should be raised and coll
legiate and pedagogical departments adj
ded. The need Of higher education is be-
ing felt and il we are true, in ten years
we shall have %. 600 MEMBERS and as many
adherents OF our church on this Peninsula
which means 10000 Methodist families and
an army OF at least 5000 young people who
win, or ought to be seeking academic COL
.egiate or university training.
In church debt paying, building and I'M
proving the district has had a good year
Bayside, Boaterton, Cectlton. Church HILL
CLAYTON. Gaiena, Henderson, Kenton'
Marvdel Minington. Odessa, oxford,
Roval oak and sudlersvdle have each
raised sums varying from 500 to $500 on
lebts and improvements. ChesiertoWn
amt n steel ceiling on her audience room
refrescood and refurnshed at a cost OF
| 81 200. an of which was raised before the
law OF reopening Bethel was renovated
At n cost of 800 all paid. Brother Poole
mas raised $3.50 on Fairlee parsonage debt
| md has cleared the Worton Church OF an
Indebtedness. with 500 more provided Tor
on the parsonage debt which will reduce
it to 81 100 Ridgelys claim Of $500 against
The parsonage at IIillsboro has been met
m FUN and 5000 has been raised for inn
provements, most Of which was expended
mon the Ebenezer Church. Kent Island
home church has been renovated at cost
Of $500: AIiddletown expended $3.50 on hei
llecture and class rooms, together with an
old debt Of $3.50 making all S,5OO, is paic
FUN Ridgely has paid 1,4oO par
sonage debt. balance Of 800 on Confer
,nca Academy debts and has raised $40 fo
improvements. Rock Island raised a,O2
and reduced her church debt to N'IoO
Friendship church on Smyrna circuit pad
a4OO for repaintng, etc. Brother Bound
| succeeded In paying Off the debt Of ST
Michaers, and has surplus OF 500. III
people presented a purse Of gold On appre
alatlon OF his services. stin Pond rebuff
| and refurnished her parsonage at = cost o
$500, which has been paid. The people o
Talbot three years ago began ito build
church for about S3000 but 1t cost $4,000
Brother Taney. by hard work reduced tn
debt ITO $500 and Brother Jester cleare
up the rest. Brother Jester turned hi
attention to Chyborne, where about te
persons held Sunday school. On a Ia
donated by the Domestic Mission Societ
a chapel 2sx36 was erected furnished an
dedicated at a cost Of s105O, and all hu
1900 Is paid. The church enterprise of tn
year IL at Townsend, where brick builc
ing with stone trimmings and seatin
capacity OF about 500 has been erected 6
cost OF about $4,000 It is hoped
clear up tho whole amount or provide f'
ltts iQuidation on April TO- the day f'
dedication. Brother Beauchamp has bee
the leading factor in the enterprise.
The Sunday schools are for the mo
part well-ofhcered and doing good worl
The cpworth League is believed to be d
ing better work In both junior and SEMI
departments than ever before.
DR.. Corkran refers to the local Optic
victory in Cecil county and to the defe
of local option in Delaware. Fourte'
members in the lower House had q
courage to say yes; some either coward
or indiferently absented themselv'
while fourteen outside OF Speaker A
thony boldly said no. DIR. Corkran thin
the petition should have had $4,000 sign
tures instead Of $1,000. Wtth one voter
> seven on the petltion, wel do the Dolii
ians know that for every voters name
our petition the saloon could put up thr'
Our battle may have been wisely plann
but II was mserably executed and We b
the dust. But let Il be known that
remnant has sworn eternal vengeance n
Nlt war - hl 10 Gnu NiiS WANhf ~
tritlon, a. Il must be so. the black 81
shall be ground from the face of
Diamond and she shall reflect the glory
new day. Until then, brethren of
ministry. leaders OF Gods militant, let
watch and work and pray In the primarl
on the husangs at the polls.
Dr. Corkran expressed his gratitude
S. uhe ministers and daymen OF the distI
and to God for giving him place in
: vineyard in which to toll and for tho
lightful association Of his colaborers.
Dover District.
- Presiding Elder c. S. Baker presen
his report for the Dover district. In op
n ing he referred TO the fact that THE rai
n Of the effective ministers had been
lv broken by death, but there were
deaths that OF the Rev. Moses Bunc
r. supply at HOoper's Island and the r
william F. Talbot in Dover. Mr.. I
ry lock was greatly beloved by his peopl
O. The excessive wet weather was "a
lous hindrance 20 the work OF the chu
Of In the closing quarter OF the confere
year. In many Of the country churc