Evening journal., 1908-03-19
MINISTERS TO
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tcOntInued Broom FIrsI PaEs.l

lContinued From First PaKe.l
Mt Pleasant, parsonage and other i'm.
provements at Newark. $500 spent in inn
provements at Eastlake. iron fence about
church and cemetery at New Castle par
sonage roof and other improvements at
Newport Church painted at a cost of
over $500, and other improvements. fol.
lowed by p conversions at North East,
$1,000 reduction Of old debt. improvements
costing over 500 and thirty accessions at
/ Port Deposit. Parsonage repaired and re-
painted at Red Lion, parsonage improve.
ments and excellent revival at Rising Sun
new church carpet at Scott. costing
5000 and revival with 40 conversions
/ $500 in improvements and % conversions
at st. Paurs are some Of the items Of
advance. J. II. Mitchell has led in a COM
plete renewal Of the Union Church on
Zion charge, at a cost OF $500. and been
the inspiring leader In marked revivals at
other points on the charges Kingswood
has made improvements and reports 40
conversions. Harrison Street Church has
followed its victorious debt paying with
an expenditure Of $500 on improvements
and then there came, In divine order, no
doubt a great revival. resulting in so
conversions OF all the property improve
ment Of the year that most in evidence
to this conference is that placed on the
old Mother Church. Asbury, amounting
to $780, Rev. H. A. G. westerneld has
toiled as few men have strength to DO, and
his labors have been rewarded. Current
expenses all met debts paid, membership
reorganized and revived. and some forty
conversions indicate results.
Through the generosity Of Mr.. Mel
vile Gambrill the troublesome deb. OF
$1,000 on Modeley Church. has been paid,
and that happy people set free to accom-
plish their work, a gracious revival fol-
lowed.
Great Work at Wesley.
THE most remarkable achievement
in debt-naying has been accomplished
by G. w. Dawson at Wesley. All man
ner Of discouragements confronted
them. Two years ago the task ap-
peared impossible. Previous attempts
ending in failure, financial depression
and the limited means of the people
seemed TO forbid hope. Yet Wesleys
debt, one OF the most burdensome In
our history is no more This, too,
without outside aid No church extern
title. Our noble hero, Melville Gam
brill, came to the pastors aid with an
offer of the last one thousand and
Mr.. Dawson scarcely slept until he
had the mortgage satisfied. The pas
tors salary has been advanced 10
$1,000, all bills paid, the lot adjoining
the church bought, the people exult
antly happy. Beside those already
named ! mention the following in |
stances. Mt Salem $1,000, Red Lion |
$500, Brandywine $500, Union $500, |
Christiana s400 Goodman 500, East |
lake $500 and Zion S235.
Parsonage For Elder.
"One of the notable achievements Of |
the year is the purchase of an excel |
lent new parsonage Tor the district A
little calculation shows that we have |
paid out over $1,000 in rent for a |
house that might have been bought at
any time, during the 80 years, for
about $4,000 This house cost but a |
small sum for repairs during the time |
and sold for $4,000 shortly after we
vacated It. The logic OF such show
ing convinced the Board of District |
Stewards that 1t would have been well |
II they had carried out the resolution
offered by william II. Foulk many |
years ago recommending the purchase /
of such a parsonage. The matter was
taken up anew, the board became In-
corporated and last July acquired the /
property at No. 1910 Market street to
be known hencefOrth Us the District
Parsonage. The property cost S4S00
Of which nearly one third has been
paid. The purchase price was ap-
portioned to the several charges Of
the district Mt. Pleasant, Elkton. |
Asbury Wesley, Newport, North East |
Charlestown, have paid in full Scott |
Hockessin, Claymont, have paid nearly |
all their appointments. Bethel. |
Cherry Hill, Chester, Bethel, Chris
tiana, Ebenezer, Hopeweli, Marshall |
ton, Mt. Lebanon, Rising Sun, St !
Johns, Stanton, Zion, Goodman, Ep- /
worth, Mt Salem, Union, St Paurs |
and Trinity have paid in part. No |
doubt all charges will meet this claim |
soon, ana Wilmington District Meth |
odism will own its headquarters free
from debt
Our City Missionary Society with
j. W. Coley as president has been at
work upon the problems before it. They
have Joined with the Woman's Home /
Missionary Society in forwarding the /
Deaconess' movement. Work has been |
done among the Hungarians, tile Poles. |
the Italians and the English speaking 7,
People in neglected sections Of our
city We look for large results from
this agency in the future.
"A Deoconess' Home has been es-
tablished by the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society and we have two
young women, Miss Gould and Miss
Ferguson, duly authorized to engage |
IN this noble work. Miss Ferguson is /
recommended for conservation at the
hands Of Bishop Goodsell at this ses-
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