The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-05

more of rest will completely restore
the nerve force and physical vigor
of our brother, and that he may be
enabled to resume the work in
which he has served with such great
efficiency.
Upon the death of Brother Race,
Jonas Underwood, one of our super
annuated members, was appointed
to the pastorate of the Tripp Park
church, and has finished the year
with great acceptability. Brother j.
S. Custard was released from the
pastorate of the McDonough charge
by his district superintendent, DR..
Severson, at the beginning of last
year, and was appointed to the pas
torate of our church at Throop,
where he has had marked success
during the year. The charge has
been greatly strengthened and prom
ises now to become thoroughly es-
| tablished on a self-supporting basis.
The pastor at New Milford, Broth
er ]. w. Johnson, suddenly left that
charge last spring while laboring un-
! der a great nervous strain. 1t was
at first thought that overwork had
caused this break; some weeks later
! it was learned that serious accusa-
| tions had been made against his
moral character BY this time he
was holding a position in a business
house near Binghamton. Upon hear
ing these rumors l wrote him ask
! ing him if guilty to return his Gre
! dentials and withdraw from the
conference and ministry, but if in
nocent, by all means have an inves-
tigation. l assured him that if he
was innocent every effort would be
put forth to establish that fact. AT
ter an interchange of two or three
letters, l received his parchments to-
gether with this letter. This case is
sad in the extreme, and should serve
as a solemn warning to all men.
Several of our charges are so
large that no one pastor can give
them efficient care; and, as strength
is developed in them, if Methodism
shall do the work that providentially
has been assigned her, new charges
will have to be made. South Canaan
could not care for Cherry Ridge and
| Hoadley's this year, and d. w. Hull,
| Waymart, one of our lay workers,
has rendered most helpful service by
supplying the Cherry Ridge appoint
ment during the latter part of the
year; and arrangements are made
now to create new charge, consist
ing of the appointments of White
Mills, Cherry Ridge and Hoadleys
| They promise comfortable support
for the pastor who is sent to them
and we are hoping that strong
charge may be developed there.
Church and Parsonage Property.
The pastors and their officials have
been paying good attention to the
condition of the church property, and
on nearly every charge there have
been repairs and improvements to
the parsonage and churches. The
amount paid for this will aggregate
$4,000. A new church is being
built at Milanville, on the Damascus
charge, for which the people are
paying as they go. When complete
it will cost between two and three
thousand dollars; $1,000 have al
ready been expended, and it is hoped
that the building will be completed
in the early summer. The people at
Clark's Green have raised their
church and put underneath it a
, commodious basement, one part of
which has been arranged into a de-
lightful Sunday school room, and
the other part will be given over to
the social functions of the church.
) This has cost 81 $50 and is fully pro-
vided for. Dunmore is planning to
build a new parsonage early in the
coming conference year. Asbury has
pledged $4,000, one third of which
has been paid into the treasury, to-
ward building fund. They contem-
plate erecting modern Sunday
school building, communicating with
the church, and costing $4,000. At
North Jackson nearly enough money
has been pledged to build Sunday
school addition to their church. $5,-
900 have been paid in Indebtedness
of our church property. We hope
,, to see this completely cancelled in
the near future.
Pastoral Support.
Last year twenty-one of the
charges of this district reported sal
| aries paid pastors of 5000 or less;
| one paid $400, and four paid less
) than that amount. A minister of the
) gospel, like all other good men
, must pay his bills. He ought not tC
/ be compelled to beg. The cause oi
l his Master demands all his time
t He should be a man of one work
= honest, honorable, respectable anC
Y self-respecting. But how can he
realize this on salary OF four hun
Y dred dollars, keep a horse and sup
S port family? We have heroes to-
S day; one of these found that he mus
r curtail expenses if he preserved hi:
integrity and self-respect; and one
S year ago last fall he sold his horse
S and walked twenty-four miles or
0 Sundays, preaching three times.
. lift my hat and bow low before sucl
0 heroism every time l see it. Bu
d such a splendid spirit ought to hav'
r better chance. 1t is a crying re
d proach to the church il she falls tt
e comfortably support her ministers.
t trust that 1 am not hobbist, but
S have strong convictions on this sub
y ject, and have considered it to be on,
n of the very important functions o
S the Office of district superintendent
J. to impress these convictions on th'
j. minds of the laymen. Hence, l hay'
d carefully and earnestly endeavoret