Evening journal., 1911-04-06
HOME MISSION
WORKERS HERE
Speaker Would Have Funds
Come From Other Source
Than BakeS and Sales
THINKS PERSONAL
GIVING IS BETTER

The semi-annual meeting of the Will
mington District Woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church convened this morning in
McCabe Memorial Church with about
sixty members present. The president
Mrs George M. Fisher. was in the
chair. The first half hour was given
to devotional exercises, led by Mr..
Adam Stengle.
Words of welcome were given by
Mrs. 4. O. Butler. of McCabe Memorial
M. E. Church, who extended the well
come of that church auxiliary to the
district society. Mrs. Mary Bolton
president of McCabe auxiliary, is out
of the city and Mrs. William White
head, the vice-president was prevented
from giving the welcome by the seri-
GUS illness of her father.
The Rev. F. c. MacSorley, the new
" appointed pastor of the church,
welcomed the convention, speaking of
the great and admirable work of the
Woman's Home Missionary Society,
which was especially womens work
in that It had to do with bettering the
homes of the world.
! Mrs. John White. of Trinity Church,
responded on behalf of the society,
thanking McCabe Church for their hos
| pitality.
Mrs. william B. Smith, Jr.. then
read the minutes of the last meeting,
held in the autumn in Wesley Church
Mrs NJ ]. Floyd corresponding sec
retary, referred to damp" recollec-
tions of the meeting at Wesley, but
said the gloomy weather was all on the
outside. Mr.. Floyd urged that more
members try to come out to the dis
trict meetings.. She said that many auXi-
liaries. among them Port Deposit, Har-
rison Street and Scott, had distributed
sunshine among the sick. She said
/ Brandywine, the youngest auxiliary,
was doing well. There had been many
deaths during the year. Mrs. Floyd
! spoke Of the Conference Anniversary,
praising Mrs. A. E. Craig's fine adj
dress She had words of dispTaise for
Bishops Neely who presided over the
recent NJ. f. Conference here, saying,
THE society found that bishops could
be rude as we'll as the laity. He evil
IDENTIFY thought we We're only a COM
pany Of women
The members Of the missionary so
ciety thought that the Bishop showed
d lack of interest in their anniversary
at the Conference.
Conference Auxiliaries.
There are II auxiliaries in the dis
trict, with the following membership:
Asbury 80, increase 2; Grace 100, In
crease 6; St Pauis 81; Harrison
Street so; Mt Salem go; Brandywine
65; Epworth Az Wesley 70; Silver
brook Is; Scott "a; Goodman 8;
, Union 20; Elkton 30; North East
| Is; Port Deposit 25; New Castle 45;
McCabe 15 total membership, 744.
Mrs. Charles Broadway, the treasur-
) er, reported between 81 and IS on
! hand.
Mrs. J. D. Goff. secretary Of Home
Missions and Literature, said that re-
ports had been sent in by Wesley, Mt
Salem Harrison Street, st. PauIs
Epworth, Scott, Elkton, New Castle
Port Deposit, and Asbury, only hal
the auxililaries. These showed a TO-
. tai of 116 subscriptions to the Home
Mission Monthly and SO subscriptions
to the children's papers.
Too Many RummRge Sales.
Deaconess Mary r. Gould gave tbs
address of the morning. speaking o
the necessity for the faithful using o
talents even though they be few. Sh'
said the deaconess was connecting
link, to bring the church to those Il
the outside world who were indifer
n ent.
a Miss Gould said she was glad tha
n the deaconess was more and more be
= ing recognized as an officer OF IN
o church, as It made the deaconeS
# work so much more efficient. Sh
told especially of the value Of tn
k deaconess as a parish helper In reacn
; ing the young people. Miss Goul
!. urged the audience not to feel that
=: deacOness should do all the work
? that there was work for each VIC
Is man.
E. Mrs. Adam Stengle. Conference sec
a retary on Systematic Benegcenc
J. spoke to the meeting on the necessit
IF of better methods in this work. Mrs
Stengle stirred a sympathetic Choir
A. bv asking whether the society didn'
lie think they gave too many rummag
" sales, entertainments, and bakes, Z
is raise missionary money. She said sh
of thought for so sacred a cause, sys
r tematic personal giving was bettel
II and urged that be the plan this veal
NJ She said II was better than dependin
r on other people to pay their ow
n debts.
70 Mrs. Lucy Brown was I'll and coul
not report on the supply work
= Deaconess Morse spoke of kitche
garden work.
I, Luncheon was served at noon
= the Ladies' Aid Society Of McCab
Memorial Church.
The luncheon committee was con
y posed Of Mrs. Edward Van Dyk,
u chairman; Mrs. Charles Gray, an
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