Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-28

according to the plan presented to the plan presented to the last conference and the money turned over to the Con ference trustees.
 The will of Sarah E. Colver gives to the trustees of the New England Southern Conference a six tenement dwelling house on Capitol avenue, Hartford, in trust, the income of the same after payment of all taxes, re- pairs and insurance, and other ex- lenses for the care Of the same to be appropriated as follows: $25 per month to Mary E. Martin of Westerly, during her life time, the residue after her death to be paid to the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church. This property may be sold if it becomes ad- viSable to Go so.
 The same will of Sarah B. Colver gives to the trustees of the New Eng land Southern Conference a six ten ement house on Putnam street in Hartford, in trust, the income of same after the payment of the taxes, re- pairs, insurance and other expenses, to
 be paid to the conference claimants annually. In case it becomes advisa- ble to dc so the trustees may sell the said property at time when it can be done advantageously, and the income II OAii iAc lclliN pau lO lIlO SOh- ference claimants. This fund shall be called the Nathan Colver fund in mem ory of the father and brother of the testatriX. This property yields a net income of six per cent. on $10,500. The other day l came into possession of an interesting old book It was the first book of records of the Board of Con ference Claimants, and set forth the 1 beginnings of that work in 1S49 That was siXty-two years ago. At that | time there were no moneys available 1 Tor the veteran preachers save as they were given or gathered by the preach CTS having the effective relation What a change has comei We now have | S78O00 the income of which annually aids us in caring for the veterans, but | this is the striking part-that over 1 thirty thousand dollars of that money 1 has been given and raised in the last i four years. This gift of the Nathan l Colver fund for the conference claim ants is another encouragement making us more certain that with our new Agent of the Board of Conference Claimants in the field and with the new standards of duty before our face we will soon be well on the way to- ward the S250,000 we need for this worthy cause. Norwich district will ! and will do it's part toward giving anC bequeathing d larger fund.
 Benevolent Collections.
 Every year for five years this dis. trict has advanced the total of it's ben. evolent gifts. It is impossible to fore cast the results of this years col lections, though tentative reports of thu pastors do not indicate any falling of in the collections. The times have no been bright for the Connecticut village
 where the people depend so largely fo
 their support on the opportunities of fered in the factories and mills. w
 expect to do as well as last year ant
 that will be well enough.
 Salaries.
 In some of the churches the salarie
 of pastors have been increased agail
 this year. It is our purpose as lonl : as opportunity is given to urge tn churches to take better care of tn
 pastors. There are no better, nor
 comfortable or more commodiou
 homes provided for the pastors of an similar district in New England. if in deed, there is any where else, than ar
 provided on this district We Ion for the day when no pastor shall hay to serve the church for a less wag
 than that given to the skilled workme , who live around him. If our Hom
 Missionary society that has been fo , so many years the recipient of tn 2 beneficence of the churches on Nor | wich district would help us in propoT ! tion as we have given to them it woul f be an act of justice hitherto denied u
 and would swell the paltry charity
 their $100 previously doled out to | f to a sum that would help our hero
 men. Thank God for men who sery
 without regard to stipend, and wh I through humiliation and suffering wi
 not abandon the field our fathers VIC
 to God and Methodism. , The years harvest is gathered, il Q opportunities are gone. In a few day
 we will be ordered forth and given , new opportunity. With Gods help l. ! us gather a greater harvest the rt . suit of our increased gratitude and e1 = perience.