Evening journal., 1913-03-29

near future which is sorely needed
to house the growing congregation
and Sunday School. Trinity Sunday
School has also outgrown the small
and poorly equipped building they
now occupy They are discussing a
building proposition for next year and
with assistance from the outside they
hope to put it through and provide
the facilities which are needed for
the prosecution OF the work East
lake has during the past year added
four rooms in the basement of the
church for Sunday School purpose.
and already they are crowded beyond
the point OF comfort Our Sunday
School work is very promising. The
people are with us, and We must take
care Of them Better work is being
done by the teachers. Bible classes
for adults are being organized in the
schools. They attract a class Of per-
sons not heretofore found in Sunday
School This is especially true OF
mems Bible classes We commend
this work and call attention Of our
pastors and Sunday School superin-
tendents to It. We hope to see an in
crease I'm the number of such classes.
THE saloon exists in the Della
ware part OF our district. but our
pastors are all on the firing line Civ
ing no quarters and asking none
Their guns are loaded and their
swords are ground to an edge. They
wage war all along the line. They
will not retreat, they may lose a bat
tie. but they will win the campaign
against this cruel enemy, which
means his destruction. Nine tenths
Of the insanity, poverty and crime of
our country are due to the liquor
traffic Wilmington and New Castle
county are under the curse OF the Ii
cense system; vice and social injus-
tice prevail everywhere under license
laws and women and children are the
greatest sufferers. We hold that the
state has no right, nor has the gov
eminent at Washington. to sell for
money the lives and morals Of citl-
zens To do so is to commit a crime
against mankind that cries unto heav-
en- for vengeance. All we'll inten-
toned men, without distinction Of par
". ought 20 join in d common effort
for the salvation of our country,
which is menaced by an enemy which
respects neither laws of God nor man.
Pastoral visiting is an important
part of ministerial service and we
must magnify the pastoral Office. We
note that the men who have been the
most successful in saving souls, who
have added the largest number to the
membership of the church who have
paid for improvements on church
property, and old debts, and have
made the best record in reporting
benevolences are the diligent pas
tors This is true OF city and coun-
try pastors alike There is no exc ap-
ton. We must know our people II
we would gain their confidence and
secure their cooperation in our work.
Pastoral visiting helps the
preacher to preach effectively the
Gospel which saves. sanctifies, and
strengthens. II Is the personal touch
that is needed IN all our churches.
The pulpit may be a throne OF power,
but the man Of God must know the
sheep and lambs OF his flock in order
to minister unto them.
"The pastors have been diligent in
looking after the official heneyolencss
Of the church and we have reason to
believe we shall make a good show
ing when the reports are published.
II is a point of honor among the pas
tors of the district to do their nest
in the matter of collections. The
multiplication az collections, official
and unofficial, is not to be CONNIE d.
ed. The preacher OF the Gospel is
rot a mere collecting agent for