Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-27
DISTRICT REPORTS.
Rev. 4. J. CeuItas for New Bedford and
 Rev. ". !. Ward fer Providence.

' Three district reports were presented at the conference, That of Rev, c, C.. tScrivener for the Norwich district win be found complete upon Page Ten of this issue of The Bulletin.
 In his report for the New Bedford district, Rev. A J. Coultas said that once again, but for the last time, the work of the district is to be recorded. The pen moves reluctantly, but not because of dearth of m3seria3, Rather because it is no longer to be our priv ilege to tell the story of good men who have done a splendid work in 8 great district, The changes ia the appoint Inents during the past year have been few, More than SA9,oo0 has been ex- pended during the year in improving the properties in the district, and be- tween s15,o00 and SIG, ,0G0 was received as gifts. Four hundred and fifty con versions are reported, however, which is in excess of last year, and & large showing. Most of these have been won by the modern method of personal work About one-haf of the churches show an increase ranging from to S5 per cent. A new church was organized at Onset Feb. 19, 1914, in a rapidly growing community and it gives every promise of being very successful. There has been a gradual increase each year in the beneVolences of the district, un- til this year they aggregate s5T, AECut two thirds O. t.,A churches haVa adopted the every-mern5er plan and the duplex envelope and it has proven a success in practically every in stance.
 Twelve years of uninterrupted labor in this office is a long period To speak of it's cares and problems would be unwise; to recount it's Tiumphs would be immOdest. The story of the years would real like romance- Some think the office should be ebol- ished, but the years will show the in creasing value of the district superin- tendency, without which our great church cannot live.
 By Rev. w. |. Ward.
 In his report for the Providence dIs- triCt, Rev. w. l. Ward spoke fee4inSly of the death of Mrs. John McVay, and of the illness of others in his district during the year. He touched upon the rebuilding of the church at Mansfield, and a similar undertaking in Thomp- son church in Pawtucket of fire in the Asbry Memorial church in ProVi- dence and the Stoushton church, the installation of a pipe organ at Middle town, and repairs and furnishing Of a number of other churches in the dis trfCt-
 Debts of various churches to an amount of about $5.000 have been paid during the year, and gifts and be quests amounting to nearly S1, were mentioned in the report
 Better financial methods have been needed, the speaker declared, and the new financial plan outlined by the commission has resulted in a graHfy- ing increase fin giving. He then touch ed briefly upon the work among the foreigners in the city of Providence. which shows encouraging results, and the splendid work done by the deacon ess associa ton.
 Among special events mentioned were the opening of the Asbury Memo riaI eiluRef, the reduction of the debt uRea the Tabernacle church of ProYi- daRee, the debt raising campaign at R ashingtan PaTIf, the anniversaries at Charley and WaRSkuek.
 East Greenwich academy, said the speaker, is halding steadily to its ap- pointed work af1d a statistical report of conditions there was presented. He concluded with an expression of gr-at- itude fer the privilege of fellowship in the service of his office and of consrat- ulat1on te his successor,