Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-19

Mercersburg organ was dedicated on
June 1. 1t was built by the Mohler
Company, Hagerstown, Nd, and gives
great satisfaction. Mr.. H. 3. Byron
presented the organ. The church bore
the expense of installation, which re-
quired an addition to the building.
The cost was $4,000, paid.
''Wrightsville has installed a steam
heating plant and built a two-story
addition to the parsonage. Cost,
$1,000, and nearly all paid Duke
Street, York, painted the church and
parsonage, placed beautiful windows
in the Sunday school room and other
wise beautttied the property at q cost
OF SS4O, which has been paid.
Other Improvements
other improvements are as follows:
Enola, frescoing and renovating, $210;
McConnellsburg, addition to parson-
age and new bathroom, $473; RouZer-
vile, church and parsonage improve
ments, S225; Lewisberry. horse sheds,
acetylene lighting plant parsonage i'm
provements, $3.50; Rehoboth, church
remodeled, painted inside and outside.
SIl2; shrewsbury. general repairs,
S3O0; Liverpool, parsonage repairs,
S100; Cross Roads, new furnace and
lights at Zion. hymn racks and
hymnals at Cross Roads. $685. Green
castle, concrete walk, s94; Huston
town. repairs at Wesley Chapel and
Hustontown, $s7; Epworth, York, par
sonage furniture, $50; First Church.
hardwood floor and rug in parlor, sta
tlonary washtubs in laundry, s251;
west street, new range, new bath
room furnishings, papering, 5000:
West Fairview and Marysville, new
roof on Marysville church, new cush-
ions on pews at Fairview, $3.50; York
Springs. church and parsonage i'm
fo nt V@rIr
sheds and carpet at Wenksville, 1895:
Orrtana, sundry repairs. SIPS; Green
Village, Improvements on all the
churches $675. Total amount for i'm.
provements, S14,344.
THE following amounts have been
paid on debts: Camp Hill, s24O; Enola,
S20S; Hanover, $3.50; Epworth Har-
risburg; sos; Fifth Street, $4,000;
Ridge Avenue, $4,000; st. Paul's, $125;
Stevens Memorial. $2,10O; Liverpool,
5000; McConnellsburg, s11S; Mechan-
icsburg, S225; New Bloomfield. s657;
New Cumberland, s220; West Fair
view, S340; Duke Street, York, 1918:
West Street, $3.50. Total, s10,467.
Present Indebtedness, $5O,S67.
Curtin Heights raised this year on
new church project $2.421. Now on
hand for that purpose, S8210.
An order of court was secured to
sell the old parsonage at Mechanics
burg, which has served as a prison for
many preachers families $4,7OO being
realized A finely located property
was purchased for $S,7OO. The other
thousand will be spent on improve
ments, making splendid parsonage.
Grace Church has sold it's parson-
age to the Zion Lutheran Church Tor
$4,000 and purchased the property
adjoining the church. formerly the
parsonage of the Pine Street Presby-
terian Church, for $4,000, thus Sc
curing the entire block on which this
great church stands. In the early
Spring a new house will be erected. or
the newly purchased one remodeled,
making it correspond to the material
and architecture of the church. This
is fine acquisition to Grace and will
make one of the best parsonages in
the conference.
ST have called the attention of pas
tors and officials to the importance of
the circulation of our periodicals. Last
year we largely increased the number
of subscriptions to the Christian Ad-
vocate. The canvass has been pushed
this year. We report as follows:
Christian Advocates. $50; Epworth
Heralds, 442; Methodists, 92 Pitts
burg Christian Advocates 80. These
numbers are distressngly small. con-
sidering the ability and intelligence
Oh our people. Many or the pastors
are faithful and painstaking in secur-
ing subscribers to our church papers:
others are grossly negligent.
! Benevolences
! The benevolences have been looked
after carefully. The churches using
the duplex plan have done well. Some
not using ii have done finely: others
have fallen down. wish every
church that has no better plan-and
] know of no better nor one so good
| would adopt and carry out tn.
duplex idea. That plan saved our dis.
trict from a slump last year and en-.
ahled us to make nice advance ir
benevolent offerings in the face of 6
heavy slump in the conference. We
shall report for benevolences as fol.
lows: Foreign missions. regular
sS.s14, increase. s1S5; foreign mis-
sions, special, s912; total, S9,72s
Home missions and church extension
regular. $S,065, increase, $3.50; special
s59: total. s9,124. Total for missions
s1S.S50. Sunday schools, S825, in
crease, S104; Freedmen's Aid, s775
decrease. s104: American Bible So
ciety, $500, increase, s11; Churcl