Evening journal., 1915-05-26
TO RAISE 100000
ENDOWMENT HERE
Clergy Pension Fund Will
Be Explained to Church
Later
BISHOP BERRY
APPROVES PLAN

Resolutions endorsing the movement
to raise an endowment fund of $780,
600 in the Wilmington Methodist Epis-
copal Conference, for the support of
retired ministers and the presentation
OF the cause from pulpits of the city,
June 20 or 27 and September /, and
3, 70 solicit subscriptions, were
adopted at meetings last night and
yesterday afternoon of the Conference
Claimants Endowment Fund Commits
sion of the Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference, held in S.
Paul's Church.
Among the speakers at both meet
ings were: Bishop Joseph f. Berry,
of Philadelphia: the Rev. DR.. j. B.
Hingeley, of Chicago, general secre-
tary of the Board of Conference
Claimants; the Rev. George W. Hen
son, of the Philadelphia Conference;
the Rev. DR.. William G. Rooms, sec
retary of the commission, and other
prominent clergy and laymen, who
explained the plan of the commission
to those present.
The resolutions follow:
First: Resolved, that we heartily
endorse the movement i'm our Will
mington Conference to raise an en-
dowment fund of 100000. the inter-
est on which shall be applied an
nually TO increase the support of our
retired ministers, and the widows and
dependent children of deceased min
listers. and pledge ourselves to do all
in our power to help this good cause.
Second: Resolved that we ask tho
district superintendent to nominate a
! president and secretary for each
group on the district And that we
ask such officers to call together the
pastors and laymen in each group dur
ing the first ten days of June to COM
| plete organization and arrange for the
presentation of this cause in every
/ pulpit of the group on Sunday. June
20 or p, such presentation to be made
/ by the district superintendent, the cor
responding secretary. such laymen as
can be secured especially the men,
bers OF the group of twenty-five lay
men selected by the district superin-
tencent on the district. and the ex-
| change of pastors, no pastor present
ing the cause in his own pulpit.
Third Resolved that second
meeting of the pastors and laymen
in each group be called for Septem-
Der lst, I'd or Sd and that arrange
ments be made for a second presenta-
ton OF the cause in every pulpit Oi
the group at such times as shall be
agreed on by the district superinten.
dent, the corresponding secretary an.
president of the group. Such pre-.
sentation to be made during Septem
ber, October or November. and .,
a speaker different from the one VIII,
presented the cause i'm June. Follow
ing the public presentation on Sun
day without collection the leadinI
contributors shall be seen privatel,
by team work. the pastor and lay
man or visiting pastor constituting tn
team. and the subscription to be Sc
cured. On the Sunday following tn
pastor shall again present the caus
and take a public subscription, com
pleting the work as far as possible
and reporting all subscriptions al
once TO our recording secretary, Gale
e. Burchenal, Ford Building. VIII
mington. Del.
Fourth. Resolved. That we ask III
district superintendent to so arrana
their work as to take part in the pr,
sentation and canvass in as many groul
as possible.
The exercises began at , o'clock. wit
District Superintendent +. L. Hofeck,
in the chair. Devotions were conducte
by the Rev. j. w. Easley. The Rev.
p. Outten was elected secretary.
DIR. koons outlined the plans and pu
poses OF the commission in the effort
raise the 100000 endowment.
DR. Hingeley followed with an addres
He declared the first step should !
to canvass carefully the city in an effo
to reach every member of the Wilmin.
ton Conference. "lt is a task that
worthy of our greatest care" he sal
"'The first thing we want to do is 20 q,
the vision The movement. he said
thoroughly a layman's movement. beil
2 a contract between the minister an
: layman. In order to provide for Il
future of the ministers and their widow
{ and orphans il will be necessary to raj
B 100000 to take care of the seventy-s
] claimants in the Wilmington Conferenc
e He said success was being met with /
S a hundred other conferences which we
= handling the same situation, and tia
the same thing could be done in Tn
q city.
Dr. Henson spoke next He sal
there was great need of campaign in
formation. However, you must nc
: only be informed" he said. but yo
! must be highly inspired to achiev
:. success" Cooperation. he declared
r was essential to the success of tn
4 movement.
|, A short address was made b
/, Andrew L. Johnson. of ST. Paul
; church. Bishop Berry arrived jus
/, before the close of the meeting n
+ said: 81 want to identify myself wit
= the movement in the conference
First, it must be understood that til
o Rev. DR.. Koons is not the financi;
: agent, but he is the manager of tn
campaign. Ii will be necessary fC
us to build up this special fund fc
/: ourselves. This business is to hay
\ ! the right of way this year, and a
! other claimants must wait until thi
business has been given proper a
e tentiOn. IL is high time that tll
Methodist ministers are doing some
thing for themselves. II is a matte
Z of self-protection and eternal righ
eousness. The church owes the oil
preacher a living after he has give
the best part of his life to its service
i In the evening the Rev. s. NJ. Mo-
h gan conducted the devotional eXei
o cises and the chairman introduce
a Caleb e. Burchenal. Melville Gan
y brill and DR.. Hingeley, who made az
e dresses i'm advocacy of the plan an
/. expressed a belief that the none
d would be raised in the near future.