Evening journal., 1915-03-25


ON the Easton District. District Su-
perintendent Robert Watt said in
part;
The ranks Of the active ministers
have remained unbroken and each
man has been at his post OF duty in
full health. For a number OF years
the Rev. George w. Burke has sus-
tained the retired relation, and has
made his home in Smyrna. Laid aside
by an incurable malady he was a great
sufferer hut sustained by an unfalter-
ing trust In God he preserved a cheer
ful experience, and died in the tri-
umphs of the faith DR.. Clinton r.
Will read the memoir.
The work of the Epworth League
and its allied agency, the Sabbath
school are In more hopeful condition
than at any time during the past i've
years. The district convention, held
IN Centreville in October was, all
things considered, the best have ever
attended
IL bodies we'll for the cause that
more and more the church is laying
renewed emphasis on the Junior
League and the Sabbath school as
fruitful fields for evangelism. The
church Is returning TO the view or
It's founder. Mr.. Wesley by recogniz-
Ing anew the place of the child in
the Kingdom"
In the matter OF building and i'm
proyements, and the payment of trou-
blesome debts, the district has made
q creditable record. April "a witness
ed the dedication OF the church at
Tilghmans, Md, the Rev. Ivanhoe
Willis. pastor. The pastor and the
district superintendent had charge of
the finances, aud including amounts
raised previous TO the day OF dedi-
cation, $500 were secured, leaving
balance due OF S1,500. January
was the day originally fixed upon
/ when the new church at BettertOn
was 20 have been dedicated. but ow-
! ing to an accident 20 the stained glass
windows the dedication was postponed
until the 31st This postponement made
impossible the presence of Bishop
Berry and the writer. but good sub
stitute was i'm hand I'm the person Of
the Rev. DR.. J. Morgan Reed of the
New Jersey Conference Before the
day closed every dollar needed was
subscribed. and a surplus sufficiently
large TO constitute a safe margin lt
would be ineXcusable were special
mention not made Of the heroic work
of the Rev. +. Y Moore in connection
with the successful termination Of this
project. The glorious outcome in the
shape of a beautiful. commodiOus.
modern church. costing $4,000 more
than justides the persistence of this
intrepid preacher.
have never known q more prOvi-
Dental appointment that that Of the
! Rev. y. n. Derrickson TO oxford. His
ministry has prOyon. a distinct advan-
| tago to oxford Methodism and includ-
ing debts of long standing, and The
mortgage debt on the church and par
( sonage he has paid this year over ST.
I 400. Other Improvements and debts
paid total $4,000.
No man in the district has labored
against as discOuraging conditions as
those that faced the Rev. Milton Me-
Cam on Smyrna Circuit. He has been
janitOr at one church and builder at
another, and the enlarged and beau
tiful chapel in Spruance City Is q
tribute TO the genius of this many
sided pastor.
The Ridgely parsonage has been
made comfortable for the Rev. W. E
Habbart, and his family by the addi
tion of heating plant costing s35C
and the bill was promptly paid.
Under the tactful MANAGEMENT o
, the Rev. W. +. Dawson, an ancien
and peculiarly aggravating debt hal
: disappeared. and a new home for TIN
minister is in sight
/ Salaries Below Average.
p The New Financial Plan has beel
adopted by most Of the charges. Eigh
charges have advanced the salary o
\ their pastors. Colt. $i0O; Rock Hal
y 500; and Oxford, Cheswold, Pomoni
Wye Mills and Royal Oak $50 each
Church Hill S25. Candor compels tn
p statement, however. that our confer
2 ence has a long way 10 go before
reaches the average Of other con
ferences of like strength. Il Is ou
: pardonable boast. sustained by dish
terested outside testimony that tn
1 Wilmington Conference has develope
a type of preachers second TO none
Il
airy is far below what it should b
The following facts CLEANED from
study of the resolution report of n
Hon. T. =. Rawlins TO the Layman
Association In 1914 makes interestir
reading: Average salary OF the pa
tors I'm the Wilmington C0nferonc
S777. Number of charges In the Wi
mingtOn Conference paving 5000 al
less, 30; number paying between So
and - 600. l0i; number paying 81
600 and over. 40: and then comes ;
almost unbelievable statement but
those who know the reputation
this honorable layman for accura
| the statement though amazing. W
/ not be doubted. The amount of q
hciency IN salaries as reported sin
| the organization of the conference
| | 1863. TO and including 1903, Sl0S.2
| Ii Comment would seem needless. YET
llfoeI prompted TO say that by far
II largest share OF this deficiency rel
ed tu the already poorly paid paste
III and IL this amount were available
III our endowment fund. the success
III that movement would be assured
the near future u augurs we'll. no
| ever that our strong laymen are
III deeply interested in the better supp'
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