Evening journal., 1915-01-29
MARRING FEATURE OF JUBILEE

IT is pity that the celebration Of the golden jubilee
Of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in this city
is marred in the minds of many persons by the fact
that the Rev. DR.. George Edward Reed soon will
tire as the pastor OF that church unless its members
be so fortunate to induce him 10 forego, least
for another year. his purpose the active min
istry and devote himself to other pursuits
The members of the congregation fortunate when
they obtained DR. Reed for their pastor His many
Of useful activity in the ministerial and educa
tion1 fields had made OF MIN national figure. His
acceptance Of the local pastorate necessarily carried
with II to Grace Church certain very desr-
able standing in the religious world-something in
hnately more important than local standing In
other words in sense. he natonalized Grace Church
and its work. It is not surprising, therefore that
when he announced his Impending retirement the
preston Of profound regret extended far beyond the
congregation Of that church and the territory
cred by the Wilmington Conference The prevailing
opinion then was. unquestionaby still s the
retirement of Or Reed would be distinct and regret
table loss not only to Peninsuar Methodism but also.
in religious and civic sense to society generally.
Ample proof that Dr. Reed is national and not
local figure in religious and civic life revealed by
Who's Who in America. It shows that he born
in Brownyille Me- March 2s 1916 He is
Of the Rev. George Reed and Ann Heyer Reed Grace's
present pastor received the degree OF A. b. from Wes
leysn University in Connecticut in 1862 and the degrees
Of A. NJ in 1872 and s. r. d., in 1886, from that
institution Three years later the degree of LII ID.
was conferred upon him by Lafayette College. Part
OF his very complete education was obtained in the
Boston University
on June 90 1870 Dr. Reed married Miss Ella
Frances Leningwell. of Norwich, Conn. lie was
ordained in the Methodist Epscopel Church His
first pastorate in Wilimantic, Conn, from 1870
TO 1872. subsequently he served pastor of ST.
Pauls Fall River. Mass. 1925 Hanson Place Church
Brooklyn. 1888, Stamford Conn 1S7S-S1; Nostrand
Avenue Church Brooklyn 1SS47, and Trinity Church,
New Haven, Conn, 1879 He then elected pres-
dent of Dickinson College, and held that important
post from 1889 to 1911. In addition he State Lii
braran Of Pennsylvania from 1899 TO 1903 In 1871 he
to this city. During his long and busy life
a preacher and educator he contributed many
serious and illuminating articles to magazines and
newspapers He also received widespread attention
public lecturer.
Since Dr. Reed came TO Wilmington he has endeared
himself to all tho people. Believing that the subsan-
tia element in church life spirituality has work
ed, unremittlngiy and successfully TO keep Grace
Church upon high spiritual plane. The popular un-
dcrsnndng is that there has been steady and healthy
that tho attendance at the prayer meetings conducted
| by him has largely increased.
It is surprising that the official body and the oongre-
cation of Grace Church have not made induce
a Of such national standing and effectiveness to
sacrifice for the congregational and communal good
his desire TO retire from active ministerial work.
The series OF farmers institutes that will he held
in six Sussex county towns next month under tn,
auspices Of the state Board Of Agriculture shout,