Evening journal., 1915-06-23
NETHOD|STS WORK
FOR PENSION FUND
Endowment Cause To Be
Presented in City Pulpits
on Sunday
GIVE
AID TO CAUSE

Ht NSthouiol Spiopopdi NNhi-h ~
the last session of the General Con
ference started a campaign to PEN
sion the ministers of the church when
age or infirmities had disabled them.
The campaign has grown until now
the various conferences have taken
action and IL is proposed TO raise
various sums which aggregate more
than S11 .000,OO0 for this purpose.
The Wilmington Conference at its
last session held in march, at Laurel
adopted a recommendation OF the
Laymen's Association authorizing a
campaign TO raise 100000 TO be add
cd to the permanent investment fund
for the claimants Of the Wilmington
Conference. The Rev. w. G.. Koons
was appointed as field secretary TO
lead the campaign, and a commission
was appointed consisting of twenty
five prominent ministers and iaymen
to devise plans for carrying on the
work.
Since the session OF the conference
conventions have been held on every
district, for Wilmington District. in
ST. Paul's Church. Wilmington; Eas
ton district at Ridgely; Dover dis
trict at Dover, and Salisbury district
at Salisbury.
The work on the districts has been
further subdivided into groups Will
mington district having four groups,
viz Cecil county. rural New Castle
Wilmington north OF the Brandy
wine, and Wilmington south of the
Erandywine
The South Wilmington group OF
churches will have the cause present
ed In the various pulpits on Sunday
next, as follows: Asbury Church,
morning, the Rev. J. p. Outten; even
ing. Messrs. W. ]. Staats and Henry
|C. Downward.
Cookman--Morning the Rev. Geo.
White Dawson: evening. A. J. Hyland.
Epworth Morning, DR.. w. Y. Cork
ran; evening, /. Elmer Berry
Grace-H. F. Randolph
Harrison Street-Morning the Rev.
w A. Wise.
Mt. saiem-The Rev. ]. Howard
Gray.
Richardson Morning. l FL
mer Perry; evening, Dr. Vaughan S.
Collins.
scott-Morning the Rev T. r.
VanDyke; evening. Messrs Lewis T.
Grubb and Leroy G. White.
St Paul's- Morning. Caleb r.
Burchenal. and Melville Gambrill
evening. the Rev l.. l. MacDougle.
Morning, the Rev. Adam
Stengle and J. II Mclaughlin; even
ing. W. II. Drummond and Harry J.
Guthrie.
No offerings will he solicited at the
meetings on Sunday, hut simply the
need OF the fund. and the methods
10 he pursued will be outlined. The
taking Of the offerings will begin in
September
The presentation day schedule OF
! the endowment commission for rural
New Castle county Of the Wilmington
District on Sunday June 81, is as
follows;
mountaineering, Rev ]. r. Rich
ardson.
New Castle--Morning, Rev. E. P.
Roberts, ID. d.
Chester Morning. Rev. j..
II. Geohegan.
Mt. Morning. J. Grey.
Christiana and Salem-Morning
and afternoon. Rev. J. e. Grinenberg.
Ehenezer and Wesley-Morning
and afternoon. Rev. d. f. McFall
Morning. Rev. II. o.
Klug and James II. Little.
Red Lion and Glasgo-Morning and
afternoon, Rev. W. c. Buckson.
Claymont--Rev. c. c. Harris.
Delaware City Morning. Rev. G. T..
Wood
Delaware Evening. Rev r. C.
Cook.
and afternoon, Rev. T. c. Smoot.
st. eorges--Morning, Rev. o. B.
Rice.
Newport Morning, Rev. J. l.. John.
son.
Mt Pleasant and Union Morning
and afternoon, Rev. ]. NJ. Lindale.