Evening journal., 1916-03-30

ing mention. Bctterton Chapter. the
host, and its good pastor. the Rev.
II. p. Nichols, spared neither pains
or expense in their efforts to make
their guests comfortable. It was old
fashioned Eastern Shore hospitality
at its best. The convention sermon
was preached by DR.. II. f. Rudolph.
or Grace Church, Wilmington For
unction. eloquence, and practical grip
II was superb. and II sounded tho
keynote of one of the most spiritual
conventions / have ever attended. The
program was built around the idea
embodied in the forward movement:
II was inspirational and uplifting.
The sermon of the Rev. f. II. Dashiell
and the great address moved the con-
ventiOn deeply.
II would be inexcusable we're no
mention made of the work of the
elect women. What would the aver
age church do without the Ladies'
Aid Society? In many instances it
Is their persistent and ungrudging
labors that have made the parsonage
more homelike, and the church more
a place to worship in comfort. And
the Cody women of the two mission
airy societies. have carried cheer to
the uttermOst parts of the earth and
to the frontier heroes and heroines
who are building the Kingdom on
the fringes OF civilization. And no
less valuable and brave has been the
work Of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. an organization that
never loses an opportunity to smite
king booze, and to smite him hard.
God bless these noble women, fellow
helpers to the truth"
One OF the first things that impress-
ed me when I had completed NV first
survey Of the Easton district was the
condition of the church propertv.
There was not a town OF any consid-
erable size that did not have a COM
modious and creditable house OF wor-
ship. The fathers on Easton district
builded for the future. As a conse-
quence not many new edifces have
been erected. Yet without taking the
present year in the account there has
been an Increase in church property OF
over $4,000. New churches were built
at Tilghman's, Royal Oak, Sherwood
and Betterton. Parsonages were built
at Townsend and Henderson. and at
/ Middletown a reconstructed parsonage
equal to new. and at Oxford a home
for the minister was purchased The
increase in the benevolences has been
about $4,000, amount paid on debts
over $4,000. Increase in ministerial
support nearly $4,000. II the average
of the past FIVE years be maintained
this year the total amount raised dur
ing the period will be nearly S400, 900
Considering the limited size OF the dis.
trict. this showing is not one of which
to be ashamed. And yet candor com.
Dels the admission that it is far short
of what it might have been had the
people recognized more fully the Just
claims of the Kingdom upon their sub.
stance. / do not think the statement
I am about to make can be success
fully gainsaid, viz. that there has beer
a much greater spirit OF sacrifice OF
the part of the ministers than on tn,
part OF their people My experience
in the Office I now hold has fully con
vinced me that so far as it touches tn
ministry the heroic age is not a thin
of the past. And yet as I have beei
dhAH ~ say Nd1A eNeAAf Non UN AtUNeANN'
now. there has been little. If any com
plant Cheerfully. hopefully hav
these itinerants submitted to thes
sacrifices. some of which have pinchel
until they hurt.
Many Improvements.
Some important enterprises in tn
way of improvements to the churcl
property have been carried to a sue
cessful conclusion.
One of the most notable improve
ments' is the transformation made il
the audience room OF the Centervill
Church. Il must be seen to be full.
appreciated. The pipe organ has beel
moved to the rear of the pulpit. a plat
form extending clear across tn
church erected in front Of which is
tasteful curtain, hard wood floors
new carpet, and last but not least, al