The Detroit times., 1916-07-22
Wilson's Fathers
I Church Exclusively in
\ Charge of Kiang-Yin
|GIFTS INCREASE
WITH EXPENSES
n Ten Years Mission
airy Contributions
Gain Nearly 100000
" the RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.

e American churches Is that OF the
n p1rst Presbyterian church, OF vii
miugton, North Carolina. which has
definitely arranged 10 take entir'
charge OF all Christian propaganda
ana medical and other relief Sorl
y that ~ carried un In the distric
4 about the old walled city OF Kisns
Yin. China This church maintains
i IS Of IT'S members a. missionarie:
A China. and II also has ave home
= missionaries and four teachers ir
h this country. Incidentally. the
y ohurrh has about doubled it's mem
b herShip In the last 10 years. and far
3 more than doubled it's giving for ali
oauAee.
OF the many interesting eypro-
! 1ucts Of this cosmopolitan work.
one Is the fact recently reported
s nom China, that when the southern
B provinces were recently nshtins
asainst the Picking soldiers, the mis-
slonaries OF the First church were
The go-betweens in thu negotiations,
ona that contact would have been
/: Impossible were II not for the mo-
tor-boat wilmington" which IL
4 used BY the missionaries In their
work. Thus, a. In . parable. Amer
\ 1Baa means were the connecting link
botween the old and the new China.
mi q messenger OF peace and good
wfli.
This old First church has his
toF3e position In the Southern Pres
4 avterian denomination. II win be
u - years old next year. Its pastor
Grom 1874 to 1875 was the Rev. Or.
\ 1ome6 n. Wilson. the father OF the
neoatdent- DR.. Wilson also supplied
~ church for four months In 1898,
4 ~ lived In Wilmington for con
n G16erabfe time toward the close OF
\ II life. The tablet to his memory
- the church wall has the simple
inscription. "A preacher OF right
h 6ousness." II was in this old church
that President Wilson was trained
1or 10 critical years OF his life.
In q conservative denomination
4 the First church is looked upon as
4 4 bnl~ark OF conservatism. It's az
faffs are run by session for years
There In nothing sensational or IN
efisutionai about the First church
\ iss present pastor. the Rev. Johr
n. Wells. d. D., under whose lead
srsbip the remarkable story hers
I told has been enacted, is a younl
\ man Of conservative type theologic
ally. hut aggressive In service. He
Ii leader In Christian EndeavoI
work IN the south.
The entrance of the First church
into larger world activities really
dates back 10 meeting OF Presby
(. terrain men held In the Academy OF
\ Music, In Philadelphia. In February
I ice, which was attended BY Dr..
Wells and three or his elders They
Were 80 profoundly influenced by
Y this convention. that they not only
Began work In their church. but they
organized iaymen's campaign IN
the city with lay leaders In mis-
nions a. speaker. And under the
etimm,ns OF the vision given at this
time, the church laid OFT its tremen-
Gous missionary program, which In
wolves an expenditure OF $4,000 \
" year In China alone.
The 10 missionaries az Khan Yin
II include four men and nine women.
b. pr, George G. Worth, the senior mis-.
sionary. Ia an elder In the First
church. In addition 20 these Il
workers q, Kiang.Yi the church
maintains one Of It's members at
4 Tslng- Klang.Pu. twenty-five Chi
nese evsngelists are also a; work
under the First church at Kang
Yin.
rhe equipment includes boys
school. q girls' school, a hospital
B several chspels and auxiliary build
ings. In addition to residences.
e The city OF Kians-Yin has a popu
II lAtion OF $4,000. and the distric
4 which bears the same name has
population OF abou, half n million
or perhsps only 100000.
BY arrangements with the mis-
ny nioa boards. the First church az
z pumes Ill responsibility for an
Iorn q evsnselistic work that need
% ~ done In this district In ChIns
v n y SLAMMED that no other demon
n lnatioa should enter this field. an
the nemhers viii be added 10 tn
Chthese church,
Or. wells has been pastor OF IN
church for nearly Is years. and l
tAet time total of e5is.2os hs
1oen given Cor al religious pu
noeeo. An Interesting deeviopmen
&ovover, n the rise 10 giving.
~ ths church gave $3.50 to 70
~ xnonpieas. II 1915 II gave 81
$3.50 misstons. Mos, Of
! - she KiAns-Yin work.
~ - - ~ FIRST church a
n1klktng Illustration TN