Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-02
THRONG At CONFERENCE
FOR sundays SERVICES
Stan Correspondent.

stan Correspondent
STAFFORD, April 1.-The Sabbath
services opened in 81. Johns Church ,
at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. when
tho Rev. Robert H. Stephenson CON
Quoted the Conference love feast.
Every available foot Of space except
tho aisles. rigidly kept open for
emergencies. held a person. and the
throng overlooked TO the lawn sur
rounding the church. People stood
on step ladders at various windows.
in order to hear the addresses. and
oven trellis in the rear OF the
church. the normal occupation of
which was to support q number Of
Towering vines. supported many per-
sons so that they could listen TO the
services. II is doubtful IL Seaford /
ever saw such a crowd in its limits.
and, had st. Johns Church been three /
times as large. il would hardly have /
/ held the people who strove to enter. |
1t IS no oXaggeration 70 state that
/ never i'm the history OF Delaware has
so many automobiles been collected
together al any one time. But the
horse and buggy was fright smart
scarce" ills estimated 800 visitors
we're here.
Volunteer Traffic Squad.
Early i'm the morning, Mayor Jo-
seph II. Cox arranged for the prompt
handling OF tho automobile traffic.
and had ON duty fifty young men OF
the town as volunteer special police
! men. All day, without even leaving
their stations for meals the mayor
and his traffic squad" remained on
the job. with the result that there
was not a single instance Of even a
moments congestion. Mayor Cox
counted over $50 cars arriving i'm the
vicinity Of the church in two hours.
Governor John c. Townsend, Jr..
arrived on Saturday evening. and re-
manned here over Sunday He came
from the big patriotic meeting in
Philadelphia which he attended dur
ing the day.
Bishop Mcdowell breaches.
Bishop Mcdowell took as his text
] the ninth verse of the sixth chapter
Of ST. John. There is lad here
which hath FIVE barley loaves and two
small fishes. but what are they among
so many?' His subject was Feeding
AiAt AuAiANAANf W iAANN Ah NNNAANA w
the problem Of the church today in
caring for all classes of mankind
Save Souls Rather Than Carpet.
Some would have u.s. solve the
present foreign problems by sending
, the foreigners back from who're they
came" said the bishop. the Negro
J PROBLEM by segregation; let tho young
people find their place the best way
.. they can, get their education where
they can buy IT, We cannot turn the
d church building into a social centre
r II will weST out the carpets. The
10 church is the place where they preach
the GOenel. Let the young people find
- their place elsewhere.
y. Some Of the official members OF
a charge where ] was stationed many
! years ago talked just that way.
= told them If they preferred saving
= carpets TO saving souls, should re-
main With them. That kind Of thing
. let's out enough children in an.
. decade TO double the membership Of
- the church if we kept them at home
:. despite the efforts in our annua
# roundup TO get them back by re-
vivals."
~, Memorial Service Held.
At . o'clock in the afternoon the an
~ nual memorial service was held. memor
y ials being read upon the death durin
~ me Conference year, of the Bevs. !
p. Mart ndale. y. \ n. OBricn. $. NJ
Morgan and X. II. Lewis; Mrs. C. Gin
tonia Browne, Wilmington, and Mrs. d
S. Thompson. Smyrna.
Tho Rev C. W prettyman read III
=, Martindalc memoir; r.. T.. Terry for MI
\ O'Brien: Robert Watt for DR.. Morgan
u and j. Howard Gray that of DIR. Lewis
Y s Collins presented the memoir q
III Mrs. Brownc. and G. G. Williams fo
~ Mrs. Ihompsan.
10 Ordination Service.
y, This was followed by the impressiy
20 ordination service when James a. Leac
- and Zach w Wells were ordained q
~ elders and Joseph A Pignatiello Wa
fer A Hearne, Luther NJ Broadwa.
~ Ralph c. Jones. John l.. Prcttyman an
- Charles W. Spry were ordained as de-
u cons. The ordinations were conductC
by Bishop Mcdowell
~ Anniversaries of the Board of Sunda
" schools and Of the Freedman's Aid =
IL cictv we're held during the oveaing. TT
All Rev. S y. Pichard presided. and az
n dresses were delivered by j. i. Maveet
h and the Rev. T. o. Hartman, ID. d.
L. Jubilee Fund Campaign.
ok The educational jubilee committe
ci- met in the Sunday school room OF Oh
Methodist Protestant Church and Of
ganized by electing Dr. Alfred Smitl
cha rman. and the Rev. T. J. Cochran
ng secretary.
lie DR.. John w. Hancher, Of New Yorl
an delivered an address. in which he sal