Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-18
SEEK MILLION FOR
MISSION CAUSE
Wilmington Conference Asked for
Both Money and
Workers.

At l.3O yesterday afternoon. the second
meeting Of the Wilmington NJ. T. Area
convened in the Grace NJ. L. Church
Much of the general appeal for consecra-
tion to the cause of obtaining mission
aries, and the desired SS0,OO00O0 was
of the same trend, as the morning appeals
The afternoon meeting was better at
tended than the morning meeting, and
the enthusiasm was sustained. Special
feature of the afternoon meeting was the
address of DIR. II. &. keboch. Sunday
school director in the centenary move
ment. He told how much of the recruit
ing of missionaries would have to be from
the ranks of the young men and women
of the Sunday schools, and advocated
turning over greater responsibilities in
leadership to them, to equip them for
the call. Fourteen thousand missionaries
will have to be gathered from the Sunday
schools ranks, DR. kcboch said, after
the complete financial engineering of the
fund has gone through.
DIR +. s. Moore outlined plans of the
Missionary Centenary Christian Steward
ship Crusade, whose slogan is "A million
tithers in Methodism" Cards were
passed about to be signed and returned
by those who would pledge themselves to
give a 1.-THE Of their incomes to carry on
the work of Methodism. The money ac-
cumulated in this way would go toward
the fund; IN fact, all donations made To
the church IN the next five wears. while the
fund is being amassed, will go toward it,
including all disciplinary bencvolences.
DIR. Moore made the statement that there
was less a lack ot missionaries than money,
but Bishop Warren declared his obscrva-
tions proved that there was lack of mis-
sionaries IN more foreign fields that had
the money than there was lack of money,
and plenty of missionaries. He spoke OF
money lying idle in some places because
there were not enough missionaries TO
carry on the work
Rev George Given Hollingshcad, of
st. Pauls NJ. l.. Church, Jersey City, n.
j., gave very clear exposition OF the
financial aspect of he campaign Instead
Of considering tho matter from the almost
appalling view of raising SS0,0C0,000
The speaker translated IT into the ap-
port ionmcnt that the Conference of vii
mington would nc called upon 10 make,
and then reduced it further 10 he amount
each church would be expected to give
The money counted on from tho Confer
cncc Of " ilmington is $685. ,6l0 each YEAR
for the next FIVE years. or total of S9tS.
0j0 towards the $4,000, 900 Rev Hol-
hngshcad demonst rated that th Meth
odists Of America could give their entire
quota (sl6,000,0 per year for the next
five vcars) out of the interest OF their
Liberty Bonds without touching their 9TH
er capital
II has been estimated that the Metho-
dists of America have taken $780,
o00. 900 in bonds. the interest on which
Will amount annually TO 81 200, 600. If
Sl6. 900 600 per wear were 10 be taken ont
of that for the fund that would leave
among the Metho0hsts of America SILL
200, 900 interest on their Liberty Bonds
District Superintendent DR. Robert Watt
that he had no fear ( hat the
would fail in contributing its
quota TO the fund, claiming surplus last
year Of SI20,000, over all expenses. and
a surplus this year Of $1,000
In the evening. Bishop William f. Nc
Dowell said he believed there would be
no trouble in getting the full amount OF
the fund. and moro than that
Meetings now held are really only
informal and preparatory. They will
lead up 10 a big ten-day drive, during
which every church will work to secure
a centenary Offering from every adhcrent
Of the church. The official drive will be
launched on q Sunday. 10 be known as
World Program Sunday" and the CEN
tenary will be officially celebrated through
out the Methodist churches. This will
come not later than the spring of 1919.