Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-22
SOME METHOD|STS
HAVE RELIGION OF
THE OLD FASHION
It May be Found on Salisbury Dis
trict, DR.. Y. S. Collins Tells
Wilmington Conference.
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stat; Correspondence of Every Evening

He said it has wealth, culture heart and,
more than that, religion of the old
fashioned Methodist sort. DR. Co"ins
report follows:
When. on the second day of April, 1917,
Bishop Mcdowell appointed me TO sup
erintend Salisbury dlstric he assigned
me % a kingdom that would make
German princeing turn green with envy.
Wilmington may boast that 1t possesses
the majority of wealth of the peninsula,
as it does: Dover may boast 1t has .he
brains and the one Christian school OF
the peninsula; and Easton may boast
that it has the who'e-bearted hospitality
which has made the peninsula famous;
but Salisbury district modest'y c'alms
that she has all three, wealth, culture
and heart. More than that, Salisbury
district has re'igion-reiIgion of the Old
fashioned Methodist sort, that begins
with poignant conviction for sin; sincere
repenLapce from sin; pfayerfu' waiting
before God until the answer comes, an
answer of peace and Joy IN the Hoy
Ghost. On Salisbury district still may be
heard the raptuous shouts of victory
when newborn souls are usbered into the
kingdom, and there are still among us
those who are not ashamed to show their
holy JOY by leaping IN ecstacy when tl'led
BY the great Unseen.
From the questions that have been
ssked me during the year | find so much
ignorance on the part of the many other
wise intelligent people as to the metes and
bounds of Salisbury district, 1t may hc
veil to spend moment IN outlining the
geography of the territory Draw
Inc from about four miles north OF
Sharptown. Md, on the Nanticoke River
eastward 20 the Delaware Line; thence to
a point about three miles south of Laurel,
thence to a point about two miles south
of Millsboro; then eastwardly to the
Atlantic; and this will give you the
northern boundary of the disCrict From
this north line, everything southwark on
the peninsula from the NanhcoAc River
and the Chesapeake Bay on the west
and the Atlantic Ocean on the cast. clear
down to the point Of Cape Charles is all
mart Of the district Nor does it stop
there; for looking at YOUR map YOU will
see that Cape Charles Is the shape Of An
index finger, pointing directly 70 the
southland that lies beyond. SO we must
take the steamer at Cape Charles and
sail "A miles southwest to Old Point
Comfort; and just on its border, five
minutes ride by trolley, brings YOU to
Phpbus, where we have a church Of
great possibilities as yet almost un-
touched.
From Old Point the Virginia Navigation
CompanY steamer will take you across
the beautiful blue waters Of Hampton
Roads Of Civil War fame: past Newport
News. the rapidly growing clty. whose
shipvards are Increasingly famous and
where Uncle Sam is building canton
mcnts to hold 10000 soldiers at time
Tor enbarkati0n 10 the seat Of the great
-+t1 4ha f.ar1NnS "
90 leaving Smithficld. OF ham fame
on our port side; on past jamestown Isl
and. where John Smith landed and on TO
Claremont. our most distant point on the
district Claremont, you will thus see,
lies IS4 miles to the southwest oI I he
district parsonage. while Ocean View leS
30 miles to the northeast OF the district
parsonage To make the round trip 10
Claremont involves q rail ride OF LIS
miles. nd steamer ride Of also l1S mules.
a total of $50 miles. A round trip 20
Ocean View involves an 90-mile rail ride
and q 20-mile carriage rldc. Besides
these more distant points we have Deal 5
Island. which hes 20 miles from the rail-
road station at Princess Anne; and Hol-
lands Island. that nestles IN the placid
waters of Tangier Sound. nine miles
beyond Deals Chincoteague Island lies
Six miles from Franklin City and the
railroad across the bay Of the same name.
Smiths Island lies II miles due west
from Cnsfeld- and Tangier Island lies q
little further due south from Smith 5
Island
II map is used in connection with this
description of our territory 1t will readily
be seen that the physical difficulties OF
keeping appointments on schedule time
are not few Difficult 1t would be under
the best of circumstances; but still more
difficult to me because o. the peculiar
circumstances under which / succeeded
10 the district work. Brother OBnen' 5
and Brother Martlndale sudden re-
lease from labor to reward and then the
five weeks or so of Brother Dashien :
iuteregnuTn left me with no schedule of
appointments for my guidance. ArTang-
ing the schedule as best | could and
starting in to follow 1t ] soon found thai
so much time was spent III waiting for
trains it seemed TO me that an automobile
would greatly aid me IN our WORK. Then
when | coGhmenced to get in touch with
NV Island work. and found that there
were 81 appointments that could be COM
fortablv worked from boat, thought il
might be wise TO build me q comfortable
cruiser to do that work IN proper ST. ie.
But when this winter 5 freeze began TO
break UP and miles on end Of our roads
became impossible when it was common
sight TO see from three TO five automobiles
one dav stuck hopeiessly In he mud and
temporarily abandoned, because tie
roads had become neither land nor water
] concluded that nothing less than
modern bydro-aeropiane would meet the
needs Of the superintendent Of this dis
trict
But notwithstanding the difficulties
salisbury district is both progressive and
progressing Those who have gone
before me II this great work have build
ed wisely Brother O Rrien's s narne Is
spoken with reverence an over the dis
trict. as q wise counselor and brave leader
Brother George j. Jones is still spoken Of
;lS a man Of tireless energy and faithful
service who eft his impress for good
Brother ,tengIc and Brother Martindale
are spoken Of rs Fathers in Israel upon
whom al couid lean with confidence be-
cause of their purity of life and nobility
of character. The greatest compliment
that could be paid an ex-dis,rict superin-
tendent has Just been conferred on
DR. Wilbur + Corkran in that the !
quarterly conference of one Of the largest
churches in the district, viz. Asburv,
Crisfield. has unanimously invited him ID /
become their pastor for the ensuing con |
ference year The work Of these noble /
men Of God had 50 prepared the way |
that | have found a body Of ministers |
and layInen IN charge of the work OF the |
church on the district with whom it has !
hepn \ Measure Ia serve