Evening journal., 1918-03-22
METHODISTS TO
Get. CITY Church
BY AN EXCHANGE
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ence Educational Society were. Minis
terlal, C. w. Prettyman, George C. VII
llams, D. w. Jacobs; lay, Walter o.
Horecker. ]. T. Taylor, E. Benson
Dennis.
The Rev. ]. F. Heisse, editor Of The
Methodist, addressed the Conference.
DR.. II. G. Budd announced a banquet
for all ministers, trustees and Dover
entertainers, this afternoon at Wesley /
Collegiate Institute 10 meet Bishop /
Bristol and to listen to a lecture on an |
educational topic.
The Board OF Trustees Of the Wesley |
COLLEGIATE Institute held an organization |
meeting yesterday afternoon. Governor |
John G. Townsend, Jr., OF Delaware, |
was elected president Of the board, |
with the Rev. DR.. r. X. Stephenson, OF
Milford, as vice-president and Arley B.
Nagee. mayor OF Dover, as the secre-
tary-treasurer. The tuition Of the in
stltute was raised by the board from
s75 TO 500 annually The president was
empowered TO appoint a committee on
property and a committee on curricu-
/ lum, which he will do in the near fu-
/ ture.
The question OF paramount interest,
ministerial appointments, was in al
more unsettled state last night than 1t
was the day before yesterday, II was
said. With the advent Of laymen, dele
/ gates TO the Laymen's Conference today,
/ In considerable numbers In Dover yes
terday afternoon, with requests for
certain ministers TO be sent to their
{ churches, all states went to smash.
Prominent ministers and laymen de-
clared that one mans guess was as good
as another's. and that they knew less
than the day before, in regard to ap-
pointments.
The question OF the pastorate OF the
state Street Church, Camden, in the
New Jersey Conference, is proving diff
flcult. There is a very considerable
debt upon this church, and Wilmington
Conference ministers hesitate over un-
dertaking the lifting Of a large debt, es-
pecially a problem in these war times.
[ Problems in various Wilmington Con-
ference churches, arising out Of the
war, are giving the bishop and his cabi-
net an unusually difficult time in .decid-
ing upon pastoral appointments.
The withdrawal OF Or. C. A. Hill, OF
Crisneld, Nd from all Conference re-
AhllOnof nN NchAilN fAAAA aAAN HNih6 n WI
q tincate OF location, which makes him
I a local elder, is a matter Of regret ia
;. Conference. Dr. Hill has been for many
e years a leading member OF Wilmington
D Conference, as pastor OF st. paurs
). Church. Wilmington. and other import
I ant charges.
There was laughter yesterday wher
Or. Vaughan s. Collins remarked
c salisbury Is showing Wilmington Z
8 thing OF two. Wilmington even trieC
y to get away a Salisbury man. the Rev
! ]. T. Herson. from ms. but I said
+ Get thee behind me- At this poin
g he paused and gestured backward L
n Or. Robert Watt. seated in his rear
y The audience broke into laughter.
e Bishop Bristol paid a compliment &
q the Baptist denomination in welcoming
DR.. c.. II. WOolston, Baptist minister
It yesterday. The Bishop said: "Th
n devil. like others. finds the suhmarin
& the biggest weapon OF offense."
IN A large audience greeted Mrs. WI
,e liam Fraser Mcdowell wife OF the resi-
l. dent bishop OF Wilmington Conference
N who spoke yesterday afternoon at tn
r anniversary OF the Woman's Foreig
Missionary Society. Mrs McDowe
spoke OF the increased difllculty Of cor
10 vertlng the heather because OF he wa
~ between Christian nations. 90 sal
~ the heather could not understand tn
righteous reasons for which The wa
=, was waged against Germany. thoy wer
~ not comprehensive 10 their code {
90 morals. She told OF experiences
Aslatio and African countries durin
her trip around the world. She sal
\, the Jubilee year would find 1000 mil
- sionaries on the Methodist roll >,
. foreign missions. She begged for MOI
e liberal giving. Mrs. Vaughan s. Collir
presided.
= Attending the anniversary from WI
mington were Mrs. Eli Mendinhal
Mrs. Emma F. Shilling, Mrs. NJ. r. Lii
coin, Mrs. Jeannnie r. Field, Miss Dor
Mcleod, Mrs. II. 5. Goldey and Mrs.
Wesley Weldin.
Tomorrow afternoon, the Woman
Home Missionary Anniversary will
celebrated with Miss Mary Wheele
presiding. and the address given by Nil
Carrie Barge, OF Delaware, Ohio, flel
secretary.
In the evening. the Joint anniversari'
OF the Freedmen's Aid and OF the Boar
OF Education, will be held, with u
Rev. Henry G. Budd, d. D., president
Wesley Collegiate Institute, in the chai