Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-22

| Red Cross, Army Y. NJ. e.. A., and other
funds ! am unable to state but it reaches
into. the thousands The young womcn's
Red Cross Society alone has paid 3d.
800. Asbury has 4.35 members enrolled IN
, her own Red Cross work, and has sent
forth AZ of her sons To fight for God and
| humanity, 35 Of whom are out Of one
Sunday school class record for any
| Sunday school class of which | have
| knowledge. Fact is, that the captain,
| first and second lieutcnants, and five
| non-commssioned officers of Go. az are
honored sons of Asbury. In addition To
all this Asbury has pledged 5000 for
domestic missions for next year, and
subscribed Sl9,32l.25 for the Wesley
| Collegiate Institute. Truly, this record is
one of which the whole conference may
be justly proud, and surely IL is one that
cheers the heart Of the pastor.
And, pardon me, il | say word about
this pastor of Asbury lie came to us
two years ago perfect stranger, every
one was asking, who is this man Her
SOM No one could answer, except to
say he was an Irishman imported from
Philadelphia. He has been with us but
two years. and in that time his energy.
his loyalty TO truth and 10 God, his,
ability as preacher, his zeal as a pa
triot, his heart-stirrlng power as an
evangelist, have not only stirred Asbury
and its clientele, but makes all Salisbury
honor the man and the message Of saliva
ton nc brings Combined with his iovial
Irish comradeship is the blood-rcd earnest
ness Of his race, and 10 every pastor on
tho district he has made himself brother
beloved Such success has attended his
ministry that even Wilmington Methodisn
turned its smile toward Salisbury, and
with beckoning hand whispered, We
want Herson. but Salisbury replied
none too swectlv. | fear, Get thee be
hind me, Wilmington. 50 ! thank God
TODAY for Dr Herspns life and work
among us Such n transfer 10 rs comes
as 4 valuable asset to our conference forces
Of righteousness
woMAN's FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
It seems strange that 50 important
a work rs this soclcty IS doing has not
stirred the women Of Salisbury district
TO have organized long ago and had at
least 1000 members on the district
Many pastors have not vet learned the
great assistance that this band Of holy,
devoted women can be to the local church.
and discourage the organization instead
of encouraging il But q better day -
dawning Asbury. Salisbury has Just
organized an auxiliary with - members.
Phubus with 10. Princess Anne has ~
members who have signed the pledge n
organize, hut he organization has not yet
been affected Doubtless this will be
done in the near future would ike -
scc an auxiliary of ms s3cIefy IN every
charge on the district
EPwoRru LFtsrF
This body Of young Ncthodsts is under
the care nf Rev George r. Sterling as
district president, and ln many churches
are DONG really good work III some
churches the atmosphere IS not conducive
to IA Hourishlng organization. and unless
the young folks have the sympathetic help
az the pastor in almost every case it
falls fiat to earth The district convention
held last October IN Antioch Church,
Princess Anne. was rated as one Of the
vcrv best yet held Young people from
All over the district are still speaking Of
the inspiration Of the convention.
WESLEY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
The campaign for the endowment Of
our Wesley Collegiate Institute was the
crownlng event Of the year 5 work on
the district Salisbury district Loyalty
adopted IN full the plans suggested by the
Jubilee commission Of tie Board 0f kdu-
cation and sbt about making plans become
actual facts The district was divided
into eight sub-districts. and chairmen
appointed to lead the hosts % victory
Revs J T. Herson " + Greenfield,
L. T. Poole and " O. Hurst did all that
men could DO to bring success. and witness
what their own churches did IN the cam
paign. and the group Of churches under
their leadership, Rev Leolan Jackson
was sadly handicapped by the serious
illness Of his daughter right in the midst
OF the campaign but devoted what Of
time and strength was at his command
Rev SlnA T. Hills put much time and
effort in he work. but found the inertia
of the neighborhood for tire cause too
powerful to bc fully overcome. How
every pastor on the district actually got
INTO The WORK IS Indicated by tie sub
Joined list Of pledges written. the
amounts subscribed do not represent
accurately the toll and energy OF the
pastor for some charges had bIg-hearted,
enthusiastic laymen who helped 20 plan
the campaign and TO push H. while in
other charges the leading officials suked
or actively opposed the movement, but
in every ease. as the figures show, where
the pastor put his soul in the work a few
OF the faithful ones at least followed his
example Of consecrated giving.
WESLEY COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE ENDow-