Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-19
FOR LIBERTY LOAN AND
PREACHERS PENSIONS
Ministers and Laymen OF Dover
M. E. District Mobilize for
Big Drive.
Special Correspondence of Every Evening

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Bridgcville. Sept. l9.-MIethodist minis
tcrs and laymen of Dover district OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, met here
Tuesday to moboiize their forces for the
big drive for preachers pensions. VII
mington Conferences share ot the
$40, 600, 900 TO be raised by the church
throughout the county rs S2OO,OOO, and
the Dover district proportion rs S5O,OO0.
Considerable enthusiasm was mani
tested when DR. f. H. Dashiell of Will
mington. secretary of the fund, told the
delegates that President Wilson had sent
a letter to the general board, indorsing
the plan Of pleading with the people to
buy Liberty Bords and to donate them
to the cause of preachers pensions. Dr.
Dashicl announced that evory cent re-
ceivcd in this campaign will bc converted
into Liberty Bonds IN this way the
clcrgymcn believe they will be dong
two-fold duty helping the government
and caring for disabled ministers and their
dependents.
DR. ]. +. b. Smith of Chicago, in charge
Of campaigns throughout the states, sad
that the first minister to fall at the front
in France was a Methodist pastor from
Dakota. who did not wait for the declara-
ton of war with Germany, but went 10
Canada and enlisted, and died in battle
"Methodists are patriotic, SAID Mr..
smith ''in one conference alone 40 clergy
men have from one to SIN sons IN military
service. I hero IS a great decrease IN the
number of ministers serving home pulplts,
because of the necessity OF supplying
chaplains and other religious workers IN
army and navy Bishop William +. Me-
DowelI and the district supcnntcndents
of the Wilmington Conference hnd ~
difficult TO supply all the churches with
pastors, and there arc some vacant
pulpts.
There arc 100000 Sunday school
scholars in the trenches This justice to
the aged minister has been long delayed
and the church is now determined to care
for the aged veterans with a decent
pension
DIR. Smith read the following letter from
Bishop W. T. Mcdowell. Of Washington,
ID. c.:
The Methodist Episcopal people in
the Washington and all other areas are
absolut civ committed and devoted 10 two
supreme tasks First. winning the war
for humanity against tyranny: second
winning the world for Christ; for the
| first we may give money, sons, daughters,
service. life itself For the second We
| must give as for the first, even rs Christ
| gave for the same holy purpose.
Just now in Baltimore and Wilmington
| Conferences we ha We programs Tor com
| plcting our funds for our veterans
| shortly in the whole church We shall have
( the centenary campaign. Before this
month closes a new Liberty Loan dr1vc
will begin in the whole country All the
| churches Will proudly observe Hero s
| Dav and unite with all othcr Americans
| ia the ncw measures 10 win the war.
now exhort all our people to buy all the
Il *I.ibcrtv Loan Bonds and War Savlngs
| stamps they can possibly buy. No church
| ought 10 be permitted 10 buy more bonds
| send more mcn 10 the front or mor'
| PRAYERS 10 heaven than We do.
Men. rxh0ri that McthodiSts CIV,
,hcir bonds and stamps to the other worl
| Of winning the world for christ In Balti
1 more and Wilmington Conferences The
! fund for retired preachers should be I'm
medlately completed in this way Make
| every dollar thus do TWO things heiE
save the country and help save the world
God bless YOU
Revs J W Coona, Dover; DlsstoI
| " Jacobs, Bndgcvtle; + c. MacSoriey
fredericksburg, " r Gunhy, Csmbrldgc
| and x k Stevenson. Milford, arc leader
of the groups to make the canvas IN thei
| territory
Among the prominent lavmen VIII
| spoke were " Winder and T. y. Rawlin
OF Seaford. who SAID the laymen were bacI
OF this movement The church and tn
world owed a debt of gratitude 10 the re
tired ministers.