Evening journal., 1918-03-23
nen,s AssocIatIon elected ths ioIIowlng

year
mems Association elected the following
officers:
w. j.. Downing, president; Hon.
Orlando Harrison, w. Hammond, Jrg
David S. Clark, and George w Booker
vice-president; Professor C A. short
secretary, and L. NJ. Price, treasurer.
The Laymen's Association Committee
on resolutions presented resolutions OF
thanks to Wesley church, its pastor
and people, for their hospltable erter-
tainment. It was resolved that the
membership Of the Laymen's Associa-
tion be pledged to cooperate with the
District superintsndents in extending
the circulation OF the Christian Ad-
vocate" and OF The Methodist"
It was resolved to recommend to the
laymen Of Wilmington Conference that
all effo Is be made to give pastors an
adequate support.
Resolutions Of thanks were given to
the Delaware and Maryland Legisla-
lures for their ratification OF the Ma
tional prohibition constitutional amend
; ment, and to the Anti-SaloOn Leagues,
the w. C. T. u, and the temperance
socie les Of both States
Governor John G. Townsend, Jr., de-
llvered an address on Church At
tendance" at the afternoons session
Of the Laymen's Association. He said
in part:
"This, to my mind. is the most critical
period in the history OF the State or
: Of the church. and II the church fails
, at this time in her mission, we ar'
lost piles Of brick or stone do moi
make a church We must have at
tendance 10 make a church.
Z "Many churches without attendanc,
should be closed. In most OF our little
4 towns we are churched TO death, tryins
to pay a minister a miserly salary O
a few hundred dollars from each demon
, inatlon, when, II we were all pulling
I together as one church. we could pa!
a decent salary TO a minister and there
by eliminate a great deal OF strife.
! Il am a Methodist, but let us b
! broad enough 10 see the good OF othe
denominations"
e Discussing other reasons for small at
I tendance, the governor declared on
= reason was because laymen placed th
4 blame on the pastor, instead Of upol
: themselves, whose poor management
/ was the cause He recommended
> checking" system TO keep track o
r families and their chu ch attendance
He said How about the politician
. Doesn't he know what every Qan
n going to vote in his district? And her
n we are in the greatest business Of tn
4 land, that Of running a church, an
Il don't even know all the families in ou
community"
d He asked the laymen to set goo
" example by their own regular al
r. tendance. He recommended a minimum
salary OF one thousand dollars fc
I. preachers and told the laymen TO "g'
n down to tacks" and work, and theI
v would be no ouble about attendance
4 Transfers Announced.
" The following transfers OF minister
a.. into Wilmington Conference were al
,r nounced yesterday: the Rev Carlis
Hubbard, from Baltimore Conference
the Rev. Frank Herson, from Phiiade
n phia Conference; the Rev. William
n Goodwin, from Central Pennsyhan
= Conference; the Rev. w. Hu lbut Aide
. son, son Of the Rev G.. T Alderso
M from the ST. Johns River Florida, Col
ne ference; the Rev. John H. Warren ar
the Rev Claud c. Clark, from the BIZ
We RIDGE Atlantic Conference.
10 The transfers published previous
to this Of the Rev. j. Howard Gray, o
4 Rev l. s. Whitaker and the Rev. a
n Thompson, 10 other Conferences, we
announced at the executive session.
- Yeste day afternoon the Womar
= Home Missionary Society anniVersa
was held, with Miss Mary Wheel
presiding and an address by Miss Carr
Barge, field secretary from Delawal
Ohio.
Last nlsht the joint anniversari
were celebrated OF the Freedman's A
mt and the Board OF Education, with d
re Rev Hen G. Budd, D D In the cha
The speakers were the Rev. p
10 Maveety, D D., OF Cincinnati, Obi
OF Or. ]. o. Spencer, OF Baltimore, and I
OF John p Jenkins, OF Mitchell, S. D.
~ Bishop Henderson 10 Speak.
ile Bishop T s Henderson, OF Det~o
y will deliver the princinal sddrC
al at the Conference Patriotic servi
elr this afternoon The Hon. John
sA Townsend, Governor Of Delaware, "
~ preside Mothers War Hymn W.T.
on ten by George Carter, editor OF II
EVENING JOURNAL, will be sung.
20 The Sunday program for Conferer
~ Is as follows:
rs' 900 A. M-The Conference Love Fe
TX Leader. Rev. r. K Stephenson =. D.
nd Milford. 7
."u 1880 A. M.-Divine worship
Sermon bv BISHOP Frank NJ. Bris
lat 23O p NJ Memorial Service
I83O p NJ Ordination Of neacons and +
,,,, ers by Bishop Frank NJ. Bris
,hl 730 p M-Anniversary of the Board
tee Foreign Missions Rev. T.
ca Terry, d. D.. presl ling.
- Speaker. Bishon ANilson
" Lewis, d. D.. LID, Fooch
Gil, China.
The Indications are that business VIII
,b- finished and Wilmington Conferel
ls ready to adjourn by noon on Monday