Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
PRESByTEHY MEETS
AFTER FLU" DELAY
Rev. Mr.. Kerr, Wilmington, Pre-
sides at Postponed Sessions in
Dover; Church Shows Gains.

Special CsrrespuntIeucc Of Kvcry Evening
Dover, Nov. 5.-Postponed on account
Of the influenxa epidemic, the adjourned
| meeting of tho New Castle PreHbytery,
scheduled TO have been held OctoberS, con-
vcncd this morning in the First Prcsby--
terian Church with Rev. MIR. Kerr, d
Wilmington, moderator, presiding.
Rev D. A. Reed chairman, submitted
a report On the young peoples work show
ing membership Of 230 compared with
| 96 Of last year, an increase OF l4.
Rev Josiah Fl. Crawford Of Wilmington
made report, showing that whue the
Psr-,bvtcry had been called upon for funds
fo~ other purposes it had given more for
n,l~1ions, etn Il was also reported that q
Italians from one church in Wilmington
were in the service of the United States
The Rev. J l. Millignn, stated clerk
and treasurer. submitted his report show
ing the financial condition OF the Freshly
tcrv Walter II Kline. of the Chester
Prcsovtery. was received INTO the Ne"
Castle Preshytery and Will have charge
ci the Prcsbvteral Church at the head
Of Christena Rev Fgqcrt's resignation
as pastor Of Chesapeake City Presbyterian
Church was presented and accepted
Rev. Mir Crawfori's report IN part
follows:
Your Committee on Systematic Bencti-
cercc reports that for the last General
ASSEM- ly wear the preshytcry Of New
Castle has made probably the finest show
ing IN it's history Certainly nothing ike
~ in the last ten wears has surpassed the
record Of the past year. And II IS slgnlfi-
can; thing that this increase IN the
offerings Cf the church was made IN a
wear when the demands upon the people
for contributions from outside sources bave
exceeded that Of any other year
The Red Cross. The Y NJ c. A.,
the Y " CA the Armenian Relief, the
French Orphans. the Rclg,nan Relef
have all knocked AT our doors snd have not
Knocked in vair Vet MISUNDERSTANDING
thcso things and thr high cost Cf living,
tnc claims # the Nlrodom have not hccn
res!ccted. nay have been supported IN this
prcSi.vtery is prot al ~ never befor'
Two thousand sIN hundred forty eight
more was gwen to Home Missions than
the wear previous s2001 more gwen to
Foreign MlSSlors than the wear previous,
SIoS more to the Sunday School Board and
81 79O more to the cause Of Temperance
than the wear previous The toEi bene-
licences for the wear amounted 10 SIG, ,S3l
''An encouraging thing has been tho
fact that seven churches moved into the
ionor Roll contributing 10 every loard
OF the church tins Year that omitted
ono or more boards the year previous
These churches are, Milford, Port Deposit
Georgetown and Cool SprirFS, Rehohoth
Frankford and lgcad of Chrstiana- An in
terrstlng item IL that SIN Of our churches
whose pulpits have been vacant either part
or for whole year contributed 10 every
hoard af the church
''Fortv-thrce churches contributed TO
every board. FELTON, and harrington
contributed to FIVE boards, omitting four
And the Italian Church of Wilmington,
which has had hard year with large
number Of their men returning TO Italy
To fight for their native land and many
in the ranks Of our country havIrg lost
number Of contributors, contributed but
10 two boards These brethren deserve our
sympathy in their losses and encourage
inert for the splendid work they have dome
towards their own maintenance, IN that
thew contributed seventeen dollars per
member for their support for the past year
IF this ration IS fighting 10 make the
world safe for democracy, the Church Of
the Living God must see that democracy
is safe for the world We must strengthen
the bulwarks Of the kingdom We must
make Jesus King in men s lives and reSaon
and all the arcncieS of the church must be
adequately supported. We must Dot fail
Every agency that asks our support in
the church j. dong its part IN advancing
by OUT means as well as by our prayers.