New Britain herald., 1918-04-19
Pages 10 TO 20

| tain church services in any effecti
way, or at ALL has been a prcssil
| question in many Of our churches. b
IN ore way or another services. off
In small rooms. sometimes in unic
with other denominations have bee
Kept up with patience and courage
PerhapS more battling has been til
problem OF pastoral supply. OF III
siXty-SeYon pastoral charges on It'd
district, fourteen have suffered IN
loss or tleT pastors during the veal
OF these five Wcrc supply. aDpoin|
ments. William G. Griffin yyas copI
pclIcd by temporary illness to ask RI
. leave Of absence from the Soul
NorWaIk church. The church has bed
supplied by S. p. Fairbanks of O
own conference and DR.. J. c. OalxIeI
a retired minister of the New Vol
conference. whose ministry has e}
deared him greatly to all the peoIj
of the community both within al
without the church. Robert Ripped
asked for and was granted an
definite leave of absence from t
Saugatuck church and is now servi}
the Young Mems Christian assoc
ton as membership secretary in
| tWenty-third street branch New YoM
city
e. F. Weisse was at his reoue
granted leave of absence fro
Grace church, Bridgeport VIII
Brother Fl. A. Johannessen, supp
pastor of the First Norwegian churd
New York City accepted a call
another field, K. o. BrudevoId.
elder in the North Dakota Confs
ence, was transferred to the n,
York Conference and appointed
his stead. In like manner ArtrI
A. Bouton. a probationer of the A
year in the Central Pennsylva
Conference has been transferred
this Conference to fill the vacar
caused by the appointment of w.
Tower to q position with the Bod
Of Foreign Missions. Six past
from this district have gone into so
form of war service. It has been
difficult task to supply the churc
thus vacated but, for the most I'D
satisfactory adjustm ents have b
made so that the work has b
maintained without serious loss
THE most distressing problem
been that of ways and means, es
cially in New York City. year
in my report | tried to represent I'd
my brothers who are doing essen
work In our metropolis and in
small country charges under COT
tons that none but the most he
could endure,
These conditions have intensi
during this year. In New York
the City Society has been facing
annual deficit in its current bulge
5000 900. This was slightly reid
by recent subscriptions, aggrega
$40, 900 annually for the next
years, to q war emergency fund
ertheless, it has seemed to the
ayers of the society that drastic
must be made in the appropriate
to churches in Manhattan and
Bronx. For the New York
Conference this means serious re-
lions in the appropriations to B
man Hill, Cornell Mem orial,
Peoples Home church, the elm
ton of Hedding church and the
Tinued Withholding Of such assist
to old Trinity as would make p
bic the effective continuance of
there. TO the praise of these chur
be it said that they have braveIy
cepted the hard conditions imp
upon them and will continue to
on in hope of day God grant
it may not be much longer della
when the cry Of this nearby M
donia may be heard by the Oh
and the needs of these fields be
quately met. Two of the cor
circuits whose pastors left In
midst of the year have been for
months without pastoral service,
hpH9YEn ha v
to undertake the work for the ms
salaries which these charges
pay. Brethren, We are Challenge
an overwhelmingly need both In
and in the country. 1T is not ju
ask men to fill these hard places
suffer as they must for the a
necessities Of life. The fund fol
derpaid ministers must be incr
to a point where every man w
serving a charge in our confe
shall be guaranteed a decent sur
If the voluntary REIMBURSEMENT,
one per cent. of our salaries vii
90 this, then let 1t he two per
II the churches will not respoI
the appeals now being made by
tors and district superintendent
some man be set apart especial
this work. In the name and mo
Of our fathers, and with wise
sight, 1T is high time that we sci
selves to the task OF making per
ant the work in fields white 70
harvest but where the 1aborers
Few
ACCOMPLISHMENTS The
suits achieved, Notwithstanding
variety and difficulty of our
ems, have been along the line
deals, though not equal to then
have tried to do what we coui
our Nation. Everywhere quic
spouse has been made to calls
Liberty Bonds, Red Cross Wor
Young Mems Christian Associ
work among the soldiers and
II camps and environments and
+arious forms Of relief worl
many churches the Ladies' All
'ieties have organized for Red
work almost to the exclusion