Evening journal., 1918-03-21
DIR. WISE SUMMARIZES PAST
YEAR ON EASTON DISTRICT

'nlty TO the church. always 10 be count
cd upon for support OF the pastor in
every worthy cause he might advocate,
some of them prominently Identified
with our Peninsula MethOdism, have. in
The closing year transferred their Wem-
bership Gao the roster Of the church
triumphant Notably among such thus
reckoned arc Joseph Smilhers and the
Rev William FAIRIES. OF smyrna; Hon.
George l.. Townsend. of odessa; John
McRochcster and Miss Winnie Diggins.
Of Church Hin, and Mrs. Eliza Siglcr,
Of Ridgely; the latter leaving 81 500 10
the trustees for investment. the interest
20 be applied 10 the support OF The
pastor The churches from which these
have recently gone hence feel kceny
the great loss sustained
on Tuesday. October % last. at Ches-
tertown Mrs. Nancy :. Artcrs, wife of
our aged and much beloved brother.
T. 4. Arters. twas not. FOR God took
her. A suitable minute has been pre-
pared by r. 4. Beauchamp and will bo
read at the Conference Memorial SER
vice.
With an cNcr-incroasing number of
worthy interests being committed 90
wrought hard. increasingly and well.
All that was hoped has not been real
lied. but purpose and effort 10 achieve
have not been wanting, and in spite OF
a variety of circumstances for which
no man among them WAS responsible.
the results of the years work viii be
surprisingly GOOD when the tabulalion
Is made
Plausible reasons arc assignable for
the small number Of conversions report
cd This year, and the figures do not rep
resent any degree of Indifference. ne
glect or failure on the part OF our men
tO wisely plan for this oll-imporiant
end. Tho months of October and No
vember usually set apart for special
evangelistic effort We're practically re-
Questioned by the Wesley Collegiate In
stitutc campaign, and when January and
February arrived. with them came the
unusually stormytwcaiher and intense
cold. these together with e shortage
of fuel everywhere. and the utter i'm
possibility of securing the necessary
supply. literally forstalled on well-laid
plans for revival work. Nevertheless,
some persisted and succeeded Kent is
land reports los conversions Cccilion.
20; ChcstcrtoWn 60. Marydcl. 81: Thigh
man. 3i; ~l Michacrs and Henderson,
30 each Sudlers,ill". %. Concord pa:
Baysidc, IS. Bozman A.: Rock llaH. a.:
iiillGhoro and Burrsyillc. 20 each. others
In smaller numbers make total OF iA0
The new church at Kent Island report
cd last year as having boon begun. has
made substantial advance nolwithsland-
ing exceptional nindrances Just after
the new building bad received rs roof
ing. further work thereon vas halted
by the alarming Information that the
United States Government would take
over the enlire Island area for an ord
nance proving ground. For weeks the
question was debated and the aiien0aflt
uncertainty hung ike q mantle Of gloom
over the hearts and homes of our peo-
pic there; The government ultimately
choosing another site FOR IFS purpose.
Next came the wage allurrmcni from
muniii0n and cantonment quarters. so
strongly appealing 20 mechanics and la-
borcrs as 10 make it more dliicult 10
retain any FOR work on the church.
Then came an embargo on certain
building material and a Communicating
of others, and, withal. winter set in.
hard and almost unprecedented, the re-
sut being that tie nne new church
stands about half completed. forced 90
wait a more convenient season. which
Il is hoped will not be muca loneer
deferred. However, Kent lsland has