Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-22

$500 and unanimously requesting his
return for another year
Hebron, Rev. George w. Hastings,
pastor, leads the district in debt-paylng,
having Cancelled 81 ,450 during the past
year. Working under disadvantages
which ] need not here enumcrate, the
pastor has SO succeeded in uniting his
people they advanced his salary 800 this
year and paid it; have made notable
advance in all benevolent offerings, and
to show their still further appreciation
of their pastor they have promised an
additional advance of 500 for next year,
and unanimously ask for his return.
To my mind Quantico has one of the
most remarkable pastors among us IN
the person Of Rev w. =. Taylor. Not
only has he had paid debts To the amount
of &l30 and raised $50 for parsonage
improvements, but by some power we'll
nigh miraculous he secured from his
| circuit total of ST. $50 in pledges for
| Wesley Collegiate Institute. This IN IT.
| self was feat Of no ordinary size, hut
| when man has the nerve to try TO drive n
Ford car over the highways OF his circuit,
which, only by straining the truth, can
be called roads and which, in fact. are
| but trails of mud, of softest CONSISTENCY
and deep as n woman's love, not only
thus dares the impossible, and even his
Ford rebels, ard back fires and strips ITS
gears, and does lot of other things
which no minister's machine should eyer
| do, especially on Sunday; and when all
! this happens, and he fails To keep his
appointment with his district superln-
J tendent, who is compelled to preach IN
! his absence, and comes To the rescue IN
another car three hours later, and finds
| the pastor. muddy to the knees, with his
best Sunday pants only FIT for the wash
| tub; when all that happens. and the
/ pastor grcets the rescue party. with
/ CHEEKY Well here we are. waiting Tor
! vou Where is WHIP ! say, when
man can he chccry under such circum-
stances | take off my hat to hlm. Truly
| did one of his leading parishloners say
| to me. Brother Taylor has one of the
sweetest dispositions ever SAW. Nothing
| uIfIlcs him
WhitcsvilIe. Rev ] \ RurEson pastor.
| is another circuit that deserves especial
mention -Four rural churches two oi
I them quite weak. under the magnificent
| leadership Of this man of God have won
| IL souls for the Master; secured IS of
them on probation; pald S1S2 church
improvements. and pledged 1880 for
Wesley Collegiate institute At the
vcry end Of the year, without ever prom
| ising 10 DO 50, his people paid hun
900 extra on salarv. aud have PROMISED
5000 advance next wear II Prothcr PUCK
son is returned to them lie will return
all right. II only | can persuade the bish0p
to sec the case as ! do
Now. we come 10 .fanglcr whore tho
Methodist prea cher II he Is wise. and
good. and brave. IS truly monarch Of
all he surveys
For four years Rev I J Sard has
held before this generous. sincere people
the highest ideals of Christian teaching
and life Nohiv have they responded to
all his appeals Notwithstanding All
the unusual weather that has struck
ranger as hard, perhaps, rs any other
sectlon-frozcn up for forty-cight days
straight, without communication With
the mainland. with all business AT a stand
still and enforced ldlcness the part of
So many. vet this noble people advanced
their pastor $ salarv $500 and have paid
every cent Of it, together With the bishop
and dist rict superintendent : claim n
full have this wear paid 500 for missions,
bcsidc-Sti3 TO Wilmington City Missionary
Society; paid on debts $500, and pledged
Sl.Il5 on Wesley Collegiate Institute
W ondcrful island 4 Sunday school Of
1S6 enrolled and have seen $40 IN actual
attendance. The only place on the dis
trict where at the right season OF the
year | find 450 TO 500 men actually pres
ent at Sunday morning service Is IT
any wonder that love Tangler. and look
forward with inexpresslble delight TO my
quarterly visit there
Step back now to Selbyvllie, just across
the MARYLAND line in Delaware. and look
at the record Of Salem Church. Rev. "
II Briggs, pastor Beautiful stone church
fine. nov. modern parsonage church
plant 10 be proud o.. and, better stlii
band Of official men worthy 70 be officials
in such a church See the record OF the
year, pastor : salary advanced IT the
fourth quarterly conference 800 and
paid in full for the past Year including
district superintendent and bishops s..
100 given for Red Cross and kindred
work. and So 200 pledged on the Wesley
Collegiate Institute With such a record
are you surprised at the smile the pastor
wears as he listens To the praise ot his
noble men? And his people are Just As
proud of their pastor; have unanimously +
requested his return for next year, and /
promised an additional 500 on salary.
Antioch Church, Princess Anne. Md, |
Rev. Leolan Jackson pastor, pays 81 900 /
on indebtedness this year. and leads the |
district on church Improvements by IN +.
provements to the amount Of s.. all !
Of which has been paid Antioch has
given is of her sons To the holy war III
which our country Is now engaged, has
unanimously requested the return OF
their pastor and promised an advance of
$500 IN salary.
Snow Hill. Rev l. +. Poole, pastor, Is
increasingly prosperous and Increasingly
useful Under Brother Poole, whom one
Of his officials calls the greatest hustler
we ever had, Whatcoat Church is
steadily advancing in all good works
She has sent 10 Of her sons to the flag
has advanced her salary 500, has pledged
81, 955 To Wesley Collegiate Institute
paid $50 to Red Cross and IS full Of good
deeds as we'll as faith. The church unani-
mously requested that Brother Poole bc
reappolnted
The last town | shall mention III tins
list is Salisbury the southern metropolis
OF the peninsula a beautiful little city
of 1000 prosperous happy souls. We
have three churches here AsburA Grace
and Stcnge Stcngle and e'faee nave
been joined into one appointment during
the past year under the pastoral care Of
Rev C. " Moore who has done most
faithful work making 200 pastoral calls
paying S5S7 on church debts, raised $50
for Red Cross and has collected total Of
S169 for benevolences.
Asbury Church the mother church
under the heroic leadership q Rev. Or,
j + lIerson is Just beginning To awaken
frrr, hor comfort al Ia Gf1tnther - wears