Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-21

toll, liberal giving, and n determination
TO put the campaign across ] have never
seen anything like it. To the group
heads, Revs. Geo. Jones, i. \. Moore,
Geo White Dawson n u. kelso Ivan
hoe Willis, Geo. W. Bounds, Geo. T.
Anderson. !. Howard Gray. J. l.. Johnson,
Elwood W. Sones and W. +. Corkran be-
longs unstintcd praise. Upon these
men the chief burden fell, and they wrongh
checrfully and manfully. II is only fair
To add that the attitude of the Rev DR.
Herbert r. Randolph of Grace church.
did much To assist in putting the drive
''over the top" He lined up his great
church so effectively that il gave one half
the entire sum contributed in the city.
To these men and To their churches
desire to formally put on record my o'iiclal
as well rs my personal appreclation'
Happy the official who is favored by the
corporation of such men. they make
! hardship pleasure toll delight
There were times when If the oine had
! wnvcrcd the outcome would have bccn'n
doubt Put having put their hands
To the pillow they did not turn back.
| ! would bear testimony also to the nbility
| and fidelity and patience ot DR.. Z. r..
Lcityell who had general charge oi the
conference campaign For rare good
sense and genuine butherliness 1T
Le,txcl would he hard to excel. lie early
sensed the situation that wc faccd. lie
showed that he realized the difference
between saving program or saving
situation lie wisely chose the latter.
in less skilful hands there might have been
! n calamity instead of victory.
record il ne a deliberate judgment
based upon reliable facts that no event
IN the history of Peninsula Mcthodism
ever bulked as big for our church rs this
campaign We never attempted any
great connectional movement before
| Ineded it is the only real correctional
thing We ever did attempt II has not
only put the school on a safe financial basis,
II shows what Methodsts can do when
they line M to the task. The Wilmington
Conferences was characterized by DR.
Ieitzcll as a sleeping giant. Perhaps il
was. but il will be found To he giant
very much awake from now on We
have entered on a new era and the future
Is aglow with glorious promise
The Wilmington district is contribm
ing its share toward putting our Confer
| cnce " here II belongs in the matter Of tho
support nf its ministers II not only lcd
the Washington area in SALARY advances.
has led every area in tho church And
the end is not vet II is high time that
the reproach of meagre salaries restine
so long against the Wilmington confer
encc should he removed The average
IF our Conference ability and efficiency
will compare favorably with the hest IN
Nethodism II Us Citing that practical
recognition he made Of that fact
Grace church leads the district with
an advance of $1,000, 81 Paul follows
with q $1,000 increase. ST Georges and
Summit adds $500 10 its pastors support
Bethel s400. kingvwood $3.50: Rrack-E
$3.50, Union. Cookman. Wesley, Trinity
Richardson Park, Zion, Claymont and
Chesapeake City 500 each; Madeley.
McCsbe. Siverbrook, HopeweIl Uucl
essin. Cherry Hill. Mt Pleasant Nj
Lebanon. Christiana. Stanton and Col0rs
500 each. Fbenezer and Rising Sun $50
each The total for the wear. incluC'ne
the Italian Mission. Is s. 500, or nearly
$4,000 for the two years, with $4,000
advance already in sight for next wear
Grace church takes another advan GO
step bv putting its salary for next wear
AZ $1,000 and an assistant. thus placing
the church among the first charges IN
the denomination st Paul gives notice
that its salary for the coming year viii
he $4,000 Union takes similar action
and puts its salary at SS.oon. thus giving
US three OF the bcst churches IN Metho-
dISn
Because of the exacting and strenuous
Iabnrs involved IN caring for the expanding
work of this growing church. DR. Arthur
II Thompson will seek another field Of
labor DR. Thompson has greatly On
deared himself TO hls church and brother
ministers and has made full proof Of his
min strv He will GO from Our fellowship
with our good wishes and prayers that
his how NAV abide in strength
Another church that is about 10 put
on 2 program that viii meet the needs
Of rapidly changing community is our
church al Newark The growth of
Delaware Collegc and the consequent
growth of the town makes this appoint
mont strategic and important We have
not always been as wise as NC might have
been in caring for our churches that are
located IN college towns, hut the officials
Of this church are alive to the situation
and will do their bit toward making
effectual a program that will meet the
needs Of the community and college
life
side our borders for minister must
not in any sense be construed as 3 crit
icism or reflection on our own men
There Is wise proverb IN the Scriptures
that We sometimes forget Ia the effect
that ~ prophet is moi without honor
save in his own country" In any event
why should We build wall around our
conferences as though they were separate
units? They arc parts of great whole
Personally ! believe II good thing to
encourage an exchange between adjacent
conferences In this case one OF our own
men goes into a better appointment
than he would have received among US
and we welcome a choice Voung minister
peculiarly fitted for this particular task
The material interests have not suffered
neglect The beautiful and commodous
Sabbath school building at Mt Salem.
begun during the ministry of the Rev
r. 7 Nandvkc and completed hy the
present pastor Rev VIM T. Habhart.
was dedicated last fall Brother Nandvke
and The wrItCr were the dcdlcstory
preachers So heroically did this lowell
people respond TO the call for fund that
every dollar Of the remaining amount
needed to dedicate free Of debt was
ovcrsubscrlbcd This building adds not
alone $40, 900 TO the value Of the church
properly, but in every way ministers 70
the carrying out Of a modern Sunday
school program and ~ the same time
aids in caring for the social life Of the
Young people OF the church and COM
munlty.
The dedication Of The new Italian
churCh ftIlfIlls q long cherished dream of