Evening journal., 1919-03-26
DIR. MOWBRAY TELLS OF
DOVER DISTRICTS YEAR
SIAN Correspondent.

superintendent or Dover district, lils
morning read his annual report before
The Wilmington Methodist Conference.
br. Mowbray summarized the years
work as follows:
III there shall be anything like nor
nal reports coming up from the
charges this year 10 will not be be-
cause of favorable conditions, but be-
cause of special devotion TO duty on the
mart OF the pastors and Divine help 10
an unusual degree.
For weeks on weeks 'lengthening into
months, our churches have been closed.
influenza. scarlet fever. diphthcria and
sven small poN have played their part
ana held in check the work Of the
church. and at times all work whether
OF a public or private character, and
Il. perchance, the churches were opened
spr season, the people were panleky
and shy, fearful lest they be attacked
hy some lurking disease, specially was
this -uf the uniamed, uncontrolled
monster which Is designated for want
OF some better name-tho Flu.
"The war, also, has added its dis
fress. left is deep shadows on many
homes and causing unrest and distress
among an classes of people. Now that
peace among the warning nations seems
assured, and we trust q large measure
OF freedom from the scourge which mas
~rouSht such havoc among us, we
breathe freer and are getting down again
70 more normal conditions, yet we can
not feel altogether assured Of immunity
from these things since there seems 70
have been little resultant humility and
seriousness among our people from the
sessons already received from war and
pestnence. On the other hand there ap-
nears 10 have followed this release from
she terror by day and night an un-
nsusl amount Of frlvllous worldliness
IN The part Of our people. Some OF
4hem are almost literally dancing their
.Nav to death and destruction over the
xerv graves OF the brave boys who died
70 make us secure from the horrors OF
Slaverv worse than death. To say the
least. 10 Is unseemly. Pray God we may
not provoke Him 70 greater distress ana
uesolation upon us before we awake 10
our sober senses. but that we may heed
fhe cali already given to repentence ana
rood works.
"The Rev. Wilmar Jaegard, who a few
wears ago was compelled TO accept the
retired relation on, account OF III heaiih
and who has fingered near the border
for these years, passed on to MS heav-
4nlv home on November 2i, 1918. lie
ieaves a=faiihful and devoted wife TO
smourn his going.
: AThe Rev. Ralph T. Coursey, pastor
sof our church in wyoming, Del, IN
the midst Of the activities OF a busy
pastorate and in seemingly good health,
was suddenly stricken and within a few
hours ceased TO work and TO live. HIS
death occurred in the PARSONAGE home
al Wyoming on January >, 1919.
Mrs Susie Buckson, wife OF the
Rev. w. C. BucksOn, one or our most
faithful and eficlent supplies. died in
.fhe Cambridge Hospital on July 20 1913,
10 which place she had gone Tor needed
surgical help.
ministerial supply
> conc of the serious problems which
faces .uS Is the lack OF ministers to
.-~sssy man the work. There are
g" or three charges on this district
H'ch have been without regular sup
,s during the entire year. These are
an1cne the charges which pay insufl
rient salaries; salaries upon which men
tannot live. We have enough men for
The so-called better grade Of appoint
lnents. and the young men who come
10 US from our own territory can and
must be advanced 20 take this class OF
work. We cannot bring men from the
outside or from other Conferences, II
we could get them, TO place them where
they cannot live, nor can we place our
own men, nor yet local preachers, in
thcse charges, for the same reason. II
the church at large Is looking for Home
Missionary work ] have 1t in abundant
measure without the trouble Of going
far aneld to locate the needy spots.
sphere has been quite an interest
manifested in the salaries OF the minis
iers this year and quite few advances
slav0 been made, but these for the most
part have been in the stronger ap-
pointments The following charges
have advanced their salaries this year:
rCambrldge, 500; Georgetown, Dover,
Laurel. Seaford, $500 each; Beckwith
&nd Spedden, Lewes, Milton. wyoming,
1900 each; Pennington, $3.50; Bethel,
~Iamdcn, Glendale, Felien, Frederica,
tialestown, Georgetown Circuit, Green
.Svood. Hurlock, Houston, Little Creek,
-Relianco Vienna, ZOar, 800 each; max
.ing total OF $3.50 ON the district.
IN the face of the multiplied calls
at does not clearly appear what Will be
Ffhe condition Of our benevolences this
{, ear. The number OF reports so far
Tcceived Is rather limited. / presume
this is due TO the fact that the preachers
have delayed reporting In order to
round up the last dollar. The condi-
lions referred TO before have surely
made the way hard and IL viii not be
at all surprising If we do not reach the
mark OF last year. The statistical tables
viii Tell the true story.
.This has been a strenuous year IN
finance. Call after call has been made.
The echoes Of one call have scarcely
led out before another has been sound
ed out like the blare Of insistant and
Almost commanding 'trumpets which call
10 arms. Liberty Loans--ta loan not
zift, but it took money! Red Cross. Y.
n. c. A, United War Work. and so on
through the year. If a new one could
not be found one OF the old ones was
repeated. Early in the year call was
made to our church for the Methodist
War Emergency Fund, asking for a
OF 10 per cent Of pastors cash
salary. The Dover District responded
with s52i9, being nearly a thousand
dollars above the minimum asked This
amount was paid over TO Mr.. Samuel
Shaw. treasurer. Board Of Home Mis-
sons and Church Extension in August, /
rconterence Endowment Fund.
am not able TO state accurately 1
csne condition Of this fund as the re-
-sror.s nave sone to Or. Dashiell. as they
,r,,es1,u, erssc. put duplicates have failed 10
~dors me, which they should not have