Evening journal., 1919-03-27

] tdhlls pace. iNc ltNN. W. T.. tItNu-
Held had not been long ia his new
Geld OF labor before he began maiur-
ing plans which in their outworking
nave been the astonishment of the
most optimistic First OF an. a har-
RAISING debt nearly a generation old,
was swept aside aud on the evening
/ 0f November i0. the writer had the
pleasure of officiating at cremation
service which called forth shouts OF
praise and tears OF JOY.
Next. having tasted The fruits Of
victory, the church Acsan movement
10 meet long-fclt need of starting a
fund for q new pipe organ. The funds
are in hand and ihe new instrument
/ win Doe dedicated on palm Sunday. The
/ audience room is being remodclcd and
! re-decurJicd and rc-lghled, making
10 q dream of harmony and beauty. The
I cost OF these Improvements and mort
gage paying will total SSOO0. But this
is only half the story. Impressed
with lhc necessity of ministcring 70
/ the needs of The youth OF the church
aud ihe people OF ills community q
/ movement is in contemplation looking
/ toward commodious Community
/ House and new home for the minis
/ Ger.
"Bui best OF on. there has come 10
| lhc church "a great spiritual upllft.
solid. substantial citizens hitherto I'M
/ Identified With the church came for
ward nrsl with their money and then
presented themselves for fellowship In
/ lhc church Who said That the best
/ days of This rapidly growing church
We're gomez Recently. within a few
squares of lhis church, several modern
apartment HOUSES and a score or mod
I cm houses oC the single type have
been erected. and Brother Greenfield
can come pretty near telling who Oc-
Icupy these homes. Unless Brandywlne
is destined 90 become one of our great
churches all signs VIII flll.
Miracle of ~ Paurs.
"And what of The miracle at 81.
Pulls? For miracle 10 H.. After a
few months of study and planning Dr.
Carlisle Hubbard made up his mind
what This church needed 10 put u per
msnenlly on The map. 10 Is well
known That the debt on this church
was big enough 90 act as sort Of
bugaboo, making 10 doubtful 60 peo-
pie who bad moved into the neighbor-
hood whether 10 was wise thing to
identify themselves with a church SO
burdened The best That had been acf
cOmplishcd hitherto in the way OF re-
ducing the debt was by a series or en-
lerlainmcnls and suppcrs That would
take on a thousand dollars a year. But
This meant. if continued. a twenty year
task. That was poor economy. Hence
Dr. Hubbard called his advisers togeth-
er and proposed that the Fourth Lib
crly Loan campaign be utilized 10
wipe out the entire debt 10 looked like
a big undertaking but his enthusiasm
was Infectious and his board made "A
hearty response. The board OF irus-
/ tees. with its progressive and live wire
president. r. g.. Hardesty, Esd set an
example 20 thc people that acted like
am elixir. Icy taking generous slice
OF the debt personally. IL was found
/ that $4,000 was needed 60 clear th'
beautiful cdince of the last dollar o
| indebtedness But when the folks go
well started there was no sioppn'
Them. and before The time set for ill'
close Of the campaign they had giNef
not $4,000. but 81 80 and Or. Hub
4 bard had actually 40 stop the folks
from giving 10y telling them that they
had more than they needed. None
will bc surprised when informed that
ibc spiritual Tide is at flood 0nd scarce
Is a service is held that does not wit
ness acccSsions 90 The church. And the
bcuevolcnce, are far in excess ot last
wear and a benevolent budget for The
new year Of nearly 5000 and as happy
and triumphant a bunch OF folks as
can De found anywhere.
improvements at Union.
"The task That cQgfronied the Rev.
Harvey w. Ewing. when I'm the early
fan he became pastor at Union was
such as 90 call for church statesman
ship of 4 high order With an Official
board that had caught a vision OF
new and larger career for this sTons
church. with a larger program, with
an increased salary commensurate win
tho larger possibilities, they needed
strong preacher, wise and expert
cnced leader 90 asst them In building
a superslructure on the foundations so
well laid during the pastoraic Of Or.
W. +. COrkran, and 90 shape a policy
that would mean much for Wilmington
AIefhOdsm as well as Union Church.
And right r0vally has Dr. Ewing mel
ihc expectations Of his people, and
rieht royally have they responded to
his Icadership The community
House is 90 DE rcmodelcd TO answer
20 tho needs OF The youth Of the
church and also 90 the needs OF the
community. new pipe organ at a cost
Of. $4,000 is 90 be installed IN April,
and a program adequate TO the times
is rapidly assuming shape. The future
is big with promise.
Another church where notable
events are iranspiring is Goodman.
where the Rev. W. q. Harris is max
ing fun proof Of his ministry. OF his
ministry, a leading member said in the
quarterly conference that Goodman
was i'm the best shape financially and
spiritually in its history. Let by
Brother Harris the last vestige Of the
parsonage debt has disappeared. much
of The money is i'm hand for the new
pipe organ, and a movement Is on foot
10 provide q Community Hu0se which
will enable The church 40 care for its
expanding interests. The report OF
the pastor 10 This Conference win am
ply bear all that Is herein set down
and the budget for next year is far
and away beyond any previous year in
the history OF this church.
REV. Luther NJ. Broadway and Made
ley rejoice in the payment Of their
parsonage debt and the prospect OF a
new church i'm the not distant future.
An increased salary and % tithers arc
some OF the evidences OF growing pros