Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-24

! WITH tnH nhSt ETa,USlUg IcSulis. phfs
| paid monthly, with balance always ON
the right side of the ledger. This charge
! faces the coming year with the largest
/ program in it's history. Comment is need
less, the statement Of fact is its own com
mentary Suffice IL TO say that the solu-
tion OF every problem financial and spiritu-
al appears here, and this fact cannot be
| overemphasized.
/ Debts and improvements Substantial
| progress has been made in the payment OF
debts and Improvements. Thanksgiving
| night, after an inspiring address by Bishop
| Mcdowell and appropriate remarks by
! the heads Of departments, smoke and
ashes marked the end of the S2l 900 debt
| 4 building committee has been named to
take into consideration the enlargement OF
| the already spacious edifice, taxed to the
| limits Of its capacity by congregations and
| Sunday school Trinity joins the ranks OF
| the no debt class and celebrated the event
! by the burning OF its ~, 200 mortgage.
/ The trustees are finding IL necessary 90
provide more adequate seating facilities
| for the people who crowd the auditorium
! to the doors. At last the troublesome and
/ long standing debt at Eastlake is no more
! for cremation services held the evening OF
| March Ia, witnessed the last of what had
/ proven an incuinbrance for years, but rs an
! incumbrance no more.
/ Other debts reported paid in part are rs
! follows: Che sapcake City, 500; Hopewoll,
| $3.50 Marshalton, $500; Rising sun,
$3.50; Brack-Ex, 81 300: MI, Pleasant,
! 81. 500: McCabe, sl75; Mt. Salem, 81 600.
| Four years ago the total debt on the
! church property Of the district was over
sos, 600 today as we have already seen, II
I is greatly reduced 1t has been a guadren-
| mum Of achievements in all departments
| and clearly reveals disposition on the
part of the churches to LAY aside every
| weight" that they may go unhindered IN
! the direction of enlarged activities IN tins
! new day of challenging Providence.
Union, Brandywine and Cookman have
installed and dedicated and paid for new
pipe organs costing respectively slO,Wu,
81, GOO and s., GOO.
The enlargement Of Grace church house
at a cost of "a, 600, adds materially to this
agency through which the social and recre-
| ational activities of the people can find
| wholesome expression. The b,-monthiy
mems dinners have contributed not little
| to the interest and profit Of the activities
Of the brotherhood. Seldom less than from
| 90 to 100 men gather around the tables and
after dinner helpful and live discussions,
interspersed with bright, popular music,
| render these occasions interesting and
| profitable
Cookman has secured m option Of one
of the best equipped club rooms In the
| city. This building adjoins the church
and can easily be connected with the
| church at triiiing cost This addition To
the church property Is a necessity to meet
the rapidly expanding life Of this church
The recently dedicated chapel at Belle
| fonte at a cost exclusive of the LOT OF
IS. 500 completes the chain Of churches
along the Delaware river front from hill-
crest to and including Claymont. Within
the near future Bellefonte Will be station
with it's own parsonage and minister for
scores of modern homes are beng buiit
every year. many Of these homes house
people of large means. IT IS only quesuon
of few wears when they Will ally them
selves with this growing society thus
making il one Of the strongest oi our
suburban churches.
For purr rrit and determination un-
daunted Hillcrcst merits the first place.
Two wears ago paying supply $50, tins
wear making its SALARY 5000; two years ago
no thought Of a home for the minister
TODAY possessing one Of the finest paraon-
ages in that ncighbrhood. The total cost
Of this modern parsonage will reach
81 900. not counting the material ana
labor donated
The fund being gathered by Silvrrhrook
for their community house has reached
nearly 500 600 Work on the building will
commence in the early spring. When com
Melted the total cost will be over $50, 600,
and this enterprise will furnish the church
with one Of the best equipped buildings
for social and recreational purposes IN the
city
That these added facilities are crying
necessity needs no argument. with the
once wide-open saloons closed: with the
increasing craving for pure, innocent iun;
with the multIform temptations 70 Whlch
our Young people are exposed, the church
must do more than interpose its negative,
IL must do constructive work among It's
OWN youth and seek to interest and WIN
the youth of the community. And means
other than the church building Will need
TO be provided for the purpose named. To
use the church for miscellaneous purposes
as is frequently done Is OF harmful ten
dency. The church was dedicated to the
worship OF Almighty God, not Tor suppers,
hazars and all sorts Of entertainments,
and wherever this course Is pursued, the
church suffers loss There may be instanc-
es where. in order 10 provide wholesome
entertainment the church building furnish
es the ONLY means of meeting the need re-
ferred to. but it Is unfortunate whenever
this is resorted to-
Other irnprovements-R Richardson Park
has installed new heating plant; the
lecture room OF the Newark Church has
been completely renovated and beautIfled
with modern electric lights, new carpet
and attractive decorations. This improve
ment was effected through the generosity
of Samuel J. Wright, Esq: the Hopeweil
parsonage has been made more comfort
able bv the installation Of new heater /;
Zion Church on Zion charge has added
greatly to the churchly appearance OF Its
auditorium by replacing chairs with
modern pews at a cost of 81 500; at Perry
vile. a long felt need has been met when
the trustees insured the comfort OF the
occupants of the parsonage with modern
heating plant. costing 81 $50; the ground
floor of the Elkton Church, including the
assembly room, and the adjoining rooms,
present most attractive appearance as
the result of refurnishing and decoration.
Over 5000 has been spent in improving
this church during the present pastorate
and it is worthy of note that none OF these
local expenditures were permitted to inter
fere with the generous pledge OF this church
the Wesley Institute, the Conference
Claimants endowment fund, or the five
wear pledge to the Centenary: a new heat
er has been placed in the parsonage OF
Wesley Church, Wilmington; similar
Improvement has been made in the
Hockessin parsonage.
II goes without saying that IN all these