Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-24
EASTON DISTRICT
HAS EXPERIENCED
PROSPEROUS YEAR
Sp;ritual and Financial Needs Met
by Forty-Two Charges.
MICH PROGRESS REPORTED

II ncad as follows:
nuying another strenuous Conference
wear the good people of Easton district
have generously and repeatedly glver
themselves, and of their substance, toward
maintaining and furthering the multiplied
interests of the church; and today they
iovouslv share with Others the grea,
Satisfaction of having helped TO exteno
the growing activities OF their Lords
kingdom. even unto the utterrnost parts
of the earth.
One wear ago. when the Easton distric,
anpointments were officially announced
five of the forty-two charges were found
without pastors, q state OF affa,rs that fol
. time materially affected and threatened
the districts Centenary prospects, as
vrll as numerous important local interests
Of the churches directly involved. After
weeks of persistent personal solicitation,
srrpplemented by the greatly appreciated
assistance Of Bishop Mcdowell, the above
mentioned VACANCIES were supplied as
follows: Rev. S. l.. Handy, an efficient
local preacher from the Wilmington dis
trict. Was secured for Royal Oak; Z. N.
Jones, by request, was released from Clay
ton and assigned to st. MIchaels; L. Guy
Owens, former probatloner IN the baltl-
more Conference, WAS placed IN charge
Of Smyrns Circuit. Alpha 3. Frye WAS
obtained from the Blue Ridge Atlantic
Conference and appointed to Concord;
.Iohn c. Bolton and Robert lawson, fully
accredited chaplains of the L. S. Army
then but recently returned from active
front line ovcr-seas duty, and bonorably
discharged, were stationed respectively
At CLAYTON and SudlersvIlle.
The health of the effective pastors, for
the most pant, together with that OF their
families. hae been about normal. However
the district has not escaped its share of
extreme anxiety and grief. Some have
suffered temporary hating through severe
illness. A few have "been tried AS by fire. :"
Certain others have been chosen IN the
furnace Of affection Among the tired
ones We mention J. A. Leach, u. III.
Webster, NJ. f. Whea,ley. Mrs. NJ. f.
Wheatley for = tune WAS desperately Ill,
and for DAYS her life remained IN grave
icopardy. With peculiar sadness we
report the Conference roster shortened
and our ''In Memorlum' heightened by
the translation of James Monroe Mitchell,
Charles Arnett Hill. Joseph Allen Arters
and Clinton Thomas Wyatt, who after
total of l47 years of effective service
within this Conference territory, exchang-
ed their long and faithful labors for we'll
earned rest and reward on September 25,
October IL, December IA and February
Z, respectively.
Who that knew these men intimately
can think Of them other than as faithful
Shepherds Of the flock, able expounders of
the Word, "Men Of God, who, TO a mark
ed degree quite closely approached the
high ideals and many excellent qualifi-
that so forcefully feature our
honorcd Bishops Good Ministers Of
Jesus Christi" At Dover. Smyrna, Cor
dova and Denton appropriate funeral
services were participated IN by various
members of the Conference, while at the
annual Conference memorial hour, further
fitting tributes will be paid to the memory
of these worthy men Of God, by brothers
G. G. Williams, c. W. Prettyman, W. F.
Corkran and G.. T. Aldcrson
The supreme interest and efforts of the
wear have gathered around the Centenary
obiectives. Both the financial and evan
yelistic programs OF the church have
chiefly commanded our attention. These,
visualized and stressed from varied angles
Of comprehension have strongly appealed
10 the district, and that with such COM
pelling effect as that many OF our members
md constituents, as never before, have
been brought TO clearer appreciation
u the common task. and, responding to
intelligent convictions and numerous
Urgent calls, have heroicslly faced the
hitherto unequalled challenge Of the
church, giving the best that was in them,
,r a4 their command, toward reaching
Is much Of the allotted goals as time and
circumstances would permit. Pastors
and laymen sympathetically and prayer
ully considered, carefully planned and
contributed to the call of the
:huch for $l05, COCOON of their money.
And, with no less interest, conservation
md zeal many have devoted themselves
owzrd answering the higher and more
hficult challenge, that OF bringing TO
Iesus Christ, by way of the altars of the
.hurch, and through direct and personal
touch, the districts share of
he 1000, 900 souls. Profoundly wrought
Ipon by the impressive incident that
parked the close of our last annual session
t Chestertown, quite early In the year,
very charge on the district was advised
s to the importance OF perfectlng the
CENTENARY organisation, as well as con-
silently working, IS far as feasible, the
arious details Of the general plan. Where
rompt attention was paid to this counsel,
nd faithful try-out made, the desired
esults were invariably realized. Last |
une the district was believed to be, and |
onsequently reported to the area office |
s "over-the-top" with It's $5l ,252. The |
'astors of 26 charges advising that they |
ad covered their quotas by actual can
ass include Bayside, Cecilton, Centreville |
,hestertown, Cheswold, Church Hill, Cor |
ova, Crumpton, Denton, Easton, Galena |
ireensboro, HiIlsboro, Kent Island, |
MiIlington, Pomona, Queens
own, Rldgely, Smyrna, Smyrna Circuit, |
till Pond, Sudlersville, Tilghman, Town
end, IrapPe. With Bozman, Burrsvllle, |
;oncord, fairlee, Odessa. Oxford. Preston.
loyal Oak, Salem Circuit and Wye Mills,
allmg but slightly short of their desired
oal. To the pastor at Crunpton belongs
ne two-fold honor of being first to put his
harge "over-the-top" with the canvass.
nd first to pay IN full the annual quota.
semittances made TO the New York Office |
ogether with cash In hands OF local
aggregate $31 ,37300
Charges having raised their first wears
uotas and all other apportioned be
evidences IN full, are Bayslde, Church
ILL, Crumpton, Galena, Hillsboro, Smyrna
Townsend, Cecilton.
Those advising that Centenary quotas
/ full, OF as much as 10-12 and more had
cen paid to date, are CHI stertown.
aston, GreeIs loro, Ridgely, Still Pond,
AIillington.
From data furnished by the several
astors for this report the indicatio,
re that advances will be made in the six
eneral Conference apportionments rang
g from q to l4l per cent and tn. s. are
,credited to Bayside, Burrsville, Chester
,wn, Church Hill, Clayton, Concord,
Easton, Galena, Greensboro,
illshnrn Odessa Oxford PRESTON Olleens- !