Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-03-31
GOOD REPORT FOR
EASTON DISTRICT
Superintendent w. A. Wise Re-
ports Progress Among Charges
During Conference Year.

Special dispatch from stan correspondent |
Crisfield, Md, March si.-Rev. w.
A. Wise, superintendent OF the Easton |
district of the Wilmington Conference.
today made his report to tho confer
ence in session here. DIR. Wises re-
port was In Part follows:
The health of the effective members
OF the district has compared favorably
with that of former years few.
however. have known the anxiety OF
physical hindrance, either personal or
related to their families; but all. with
perhaps ono exception. Brother w b.
Guthrie, have been able to resume
their allotted work without sufering
serious or permanent disability.
Among the retired brethren, l. 10.
Barrett and a. H. Webster have spent
much of the year ''in the furnace OF
amiction:" but both have daily ex-
emplifed to an Unusual degree. the
grace Of a we'll grounded and beautiful
hope.
Tuesday. October 2s. great sorrow
enveloped the parsonage at Pomona
when Mrs. Emma r. Lindale, bride or
barely half a year. left that rapidly
growing circle of new formed friends
TO Join tho larger company III heaEeh'
and htus our honored Brother Itndals,
for second Tune III u utf@tots
beneath the weight Of great grief
Very early in the morning. just be
fore the break of day. Wednesday
| March 9. at Smyrna. Delaware, MRS.
| Mary e Hynson, widow of Edwin IL
| -Hvnson. quietly passed into the world
bevond TO share the fellowship of Jesus
| and her sainted companion. former
| and honored member of this CONFER
ence. At the appointed conference
service suitable memoirs will DO pre-
| eentad I'm memory of these translated
ones bv Brothers o. II. Jones ana y.
| p Nichols
Just here It seems erninenuy ht1lhs
| that the following mention be tnaae
| on Tuesday, Nov. 30. last. Prof. W II
| liam q Thomas. the singing evangelist,
so we'll known TO this coilIeIeiiee'
| from the parsonage at Middletown.
| Del suddenly and without word OF
warning or farewell 70 his waiting
host answered the heavenly roli-eall,
and went hence 10 mingle his wonder
| ful talent with those who sing the
| song Of Moses md the Lamb
! Because of the lack Of men one year
| ago when Bishop Mcdowell announced
the district assignments. Bayside, illls-
bore Kenton. Preston and Trappe were
I,f unsupplied subsequently these
| ,.acancias we're filed by H. a. Gallon,
" IL Revelle. J. W Easley' .. ".
Richnlire and a. Z Prettynan. ne
arst named being local preacher the
others. in effective and retired reiatioh'
ard YeY,bers Of this conference
For three months the district INES
| continued unbroken. when. owing 10
uncertain health. 7. Guy Owens serY-
Ing M SMYRNA Circuit. was compelled
to relinauish that work. since which
| time. and for reasons over Which We
| had no control, the circuit thus vacated
| continued unsupplied-
Durinr the month Of May. because o.
nresence at the General Conference
32 az the First Quarterly Conferences
wore committed to the tender Hlercles
- flva brethren Of the district. who, oy
exercise Of real tact and diplomacy II
treating with the somewhat obstrepet-
Gus element In quarterly conference
gatherings. certainly acquitted theih-
selves like veterans
| Quite carly in the year. the Washing
ton Area Council adopted series q
ohtac+fves for the area attainment, each
h.s,g ,-itanv related to the very heart
and life Of the territory 10 which We
4,afong All have not been realized 70
10 erfent boped for, but the effort al
o>biavenent has been Well worth every
,rhr of energy expended. AMI some
,ood results are 10 be registered
,rbe needs Of the sunday school &c
aelf-evident that he who runs may
read have been considerably STRESSED
during the year The frequently re-
,,o,,ad lack Of interest on the part oI
uarents. and the admit membership o.
tho churches. together with the deaTtn
- efficient and eonsecrated teaching
force In the schools is slowly but Ger
fainIv being overcome. our c"a'ei
.oce superintendent Of Sunday schoo
work brother Milton Mc1anIl, haS
promptly responded To every call OF tht
brethren. The past u months OF IN
work represents more success thah th'
state OF county Sunday school organ
ization have been able to accomplish II
dozen Years with all their various
methods and fleld workers. p sunday
schools. % teacher training classes TO
petber with 98 adult and young peoples
classes have been thoroughly organized
as visiblel results Of his service thus
far Cecilton. Chostertown. Concord
: crnnpton. Denton Greensboro, Hen
derson. Mnlington. Preston. Fddgely. 81
Nichaels. Smyrna Sudlersyille, Tligh
MANN and Townsend each report re
newed interest in their respective
schools
! An innovation introduced this yea
, + IN, the Caroline county public schoo
board. by which public school scholars
making an so per cent record OF At
8 tendance upon their chosen Sunday
schools. or public preaching service
, during a given period Of ten sehoo
weeks. receive credits affecting thet
grading. has materially strengthened
AZ least 10 of the Sunday schools
J situated within the county named
some 10 the extent of from 20 TO 30 pc
cent in enrolment and attendance, tn
area program for the pre- Easter perio'
vas carried out in quite few of III
churches, and Easter day was observed
with prayer and special soul-seekInl
interest. the eVangelistic note beini
faithfully sounded 10y most OF the pas
tors. and that with some good results
Very gracious revivals We're conducte'
on the following charges. Bozman, Cecil
ton. Centreville. Chestertown, Clayton
Concord. Crumpton. Millington, 81
Michaels, Smyrna. Sudlersville, Thigh
man.
The centenary and its possible show
ing this year has occasoned no littl
concern and anxiety throughout tn
district Most of the pastors have don
their best with this important obliga
| att Ha "