Evening journal., 1921-05-14
$4,000 FOR
new Church
Home Missions of M. p
Conference Assists Con-
gregation Here
TO BREAK GROUND
IN SHORT TIME

The first anniversary OF the or 4
ganization OF the Peninsula Meth |
odist Protestant Church here will be |
httingiy observed at the services TO
be held in the Jr. o. u. A. NJ. Hail. |
sO7 Tatnall street. az 1890 a. m. |
and 7.3O p. m. tomorrow. The Rev. |
Leonard b. Smith. pastor OF the
church. will preach appropriate SER
mons and give a brief review OF the
years work.
The campaign for the new build
ing fund will be outlined at this
meeting.
The Rev. Leonard B. Smith. pas
tor OF the church, and Fred p. Ad-
kins OF Salisbury, Nd, president OF
the Peninsula Church Extension So
clety. which has fostered this new
church enterprise. attended the an
nual meeting OF the Board OF Home
Missions Of this denomination at
Pittsburgh, Pa. on Wednesday Of
this week. They presented the re-
quest OF the Maryland Conference
for a liberal appropriation toward
the new building fund In this city
The board received their message en-
Enthusiastically. and granted an appro-
priation OF $4,000 toward the erec-
tion OF the contemplated new build
ing on the corner OF Washington and
Twentieth streets. Some OF the mem
bcrs OF the board remarked that this
was the most urgent and hopeful
cause that has been presented 10 that
board during the tenure OF their po-
sition thereon. The report OF the
first years work Of this new organi-
zatlon was the best and most encour-
aging report received from the en-
tire home mission field This appro-
priation assures the erection OF the
new building in the very near future
A campaign will be inauguratcd
during the next two weeks which will
cover as far as possible the city OF
b Wilmington. and the Maryland Con-
s ference field, including Maryland and
Z Delaware. Citizens OF this city. re-
gardless OF denominational ahiliation,
] are confidently expected to respond
] to this urgent appeal Though the
u membership OF the Methodist Prot
q estant Church on the peninsula has
i always been about one-third that OF
K the Methodist Episcopal Church. YET
u in Wilmington. no great effort has
o ever been made by this denomination
r to conserve its interest and assum,
10 its share OF the religious responsi
bility in this metropolis OF the penin
sula, while the other Methodlsm hal
concentrated largely in this city. an
-. has a membership OF about eigh
thousand persons here. The thou
'e sands OF Methodist Protestant pee
pie who have moved here from tim
B. 10 time, have scattered more or les
D. some joining other churches, only
e. comparative few remaining In N
he ichurch OF their earlier years Will
N many have never affiliated with an
ie church. The object Of this new er
terprise is TO provide an adequai
church home for those who hav
none OF their own, and to assume IN
h part which this denomination owe
. to Wilmington in a religious wa,
~ The remarkable growth Of this or
= ganization in the first year OF It's his
N tory is indicative OF the appreciation
|, that the people are showing towar
this timely effort.
A committee OF twelve citizen
representing practically all the Prot
estant denominations. has been pro
T. cured TO assist in this financial cam
t. paign. They are as follows:
~ Judge Daniel o. Hastings. Federa
At judge Hugh NJ. Norris, James "