Evening journal., 1921-03-31

for pastoral support secured during
the three preceding years. and it
give grand total Of f29.1S6 for
the four years OF my administration.
III any brother thinks this fine
advance just happened So let him
make another guess. We still have
a few officials whose principal re-
ligious effort is to attend the First
Quarterly Conference to oppose any
advance In pastors salary. and then
TO attend the Fourth Querterly Con-
ference and ask for a change Of pas
tor. But they are becoming fewer in
number every year. and we trust will
soon be all gone-somewhere-
Debt Paying.
During the past year debts ag-
gregating S13,656 have been paid by
u charges as follows: on churches.
Delmar. $4,000; Girdletree. $3.50;
Ocean View. s225; Pocomoke City.
$4,000: st. Peters. $50; Somerset.
500: Remson Church. Stockton;
S3137. on parsonages. Pittswlle,
S1O5O; Powellvine. $40. on both
churches and parsonages. Deals ISL
and Church, $500; parsonage. 5000;
Hebron. church. $3.50, parsonage.
$50; Onancock. church. S15s; par
sonage. SIPS.
Twenty-eight churches have inn
proved their churches as follows:
Claremont. $40; Ayres' Chapel. SIS;
Hebron. $50; Marion. $50; POGO
moke Circuit, $50: Bishopville, S136;
Ocean View. $50; Quantico. 500.
Pittswle. $50; phoebus. $3.50;
venton. 5000; Tangier. S213; SOM
erset, $500; Parsonburg. $500; Grace
and Stengle, S325; Girdletree. S446;
Mt. Vernon. S4S1; Emmanuel (Cris-
! held), $500; Pocomoke City. S6fO;
/ Fairmount. 500: Onancock. 1926;
| Annamessex, $3.50: Delmar. $1,000
Deals Island. $500; Smiths Island
$4,000; and ocean City. Sl4.Sooi
total. s3s.7O2.
Twenty-seven charges have i'm
proved their parsonages as follows;
/ Girdletree. S17; ocean View. $50;
Tyres Chapel. S33; Dagsboro and
| st. Georges. S34; Marion. S35; Prin-
! cess Anne. $50. Hebron. SIS; Mt
Vernon. $50; Quantico, 500; Rox-
ana, 500; Pocomoke City. s126,
Mardela Springs. S133; Claremont
s14O; Bishopville. S141; Somerset
$50: Deals Island, $500; Annames.
sex. 5000: Whitesville $40, Fruit.
land. $3.50: Frankford. $3.50; Fair
mount, $500; Onancock. $500
Sharptown. 1852; 81. Peters, S364
Newark, $3.50; Asbury. Salisbury
$500. and Grace and Stengle Ss26
a total Of S6.116. Making a gran,
total for improvements OF S45,S1S.
Conversions and Accessions.
Il had hoped after four years o
persistent effort TO secure accurat
and uniform reports so as to be abl
to report the growth Of the church
itself. at this Conference. / wante,
so much TO know the exact number
enrolled in our Sunday school. tn
numbers converted at Methods
affairs during the year. and the tota
number OF accessions TO the church
but have so far found it impossi
BILE TO secure reports. Not one hal
OF the Sunday school superinten
dents made a written report TO an,
Quarterly Conference. and several o
these by no means accurate. Blu
twenty-three out OF forty-eight (no
one half) pastors have reported th'
number Of conversions during th'
year; but these report 1884 conver
sions Forty-hve pastors report 2O7'
laccessions during the year. As sew
oral nasfors held special services
eliminating a tEaster. I hope th'
final reports will materially increas'
the1e figures.
However. even these figures show
most conclusively that on SALISBURY
ldistrlet revival hrAs still burn; tha