Milford chronicle., 1924-03-28
MCDOWELL PRESIDING
OVER ME-. CONFERENCE
Gathering Formally Opened by Ad.
ministratiOn OF The Sacrament
Of Lords Supper.
DR.. EHNES LEADING SPEAKER
Interesting Statistics We're Present
ed To The Delegates By The
National Treasurer.

Bishop W. F. Mcdowell, Washing.
ton, D. c., is presiding at the WHINING.
ton Annual Conference of the Metbo.
dist Episcopal Church in session in
Wilmington.
The conference was opened by the
administering of the sacrament of the
Lord Supper by Bishop Mcdowell
and the district superintendents, after
which the conference was organized.
AT the morning session DR.. M. w.
Ehnes, treasurer of the Committee on
Conservation and Advance of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago,
gave the principal address.
DR.. Ehnes announced that every
Methodist and friend of the church
was expected to give @ days wages,
or a days work in lent for the be-
neVolent causes of the church. Bank
ers, editors, clerks, business men and
women, farmers and railroad men
were asked to contribute one days
wages at Easter for spreading the
gospel at home and abroad.
DR.. EhneS in his address said in
part:
Through the Centenary Program
the churches aided in building have
been widely diversified. OF the total
helped, 9S3 have been in cities; 677 in
negro communities Qargely ruraD;
2O5 in fOreign-speaking communities;
8 among Indians, and 295 in other
sections.
''There are 17,075 Methodist minis
ters in active service, while those on
the supernumerary and retired lists
number 1920.
''The 36,982 Methodist Episcopal
Sunday schools in the United States
enroll 5,929,460 pupils, with 415,S75
teachers and officers.
among the notable centenary
achievements in the last five years
have been the following:
''The church on the foreign field
has doubled its membership in ten
years-mOst of which growth has
been in the last four years.
Foreign Missionary effort has re-
suited in the formation of Missionary
Societies in Japan, China, India,
South America. and elsewhere, which |
are self-directing agencies for Chris
tian work.
Nearly 5000 rural ministers have
been gathered in summer schools for
specific training and an increased
fruitfulness in their work has result
ed. Scattered throughout many states
are modern, aggressive, new country
result Of this service.
"In more than 13O difficult city CEN
.ers-formeriy called the grave
yard Of the church"-it has been dem
1nstrated that the city church with
modern equipment and trained leader
ship, can succ sed.
"In the % Goodwill Industries, each ,
year employment has been given to
$1,000 unfortunate people, more than
10000 needy persons have been min
stored to through workshops and
torres, and more than $1,000,000 in
waste material has been reclaimed.
'Seventy-One evangelists, supported
y the Board of Home Missions, have c
abored throughout America in re-es- T
ablishing discouraged church, in pay b
1g off church debts, and in quicken
lg whole communities with spiritual t.
npulse, whereby whole multitudes a
re being won to Christ. g
During 1923 more than $500 Meth
dist students received educational N
)ans, totalling $261,0O0 from the Il
hildren's Day Fund, administered by u
le Board Of Education.
Sunday school enrolment in four et
ears has increased 510,201, the num- Ii
er of schools has grown 814, while m
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