New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1918, Page 13

o) NEW BRITAIN HERALD. [z NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918. REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF M. E. CONFERENCE HERE people with neither church mor par- |ing just as much money as is donat- | any of ! ¢ MFTH““ISTS, PART sonage. The quarterly conference | ¢ If this attitude should be tol- . | ed many of the best things that it |ganized civilization must arisc \-.f-! hard winter with an ” a0l livnet i venesl = ndlara s ol TRt Ge e cene ol | ESUpexintendentRof: e )-“I?x“f;vw b= Ll.m“\;m‘m [l e llmdhum(. S e it e e > he ur great patriotic | far as possible, the regular Program | mos wious problem. How community and if good pledges pay- | forts along this line woulc : v . Gepa | he mmunity and if good pledges D g ne would be null New Haven District || ccrvices. The meeting in New ¥ork R ebuloits Droblen § ablo on demand to the amount of ified. We must try to use these funds ¥ f 2 % L 9 Avenue Church, Brooklyn, brought to- L pSS - deals 3 ki bheen EN QNAR SERVI[;E $25,000 could be secured the trus-|as incentives to larger giving, not as SNenueOhuy )]mv‘v; »]H‘ ¥ .‘“',"',', | “As essential to these ideals b ot all pecr Srossl tees would be authorized to rebuild |anodynes to lesser giving i r; = o 1 '\ . e yaLe ntly \ln;nf'm/,ml Hsr pol““% e many w:‘w r.ch .rlu i o ai 1\ e « eat | God through the Gospel of his Son, ne w or anather services, ofte at once. Two weeks ago the canve “One of our aged brethren, O SR ol ; in smal = = was finished and the goal reached.” |Lane, fell on sleep soon after the last 3 ] e : e s bzt R Tord. s tho foun: Sk - bt s e ; . . In general the health of the dis- | session of our Conference after muc : ; i G achool oo m e ind perpetual renewer o + denominations, have bee and he then gave the necrology of | faithful servant of (God mostly in ( P % i 4 3 iancatAT i . themselves inf patriot T partling as Gusg ': i A l R ‘, the district. Continuing he said that | smaller appointments of thi ) : G de ] Wl i otion to the Church. fDBre t o g ppoinuments o his 1 E for more than an hot @ - o sixty-sc t Their Annua Eports all the churches had given cheerfully, [trict. Ie 1s lovingly remembered by 4 . ; e 3 ! have sought to keep aglow | SIX(V-i b freely and systematically to Red |many former pavishioners. 11 o v TR e olistne andgetoctive fevin it o i 4 Cross, Armenian Relief, Y. M. C. A.|works do follow him g - s b Sl O] GO ! ey 5 E yes Reports of the distriet euperin-|and kindred objects incldent to win- | “If we had a service flag of thi 3. [ . S D Selt e e s of the past|ning the war. Liberty Bonds have | District it would now contain 98 _ e ; e N e s ayts G MGG TR L (L et s col temporary N 1ve of absence f Sou been bought by onr people and by our | stars. These young men and wome.: : TidaelTaco v in e R S S L L 3 " | churches - and Sunday schools at |who have gone out from our Church i % SRt O QERELCTCLS § AR GRS . @lstrict. A feature of the Teports was| Souinington, Platnville, Kensington | es to seeve God, Honor, hisnteon : . o ‘m(»ff‘lvhq.‘ulyfjt‘.: e J. W, Lungdald Not the least impertant of these a resume of the war service of tho [and elsewhere. The churches are |ness, and Country are rememberc ¥ ; S S SROE L oMBADD S e -t s poEelubl : : ; : : 2 : : - General Thompson raid that the | rowth of the spirit of sacrifice. The | OWn conference and Dr. J. G. Oakid respective churches. Nearly 4,000 | well organized to keep in touch with [ most tenderly in our prayers. Th G, ST i sadel 3 e | & retirea minister of the New Yo the boys in service. This work is well | sacrifices they are making are inci v e e L R e e e R e i e fiittary service in posiwof the various | P nted By whal ls Being done In fing us who remain by the B 1o | ; nd the tremendous support all the |speech are beins \derscored. The | Geared him greatly to all the peog , this (New Britain) church. Letters | bor more devotedly. So much worl Sl s Sl L hhereibelng Lunderscored & THO | ¢ iihe communlity bothil wi branches. Ministers and laymen have [ ore written to the boys weokly with|to he donc. So many less labore: Pl ;:m DS o “" Lo thos IsEoss Barountl v iosg s e oa R e e P R o Robert, Rl responded loyally to the call. Finan- ] items of interest from the church cal- [to do if. So muci more work mus Ly S, Coad ko Asmten Sane il WU e e o eon RO e e e o cial support has also been generous. | endar and local papers enclosed. |cach of us o 2 g 3 o storyviilids gatherad for centurles Al ARt et iinve ot iabas ok i iy Distriot Superintendent Richardson | Classes are organized to prepare| “Nohody on the | he M ll, these mectisizs were but | snddenly stond forth alone. the one | o uzatucle church and.ils ot aitl was interrupted from time to time in |Landages, make garments and pick |all that he onghi to have do £ it G dapianitea il nsiie objest [asatnst thetary lina of (10 8 U R LD SRS I SO the course of the presentation of his | cakum; khaki bound testaments have | are pressing forward o purer « ; : ol whensblstob IV IS o s oy, bt or ths | tlon a5 membership secretary”in il ‘report with applause of approval of [been sent. Extracts from the letters [iences .nd toraer acccnaplishin Dok thegtronls mhnen e AbEoR p i LG e leai ol oattle or the | ywenti-third street branch New X8 his statements. are read at the morning service. [ with God ) pEban URNHog Brock IS By BIIRD sy palo tyilientig g snthin SRS UM ol 11 The reviews following will be read | Substitutes are found on the home G. G. RICHARDSON, Supt 3 tricts turned out 2,500 strc andilinterpretithe (oross i terms (oCRIRE I E v ctase tivas | =0 i SR with much interost, reflecting as they | fleld to provide support to the church . DR. ELMER A. OLNL. ool thogn st opRan e 0 |Neall ol SRl SO, granted a leave of Aabsence f do the work of the past year. PRl ke eSS C S bk Brooklyn South District. mighty reception in K Temple. “There is also, I think, a decided e iren A absence . g N o ven Dleict Banort, Celved rorn the Loys In thalerater ot | Mr. President and. Brethren : | That night thero was great music and | trend toward the application of this [ 1/ S0 ¢ ] Ton ot ‘ e e T~ is | death and tne Calvary of Damocracy.” As I begin this annual report I|COnCerned because some of our|great spealing and a superbly wreat [law of sacrifice to current church o FEE L 41 fonannessen, o A s, A Dr. Dent reviewed the financial : i .. | churches nave failed to see the im-|welcome. After payins all biils we |work. The first impulse of many of | FEROL 90 Hhe First » slan cBE “;m]\ v\‘ 'fwu.\m)w a‘s t}l{perl_ndt.on“%r_\t il ofh b A o pause to mention, with the deepest| porative necessity of making more | were able to place in Bishop Wilson’s | our officlal boards was toward —re- [ PPN TF '”\“m"‘r-“}“)l‘P;;ti dét f](’r;v” o : ew Haven district said: e Denisen they have beeniunder in keaps respect, the names of James J. Mof-| ample provision for our underpaid |hands $800.00 for war work trenchment, sometimes indiscriminata ' o0 v e EITIGENEES Ake the commencement of our |FERE el E et also noted | At B. F. Reove and IH. C. McEride, [ men. | "“Om my district the Red Cross is land harmful, it was proposed to re- | & et Choe ?'r“' ’1’“"“’"4 Cont fourth annual report of the New i Uit BEVEHL, " | who have been called to their re-| “Our hospital, with its war work, | everywhere to be feund, units having | duce salaries below 'a decent living [$1¢% Was transferred to the N Haven district at Wesleyan university. | the accomplishments of the member- |, 2l . : ; York Conference and appointed e ol e e Y- | ship. He said also: *“No slackers will | ward, Brother Mofitt from the ac-|we are sure is receiving increased | been established in many of our |standard and to withdraw support { .m0 = 0 o h“l;v”‘; }"‘t;dd>‘fltefl E“fi"k‘dt““; be found among our churches in their [tive and Brothers Reeve and Mc- [and well-deserved support. The | churches, others uniting in commun- |from the great henevolent and phil- |\ FCE 1 lke manner A¥g ey an B A O o1 | fuDport of benevolences.” He noted | Bride from the retired ranks during | Brooklyn and Long Island church so- | ity orsamizations. but ail doing & |antirople boards of the church: in a | Co uton. a probationer of the fl 504. Today more than five hundred and | word, to sacrifico for the war at the |Y°Ar in the Central Pennsylval Conference has been transferred A s s ad- | the various contributions by individ- [the past year. ciety should have a larger place in | splendid work as to character X‘:f‘\ ek ':‘:l'r‘“:f ;:;“:\‘l‘;h‘::‘:e:g;o‘;‘i ual churches. and in conclusion sata; |~ “Hero it may be appropriate also | our generosity in order to make it quantity | cost of the church, with the implied | fenference has been transferred The onrollment now s three hundred, | “The demand of our ministry; the to name one of the best beloved men | equal to its great and increasing During the year sixty-six pastors inference that relatively the \\I-nl\ o‘t caused by the appointuint ot President Shanklin is in France on | necessity for economy, conservation | of the Conference.'who, after .servlne tasks. We are pleased to report that | have preached or delive mW.w“”HWb the church is of minor lnl!’\O’I tance. Tower to a position with the Bog @ six months’ leave of absence as one | “Nd increased production; the drain four church at Woodmere for 12 {the Old People’s Home, St. Christo-|or addresses upon the rightou ness | But there are sians of':m .ll\dnd\(‘flj- S Six ol of the Atrestors of the work of the | of manpower from our rural centers [years and the conference for 43pher's Home and the Deaconess|of our cause and that of the Allies. |ment of this mistaken attitude. Men |4 1 "y " qictrict have gone into 89 Army Y. M. C. A. The inside story | Will compel the organization of more |'vears, feels that he is not quite equal | Home have an increasing number of In co-ope ation \f\'x‘vh the \I.dm’nur are coming tu sce that certaln pro- | = = 5 = el o 3t teg il Weslevan's full and decisive con- cuits and the use of more student {‘to the task of another parish and |friends in our churches. Liverty Loan Committee I have ap- |posed curtafiments are impolitic, \1}1\-\ G abt to ool it thibution to the history of the war, | SUpplic The church is impatient of |'therefore will ask for a place among “About $.. ..... has been ex- |Pealed to our (hurrhr-x: m} ,\uml-x_: christian, fatal. The man h»olnnld z] i wseated bt e e most i will not be known till peace lifts the | Mere informal and respectable regu- | the retired brethren. I refer to|pended this year in m;prn\‘ements‘SChO”‘»“- as organizations, to ;:u:_ gun must be supported by enlig ‘t" satisfactory dAjustments ‘havatil @ekinotanip. larity as it is also of preachers who [IBrother S. A. Sands, honored and be- | and $4,000 of this was for the erec- | Chase Liberty Ronds in the name ]nl lened and consecrated f'h;i.\!!‘v\ln. et | vl e s “Pwenty-five per cent of our | have lost their vision, The times af- |-loved by us all. tion of a beautiful parsonage at West | the boys who are now serving the | ment, and the mightiest n:»u in chr?- it s oo TG frenchers have been sought after for | ford the church and her ministry “Rev. E. C. Tullar closes his pas-! Hampton, where Brother M. O. Olsen | flag. [ question if there is & Church jating and preserving uhrlswn Dublle | ™ eTho most distressing: problex ar work. Dr. d. W. Laird spent | thelr opportunity. Pilate, not Christ, fitorate of elght years at Sixth Avenue ' is probably bringing to a close an| ¢t @ Sunday school that will fail to | opinion is the christian —chureh = of |, .o "aeof ways and means, ed Ihree months in Y. M. C. A worl at | i being tried. Methodism has come | church to accept the position of field | exceedingly successful pastorate. It | comply with this request | hic Lance "“"‘,“f}:‘“ e et “tha lcally in New York City. A vear Camp Meade. H . Benedict has | f0 the kingdom for such a time as | secretary of the general deaconess the department of rural work desires “What a fine slogan! A Liberty | erving spokesman. e God | in my report T tried to represent ta Yeen almost a year in France; W. H. | this. board, If the conference will request{to find out how to do things in o |Bond in every chureh for every Doy man of God, is still the voice of God | T o thers who are doing esse N hailia at Carmp) Pike MDAl B Brooklyn North District. the bishop to make the appointment. | country parish they should visit West | Serving the colorst Some 5 ,‘h"l“ among men. work in our metropolis and in sonal times | Puring his pastorate at Sixth avenue { Hampton, bonds will become memorial bonds | - curtailments which have to de|small country charges under o) : he, with his people, have erected an( “And it would pay us all to make Already seven on my district have | i the refinements of worship or|ijons that none but the most Kl in the navy department and S. | try's service. They leave home for |attractive church and a model of its{a visit to Good Ground and learn died ot s [lmerelygeanauoeito the pride or com- | .ou1q endure Manship is in medical service: V. Somolicanin F Some | el lalanitiey | nd oy thelconference; i from the pastor the too-much-forgot- Il necdzscuangely L 2 fort of the worshipper may rightly be “These condittons have 3l C ‘hurche celing very keenly the ; i tec Ward has joined ‘the British: Tl; Jenve some port on some ship and | K. R. Robberts a probationer of |ten art of hunting up people who do | CRUTChCE ¢ ro focling very Kool hy |made: sreat hullding profects that| quring this vear. Tn New York Corps. Ehent thosl axel sor whorebinE moance Y make large drafts upon financial r- |gye City Soclety has been facin ‘the first year, assistant pastor of St not think of attending church. Down | 8€0C€ @ " IHC, “There are 18,000 Method Latcr on some unmentioned regi. [Mark's, with the consent of the prop- | by the bay, among the Nfe-saving | "%k ® ST, 1 10y voung men {SONTCes und upon a depleted ' laBor|annual deficit in its current budgel the New Haven district or ments engage in Dbalile somewhere |'€r authorities, has entered the Y. M. | statlons, in out-of-way places he hj\,r‘“n,\;,’_\fl' thely oountaca il market may 1\1{!01\ Ifmhnfw.']lmn(hfl. ‘“‘,ng,mm This was slightly relig pearly a thousand or over five DOT | ulong the line. We are learning that | C. A. work for army service. Our |preaches and prays and gets Deoble | 1 a0 not know which feel it the most, the epiritual v \hmsnli (]._ 1:2' 717\.\"»*_!]'}.\ recent subscription i cent are represented by stars, blue, | riphteous causes count for more than | parsonages are also represented in | converted and then leads them into| 1”1 ivee or the small ehurch. Think | ¢ abitsing RatNthe (‘1‘3 o o evel i €10,000 annually for the red and gold, on our district service |en, This will be an impersonal re- | the various arms of service by the the church. As a by-product, 10| ofji1 106 have gone from St. Mar and :uh"wn ely .“uvpfzinr\l'f;{_h ”‘]1" ‘"m:f rs. to a war emergency fund fiag. port. following young men: - | wonder bills are all paid and benevo-| 79 hayve gone from Janes, 60 have ”-“., cong ]u.al\..,l,.”x‘;,“\...”r ;h;:‘”i‘rm 10~ | ortiicless, it has seemed to thc “The minds of the npeople have | «Ag g true all over our Conference “Sergeant Russell A. Foust, now in | jences increased. gone from Richmond Hill: 49 have 1ste Shy “'j“ Lo "¢ lagers of the society that drastic been following the bhoys ‘over there. | the work this year has been seriously | training camp at Upton: Sergeant| ‘The dlstrict s not without her|gone from New York Avenue, and wo MOYINE TN Aoct or i ounced | MUSt be made in the appropriat The bodies of the people have been |pampered by want, the war and the {Harold A. Gilman, Aviation Camp. | problems and the church is not with-| on down the line fram Bethel * |\(">V|”I'l e ,.“’,”.‘ it wonia excluded from our houses of Worshib | weather. A winter that will be | Waco, Teas; Wallace S. Gllman, auto | out those who would solve them all |ghip, 12 from Sunset Park and 12 % S T e P e by the excessive cold and shortage of | pragged about by the older inhabl- |unit, Park Institute, Boston; H. Mar- | off-hand in short order if their Wis- |from Warren strect. A 1 . propor ””"_“’ \‘,w o opposing currents | Conference this means serious rel ccal. The purses of the people have !{ants a gencration or two from now | ble and Claude Elbert Mower, both | gom were equal to their courage. In- {tion of these are Epworth league ! " WG ¢ B tions in the appropriations to B submitted cheerfully to an increasing ! 145 made it impossible for many |Mn naval service. deed, I am so well satisfied with | wokers. Ul 2 tro. | Man Hill, Cornell Memorial, drain for purposes Incident to the |gaints to attend church, and has fur- “Let us conslder the ordinary work my own judgment that I think I COrRinarily churohe would be ‘Methodism has been trained to Ire- | People’s Home church, the eli jtrlumph of the kingdom, the suc- | pished a convenient excuse to many |lof the church under the present eX- could furnish a perfect solution, but| paralyzea by this condition of things, duent and easy (»h‘”f“;' "'] _‘"‘}“"'l - ition of Hedding church and the cessful prosecution of the war, and gthers to stay away. The frigid tem- | traordinary conditions. the trouble is, other people think |but I da not helieve it will be so now, The gencral cor Sl o ”‘,”“ D¢ tinued withholding of such assist their constant care of the waste of | peratures were aggravated almost “To cultivate the district along or- | they have some rights in the prem-| Those of us who remain at hor timelinlIEb Ut canp o 19 “j‘}:\(“l‘yx(‘r' to old Trinity as would make pi battle everywhere by fuel shortage. Tho |dinary lines we have followed a well- | iges, too, and I half believe they are | must stand by the suff. We must he Clse the f“““‘_ “’"")"""‘""“ v have Die the effective continuance of “Notwithstanding these fs he | absence of many young peoble on | defined dual program. We have | correct, | as loyal as those who go. We must Bundred ELido il ’]"";;fl" “”\"‘* U there. To the praise of these chu local fleld has been cultivated, obliga- | war work, who had been among the |trfed to create Interest and enthusi-| T am quite sure there should be engendered. The passion fo hOVEIY |1, it said that they have bravely tions met and advancement made. ‘st active workers in our Schools |asm for the ordinary things of the |come readjustments, but the way such e e D O S ntey has baon |Conted! the ‘havd) Ao (HE IR Over $5,000 has been pald on old jand Leagues, made serious .inroads|church by means of joint confer-| matters have been handled in the e O i avild lamds ] oceupied, | Pon them and will continne %o indebtedness, $10,000 spent on re- [jn the personnel of our socleties. Yot | ences, where the ablest men and|past does not encourage trustees to ! Ing close on Passion week = when settle ¢ L) i , i s |on in hope of a day (God grant pairs and Improvements, and sal |reports from all over the District | women, local and imported, have dis- | hastily soll out and unite with other Tiie bthoa of extensive cultivation |31 18 h288 9U% 083, (LSS arica inereased by $8,000. show that these handicaps were |cussed with us and for us the inter- | churches. Old churches have gone, gives place tardily o (he Heneive |whon the cry of this near-by 3 “A union evangelistic campaign was [spurs to more energetic activities | egts of the church. A woman's hour | jut what is left to tell the story of iI methods which this modern 40y 4" |donia may be heard. by the il organized tn the lower Nuugatuck | fhat have been sraciously honoted by fgave opportunity fo survey the wWork | ther sptendit resords? T ask tnis | Wilson wis the preacher. Day aftor | mands, Ghurched Ghe priteiols SO fand the needs of these fields be Voihos 2 REELED [t B e B RN of our women; the Sunday 5chool | question, but I cannot answer it. This @ay we travcled in the footsteps of p /T (L B i yren work, still fing [Ouately met. Two of the aod wag built at Ansonia, seventeon Pro-| <«Reports from the pastors indicate | your our Sunday school —problems, | faot makes me reluctant to criticise iy the congre- | BTESTAL (8 o e of the probloms | circuits whose pastors Teft 1@ testant _churches co-operated. _Our |that tho receipts for the regular [ooiie 5 ouna table eonducted DY | men who are trying as best they may | atlons, larze on the first day, srev [0 0 SIEIOG M0ty " in o | midst of the vear have been fop churcheg at Seymour, Ansonia, Derby | Genoral Conference henevolonoes [ ot o 2 e T O o e e *the mtarests. of Methe. | larger until the house was crowded | B8 00 (00 OE0, BERCL 0t \Mhew | months without pastoral servios, R ““»fh-l 'H(P-M will bo above those of last year. 1In-|gjstrict and local matters in a prac- | dism, and who, in some instances, . s fiela for the pastor and a new pastor | PIy because no man could be spiritual profit and with nearly wo | crenses are also promised for the Re- |G tie FRG [OG8, TE €08 0 B |, A onther than blame for | Closing service e o e e iy o6 o | 0 ndertake the work for the M@ hundred eocesslons. _ftirod Ministers Fund and the fand |2 VR, S04 TOE T ST CSRecT | SRS Srelis MR G Kmmature | o More and inore we wore led o feel | [ (rs and ehinrchos are secing the | Salaries which these charges “The camp meeting at Torestville | for the Ministerial Commissions | Cons ACATeR oy Tl P SO mot belng St ete o Cevelopmant | (Mt the ereat necd of the churel was | BRUAT BN LTI ure ana giving | pay. Brethren, we are challensy majntained its high standard. h |work. These Increases are very grab- |inaiyiquals attended these confer- ok the realization of the Passion of our) (FEW L= FH T counter trend | an overwhelmingly need both ify Epworth leagues of the district |ifying whon ho bear In mind 'the il [TEEE ¢ e e ation i oror | o gin fene ministry and service of | hich might take as its slogan, “The |and in tho country. It is not § v ss 1 : s Gk e's 3 i ie: P L o ay. *aul ells us he mMea z & % ff"i‘:mf:;ii? i e e people's sympathios 04 I “Our second plan was to do for the | for the present. Let every church o “‘;y”m“_:w',” e e thie ehureh | privilege of every pastor is to make ==t e A Hene lfmrdul:]u B tamien over by the second gememal | Heaces or Ty Co oen. yaisa [1ocal church what the joint wconfer-|and church officlal remember whatlang gave himself for it. When we | the most of his chureh and the Elow |0 Sl 0 ©0%, Ouer (AR CICE conference district Epworth leaghe |on the Distrlct for the ¥. M. C. A., [;gnce did for the district. According-| someone has said: “We are mever|ove jike t fower churches will | OF ROy (OO T e & reciprocal | derpaid mimisters must be in which will conduct an eight-day In- [414 Red Cross, relief of sufferers in '7l,v. the last quarterly conference Ol | jefeated until we own defeat. Wei dlose and A e e e ,-.f.n. pas "\‘”nhe = {msmr RinEoal| Sorrald e el stitute this year in connection With |ar stricken l;mds_ for camp needs, [,tD® vear was in part an open confer- | have had some great resurrections ™ | jerous xcl.l\‘\‘t;n. 2 eucrzmp“m o e 2o ere e the one at Madison, N. J. For Tedtumonts fof the Army end | 008 Wbus brinEme, 10 meny W0 dho pact Thors ds n Hoe Hbonee £ | cwiin all iy T thank the | Churen o e aid of the other. |shall be guarantsed a decsnt s “The Deaconess Home and Train- {navy, ete., efec. The majority of our stances, well m-gpared reports befol:o some more. Downright d?\'utlvo\\ is ).“fg’,,,‘ of my dist ‘j?,“"' (")‘,‘“ | e et |1 ey ing school at New Haven has had @ |members and officials are generous §1arse congregations. The ladles oc-|not easy to defeat. Let us try it. LU ey ok sl deml generously and co-operate loy-|one per cent. of our salaries castonally added much to the success| A noteworthy thing has hap- | have helped me to and’ then|| deall Eonefoualy Snd e0 aBorRte e i, o e i of these occaslons by furnishing re-| pened. Federal, state and city gov-! helped me work the pians which we k : G ? freshments. Several of these con- | crnments are turning to the church | devised (ozether e Beiy g D | i e ing presidency of Dr. A. H. Good- | qetriment and to the disgust of those | ferences had over 100 in attendance.|in their hour of need; and not a few | “Aund in the name of the breathern 90T "0 "o ough to consummate [tors and district superintendent enough. It supports the connectional | (1), know them:. We could bear with | Followin he open conference an | public men, contrary to thelr custom, | T thanlk il l‘n\nmh fuvl‘ s frequent his plans, else the bullding of God |some man be set apart especia and social life of local Methodism, | porfect equanimity the knowledge | executiy sion was held. are recognizing her power. On the | Visits to the district His leadership, will continue to be, as it s in too | this worl In the name s the Deaconess Home, extension enter- | ot we would never agaln come “The following items indicate prog-| part of many this may be a belated :mdh’ i 11:"»‘ !',“‘l‘.‘?”':.W:,‘f-fi ';‘m- any places, an aggregation of fras-|of our fathers, and with wise prises, and the Italian mission across these persons either in time, or Press: !We have recelved into prepara- | recognition, but, thank God, it is rec- ) tri e r“"‘“j‘ :,; natremendaus up-f o ents more or less disparate if not |sight, it is high time that we sef “The entire Itallan work suffers |5 " eternity, [tory membership ... persons. We | ognition, and it gives the church the life to the distriet. W antagonistic, whose only unity is I |selves to the task of making pa from lack of co-ordination. Since the | wppe pastors have as a whole been | have received from preparatory mem- | jargest opportunity for a service peatitlle b ted o the name which dimly graces the|ent the work in fields white f disbanding of the Itallan mission and |fastpgul and diligent in evangelistic | bership ... persons, vhich will win the respect of men. DR AN O portal. If, on the other hand, the |harvest but where the laborers ite separate superintendency, the T effort. The tangible results are that| Occasionally it is hinted that some | is it won the respect and praise of o g LI ndo D ol e toface ory |ses fan preacher has lost the advantages | 774 have been received as applicants | Methodists like to wander into other | \braham Lincoln when he said: “God Report of w York Distr Work in his church, he should be “ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Thel of organized union and our itinerant | s . membership, and 630 have heen [ ecclesiastical pastures. To some ex-|}jess the Methodist church. Bless | r 15 an "M “'l'w‘l" f“, "1 f nIr:‘l'\)» permitted to assume that he will have | gults achieved, notwithstanding] system. Formerly when one of our | ,..ceived into our fellowship from | tent this is true, for we gave courte-!aj] the churches, and blessed be God 7“1‘»\.-«1:”‘ R "ot the | time enough, undisturbed by pet}{y}vnncty and difficulty of our prejudices and narrow obstructiord, | jems have been along the line d conference preachers among the Ital- |1 charatory membership. On the Dis- | ous notes of recommendation to oth- | who in this our great trial giveth us g < 2 e Oty jan brethren was moving, he enjoved | trict there is a reported total increase | er than Methodist churches lastyear. | the churches.’ I bE Rl ey M; = f.th; to work out his plans. Nothing 1S |jgeals, though not equal to then at least 60 possibilities of appoint- | or members of over 800 Of course many of these were In{ «n these davs of stress our resi- |0 fhall the ScBierGmments, movy S00 | more fatal to many a g00d man’s suc- | have tried to do what we cou ment. Now In our conference he 15 |” Winancinlly also our District | towns or villages where there Was no | qant hishop, with pen and volce and | Motable. of individual whurches and | cogq than the knowledfie that, no Mt~ | our Nation. Everywhere quis Jimited to six. This work must be|maies a good showing. Property im- { Methodist church | prayer, has pointed the way to pa- ""”]‘I", i ter how falthful he may have been, |aponse has been made to eal tendents give the scope v s work in the churches of their valk church. The church has he i o | supplied by 8. P. Fairbanks of o members of the church are in active ‘ampbell has heen speaking to s | “We are living in imper. workers; W. aunship is a ~—Our boys are called into their coun- o churches in Manhattan and |t | Bronx. TFor the New York i | “Keep the Home Fires Burning.” “The work of ihe conference yeat for the district was brought to a fitt | under the auspices of the district. ol series of noon day services was \mu! | | | the Hanson Place church. Bishon the master. Day by day the congre- even to the second gallery for the prosperous year. The — Methodist | ,,q sympathetic to these worthy ap- league of New Haven has enjoyed a |p.a]g” Some few are withholding rejuvenated year under the stimulat- | 4j,0)r sympathy and aid, to their own i 5 1 e Ve be v the vear with o ¢ {mmediately reorganized or meet dis- { provements have been made on va “RBut there are those in other ec- | triotism and to God, as did Asbury | . ~TDTBQL= W e pofin ' Ae vedr Woe | when the fourth Quarterly conference |y pnerty Bonds, Red Cross Wor a cost of $26,805. | clesiastical pastures that hanker aft-| .4 Ames and Stmpson in their day. | Lo €10y GC A0 B0 e means Ccomes he is in jeopardy of some Whim | young Men's Christian Assoe our flelds. Ac- The churches have looked to their |} S 2 e or prejudice which, disregarding all |\ i among the soldi and aster fous churches at “The Methodist Church Home for | nortgage and note indebtedness have | er the fine clover in 2 g . e 0 support the government in the - stic mind- | t Pl the amenities of justice and unmind- | " amne and cantonments and the Aged is on the eve of successful |j6en paid to a total of $9,960 cordingly we received last year from | inisters for example and inspiration 2 : 9,960. g : 3 ninis e 7 spire srosecution of the war. To this end : S ianar wiline | operation. The trustees hold in cash | “We are also pleased to be abla to | other than Methodist churches per-|.nd they have not looked in vain, | hroSteiiion of Cie WAl 00 (s SO0 | ul af the -}\”ml-“" “'rr‘ffl{ "“"“fi_ “" various forms of relief wonl over $20,000. They have wisely de- | eport that increases have been |gons by letter or on profession of | 1o, the pulpits of Methodism are giv- | o 1 comtort, our s lite liselr, | God’s church, may effect an aeverse |many churches ihs dioICE cided that there never was and never | cranted on the salaries paid the min- | faith. ust a little Dit of reciprocity | ing forth no uncertain sound, I am |y noed be We detormined that the | OF, divided vote on the question of | jcies have organized for Red will be a home without a woman. TWo {jsters of this District aggregating $6,- | with a good balance in our favor. I happy to say. This is most em- ;,.H‘”: T e A R e another T ugh{\“ work almost to the exclusion women have been elected from every | g q ess, still remains “As to benevolences, I think the | ;. PR s LD § g A d speak | ¢here is a growing conviction among | .1 intorests. All honor he 900. Nevertheless, it As phatically on the Brooklyn South | \ith no nncertain voice, that disloval | ottt pastors and people that the pas- | (ol interest I honor to th church on the district. These women 2 ber of places provide | treasurer's report will show that we | j)ict where susplcior to s o true that a number of I ¥ tren District, where piclon as to & antiment, however velled in the 8ar- | garal relation should be more deeply ; | “six of our preachers are nof some form of war service. are “” st ‘:":“I'_ "*”""?”"y"lz“' "‘ less than a living wage. To have met | have done well. Tf we haven't zone |, lovalty would brand him as ments of pacifism, should find no tol- | rooted and that these inequities should heard of managers for the Home to [{ne Conference standard of minimum | up much, W aven’'t gone down | : 4 ‘ v Sk make the Home operative ¢ o. 3 2 2 TR st aratlon i UNIONE Vs be eliminated so that a strong mip- .v-.‘\“:{ th "-y_"‘“f or W‘"\O ationice salaries would have required —thre e We e at least on th detense of - country, in “Realizng that the duly constitut- | {gorv in a strongly supporting church - Jur church at Hamden Plains is | {imes as much as was reccived from | squar Nkl R Rl e e e e | I E ) 1 | Continued on Sixteenth P4 homeless and housele: The Ladies’ | the underpaid preacher fund. It is e Akionlste e Enaied e, s e e : < and s of the | gnould be the rule and not the ex- : ! ;. laymen expect their mi church at home :nd abroad arve vi- | ception, I firmly believe. Ald soclety cold its _convention hall |5 melancholy fact thut in some places | the nec making adequate | tors to lead rather than follow flly and ovganically related, not only | * #problems. Administrative probe 2 some months \lx‘n.‘ «ast fall the par- | the assistance rendered by the Minis ovision for our retired and under-i “Nearly a year before the Nationallto the victorious ending of the War, | jems on the district have been more OF THE . sonage was sold for the purpose of |iarial Fund Commission is calmi | paid men. and T shall he surprised | War Council of our Church decided | hut even more tiuly to the period of nun;r-rnus and difficult than usual, as : ‘m”;iu L . h'“‘rr]"l \ “"fl"?'r] *“ & :v n‘lh» considered as relieving the local con- | arked improvement is not the|upor its program for he coming | reconstruction which must follow the ! @ mere enumeratian of them wili Then e C c urne. saving the | stin s h cssity of rais- asul Daust - A 3 little ot e i . & stituents from the necessity of rais- | result, though I am quite a little jmonth of May, our diswrict anti war, when out of chaos a newly or- | show SUNDAY, MONDAY, UK