Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-10-08

You may safely trust the Lord aft that
Sufficient unto the day, or at least sulicicn
to the ten years is the evil thereof 1t seem
to me that the whole question is clear.
One word more. 1t is asked, what do yo
want: Have you made up your mind
say, very frankly, have not. My ow,
wish is that there should be a movement o
this kind, not because there is novelty ii
it, though | am not old enough t, be as goo,
as ought to b., yet look with some appre
hension, in our present circumstances, t
taking on such work as this. because | an
your pastor, and there j, not one of YOU 81
much interested ia it as | am II a mistak
is male, it is for me capital mistake;
mistake for all my life. | am t, preach t,
an audience. thousands of whom are to b,
more or less affected by my labor among
them, and cmnot look upon that but witt
great degree of solemnity. feel more sol
cmn about preaching than used to at first
and to augment the number of my congrcga.
ton seems to me very serious business II
the Lord incline You by his spirit to take up
this m ,ycmcnt, trust shall be invigoratcd
| am free TO sly that the idea of entering
upon larger sphere agrees with my spri,
OF enterprise. and yet if, after elaboration,
it should s ZEN to you, in your wisdom, that
this thing ought not to be done, [ shall new
er say word of complaint, and shall feel re-
lievcd of so,ne responsibility. In some re-
spccts stand in divided attitud, on this
question. Onc part of me says, Il do not
care; if they do not do it l shall have an
c,lsicr time" But another part says. Il
hope they will do it And rather think
that part Of me is the best part. Laughter. !
Mr.. Benedict offered the following resolu-
ton
Resolved, That it is the duty of this
church to provide more ample accommodate
tions Tor TIE preaching of the Gospel in con-
ncction with the Plymouth Church, and that
we will do it.
This resolution was the subject of very
general interchange of views. Most of the
speakers seemed t. favor the build n. of a
new church in new location. and selling
the present church property, an Il all concur
red IN the necessity of speedily charging the
present church accommodations. NJ doubt
was expressed rs to the ability of the society
to raise the means. Mr.. Benedict said he
would give as much in proportion to his
means as any other man, and had no doubt
money enough could be raised in subscrip-
I tions limited not to exceed five dollars. He
was more indebted to Mr.. Beecher than to
any other man, except his father, for all
there was in him Of independence and man :
hood. Bat it WIS not question of compli-
ment to him, but of providing for people
who wanted to hear the gospel. \ gentle
man, II lawyer by profession, said he thought
there would be no difficulty about transfer
ring the scrip if the present property were
sold, because the scrip applied not to the 10
cality, but to the church property.
Many instances were related to show the
necessity for enlargement, and the difficulty
of securing seats. A member of the society
happened to be absent on the day of the sale
of pews, and on his return found that his
pew had been bid off by merchant from
Chicago, who only comes to the city few
times in the course of a year.
! Mr.. Noses S. b ach, in the course of his
remarks, offered to be one of one hundred men
/ to subscribe $1,000 to commence the new
church forthwith.
7 Mr.. Henry c. Bowen. DR.. Leayitt, of the
Independent. and many others, made re-
marks. DIR. Leavitt said it was manifest
that Mr. Beccher was not to preach for the
next ten years in that '.little martin box -
and they had to consider only whether he
should preach in a larger edifce in Brook
lyn or in New York, and perhaps whether
that edifce should be occupied by the con-
grcsation of Plymouth Church or some 9TH
or. He thought church to contain eight
or ten thousand people would prove to b,
none too large.
The resolution was unanimously adopted
The following resolution was then offered,
and, after a brief discussion, also adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That a committee of five be ap-
pointed to take into consideration what step
shall be taken for the erection of a church Il
contain not less than 5000 persons, and re
port on the same at meeting of the Society
Henry C. Bowen. F. T. II. Gibson. DR..
Morrill,, NJ. S. Beach, and WIN. A. Kemp
were appointed as the Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Bowen, a committee
was appointed to report the best plan fol
raising funds and James Freeland, A. P
Stanten, Alex. Studwell, DR.. R. S. Benedict
and II. P. Clafiin were appointed on tina
committee.
The Pastor, Mr.. Beecher, was added or
both committees, er ofcio.
The meeting adjourned, to meet again a
the call of the trustees.-[Evening Post.
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