, 1859-09-27
Il Noble En0Et of the Ftr4t T1aptfkt
Church to Extin.,tIAll Debt.

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9a's'4e 10 eaae.' ~. .u'1s w.. saa ~
faiseu' coon the enthusiasm u 'ac aualenes
broke forth in short and rapid speeches ot SIoo,
$500, $500, $3.50, $500, $50, 800, and from
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'nep:e oo"n ~ CAV. au" """s '"e '1.4"''.
burned. counseIle,l and exLorted. men and Wo.
men in u,l paris of the house, "spoke out
in meetins,' i1 ,nrnner that thrilled and cleo.
trified tue bousc. Oftcutimcs two or three rose
as oncc, and the treasurer and clerk found it
difficult to keep pace with the spontaneous
pledges from members Of alike tho church
sud congregation. After the lapse of about
threc-qua. ters Of IN hour, which sped rapidly
a,yay,'it was found that $l2, 500 hud been rais-
ed, lenring only about Il 800 to meet the entire
funded and floating debt Of the church. It was
MANIFEST this ba1ance would have been zais' on
tue SPOT, but it having been suggested tha, sevc-
raj five hundred dollar nrn were absent who
would consider it great slight not to he per
mi.tcd TO participate in such a movement,
motion ,ras made to adjourn. with view Of
keeping the books open few days, to eualle
those who had not had an opportunity TO come
forward and subscribe for tile balance Of this
debt-payinr suck, THIS motion met will some
opposiiiou. several couttusjnc t1,ut the whole
amount shoutd he raised befor,. tile courreea-
lin, s,o,,d ha d;xm;.se1 l1o,r-.cr thc conn,
s.1x of xotnc Of .bc older member, ureyaileJ.
aud the nas,or announced that tl,oac' tho re-
ou;rct a,ncunt n;.ht and would be raised in u
f.,r n,omrn,, more. vct ncrba2s it was fair 10
,.;vc tho outsiders chance. and after prayer
and benc1icriou dismissed the congregation.
Sucl deed as this in the midst of TIC finan-
cial cu,barrassmcpts rLat arc oppressiny all
classes. amounts to tue highest achievement Of
ch,;stian hcro;sm. Az Il finale of Ills moyc-
ulcut. grand re. union or socia1 gathering Of
the members OF the Church aud Sucicty. rs well
a. those of sister churches throughout tbc city.
manr Of ulom are of.bocts Of this narcnt
branch. is anuouteI to bc held in The basement
Of the Church on Tuesday evening. tue ., til ill.,
s,ant AMI a. thc First Nanllst Church has
manv friends in other denominations in the city.
,:,cr ,re cord;,],r ;nvitc,, 10 cou. in u,so. and
;,;n IN thr general s,.al;,. of hands. Mutual
Congratulations. sentiments, speeches and mu.
sic viii probably comprise the order of the eve
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT IN TIE G. l. c. 0.
Il. R-A MAS Instantly klLLEn.-Au ipqaest
was llell on Saturday night last OIL tlc body Of
;nst,n,1r l;,,.d IN SATURDAY, afternoon between
v~1,..,,, ,,d n,r,r st,t;,r ,nd.r ,,,c f,11ow;p,
circumstances. Decreased. torc,i,cr with others.
,r,u 81, ,vo,l ,n Saturday afternoo, unon y small
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