, 1873-03-23

ect,tivo Committee Trustee Of the Relief Fund.- etc
cIcy ti.a the grcstci 1ar: Of the fund still On
lan and s on K. Il tFng ap2unts p2 ts
0ro and that in his opnoa-in tho opinion Of Brother
Jcocthan Young s1an,mon, the u Chairman Of tho
Executive Committee Of the Chicago Society Of the
New Jerusalem" tho Chairman Of tie Church Com
n1ittee, the Finance Committee and the Trustee Of
the Fund for the Relief Of the Sufferers By the Great
Fire., &c, 4c-n his opinion the entire Relisf fu,
then on baud. should b: dero:ed to tie payment q h'
uncoected c.c rents of delinquent members of ths So
In other Wors be transferred at once to the
Treasury Of the Chicago Society: Then We could a sec
delinquent ptwrent.s Clearly than otherH for
what great and noble object the Swedcnborgian Ke-
Lief Fund had bean reserved We could clearly discern
Scamnon il exercising such unceasing vigilance and
care IN protecting 1t against distribution for the relief
OF actual suffering. 1t is true tho delinquent pew
renters were moAt cases, well able to pas, 20 dis
1oscd, but Mr. Scam,uon argued. with great lalsib1-
ty mud effect, that the Adams Street Church
eisy ess might ezpesnas asfssesda ds IL Collecting
pew rents and thereby suffer eventual losr: Mhat nat
more n re- napproP1ate than that this Loss should oo pasd out
It may rtler odd to persons not well versed in
the rclief business ha. such disposition Of the relief
to bc the great Head Centre Of the Chicago Society Of
the New Jerusalem, ita head, heart and lungs; csre-
ciay in view Of tho fact that this society was oven
ufer its losses by the fire. probably the richest re-
Ggious corporation, in proportion to the num-
ber Of i,s members, Of sny in the city.
The real estate alone then belonging to this corpora-
ton WORTH It very moderate valuation, about
0O0 Its insurance recovered on church buildings
destroyed although Lot so much Gs would have been
patronized 80 extensively the Chicago companies IN
which he netocknolder> its Tenpe Fund ita Edu-
eationa Fund and its various other reserved funds
over 500, ,ooo, o,-whue its lire members, in
cluding even occasional attendants, numbered
less than 100. Many Of these members, including our
much-abuscl Brother stamn.on we're among the
wealshiest of tie city. and al, with acarcey an
able and disposed to take care Of any individual cases
Of suffering among teir brothers aud aihters Hence
the eminent proproty Of Brother s;anmons PROPOSE.
delinquent pew rents is perfectly APPARENT; the udi-
yldIa members Of the Society needed no mid tho So
cioy, Of cour-e, did not need it it could not be ex
pected that Mr. ScA1u1nons observation would extend
outside the limits u tho Society ncss III the direction
Of the United s:aea Trc1sury) it was very desirable
But after ALL it must Us admitted tlat 1t really seemed
odd end whiluzicel to obscure and uunpprecia-
tive members cf the Society, this proposition ot
Brother Sca1nmon to devote tho Relief Fund to the
payment OF delinquent pew rcnts i: seemed to tht m
gross peryetaion Ct charity from its legitimate OBJ
Il III n ho 9ss'sa oaou By eSa: sr o
sacred, s@lf-impostd duty whereby suffering families
robbed Of the relief rghtfuly belonging to them.
minded, jealous Christian gentleman! [Sote-TGat
WAS before his dealings with the Mutual Security
We wsr9 fully kn1~ No nrete.t came froa
The Society WAS not called upon to act upon it; the
uuapprecatiye members could be heard or il any
way make their little influence ie and no. Of course,
A1r. Sc:lnmons proposition was subsequently carried
out by his Executive Committee, aud thu1 went the
CE;cago SWeltnGorgau Relief Fund It is stu safe,
devoted the payment CT delinquent rew-rents in
the treasury Of the Chicago Society; still in Brother
Scammou's hands, the g1eat depository Of all the va
rous funds Of tlat Society. Il il c,ancd hts be-
half that iu the great future 1t is to be e1-
pended in missionary enterprise. ueS LIS per-
soal supervision cud our grandchildren may he1r
Of the good results ntc-uinGcd with 1eaus OF praise
OF our worthy, enterprs:ng brother.
We hope this disposition OF the Relief Fund Batees
the conscience OF Brother Scamnon Its rropriey is
not quite clear yet to otDrr, but hopo it is to him
md that In dre time the motives, great aud good,
which always actuate him will bc more apparent. We
hope too tho liberal donors to this fund, wherever
they are, will DO satisfied with this action OF tho
great aluoner Of their charities. They Should
not stir up even entertain any unp!easa::
sus,1cons: it would tie unkiud in them to think it
would be plainly wicked In tlem to say, that proFer
disposition of the funds II not wanted Tor the 1ar-
specified by the contributors, would have been to
return them promptly TO tho donors, many OF whom
made their contributors at great personal sectthco
They ny 10 able to things with that delca.e
EeEee Of honor, that iufexible lner7ty and Steady
faithfuucss ct purpose III the discharge OF religious
lutics which everybody knows LAS always character
lied the acts oi Brother Scammon- They should slut
their eyes tic external appearance, sud fratrnay
hope that "th:ngs not what they Ieem.
And now, Mr. Editor, having given you the facts,-
ample material for Mr.. ScaUmol'd de1cu5c,-the TRUTH
being always best defense honest man can have
will be good enough to suEside on thia sub1ect7
Let US have uuE1nd Eenlarks or tnsinuations
concerning that eminent Christian gentleman. The Hon.
Jonathan Young Sca1cInon- DEFENDER.