, 1875-11-17

10 preaido over tho nleatng, and Mr.. q. II,
Drouss mas n>ado Sncratnry.
The nov. Mr.. Jutkins hpoko Of tho cauaes
which had callod Tho moetinH together. llo
ahtd IL WAS desrou to call tho attention OF Tho
Church ard tho ministers TO The needs Of several
cl'urchoa. 11o had prepared map showing the
location OF Tho various Methodist olluEcos.
which ho referred to in Illustration Of Ills rn-
marks. lie desired particularly to call attention
70 The "lds stretch Of isrr.sory over which
the Dixon Street Church extended its in1ucnco.
II was tue only church Of Engl!sh.npeaktug
people In that part Of tho city. Centenary
Church aud Reaper Mission wore expected to be
sufficient for Ct sat numbers Of people, Tho moot
INK waa called III the intGrcst Of thcao churcAce,
eapeciaily In that OF the church at tho cntnor
OF state hnd Forty-fltth streota. Tits church
bad q QUO debt on its handa. carried nfong for
Two OF thfoe ycArB by tho generous aid Of a few
bsathEon. Another church waB bnd'Y on 10 tho
o1sont Of $500, whilo BRIGHTON chnrul, waa also
greatly cfippled, and tho Dixon Street Church
swaa not much better Oh. Drathfen who lad
boom carrying these debts were Responsible, and
would lava TO provide for them unleRs some Of
those P1osont, who might he equally Responsible,
Was nesdad NJ tho kossutl titreot Church 10
liouas tho Sunday. school, buI thfs was not \ new
interest. little or no low building would he done.
The past Two yssra llad oocn taken up in paying
ASUbHs f4b HSH AQt pfSh2Ak 10 HAhH HAy pEn.
but wot,id .norcly state the facts, aud leAYo tho
matter to tho brethren.
JUDGE noopNfclI
said It. seemed to him there mas only oue rourne
to 30 takon. It WAS depfornbio that lRrgo obli-
cations had boon contracted. but probably no.
body would SAY ths purposes o! The churches
had not hson right aud ptoper. Mono Of these
debts. however, were contracted aftor tho panic.
On tho Nho!st be theuYht they might feoi very
welt OF that tho church debts nero not larger.
fT3tA hxA$tFnr1 y <,rl,tY Na<rsNoA En
vcto morally no moro Obliged 10 pay thom than
those present, md tho question aroae Hhothor
the bra&hron should not assHt them In bearing
tho burden. This they hhoutd do not for thctn-
selvea. but for the Church. Tho value Of eun!l
contributions Nas not 10 be disreEarded. No
man or woman could boinng to tho Church, and
have peace With God and power with Gotl wl,o
did not pay AZ mitch into the Church a. no could
AFFORD. 1u some reepocts tie fainte to do this
had bsen ono great cause Of tho poverty Of rs-
y!sA!A iu Chicago. The Judge dipped into thu
history Of the church NTH which BIO was co,l-
neesed. tefozslng 70 tho wAy the3 raised money
to bnttd tho church aud pay on tho debt, In Illus
teation Of tho importance ot thorough contribu-
tion BY all. rich md poor, In largo euma as woll
40 small oues. What should be dono was to
share with tte6e brethren, and thus actually
tEess them ~ brethren. E'o1y man should give
w.t ho wAs .ulo to Elve 1ot What I might DO
church to bo backward iu assuming The liabilities
OF ssees churches. aud ho wan euIs tho presont
oceaaion would 10 no exception.
:. The Rev. Sir. Jutkins stated that these weak
preached and worked too. The people, though
generally poor, contributed amounts wbio ,
might bo ANAL, but they wore willingly given,
tud Ill seemed Impressed with tho nocossltY Of
working, aud Il tho people In otaer parss Of tho
city did - we'll ~ they did, there would soon bo
90 church deh.s.
Dn. TIFFANY
said that Judge Goodrich had taken his text and
Illustrated II As we'll It not botter thsn he could
hhve done. 1t MAS not necessary to elaborate
ChuEch bsd' learned to copaeerato tiMh and
menha. The brothron presout wefe not Interest,"
ed In selfish projects. but IN tho purposes which
1ny cloeo to the hearts OF all MethodIsts In Chi
ca8o. Dy the old 1.-THE syatem Of Tho Jews man
WAS obliged to give oue-fensh Of his substance to
tho Church tho fi1ht year, two-tenthn, tho second
year, and threc.tentbs tho third. He was obliged
20 give no moro than thFee>tenshs ut the utmost,
laid down by the Apostle that Tho nan who VIA
not benevolent wss not Christian, had not The
love OF God 10 him, and tliat lore Of God can't
get into him. The statement Of Brother Jnt-
klnB and the map illustrations woro sufficient to
demonstrate tho moods Of tho Church. The
speaker raH an1iouA for revival Of that tins
when everybody Blo,lld feol that ho did some-
thing. Thta wAa primitive Mosl,odism. Each
man should give ~ large a proportion poW as
tho dimes, and quarters. aud hhlf~doltars repre-
proportion to tho ability with which God had
blesaod thc1n. They could not meet their re-
aponaibi1ls1es to the Church and to God IT
thoI did not now CONS forward and do tl,s duty
waa Chicago when the Church WAS mont active ?
Without . history and With apparently small
chances Of eSen pro! hooy. But now, how HAs
as3 o1tY burned to ashes. rebuilt and firmly
established, With merchants OF tho most Boltd
character. Why should she not do her duty
now. With all her wealth and nTObpGFit =? Tho