The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-10
KlMBALL'S WORK In BOSTON.
CLEiHTvG orr TIiE DENT or THE sHFP-
ARD MEUORfiL CIiURCH.
Amer Eight Hours Of uninterrupted Effort
Relieving IA Comparatively Foor Cougrc-
gntion of nm Indcbt cdncss of So 900.

Amer Fight Hours of uninterrupted Enor
Relieving IA Comparatively roor Ccugrc-
Ention OF nm indcbt tcdncss OF ss5 200.
BosToN, Doc 9.-Mr Edward Kimball, the
church doM raiser. has come to New England.
and yesterday. In the Shepard Memorial Com
grcgationaN Church Of old Cambridge. no no.
complshcd the greatest nhor Of his life The
amount OF money raised was not 80 large as
that raised in tho Presbyterian Memorial
Church of New York. hut the Cambridge Church
is so much smaller and the people have suffered
30 heavily from the hard times that the labor Of
relieving the Inter from u debt Of tSj 700 in
single day wns much more difficult than the
raising Of tll0.0O0 In the former church by two
Efforts. Nevertheless the task was undertaken
this forenoon. and after nearly eight hours un-
interrupted effort the Shepard Church stands
tonight virtually free from debt
The shepard Memorial Church IA very nearly
two hundred and nfty years old. 1t was found
cd by Thomas shepard. an eminent English
divine. and II Is said that il was mainly owing
tothc fact Of his residing in Cambridge, then
Nrwtown. that Harvard College was locnted
there. Among it, Subsequent pastors was Ablc
Holmes. father NJ oliver Wendell Holmes
| About six years ago the congregation left their
| old, square. towcrless wooden church on Hol-
yoke street. and moved into the elegant new
stone ediilro on Garden street. close beside the
Washington elm. Times were good. the church
contained many wealthy membcrs. their pastor
the Rev. MIR. Mckenzie. was popular. and they
all said " Let US have n handsome church while
We are about it," The consequence was the
contracting Of tho church debt which has so
nearly proved their ruin The panic came
many of the wealthy members iailod and moved
away. and others were so crnfnpcd A. T. be- un-
| able to assist tho church, The pastor was so
| harassed 10y the accumulation Of Troubles ars-
| M. from the debt that his seemed tenn
! pornrily suspended. His audiences dwndlcd
sunday after sunday. II was oven feared that
whie in New York Mr. Kimhall's attention
| was directed 70 this church. and he dct 'rmned
! tp max" an effort for It's salvation. His business
| cnlng him to this city last week he went TO
| Camhrdgr saw the trustees of shepard Church.
! beautiful weather OF this morning attracted
! from their homes an unusually large number
VOL iiiei al iOi. o'oiosk X. Nj. NJ kcnlie bcei'n
! IN" morning service. Mr.. Kimhall sat in n
/ h'w n'ar the pulpit After q PRAYER. in which
/ what wa, about to be- nd.riakrn. he Introduced
| Mr. klmlall and resigned his plnce 10 him MIR.
| chapter from Exodus descriptive OF tho man
ner,in which the jews gave Of their possessions
| 70 Moses Tor the tabernacle and began his work.
lie asked Mr.. Gilman to act n Secretary Of tho
at n- ranv..SS.rs called for nine suhscriptions
| ot 81 900 eH'h. Offering to givcthe tenth himself
| The people wcrn taken 10y surprise md were
amazed at the audacity Of his plan. hut they be-,
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IN ti,.ir ,nts nuI tftI yin r ",,1'.n ,h
Tearhors pled-sd for thnir Suulnv 5 Lnol
| classes Tn choir sent down n large sul~rrip-
/ ton The college students IN thr clur'h
] cluhhsl together and pledged themselves f,r "A
| con-iierah7r sum. F'cry uow ami than th"
choir started an insuirntinc hvnn the whole
! congregation joining in tho chorus. Amid il
/ ALL the spirit II NV England calculation was
| manifested Very few gave without carefully
| considering the how and the where they were
| to obtain The money But they STAYED nnd
others Kept coming. sunday school timr came