, 1879-03-22
CONSULTING PHYSICIANS
called to Advao Over the Michigan
Avenue Baptist Church.
i Plain Statement Of It's Condition..
The Remedies Proposed,
And the 0ns which Was Finally Agreed
On,

f,,tts& Ctrrn !lMFG Deth Wfttte0 Atluut Will II
opt,l deal Of frequency fur several ululths past.
,u,, tiny cncIe ny a.aln Tor forlnnl airing yes
ter]ay, when conference WIS had between the
trustees Of tile church nnl tlIc representatives |
Al tho various other baptist churches In tic |
rty, THE conference WIS held IN The lecture.
roo1, NJ the financially ,harlaucsl cditcg. and
the urpntcsn betorn tN holly was to determine
rhat to he iono IN the face Of Il bombed In.
dettcdnces III F510ou, ii IoatirE debt Of t3,otU,
md the necessity at eeFtaiu rcl4alrs mud furu.
,nrc.-I,I ease the building Is rGn!crctI secure Ant
h,bttahle.-tl,e estimated cost vi which was
mt at something like sG,tW'. Previous 10 the
assembling OK the coMtescnce, the sMtfnbess
tank n walk over tho building. saw ltie hols In
,be roof. inspected ttNtt costly A.u useless cx
ntrIn,ent, the chine Of bulls, ,i.l cAfle back
uIl, tllcr Uvcrci,ats hltfuDs.f close uruund
,hf1r perlks, and noses tilat betokcied every H.
dcalinn nt cp0.
DR.. l.. D, Boone called the meeting to order,
,m1 the Nuy. Dr.. Galusha Anderson was called
toptes'tse.
The list OF churches was called. ard 1t was as
eer,auc1 that nearly all of them were rupre-
seuted.
At the suggestion Of tile Chair, Dr.. Boone
stated
WHAT T11n TROUBLE WAS. =
Thc principal difficulty, le sad was want Of
money, asltl 1t had been thought that perhaps
the brethren In the other churches might hnlp
,hcrn out Ivy way Of contributions. Hence the
conference. It was fclt that this interest was
tlc interest Of the denomination, md tint The
other churches would sympathize with II Ii ts
aG|letion file church, lot, fnrAllnrc. bells,
znd all, originally eost about s1G3. .ooo, AMI the
toudel debt now WIS $59,O00. Tie church hnd
fall fnto In hot, ri 1r,r1+a
wllo l,n1 torn out tile furniture anl would, he
thought, have toru out the peoples hearts II
shpy could. The congregation was SMALL It
vas rue. nnt! the question was should they be
kept together or the church given up, and thu
peoplc allowcd to scattcr. It l,ad been, md
wa, his impression TINT to unite the church
will tli. First would DO to saye 1t. To attempt
to save both, however, would in his opinion, re-
.u,t III thu loss ti both. Although MucA Of t!Ae
yerY large. lie thought lt1at II thu First Church
vas located wisero the Michigan Avenue was
there would be wore hope at saving cue Of
tsrn, for, as It was, Tie First wns io, far awas
thai they had made mistakes IN building, but
they were mistakes Which could not he scusl at
the time. There were tlcn but few church
facilities In the lDcaIIty, and ss,. building was
stiyeIs speaking. Since then eight churches
lad been built within n rndus 6f half milc
and at nresert the church afforded about four
times aa much room % as was re- Necessary. It'ere
irrldr1 waa whether It was beat to
iuy out s5,ooo or so,o6o on the ronf
Improvement Of tic acoustic properties
mi Tic furnishing Of tle building, or whether
II Was best To rive II All IN, As ,l,e had said
brtore. however. lie wns #, favor Of q union
with tic First Church, bollryt,g ttnt tile only
hope Of saytug this church lay therein,
Dr., Uuouo said The walls u1 the roof were
aIunf]a,itly strong, although the luttcr did need
reno{rlnr.
In nrswer to f,rtllpr oucsttons. lie stated
,hat tHr existing nlortraco was s5s,o0O. Nc
Interest wus 10 Ge mid fUr Il ycns. md after
lint Il was i per cc!is. Ii the debt shouldn't
BIZ mid whs,, due: It could bt rc1lpwcd. tc,
thought. at a low ratr--Eny 1 Der cent, Tbs
1oatillE debt was ubott s1,OO
mn. c,,sr,s
r.. l..,,, IT, :.
Mas eaiie9 upou' lie "as otls ~ ~ loohcf1nn ~
!crest IN tlG ehurcs wel'are naa ',ut a''n'", y,
,stu ~ snc iemsL. ~ ta ''S .,,a ,'a'e' -. M N.
N!i',h me pnMs1 a ,,aeoteumess Tns m " W
paH!'-nuouG s'tooun , euu Nv III ~.
taatt uy 'he Pafn;t"t nuM ~ SuuUU' 1,,Hn
W. 'naontcuhess eouto po ie9nsea to s'M'ou; ~;
y tnl "ETe uoHe' w ute y. tlle paInea. 49,, ..
W. sa.e9s ~ .,an eou ~ ar, Ill.,. 'om ,'s,
ll!s fluute ~ W th's.n. .ts, ~. ..nn ~
10 Ply nlt tlir noatits doot ian9ut 9;,yet a. a.
inakG tne NECESSARY I tcnes. tutt ~ tI,.s Mou.
hg ueut !e4,o5 "as ~, HILL. e... - I.t,..
i,I1'na,. .1 ~ H.. n,1o,,ni'Nn yrrv s,i,I.r
judgement, ton, Altogether, about $U,JM Or
S1,hU wuuld he urccskary 10 nav the tluat.,,s
leht ntni make llw NECESSARY rcnary. Tne
church Ind lug bcrn ,ltlatyi,lly weak, many ui
i,s n,tmbrrs hnyii,s experienced reyrrscs, 'rhe
reai men,rrshEn. sIftrI down, wns about euU,
hyur ,,rarer to tnfs Clnlrrl, tI,ni, to tEu First
Church. Mn3t uf tIlu ,uclu,Iers, la iart, could
mi iy,nypntcn,ty nttrn,l any otlier Hapttst
rL,,rrh in fin. .itv. and wrrn ts INC given IN,
lbry wutt;tl n,ost nrpbaby drift uwAY to Other
drnomtnutioi,s. TMre VAS nj Baptiyt ursanlza-
tlvu In tie city tiat ruu t,o 81, grsatly heI,,..
a,", hx 81, Wtt," tunn.w ia thts. tic tuourv
ru,,,rnd to saye It t,ein. tor less st,a,l whit Ii
wuuli cost tu crcrt another church. Its lut,..
ton, ne ty,ntrmieu. wns fayoenbie, aud II the
church was saycI fts iuluoIlcu nyer vast Held
could hnrtijy bn vatpulntrt, Tile lal1t, IN ILL
opjnon. wns ,ynrt,, k15 u nl,tl, wbls tic bl,t!I.
ar WIS rntilrr iarre for thu present tlscs Of ,hu
ch,rrIl. viii IL wuu, lie un,yise and imnract(rn
BIZ he thnvht. TO rive It In, Ile beloved tE,at
II tts urnn"r ef1nIt were t,,udr in tlIc Dantist
churches hers a,ti ejsewliuFs tho CHURCH ruliI.i
be euyul md mnintuin the yantuKc-ground
xa,rtl fts nosltfon afrurtlcJ It,
Mr.. Hu,isbro. rctresv,tutIye Of tho church
eut.u.t,I IL f,,,.t -n,,,rt,u anil t,,pr,1 ,h,I