, 1881-02-20

EE CHICAGO TRIBUNE:
Of s15,ooo. Offers were made for 1t to turn it
into a livery stable and beer garden, but
Miss Oliver purchased it in her own name
for S14.000. and gave a mortgage for Sl3,ooo.
She organized church in the spring OF 1873,
III accordance with the discipline Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, but without the Off
cial sanction Of any Of the preachers Of that
Church, who, although sending word that
they felt pleasantly toward her enterprise,
also said that they could not recognize a>fe-
deed the property she had bought to the
cluded that If she did the Conference
hgt the ad sha thpd a
a legal document drawn, deciding the
purposes Of tue WilioughbY Avenue 1fetho-
dist Church, but not subject to the direction
bounded, and when she heard that nelgtbor-
Ing churcil-lnelnbers were saying that her ell
terprlse would not last year, she redotlbled
her exertions, ard now, at about the compile
tion Of her second year, she has reason to ba
gratitied at tue retrospect.
Miss Oliver is about 2G or27 years old, with
coal-black. eyes, brunei complexion, and
raven black hair. which falls in glossy cufls
OSGf utE Ski0ultlGf. DIG DEuStlE5 LicE MNlI
smoothly back from her forehead and face
and i'll other respects her toilet is in contrast
with the fashionable young lady of Madison
square," SHE dresses iu black, usually in
aluaca, cut TO neatly fit her slender figure.
and the sombre costume is relieved only by
delicate bits of white ruche at the throat and
sleeves. No jewelry, except black jet pin,
is worn by the girlpastor. Her manner IS
that Of All earnest religious devotee, and her
conversation seems unmixed with cant. Her
cjhnArffr has har frfauf1G 1nH
nlal1y veteran. Methodists who sit weekly
under her teachings would not exchange her
for Z Bishop.
ave have put the church and chapel build
lIgs and the land III good condition." said
Miss Oliver, i'll response to question about
the temporal condition of her church 'and
we pay as we go: The buildings cost 81, 500
to erect, but their present value is hard to
sta1ld are valued at from 81, 900 to $4,000 each:
| We have new furniture for the church and
chapel, estimated to be worth $l.Go0. We
settle all bills monthly, and each months
Sl3,D0O is deposited in the savit1gs-bank, SO
that when the six months payment becomes
due it is all on hand: We hold TINT no
church can By conducted more economically
| than ours. Twenty-Five hundred anu fifty
| dollars a year meets our entire expenses,
PASTORS salary and all. We recently had Il
| gift Of two building lots in New York City.
which we are trying to SELL"
..lIave YOU I'm income from pew-rents ?''
"NOt 4 dollar. 10 peWS are rented. Our
motto is: Have faith in G0d' We believe
! that If the Lord needs church. and the
church does the Lords work, lie will justas
| surely give it the money to meet its current
expe'ises as ue will giye it the Holy Spirit to
church fairs, festivals, oyster suppers, neck
tie sociables, lcapyear entertainments,
| charaIes, tableauN cantatas, Wax-Works, or
! any other Of the numerous projects gotten up
h1+n tfnr r.7ltt rhh hAS in
| petlses, which turn the Lord's sanctuaryint
| 4 playhouse, all eating-SatoOn, or house Of
! merchandise. Our method Of raising money
Is 10 ask the people to sivei in return for
| ices. Our only debt is that Sl3, 900, and am
! asking the Lord for the money. believe
THAT lie has the money somewhere, and vii!
before long give it to u.s.
Miss Oliver has overcome obstacles that
would cause many, young women to sit down
and have, 4 good cry. Her. church was
stripped Of furniture. some time after she
| bought it by man who had Il clattel~nlort-
Miss Oliver at once decided it was the best
! time to clean the church. and organlzeu a
scruhbing- brush committee, with herself as
| Chairman. She rolled up her sleeves and
! went to work with soap and water to clean
| the house.5
i few weeks ago it was necessary to com-
| ply with Il promise to some advertisers i'll all
annual publication made by the church to
print picture OF the ctlltlce on the title page
| 1t was discovered that there WAS no eligrav~
ing Of the church, and none could be OBJ
! tainel unless drawing of the church was
furnished. Miss Oliver. turned artist and
n,.ltie a truthful pen-and-fnk sketch OF the
church, the chapel, and the trees, ild so kept
| The promise to the patrons OF her enterprise.
\ Western adlnirer Of Miss divers pluck
has presented her with q live buffalo from
! the Kansas plains. She has devised 4 plan
| to make it a source Of profit.
Miss divers bitterest disappointment was
| in the refusal Of the Bishops OF tile Church
ogllition IL vain, put she IS mt by the answer
izn tl,n nrI;notion of women,
| ts have made almost every conceivable
| sacriticp,'' sh. SAYS. Ito do what believe is
Guu'S will. Brought up in Il conservative