The Red Cloud chief., 1883-06-01

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BE- snd his pa.sUr rsprncd "a fhcir owl
fparish. which Thea diytf.d betveer
them. c~oniriving befors four 'cldek Il
-rc a good portion ~ ~ mos generous.
member. At that hour they nll met \,
the parsonage. n rs agreement. bring
sng with them \ much larger sum thar
the most sanguine Of them had hoped
TO get
They came down Handsomely" said
Brinsmade. Three or four refused a.
give anything: but most If them had
their namcs d0mn before ihcJ- knew. il.
II dropped on them 81 sudden Ike that
they hadn't time 10 hunt up excuses.
The old doctor warmed mp to the busi.
ness beautifully. snd he begged ne a
professional. Tbey brought IN nearly
800 in the boxes. besides all got from
individuals"
The others had much the same story
10 tell. sympathy with the Meihodisis
in their courageous effort vas universal,
and IL had found a generous expression.
Now each 81 you at down Md
write . shos1 %lciier.e said Mr.frankih.
.explsinins hat the &ao&tyWHNe
'ts4tfitV u ifbIl Ilfuti 10 euA tilifbs
naming the amount and stating where
il NAV he called for tomorrow. and
wesu 90 over at once and send the let
icrs UP 10 Brother Thorpe. trust he
Is holding out yet. hut IL must be- pretty
tough for a man who doe-nt ksiisss ia
the perseverance Of the saints To hang
Ia such a poor promise
Ii was about half-pasi four when Mr..
Franklin and bis friends entered the
Methodist Church. The back seat
were all occupied, 80 they stood in this
space behind the pews and looked on.
The church vas pretty well filed. and
Mr.. Thorpe was sill keeping up q i've
~ fire Of appeal and argument. but
there were no responses. and il Was
plain that hope had departed from most
If the solicitors.
"Will YOU walk forward and take
your seats. g~eniamen?" said one Of
them.
NO, / thank YOU answered MI.
Franklin. I'VE are only lobby MEM
bers. How do You get on?"
SLOWLY
And the solicitor shook his head dole
fully.
..How much hsse you got?"
Only a%little over twenty-five thou
sand"
why don't you stop where you
arce:"
"Tbcn we lose everything, The
greater share of the heavy subscriptions
are conditional upon raising VI the
whole debit
Won't Your subscribers make them
,mcondiiionalP" 49, j.
mo; We've begged them TO, but
they are OBSTINATE .EDlT
PITY. isn't it?"
Yes. sir. 1t will be q hard blow if
We fail now"
The discouraged gentleman walked
away.
Mr.. Franklin's air had been So indif-
terent that he had not ventured 10 ask
him for anything. ~ h|A
"Send up your letter, Brinsmadc.''
whispered Franklin. Get that small
boy Ia take it up
The small boy toddlcd up the aisle
aml handed the envelope to Mr.. Thorpe,
who tore il open eagerly.
''H~ailelujah!' shouted the impctu0us
Methodist. Brethren, listen to this:
The First Congregational Church of
New Albion sends greeting to the First
Methodist Church, with a pledge Of six
teen hundred andzsesenty- live dollars,
To be paid tomorrow at twelve o'clock.
noon. by u check upon the First Nations
nj Bank. This Is signed on behalf If
the church bv James w. Brinsmade."
The reading Of the letter was followed
by > storm 0f cheers aud all the usual
Methodist responses. ia the midst IL
which the organ struck up the Doxol-
ogy. and the whole congregation rose to
It's feet and sang with a tremendous
energy.
Wi Brother Brinsmade come for
wardP" shouted Mr.. Thorpe.
But before he had time to insist on
this a little girl Mas mounting the pull
pit with another envelope. which the
pastor received with trembling hand.
This letter stated that five hundred
and fifteen dollars. the gift of a few
friends in the Universalist Church.
would be on deposit the next day. n
the same hour and same place. Over
this the furorc was rcdoublcd, one en-
thusiastic brother mounting a seat and
calling for 1.-THE second verse of the
DoxolOgy."
Better not p%rotract the agony" said
Franklin To Ellsworth.
The good minister, who had now for
six hours been under n continuous ner-
vous strain. in whose heart confidence
had given way to anxiety, and anxiety
beginning to change Ia discourage
ment. was SO completely overcome by
the contents of the other w envel-
opes that he sat down in his chair and
could not speak for q moment, and at
length rose and half sobbed out:
1.-Two more. brethren. One from
friends in the Baptist Church. with a
pledge of nine hundred and Twenty-Five
dollars. and one from friends in the
Second Congregational Church. with a
promise of eighteen hundred and ten
dollars. God bless them. every one!r
, This time they We're all too excited to
sing. but there was a volley Of amsnsin
response to the last ejaculation, and
men and women all over the house were
laughing and crying like children. ~
"Give Us the footing nov. Brother
said the minister, at length.
10 the treasurer. who was keeping ac-
count Of the subscriptions.
Thirty thousand one hundred and
ffty-tive dollars" was the answer.
"LeSs than two thousand dollars
more are wanted!" cried Mr.. Thorpe.
What do You say TO that"
Two hundred dollars more Tor me-,
the first response from one IF the
heaviest subscribers: and then the u D
subscriptions. large and
small. came pouring in for ten minutes.
faster than the Treasurer could record
them. As soon as there. was n short
pause, he summed up the amount
sgain. and rising to his feet, said quiet
":
.'Thirty-two thousand four hundred
and sixty dollsn-four hundred and six
~ dollars for shfinkage!"
The scene that followed can only be
imagined by those who know what an
q church debt is to q devoted
congregation. and who are also famil-
with the ways in which the Meth
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