St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-04

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of Discussion Took Place and
Great Deal of Assistance Was
Granted.
Yesterdays sessions, both morn
ing and afternoon, of the Church
Extension society were remarkable
for the amount of discussion that
arose owe the part of the report OF
the committee on special cases referring
TO d request for financial aid for the
Clinton Avenue and Central Park
churches of this city. Rev. DIR. Chaffee,
who represents the Northwestern
states, made an appeal for aid before
the committee yesterday, and the matter
was referred to a special committee
which had in charge all such cases.
In the morning this committee, of
which Bishop Fowler is chairman, Ie-
ported in favor of making the Central
Park church a donation of $4,000 and the
Clinton Avenue a loan of Sl7.0OO. The
committee recommended this donation
provided tina the Central Park church
will pay up its full indebtedness, which
it viii be able to do upon the receipt OF
the Sc. 0O0.
This report called forth a great deal of
discussion. which was begun at the
morning session and continued into the
afternoon. The secretary read a report
which showed the financial condition OF
the church during the past ten years,
and that during that time the MEM
beers of the Central Park church
had given literally for outside and mis-
sion work. He showed how for many
years they had raised S7,y77-5S yearly,
but that now, when a crisis had been
reached, they were obliged to ask for
aid, which they hoped would be granted.
as. unless it was. they were in danger
of losing their property.
DR.. Chaffee thought that unless the
church was aided it must be lost, and
that this would be a great calamity.
Bishop Fowler made a very strong plea.
as did also Bishops Foss, Ninde, Merrill
and many others. On the whole. the
sentiment Was very strong in favor OF
accepting the committees report from
the outset, but there was just enough
contrary-mindedness among the VEN
cradle brethren to keep up the discus
sion for several hours. The matter was
finally settled thus:
Central Park church, by the action of
this body, is exempt from the $4,000
rule which refuses aid to churches cost
ing over that amount, and a donation of
81, 900 is granted.
CLINTON AVENUE MATTER.
In the matter of the Clinton Avenue
church, the committee recommended
that the matter of granting a SIT 200
loan be referred to the board at Phila-
delphia for its favorable consideration.
There are a great many cases of a SINH
lar character to be considered, several
of which were disposed of as follows:
Howard nj. E. church, Findley. in the
Central Ohio conference. Excepted
from the limitations, and the board rec
commended to grant a loan of S4,0D0, and
a donation of $1,000 out of the amount
appropriated to the Central Ohio con-
ference. .
The fourth case considered was the
First Nj. E. church, Cheyenne, Wyo..
III loOout AbS SioASA Nts
also excepted from the limitations. and
the board recommended to grant a loan
of SIS, 900, and a donation of $1,000 from
the amount appropriated to Wyoming
mission conference.
The fifth ease to be disposed OF was
that of Coke Memorial church, Utica,
Northern New York conference; also
excepted from the limitations, and board
recommended to grant a donation of s15C
out of the amount apportioned to North
ern New York conference.
Sixth case was that of Prospect Park
church, Des Moines, DeS Moines con.
ference. Excepted from limitations, and
the board recommended to grant a do.
nation of 50. 600 out of appropriation tt
the Des MoineS conference.
Epworth church, Wilmington, limita-
tons excepted and referred to board,
also Silver Brook, Wilmington confer
ence
The greater part of the morning ses
sion was spent by the committee in APP
p%ortioniug the amounts to be asked Of
the different conferences for church eX
tension work. In some conferences the
amount asked last year was cut down
but in others it was raised. The great
est restitution vas reported in some o.
the silver states, and many instances Of
the greatest suffering were related by
bishops who had held conferences il
these districts.
Bishop Fowler. speaking of this con
dition of affairs, referred to the actor
of congress in repeating the Silvel
clause of the Sherman law, and called i
the assassination of the state. The
committee in making the appropriation.
are giving their special attention to th'
state from which such suffering is re
ported. The devotional exercises in TIL
morning were conducted by Rev. j.. M
Durrell, of Manchester, n. H., ant
Bishop Andrews presided.
At the afternoon session Bishop War
rem presided.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was opened will
devotional exercises conducted by j. G
Wilding, Bishop Bowman occupying
the chair. DIR. Mcconnell, the secre
tary, reviewed in brief the report which
was given in detail yesterday. He re.
ported that 1929 churches had beer
aided by the church extension associa
ton. Speaking of the additional de
| mands upon this association during thu
hard times, he. referred to the fact tina
the society started out for the coming
year STAG. 600 behind.
Bishop Warren followed. He said, il
brief: 1.-The church extension societ,
does its work largely on faith. Ere
quently we start out at the beginning O
the year without a dollar in the treas
ury, and, perhaps, with many thousand.
of dollars already appropriated. Bn
in some way the money always come
in before it is needed, to be sent to al
| parts of the earth, and much of it to b.
used right here in America. We know
Him in Whom we have trusted, and W,
will continue to trust"
Bishop Goodsell. of San Francisco
said: LAS Bishop Warren left you OF
such an elevated plain, as is his wont,
am here to bring you down to earth, a
there is still work for you all to dc
Last year it was my privilege to trave
over a larger territory than any othe
of my brethren, and if here IN Mime
sofa you have been in the habit o
thinking you lived on the frontier o
civilization. you need not continue to S
regard yourselves" Bishop Goodsel
talked interestingly of the church il
these far Western fields. The meeting
closed with the singing of a hymn, an,
the benediction pronounced by Blsho,
| Bowman