The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-24
PRESBYTER|lNS' BIG FUND
Efforts to- Collect $1,000, 900
in the Various Large Cities.
WHAT THE MONEY rs FOR
The Aim of the Churches Is to Col
lect an Amount Sufficient to Pay the
Debts of the Missionary Board and
Carry on New wOrk-Dr. Radcliffe
in Charge of the Work Hero.

| @"A''NiNiPpos III.
L. McEwan, pastor of the Third Presb,
terrain Church Of Pittsburg, and chairma
of the committee on the reunion annive
sary fund, was in the city yesterday o
business connected with the fund.
This fund is widely known as the Mi
lion Dollar Fund, and is an effort TO b
participated in by all the Presbyterian
churches of the United States to rails
S1,0U0,000, which is TO be applied towar
the liquidation OF the. debts of the board
in charge of the home and foreign mi.
sonary work Of The Church, and to carr
on new work, which the empty conditio
of the treasury formerly hanpered.
DR.. McEwaD gave n concise account o
the progress in, The raising OF the fund
as well as of the work to he done in til
future, and the need for generosity on tn
part OF churchmen having the interest o
| the Presbyterian church at heart.
Statistics show that this city has bee
Negligent in the matter Of oontributin,
I its quota to the fund. Among the cite
of the union the bright example Is Pitts
burg. The last assembly, which met a
Pittsburg, decided on an apportionment o
10 per ceDt-uf the congregational expense
for each church.
The congregational expenses of all tbs
! Presbyterian churches in the country were
I estimated To be Sl1 OGO, COO. and on III,
| 10 per cent basis it was calcula ted lha
( at least 81 100000 could he raised. On
this apportionment the share that fell r.
the city of Pittsburg was $4,000; at the
| present Lime four. Of her, six churches
! have subscribed $4,000, and her total con-
! tributinn win amount to at least $50. 900.
! The Third Church, of which pr. McEwan
1 is pastor, raised $4,000, though its share
was but ST 100.
The apportioDment of this city is $685.
600, but at present only $1,000 has been
. raised. 1t is the belief. however, of the
local committee. CT which Rev. DR.. George
D. Baker is chairman, that this city will
in the near future make better showing.
The committee is assiduously working for
this end.
UR. McEwAN HOPEFUL.
DR.. McEwan spoke in a hopeful vein of
the near success of the movement. In re-
viewing the movement. he said:
The board of the church, through which
all missionary work at home and abroad
is carried on, reported a debt TO the last
assembly in Pittsburg of $60G,oo As the
assembly was celebrating the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the reunion of the old ard
new school branches OF the church, it was
determined to raise Sl,Oo0.Ou0 to pay eff
the then existing debts and start the work
forward unhampcred by empty treasures.
Accordingly the following committee of
representative men, covering the whole
country, was appointed:
Ministers-Rev. DR.. William L. McEwan,
Pittsburgs Pa, chairman; Rev. DR.. John
Hall, New York, n. Y; Rev. DIR. S. j.
Nichols, st. Louis, Mo: Rev. DR.. william N
Page, Leavenwo Kan; Rev. William II.
Hubbard, Auburn, y. Y: Rev. Dr.. NJ d.
Babcock, Baltimore, Nd: Rev. DR.. John C.
Bliss, New York, \. Y; Rev. DR.. George d.
Baker, Philadelphia. Pa: Rev. DR.. S. J. Nc
Pherson, Chicago, H.; Rev. DR.. John n.
Freeman, Denver, Col; Rev. Thomas L. Sex
ton, Seward, Neb.: Rev. DR.. John Hemphill,
San Francisco, Cal; Rev. DR.. Wallace Rad
cliffe, Washington. u. c.; Rev. Wilson d.
Sexton, Detroit, Mich.
Rev. DR.. Hiram c. HAYDN, Cleveland,
Ohio; Rev. DR.. Maurice Wilson, Dayton,
Ohio: Rev. DR.. william S. Hubbell, Buffalo,
N. Y; Rev. DR.. William Henry Roberts,
Philadelphia, Pa. secretary and treasurer
Ruling Elders-Ex-Ciov. James A. Beaver,
Bellefonte, Pa; J. II. Converse, Phila-
delphia PAN. 3. sillimaD, Cohees, n. Y;
John Sloane, New York. y. Y: William
Ernst, CdvineIoh. Ky; E. R. Perkins,
Cleveland, Ohio; Robert Pitcairn, Pitts
burg, Pa; William NJ. Laid, Portland, Ore;
Hon. Homer n. Hubbard. Chicago, H.;
George d. Drayton. Worthington, MINI;
Charles E. Green, Trenton. n. j.; II. B.
souttcr, Cedar Rapids: Iowa.
'Thcy constitute what is popularity called
the million dollar committee and the fund
is called the million dollar fund There is
a large local committee in Phila delrhia Of
prominent pastors and laymen, of which
Rev. DrGenrce d. Baker is chairman and
George Stephenson, secretary.
THE CASH RECEIVED.
"Thecash reeeivc dig R+.v..Br. W. H. Rob-
Prts, treasurer, is S250.000, which has been
paid To the treasurers Of The different church
boards. This,paYs 81 per cent. Of the debts.
This $3.50 900 is probably about half of the
actual amotitit Subscribed and not yet paid
IN. II is difficult to make n statement Of the
amount subscribed, as churches wait often
Intil they can send cash before reporting.
Up 10 y ovember 80 there was $3.50 ,0O0 sub
;cribed, so probably it is mol an overestimate
% place the present 'sufh at $500 900.
Most Of The money MAS received from
,hurches in the country and smaller owns.
PittsbuFg is the Only city that has done 10y
lily. F;QqS, ehgrcbess, -ip Rittsburg have con-
ributed or will contribute $4,000 each.
These are the Third Church. First Church,
shady Side Chugch and East Liberty Church.
The Point Breeze Church of Pittsburg gave |
i. 100, North Church of Allegheny. $1,000.
proportion; saccor,iine to the |
stimates suggested, would have been S22,- |
90. twill give at least $50 .OGO instead.
1.-The chairman considers that it is a
opeful thing that so large sum has been
aised outside of ,he cities. New York
nd Philadelphia, in which the headquartcrs
+ the large boards aresitting, have scarcely
eported anything. The contributions from
Philadelphia thus far are only $4,000,
1hile her proportion Is $4,000. New
FORK has only reported $1,000. while her
roportion is 100000. st. Louis, Cleve-
and, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit. st.
aul, Denver, are also yet 10 be heard
rom. 1t is easier to reach the centers,
nd when these circles are awakened in
heir interest. the whole amount can be
,ised within the next three months. which
,tervene before the general assembly will
ieet in Saratoga"
Misfit Sale opens at $50 tomorrow.
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