The Paducah daily sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-13
AN APPEAL
In Behalf of the New Broadway
Methodist Church Building.

To each individual member anu
each friend Of broadway Methodist
church, the building committee de-
sires to say that the new edilicc, so
long in course Of construction, will
he complete and ready for occupancy
hy or before Christmas day.
1t is very desirable TO have this
new temple OF worship freed from all
secular embarrassment by the first OF
January, TO the end that the congre-
cation may feel thus early, when as.
sembled in it, that everything in the
way Of full spiritual communion be-
tween them and the Deity has been
put out of the way.
But, in addition to the $4,000
Of bonded indebtedness, payable in
five years, which has been amply Sc
cured and made easy by the endorse
ment of few OF our liberal-minded
members, there is floating indebt-
edness of $4,000 that must be paid
or amply provided for before 50 de-
sirable result can take place.
1t is to meet this latter indebted
ness of $40, 900 that this appeal is
made. We want afreewill Christmas
offering that will fully liquidste
it. And, we want this freewill offer
ing from every individual member Of
Broadway church, little, big, old and
young, without exception, and from
every citizen OF Paducah outside Of
that church who is willing to pray for
the progress Of Christianity in their
midst regardless Of UNCONVENTIONAL
relationships.
Let each member Of broadway
church specially, and all others who
will, bring for this purpose and lay up
on the altar Of God, between now and
or during the Christmas holidays,
from one dollar to as many hundred
dollars as they may he able 10 con-
tribute. And II there is one in or
out Of the church who cannot bring
the dollars, let such an one bring the
widows mite, il 1t be but one penny,
so that each and all alike may he
blessed OF God in the discharge Of
duty to His cause. How eminently
belttingly. will such an offering repre-
sent our true devotion To that Christ
whose birth the day is intended to
commemorate.
Any member of the building COM
mittee. or Rev. III. b. johnson, pas.
tor, will from this time on receive
these offerings and record the names
of those who make them. There will
also be envelopes distributed at each
service held in said church during
December in which these offerings
may he enclosed. and the name Of
the giyer and the object for which it
is given written on the back. 1t is
to be devoutly hoped and Is earnestly
requested that not single member
OF Broadway church will fail to go
on record as q contributor in some
amount TO this fund of free will Of.
ferings, aud that as many outside Of
that church as can, Will, in the same
way, show their appreciation of the
efforts of the building committee to
erect in Paducah an additional temple
Of VOL ship, which, with others here
tofore built, shall not only honor the
Deity and advance the cause of
christianity, but shall reflect credit
upon the citizenship Of the city.
Respectfully submitted by the
building committee.
j. ID. SMITn,
Chairman.
LIB. OGILvIE,
Secretary.
L. III. PURIRAR,
b. II. ScoTT,
G.. G. CRUMBAUGH,
j. W. MckSIGuT,
+. II. Holly,
w. M. kARNEs,
j. NJ. BYRD,
C.. X. HALL,
G.. ii. CuAMLIS,
III. w. KATTERJoHS.