New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-21
SUBSCRIPTIONS OF $4,000.

SUBSCRIPTIONS OF $1,000
r,-ou yh ,he efforts Of It's pastor the Rev. Dr.
n wilson. the st. Andrews Methodist Eps-
40, church IN West Seventy sixth be-
-, Columbus and Amsterdam aves.. las been
,,o-ai Of debt Ten weeks ago there a
,rcsing debt Of 100000 resting on the church
g. .he early part Of January Dr.. Wilson Sc; him
IN the task Of wiplnG cH this ircumbrance
r,. energy IN raising money Was well rc
rsriod that p~ior 20 yesterday he had either
,,,s,ned or had been promised subscriptions 10
,,s amount Of 500 900. At yesterday mornings
s.-v,,e he announced that he required $4,000
,o-a and this sum he obtained. Ue considered
:, advisable 20 asI, for the additional $1,000 In
.ssa ths whole Of the Subscriptions promised
ra-, no: forthcoming. !; !s believed that the
,o.al Is ore of tho greatest suns ever raised in
g. short time for a similar purpose. A few
wears aeo D~. Wilson raised $4,000 in very
short period tor the Simpson Methodist EpisCo-
ps Church. OF Brooklyn. CT which he was
pastor
Tie service yesterday morning IN the church
was attended BY large congregation. and it
WAS easily apparent tha. something unusual
vas 10 take place. The choral part Of the ser
vice was devoted to the iaudations Of the char
table and generous. and on side Of the pulpit
was a large roso! design with the word Vic
tory" worked on it in red carnations.
~ the close Of the song service DR. Wilson
stepped forward and said.
We Will dispense with the sermon this morning
We karo more important work 10 perform. This
ccnSreea,!cn believes in action, and should ! he
;nptl.td 10 preach sermon IL would be on that
subject There IS u tex; I would call TO your mind
at ms jureture Bring ye all the tithes unto the
want to consra atuiate, YOU Ibis morning on hav-
Ing done what no other Methodlst chnrcn mas & ever
D..
All We need IS $1,000 extinguish the debt. was
nat while we in The mood for giving We
might False the sum TO Sl5,G0. There would be no
syrnrise and a delight to every Methodist should
We MAKE J, $l05c9 When only 10000 is required.
Ten weeks ago went TO two gentlemen and said
TO hon. II you VII Ill guarantee @ 80" each each h VII
that ! have made this Sunday subscription sun
this little black book holding up black lea ther-
covered memorandum book and have got names
sasrish che this book so long live and will hand
!, down TO my children a rich heritage. There
mentioned the fact to Bishop Newman, and he
gave 500 This Is large sum for The Bishop, who
your light shine before men, brethren feel Ger.
tain that We VII GET tnat sLoV 90 faSes th Won
think we will. TOO. Well If you think so. then we
VII get t.
The pastor then read number Of names.
Prominent among the gvers were John D. Slay
back $4,000, William H. McCord, $4,000;
George c. Batcheuer $4,000; John Huyler,
s. 900; Alfred B. Bovine. $1,000 J. W. Punder-
ford. $1,000 c. ?. Armstrong, $500; Richard
Deeves. $4,000. There were large number Of
$500 subscriptions and $3.50 subscriptions, and
the majority OF the remainder were for 500 and
over.
The requisite $4,000 10 complete the fund was
then raised in little over hour. and included
eight subscriptions of 81. 600 each.