Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-06

this show where the money comes
from
why, sir, men are to-day in bust.
ness. avowing to turn their profits over
to us. We have to-day $ll5GoO in
stocks, real estate and bonds, present
ed to us within the past two years
that we are waiting favorable op
portunity to sell. Should we dispose Of
it now it would be sold at II disadvan
tage. loss. We expect to realize the
whole Of the $4,000 before long.
~ good proportion Of this consists
of block of stock in Il new invention.
p recentiy-patented article Of great
commercial possibilities that is soon to
he put upon the market. The man who
owned the most of the company be-
lievcs in our work. He has made over
great proportion Of his stock directly
to us. He has already spent thousands
on his company.
Il tell you this that you may see
how it is that we raise our funds.
This Offering the other Sunday is not
the only instance. Up at Old Orchard
Teach. Me, this summer we collect
cd $4,000 on the platform ut one meet
never by less than a5 per cent Now | am
speaking only of our mission work in
foreign lands. The work at home we
never estimate as regards expense.
Each Of the 200 branches throughout
this country pays its own cost. These
operate so to 60 rescue missions in
the various cities. The work is to es-
tnhlish missions and when they are
we'll founded to turn them over 10 PEG
pie who will pay for their continuance.
Our collections. the offerings are for
our work beyond
I'VE DO not go to where the various
churches have established missions,
but beyond Thus this past summer
our young men have found their way
into Thibct. The college here at Nyack
turns out 50 missionaries each yeur.
This year we are spending Sl50.00G.
Next year am certain the sum will
reach 100000. We ars. eight years old
and as l remember the first year we
spent SIS. 900, the second Year $40. 900, the
third year we jumped to $4,000 and the
fourth year to 100000
The people vino give us this money
we found, us ! have said. all over the
country. You can understand that
they do not want to be known us large
contributors to our movement. The
most of them are members of regular
churches. They are BaPtists, presby.
teriuns. Congregationalists. Methodists
and even Episcopalians. They give to
! their churches, often largely. We never
ask for them to give 10 us first. We ask
! them to give to use besides for our
! work beyond which the churches 10
! not do. But if it were known that hey
! contributed extensively to us these
church societies would feel that this
money should have come to them.
j Thus" and the evangelist of Midas
i touch leaned yet further back in his
chair and the flexible voice that had so
much power went on. lit is better that
these people should not be known
That the money does come to us in ever
| increasing amounts is evident from our
printed balance sheet.
! 'One reason, the reason, ! suppose"
| DR.. Simpson continued, that we get
/ this money is because the contributors
| Eel that every cent Of ii goes to the
work. We have no costly mission
houses or boards to support, our ma
chinery Of management is simple. None
OF our missionaries are paid; they get
only their bare expenses. All our labor
here is volunteer. myself do not even
/ get salary.
I'VE do not believe in higher criti
! cism.' in the Polychrome Bible. in mod
| crn liberalism. Nor do we find that we
can save the heather by liberal an,
progressive Christianity. They cal
| that in the east no better than system
OF philosophy. We believe in and we
teach the inspiration Of the Scriptures. I"
CROMWELL CHiLDE
Tobacco seeds are SO minute that 4
thimbleful will furnish enough plant.