The Portland daily press., 1898-08-22

She accumulation on her table increased
sufficiently to become botherEomo, the
Rev. Dr.. Wilson, who assisted DR.. Simp
son in taking the collection, would nod
to the pianist, and the chorus choir
would start an Alliance hymn and sing
dill the figures had been tabulated. DIR.
Simpson and Missionary LeIacheur kept
their pencils at work and every now and
then the totals would he announced to
keep up the interest of the audience.
In his sermon DR.. Simpson said the
nations Of Europe in the last century
have spent for wars enough money 10
support 40, 600 missionaries one huhareo
years, That number of missionaries
would DO sufficient to evangeIlze 1ne
world in ten years The war OF the
Union cost enough to keep 400, o0o mis-
sionaries a whole generator The cost OF
the war just ended would have supported
40oOO missionaries in foreign fields ten
wears, and given the gospel to the whole
world without obliging any one mission
ary to cover more than radius of ten
miles.
He spoke of the ease with which the
American people are paying the cost of
the Spanish war and said the evangelical
fion of the world could be accomplished,
and the coming Of Christ FASTENED If the
American people would as freely con-
tribute toward carrying the gospel into
heather lands.
Tie collection was started with con-
e. ia hot
it had been handed to him by dear
brother who had been present at the con-
vention, and who did hot want his name
announced This brother" said DR..
Simpson, t'told me that he had made up
his mind no lawyers should have an op-
portunity to fight over his little legacy so
he had decided to place his earnings, in
the hands of the Alliance, to be devoted
to the work of the Lord. He also told me
that every penny of it meant the sharp
tooth of u rake in the bayfield,. or the
point of hoe in the garden, that he had
earned it all by the sweat Of his brow,
and that he gave it as willingly as he had
given his heart to God.
A poor woman of Biddeford, who had
been endeayoring to save from her factory
wages 500, had succeeded in putting
aside S95, and she brought that and
placed it on the altar. Another woman,
who had managed to save in three years
$40 contributed that to the cause and told
DR.. Simpson she was as happy as "a
queen.
Miss Shepard Of New York, sang solo,
GLOW Long Will You Keep the Master
Waiting which DIR. Simpson had COM
posed last night, and to which she had
written the music, and then the ushers
were sent with the pledge cards AMI the
collection negan.
Dr. Simpson made statement that
every dollar pledged on these grounds
last summer had been paid, and that the
Alliance receipts last year, aggregated
about S65, 900 more than had been public
" pledged. He also said that the Alliance
accounts are carefully kept and audited,
and that every penny is accounted for.
This statement was youohed for by DR..
Furry of New York, one of the Alliance
auditors.
When the worshippers went to their
suppers, it was with the expressed hope
and belief that the Lord would before the
adjournment of the evening meeting sup
ply the requisite amount to carry the
grand total of the collection up to $780,
the amount for which DR.. Simpson had
prayed.
The leaders, face was radiant with
J,a IN odd tha lar
audience Assem- bled in the grove in the
evening. He said that since afternoon
quite a number of voluntary offerings
had been handed in, the amount being
sufficient to swell the total to $4,000. A
shout of "Hallelujah'' went up from the
audience Requests for contributions TO-
ward the Cuban and Philippine fundsl
were made and a rain OF dollars followed
More pledges were added to the general
contribution, and the figures rapidly
mounted to $4,000
Then Missionary LeLachettc made
brief addl ess, in which he alluded to the
glory of the American flag, and the audi
snce burst into cheers. He declared that
there should be no pulling down of the
flag wherever it has been raised during
the Spanish war. Again the crowd
cheered. Somebody in the audience
shouted: "God bless Admiral Dewey"
and a general chorus of ''amens" fol-
lowed.
''God bless Sampson, and "God bless
Schley" were exclamations that also met
with approval.
Pledges of 81 apiece toward the Cuban
and Philippine fund poured in at rate
Of SO n minute. A Canadian in the audi
enoe arose and pledged $1,000 toward the
Cuban and Philippine fund. Another
man sent up his pledge for $4,000 toward
the same cause. A season of general re-
joining followed. Another pledge of $500,
one OF $500, one of 5000 and final one Of
$500 followed.
After the tellers got through figuring
DIR. Simpson announced as the grand
total Of the days contributions, $50, 900.
The Alliance convention will close to-
lDorrow.