The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13

feel as though / had little On interest
and / snail get along first rate
Talk about royalty. Baxter was an en-
re9o.. He did have something CT inter
est: something for this world and for he
word - come
Bishop VI wanlee 10 establish a
caurca, and MS first work was 10 seSeci
rn@z VITO would aCt ard he u help 10 aisn
~ trustees.
+ * nothing 10 get trustees for q min
Ing company here. out church j. 3 diifeT-
ss3t EAlslg II a church. yo1 know, a man
has 30 die 70 IL. mis- shorts, ana then, seine
how. in these late years men have doo2tS
about the formation 50 that ahea a u1Aa
starts = company On tAat lead any more NJ
finds i mighty aarI - place any working
capital.
Al ;he time i, was Just about impossible
70 get .gA STAFF CT trustees that would
exacs,y answer t5e orthodox requirements
Bat the bishop was man " exp@1ieEsfs.
Il was sinners tAst ne came 10 call 20 re-
peE8lsasIce, ana i 81! not taEe nm long 70
discover that right there vas d big nsla.
hs .eat TO work a once win an energy
that has never been abated for a moment
since He selected ali nls trustees but one
and looking around toE him. with c.sa-
Instinct ne determined that Abe Il
should be that oiaa y he would accept the
place
Now Abe was the hest ard tTuest OF
men. bat be would swear sometimes In
/ deed, @1en Re got started On that stratum
ae holy terror. Bat the hls2op
puE rim down as trustee, and. meeting Abe
or the street, informed him that he vas
trying TO organize a church, had taken
the liberty 20 name HIN as trustee. ana
asked ABE 10 do him the honor OF attend
Ing trustees meeting at ! O'Clock the
I nexG az terRoon.
4 would be CAD 10 help you ou;,
/ bishop sald Abe. but, - il - ---.
don't know. / can run mine or a quartz
/ min. but / don, know any more than a
Chlnaman about running q church.
hsSf{GD BY
/ that Abe al length surrendered. promised
( 10 attend the meeting, and having prom
{ ised, Ike the sterling business man that
( he vas, promptly put II an appearance
Besides Abe and the bishop. there were
! six others. When all had assembled the
/ bishop explained that he desired 70 build
( church, mat he had plans. spectTica tons
! and estimates for i church 10 cost 5000
with lot included. that he believed Id.
/ might De raised By subscription. leaving tie
{ church bat $3.50 in debt, winch amount
/ would run az low interest. AMI which in
/ q growing place like their new town the
/ bishop thought might be paid UP in fouI
/ or tive years. leaving the church Tree he
! closed BY asking the sense OF the trustees
/ as 20 the wisdom and practi1ablAiy OF
| making the attempt.
| There was d general approval of the plan
! expressed By ali presen; except abe, who
/ was silent until his opinion was directly
| why. - It. Bishop" said he. Il told
| goa that knew nothing about the church
! Blssifst&S, nut L uGE ike the piaG Il sNH
/ were 10 get money at IL per cent. per an
/ mum, which is only half the regular bank
/ ing rate, your interest would amount 10
/ nearly Sl,aV year: or almost as nuch as
( yCu hope to raise for the commencement.
/ / an afraid, bishop you would never live
/ long enough TO get out Of debt y on want
/ church. and it. why don't you work
for the business as though you believed X
i would pay? That Is the Only way you can
! get up any confidence ia the scheme
Abe sat down. and The bishops heart
| sank within him. With a smile Que Of the
/ other gentlemen asked Abe what his plan
! for getting a church would be.
Il Will tell you said Abe. Il move that
/ an assessment Of 81 90 be levied upon each
| Of the trustees, payable Immediately"
II was q startling proposition 10 the
/ bishop. who was just from the East. and
/ who had not become accustomed to mining
/ ways. With faltering voice he said.
Mr.: r., | fear that at present / cannot
| raise S1.oo0."
Never mind bishop. we viii take yours
| out II preaching; but there IS no rebate
/ for any OF the rest OF you. IL you are GO
/ ing 10 serve the Lord you have got 10 be
| respectable about it. Your checks, il you
| please. gentlemen.'
All were wealthy men, the checks were
| ,aughinEly furnished with joking remarks
that il was the first company ever formed
| in the town where the officers really in
! vested any money.
| Abe took the checks. added his own to
the number. begged the bishop 10 excuse
| him, remarkng as he went out that wh.le
! he had every faith IL the Others. still he
! was anxious 10 reach the bank in advance
| OF them. and started up town
He met this man and that and demanded
/ OF each q check for from $50 10 $40, as he
/ thought they could respectively afford tl
/ pay
! money his reply was: Il want il for keeps
/ --- II. I am building a churcn.' In forty
| minutes he had the who.s sum he took
| the checks 10 the hank and Tor them re-
a F.-,..s - esa.en yH.A - ~
! The bishop had seen his coming ard an
svered the summons In person. Handing
him the certificate, Abe said:
Take that for Il starter, bishop. Il
WON'T be enough. for church g Ike al
/ old quartz mill The cost always exceeds
/ the estimates a good deal; but go ahead
/ and when you need more money We VII
| levy another assessment Oh the inferna
/ sinners
I The bishop preached and prayed over
/ Ahe's dead body three years after. he took
+ ii last. long look at Abe's stiI. clear-Sut
/ splendid face as K WAS composed in death
/ Abe never Joined The church, and / am
/ told that he sw0Te n liIte 20 thu last Hl-
! mart in building the church was simply ono
/ II his whims. hut for years ne was prov-
/ iaence there 70 scores 81 people M oD@
/ knew half his acts OF tohnuiul delicate
! charity. or N how MANY homes bitter tears
were shed when he died
! Put the bishop know CROUCH - know
and feel az he was praying o"ff the 70
/ mains tlat while Il was Well as a matte
/ AZ form. IL WAS quite NnueeessaTy-tna -
/ Gar a. Ale VAS concerned be Was safe
taat IN the beyond, where the mansions
| ave and where gre hgbc is borH-wber5
! ove- all. are forever stretched out IN
brood.ac wings - celestial p@ace-A5e hat
! been received ani that uoou RS coming
/ while she welcomes were sounding ans
/ th.. greetings were being made - HIN
| flowers burst thrcuGh tho golden floor and
| blossofned a his feet.-Henry luuan IN
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