The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-26
n ALL RAISED.
Bishop McCabe's Great Work Mt the
CentraI-Avenue Church.


CentraI-Avenue Church.
Bishop McCabe did a great days work
raising money for the Central-avenue
Methodist Church yesterday. Chaplain Nc
Cabe has been characterized by one of his
ardent admirers as 1.-The man who has
raised more money for Christ than any
other man in America" and yesterdays
results bore strong testimony to the truth
of that statement. Thirteen thousand dol
lars were raised at three services. Most
of the amount was pledged during the
morning and afternoon meetings, and last
night there remained only 5000 to collect.
According to the rule that the last part of
a subscription is the hardest TO obtain,
1t required a little over an hour to secure
the necessary amount to complete the
$4,000. A pleasing incident was the contri-
button, after Bishop McCabe had completed
his work, of $40 by Mrs. Ira B.. Bugbee, Ito
allow for s~hrinkage.'' as it was expressed
by the gentleman who made known her
subscription.
At the conclusion Of the effort to COM
plete the necessary amount the pastor de-
livered a brief talk, in which he stated
THAT NV SAosWV aASCo IL liz To- NOulu
be sufficient TO finish paying for the new
Sunday-school rooms and also to provide
for redecorating the main auditorium and
frescoing its walls and ceiling. He also
said, with considerable pride, that the Sab
bath-school rooms are among the finest in
the country, and directed the sexton to
illuminate them in order that those present
last night might have an opportunity to
see the beautiful addition to their church
for which they had just helped to pay.
IF you meet a trarger In Indianapolis"
said the pastor. who asks you where
there is a church that is out of debt point
him out to Central-avenue."
THE BISHOPS SERMON.
Bishop McCabe preached an interesting
gospel sermon last evening. taking for his
text the words, "And the desire of all ma
tions shall come" In the course of his
remarks he made the following reference
to the Jews:
The Jews are yet waiting for Him, are
yet expecting Him.. Is ii not a very pain
full thing that a whole race has missed the
way, that the people to whom the promise
was made, first to the Jew and then to
the GENTLE that they have missed their
way, that, their ancestors did not know the
Lord Jesus when they saw Him. The splen-
dor of the promise seemed to be lost In the
poverty of its fulfllment. Indeed, it was
said of Him that He came unto His own
and His own received Him not | think
the united churches ought to bend their
energies in the direction OF the conversion
of the Jews TO Jesus Christ, and we are
succeeding. 1 want to tell you tonight
that there are five hundred thousand Chris
tian Jews in this world. / want TO say to
you tonight that the prospect is splendid
for our bringing that whole race to
acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah"
The bishop dwelt earnestly upon the GER
tainty that is to be found I'm belief in Christ
as the Savior. citing instances OF grea,
thinkers who nave declared that they had
no doubt of their salvation through Christ
Continuing along this line he said:
And that is the reason why He is fitted
TO be the Desire of Nations. A thing to
be desired OF nations must be divine. II
won't do for US TO have a mere human
teacher: he must be divine. and Jesus
Christ is divine. / hope you love to think OF
Him as your oIvine Savior. l hope you
often think of Him as Paul did when he
was praying; when Paul got to praying
there was no telling where he would bring
up; what a wonderful petition that was
that flowed from his pen In the first chap
ter Of Coiossians. He said: BY Him al
things were created, hat are In HEAVIER
and that are in earth, visible and invis
ible, whether they be thrones. or domin,
ions, or p~rincipalities, or powers; all things
were created by Him and for Him: and Ia
is before all things, and by Him all thing.
consist He said that about Jesus Christ
| He couldn't have said that about any mer.
man. We have a divine Savior. Exul
! that Jesus Christ, who has undertaken L