Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-14
The Calvary Methodist Raises That
Sum in One Day.
New York Correspondence

New YORK Correspondence
The Calvary Methodist Episcopal
church, at 129th street and Seventh ave-
nue., which is the largest Methodist
church in this city raised $4,000
In a single Sunday last October to
clear off the church mortgage
When the money is paid over the
church will be free of debt. Coming at
this time this successful debt raising will
have great effect on the other Metho-
dist churches of the city. which have
started out to raise twentieth Cen
tury thank offering fund of sl,000.000. to
clear off all Methodist indebtedness in
Manhattan and The Bronx. In this in
debtedness Calvary church carried the
largest individual debt
The last Of the money needed for Cal
vary was given and promised at the
evening service yesterday AT the morn
ing service 1921 was raised. or this
j. S. Huyler, the well-konwn confec-
tiener, gave $4,000 and the pastor, the
Rev. Willis P. Odell, $1,000. AT the
Sunday school meeting in the afternoon
S5,50l was collected from the scholars.
This left s32.334 to come.
After the service a conference was
held to discuss the question of making
up the balance. Mr.. Huyler agreed to
give $4,000 more, and Samuel Bowen.
the chemist, promised $1,000 both upon
condition that the congregation should
contribute the rest-sl7.3 1874. This news
quickly spread among the members OF
the congregation, and at the evening
service the church was packed to over
flowing.
The Rev Dr. James r. Day, choncel-
Ter of Syracuse University and FORMER
pastor of the church, presided. His
presence alone would have drawn a
large congregation. for he is very popu-
lar in the church. The service opened at
30 o'clock and by 1915 the $11334 had
been raised
When DR.. Day stepped in to the pull
pit he closed the Bible and announced
that he would speak on Calvary
church. He told how he had first come
to Harlem from downtown, when the
present congregation met in a small
hall in 125th street: and how he had
come year later and taken charge OF
the little church then just forming.
He recalled how they had argued
whether they would take a lot in the
middle of the block or more costly one
on the corner where the church nov,
stands and he repeated as he had said
at that time: Build Methodist
churches on corners. He explained
that the mortgage was contracted at a
time when business was dull and when
hard pressed for money and pointed out
that II would be we'll to rid the church
from debt now when times We're good.
Il was in town UP the state" he
continued, land seeing a beautiful stone
church closed up inquired the reason
and was told that it was in the hands
of the sheriff That church belonged to
the Baptists. denomination which sell
dom loses anything, but there 1t was
closed and lost. What woulo you do If
you passed here and read a sign 'Sher-
ifr's sale" on this church. You would
say: oh. if we only had another chance
We would free it Now YOU had better
do now what you would want 20 do
then.
Its good thing to go to church and
to sing glorious hymns and feel relig-
ious, but there is nothing like making
an investment which yields to you a
dividend of joy in having contributed
to the cause of Gods work A mort
gage is death-mort, meaning death,
and gage, grip"
Then the pastor spoke to the congre-
CATION He pointed out how they had
paid out $4,000 in interest on the mort
gage without reducing the debt one
cent. He said it took 500 every Monday
morning to pay the interest charges.
Then the collection was started.
While it was being made, the Rev. DR..
e. S. Upton, secretary of the twentieth
century thank offering fund, appealed
to TIE congregation to be liberal The
appeals continued and the amount coll
!ected steadily increased. When the last |
81, 1000 was pledged by the trustees at
lO:45 o'clock there an outburst of joy
full applause from those present. One
contributor gave $780, signing the ini-
tials &c. H." which DR. Tippler said
either meant Great Head" or Good |
Heart
In the course of the service one OF the
folding seats in the balcony suddenly |
folded up squeezing sleeping baby
in it. The child screamed loudly and i
caused no small amount of excitement
in the congregation. especially among
the women But the baby wasn't hurt,
tho badly frightened.
GREATER THAN DEATH.