Delaware gazette and state journal., 1902-12-25
TweHtisth Centary Twenty hiln--.-
All been Rniacd

All Been Raised.
PHILADELPHIA Record, yesterday
4 Every religious and charitable in.
4 stitution of the Methodist Church in
and near Philadelphia and many of the
churches IN debt will be benefited by
ths 5l,50o, coo Twentieth Century fund
raised by a local committee, which
Will complete its labors with the cur.
rent year. In March, 1896, the Metho-
clst General Conference voted to raise
/ S2o, ,OUu-u0G throughout the country for
I genera church purposes, the fund TO
be completed before January lst, 1903.
4 Ine total has been Subscribed. or this
sum, atout SGsz 00t was asked of the
Philadelphia Conference as its proper
snare on tho basis of menbership.
! Considerably nDTe than twice this sum
/ is in hard cash, and pledges maturing
! before Tho next sessi3r, of the Philadei.
/ phia Conference, in March, will bring
the total to sl,gGo, too.
I 4 De raising OF this vast sum was in
/ trustec 10 the I'wer t eth Century Com
s'ission Of tho fhilaaelphia Conference,
| consisting o. Neij-in0wn clergymen
and layIuen, which Ao,d its final meet
lng ior the scar yesfer1ay afternoon at
TIE rooms OF the Hoard of Cnurch Ex-
/ tension, NO l026 Arch street. Rev. j.
/. =. MaSonnell, chairman, was much
I peAsed Dy tie reports received, and
said attefwsrd that the result far
exceeda the hepes entertained when
ths work was Undertaken.
OWING 10 the Immense number of
small contributions = said Ilr. McCon-
aell, :" it is infassibl at this time to
give even an approximate estimate Of
ths exte0t to which sspaFats institE-
tions viii hsbsft. TIE great bulk 81
the total is mans up OF amon,Es giye5
ny the rank and fis of our member
ship, many os them Eoor peo,.ie. There
are practically 20 large or inposing 90
nations. livery person who gave q can't
haa the retvl1 ge OF saying what dis
position shcula se made OF his money.
ant IN this way VIZ get at the popg
laris3 Of every one Of cur many institr
siplis AM. boards. This feature, how
eSer, iakes it al. tue more difficult 10
gei' az shis time Just what is to be
a1ne 9itn the mo ~. l snpposs IL
Jne TEp,e sum were used for the single
p1rp1st of extingnishing church debts
~ Nofid wipe out tho Indebtedness
of everE congregation in the conference,
bnt unher the terms OF the fund this is
not possible, even il it wsse desirable.
The 81. 500, 600 raised com5s NOT only
from Philadelphia, but frn., the en-
tire conferences, which exiegds from
the Delaware to the Susoaahanns and
from the southern boundary of the
state to the northern hcandary of
Monroe, Carbon, Schuylkill and Dau-
phin counties Harrisburg is espeoialIy
excluded, but. other large cities, such
as Lancaster and Reading, shared in
raising this magnificent sum, and de- |
serve their share of the credit.n
Among the charities or movements |
which Will receive money from the |
fund are the Methodist Hospital. /
orphanage, Home for the Aged, Mis- |
sionary Society, Education Society.
Historical Society, Preachers Aid So |
olety, Women's Home Missionary So |
oiety, Women's Foreign Missionary |
Society, Board of Church Extension.
City Missionary Society and Collegiate
Institute for Girls.
The Philadelphia Conference has
done nobly," said DR.. Mcconnell, after
these beneficiaries, land
sne success of the movement will be
a lasting monument to. the self-sacrifice
Of our people. 1t was an indication of
what people will do for Christ when
approached in tho right spirit. There
Will be much rejoicing in our congre-
cations and, am sure, throughout the
Christian world when the spien did
results of this effort have become
known. y
GIVEN BY THE RANK AND FILE.
New York, Dec. 24.-Rev. DIR. Ed
nund M. Mills, who has had charge Of
he work of raising the $40, COO 600
Methodist Episcopal Twentieth Cen
Jury thank offering fund. says that the
mammoth enterprise will be completed
y December 31st.
The amount has been raised from the
ank and file OF the Methodist Church.
md az far as the educational fund is
oncerned the gifts for three years rcp-
esent more than has been contributed
Iuring the first 100 years of the exist
nee 2 oi tho ehnr1s- For this purpose
q soo, foS has been contributed. and
aore than 30 universities and schools 4,
I'LL be its beneiciaries. The sum of
4, l76, 500 has heon collected by the
'yrscuse University and the Ohio wes-
cyan comes next with 81, O92, SOC.
Ten new hospitals have been founded K,
ince the fund was started, and another
) soon to be erected in Indianapolis at ,
cost of 500, coo, Dr. Haisted contrib
ing $40, 200 of the amount. A.debt
n the Epworth Hospital of that city
I $50, 600 has bean paid by Mrs.
,lement Studebaker.
of the fund aS, 600. 900 will ho doyoted ,
the payment Of church Indebtedness,
no sl53O, 0OO will be set aside as
f.. - at- 4