The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-24
METHODlSTS RAISE $4,000.
DAY or MEETINGS TO AID THEIR
UORN-OUT PREACHERS.
o. gu. lf.TOwn Churches Did Their Share
They'll Get sSO.OOO From John
Andrus-l.in OF s 900 shares Of stock
-s2s 900 From Carnegie Hall Meeting

Methodsts in this city succeeded yester-
day in raising about $4,000 for the relief
ofsuperai nuated preachers NJ d their widows
and orphans In thirty III riches money
u i-ipg meetings were held, both in the
morning and evening and in the afternoo
there was n monster meeting at Carnegie
Hall at which the three Bishops who had come
10 this city especially TO assist were present
and at which between SIS 600 and $4,000
in cash and subscriptions was raised
This was exclusive of 8 600 shares of stock
IN az Industrial concern offered by an en-
thusiast No value was put on the stock
il figuring the totals, but 1t is hoped that
some day IL will make a rice addition. The
maragers OF the meeting did not give out
the name of the concern whose stock they
had received.
II the money raised in this city yesterday,
added TO what was collected in the churches
Of the New York Conference outside the
city. amounts to 100000, a gift of $50. 900
promised a year ago. 10y John f. Andrus,
a wealthy manufacturer of Yonkers, will
be secured. Mr.. Andrus placed no time
limit Oh this offer, but in a general why it
was understood that it might be with
drawn by the time the year was up. That
was why the Methodist folks, from Bishops
down, set themse Ives TO do some tall hust-
ling yesterday.
No Inrmanent fund for the relief of super
animated ministers of the Methodist Church
has existed As one Of the Bishops put
i, yesterday, the Met hodlst Church has
succeeded in everything but the relief Of
her odd soldiers, but Ia this she had failed
When the movement to raise 81 100000
a. a tweI.t Tn century thank Offering for
Methodsm il. New York was started it was
decided To give 10000 of it TO the old
preachers, but somehow this part of the
work Jagged, though more than 5000
has already been raised 10 pay OIL church
mortgages ard $500, 900 for other purposes.
II vas after they had done all this that
the Mnthodists gan to think Of the old
rrehohe and yesterday was set aside a.
Veterans DAY. IL was decided that the
New York churches should raise $4,000
and take s35 900 Of the IN irus fund. The
other SIS 900 was 10 go to the churches Of
the Hudson Valley providing they raised
tine remaining $50 900.
Bishops Fowler, McCabe and Hamilton
came to help yesterday and special services
we're held in all the churches. According to
reports received last night by DR.. Ezra
Triple. secretary Of the fund. more than
5000 was raised in several churches while
in a number amounts OF more than 81 600
we're contributed
The Carnegie Hall meeting was attended
bv many who had given In the morning and
who gave again in response To the eloquence
Of the Bishops. A choir of 200 children In
cassocks sang and all OF the Sunday schools
of the city were represented,
John NJ Cornell presided at this meeting
and Bishop Hamilton of San Francisco was
the first speaker He declared that out
Of 1900 preachers 10000 did not get the
salary of the average mechanic.
All this great tribute this afternoon
said Bishop. Hamilton, concluding, lis to
have any apology to make for being
To Bishop McCabe Of Omaha, koown as
Chaplain McCabe. was left the especial
task Of raising the money, He did not tax
long. nor was there anything historical in
his address. 1T isn't charity; it's debt. !"
he said.
Then the money raising began. Ushers
dist ributed subscription blanks among the
audience, but there was not even singing
to stir up any latent enthusiasm. DR.
Triple started the ball rolling by saying
that a man still out of town had promised
5000 If the rest was forthcoming. and
said:
going to pay this debt. The last 5000 Of
Il has already gone. Go in the boxes and
open the doors TO get in, even If they're
locked. You can have year to pay"
d.. Tipple explained that no names
would be disclosed Il see hand up there
and it means 5000 he said, and a wave
Of applause went over the audience, Sub
scriptions came in slowly, hut they came
in Just the same. There were gifts Of 50
cents and gifts Of 81 900. After while DR.
Triple said that some 5000 subscriptions
were needed and that he would be RESPONSE
BE for one II anv one would mat oh II. There
was n pause and then a man way M in a box
cried out that he was good for the other,
This was followed by an usher bringing
M a bundle which contained the 5000
shares
There was no request for the women to
discard their jewels and none was offered
II was finally announced by Bishop Nice abe
that s2i, $50 had been raised and then pleas
were made for more and the baskets sent
around. They came back filed mostly
with change, Some of the people started
30 leave. Dr. Triple said they would have
10 bass baskets AT the doors,
We cant sleep tonight comfortably
until we know our old preachers are safe
from want" he said, and there were
more subscriptions. Then the meeting
closed with the singing of Onward,
Chris ian Soldiers.
DR. Trpl" said after II was over that he
was sure $4,000 had been raised during the
day And We shall make 1t slOO, 900 here In
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