Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-09
CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.
Rev. G. A. Hood Speaks in Augusta and
Gardiner on the Work.

congregational Chuy.h Building Socie-
~. yesterday morning. snke of the
| work of the ,;ocieyt il the South Con-
rregational church. Augusta. and in the
evening ut the First Congregational
church. Gardiner.
The text was Luke 1:,.--"He Lov.in
Our Melton and Himself Hath Built u
a ynagosue" lie said that lovers o:
orr nation must help build sanctuaries.
| Fer since God huil, the tabernacle IN
The Wilderness sl corns of religion
must have :heir churches. and even
false religions must have their tmpleS.
CONGREGATION lli>ts are the only denOlnl-
nation who provide 4 building for only
tic per cent. nf the churches organized
| each year.
| Cnnsrc-ationi!ists nave been given
| great ho,or ana responsibility in do
vpiopilg this nation. from. the time
when q Congregational church landed
Oil Plymouth Rock With the Republic
orga nizcd in The cabin on the MaytiOW-
| eY, down to the present when the new
towns call for Congregation al churches
as the be st kind IF union church. in
which Christians OF all denominations
| can unite to dominate the town. If we
assume the responsibility 70, the spirit
| ull lie of mex town Wc must rcmem-
Der that Il church has no hop" Of sue :
cess till il has 4 building. and that it
cannot build without aid in new town.,
| where the people mus. TrCvide homes.
establish business ant; found the
! schools. library and Hthe.' institutions
of the town. 1t is hard fn' the first set
7 \
interest AMI taxes nlgh. shangics to
live in, usually at first no partitions. no
plaster or paint. no cellar or well, snow
d. hts inside when thtr" ar, snOWStc rms
out side and food frozen i'll the morn
| ing, the people cannot build church,
cs without AID. But The: give wonder
| Inlly tn build Them. a carpenter trying
! to get q home FOR wiz" md two chill
dren gave Sl7I, ont Of 50 day wages.
| IN lii tie more than year: ..ibOrcr
| "GiEins 500. :, year gave $50 cash and
| note for 500 more: 4 woman gave
| floo which she earned by sewing. a
| minister living in Il du:,-o"t had save,
| money for now ro)", tut fearing t.
lose the new church fnr lack Of Churc:r
Building Society aid he gave his roof
| money and krDi An uiIlrt ifl beside the
| bid in case OF rain.
If not aided in building the church
| will either die. or livn only by taking
continued Hom.. Missionary aid. If any
with a building die. our mort gage Sc
cures tn" sorI.;vs monrt. When we al
low a church TO die iii a new town. We
r.,lly repudiat,. cur "tliga tons to care
for tn" town spiritually. damage its
moral Wcll-being anu lose the Chris
tan workers AM the money Of the flu /.
tire.
| They call to the congregational,
Church building toci:ty tor aid from
the shackS and Si,anties on the pl'lirics.
| IN" dug-ou;s of the miners. the log
..uts Ct tn. lumberm.:l. the adobe huts
If t!l, Mexican and Moirr,IiS from the
| tepees or the Indians. ron, the brush
| arbo-s ard shed in which the Negroes
=; u the South .rors!lln. from the r''rlt!e:'
| of Maine feptl thu foreigner of New
| England from our Cuba ard Porto Rico
brethren, from wherever II C"n"rcga-
| tjonsI church is organized under our
| t!aS.
We aid them by three funds: thu
grant fund. the loan fund. and the par
, eunagc loan fund. y loan Is pail ba X
to b" u.cu OVER ana over every five
years: every dollar i secured by first
mortgage and I,Sur,n"" policy. there
fore there is no loss. IN aid pays only
last bills, therefore thu. miSSiOnai y
| church will y" out g.: debt. The society
has always paid every collar when due.
therefore donors to III. annuity fund
| may be sure If ;h"ir interest money
| while they liz. and yet execute their
own wills.
If We aid church t" l'uild. leviN j!
soon roll"ws and rllny Eastern young
| people are saved IN ;his way i'll th': new
town new life new habits. \ MinncSO-
Ia church took home missionary aid for
thirteen years T. it'll ,ut sign Of sue
cess: but wh.'n tn" Church Building
| Society gave t 500 to pay last bill OIL
a $500 church /: revival Logan with the
Iadicction. and :Ourt..n Young ':ltn be
side the others were ccnN ertcd.
Their comes scIf-s,lpp"rt. One Minnc-
| sofa church expected every year TO-
five years to throw OF Home Mission
airy aid: the sixth :"lf il took SOTO aid
from the Church BUILDING Society o.
q 5000 churcn and has been self-sup
porting ever since. This ia 4 good way
to save home missionary money; bu;
why could not Tie Church Building So
ci"ty have aided tina; church five years
before and Sa,rI $500 nf that home
missionary mon y? Because of :nsuffi-
cicI.t funds. Of several! new chu"cneS i'll
North Wisconsin built about the same
time, all were :,eif-:uppO-tinS in three
or four years from tho federation.
The greatest trial Of y home mission
AIRY is in tn. strugE,a IT, pay for q
church building when :nc society cam
not aid him promptly ana sufficiently.
Their" is wO'ry. 0ver"oik. perhaps
sickness follows. .,nI Cflen he leaves,
broken down.
Thus by prompt payment of bills. By
revival and sclf-Supo"t we find that
every hundred dollars given to the Con-
gregational Church building Society
will enable til" church to save 800 to
the Home Missionary Society in about
three years. Therefore to save the
towns. to say. the -oIng men an'!
young women. the HON" Missionar:-
funds ard tn. strength II the mission