The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29

eessed value of the Presbyterian building
New York, is $l,6q0.0O and n few doors 10
inc south Is the chief building OF the
Methodist Episcopal denomination, held
6y tho city TO be worth In tho ne{ghbor-
hood or O million Tho Baptist PublIca-
uon Society building, Philadelphia, is one
oy the way there must bo inllsons in,
yested In the various publishing rIants.
o@nSSmlnational onS and interdenomlnational
housed in a building covering an entire
block. which site. II put on the market
tomorrow, tomorrow, would bring in several million
ouslY located, just across the street from
Cooper institute, in New York City.
dnen there are the camp meeting
grounds. tho Chatauoua meeting places
the summer conference properties, North
held and Winona among them; the fresh
air summer homes in the hills and by
hons or property owned by such interna-
Lional bodies as the Y NJ c A. the Y.
w e. and the w; c. T. y. The prop
held TO be worth SSo,0oooo0, and last year
It spent S,0OoooO. And last, but not least
by any means. there Is the investment In
which we as people interest ourselves
This Item should undoubtedly DO counted
In as part OF our material Investment
In heaven for does not the Bible saw.
But the greatest OF these is churity""
All these Items aggregate millions on
millions, yet they are far from suihclont,
alton, TO make our total Investment In
heaven tenth Of our inconceivablc
wealth,
But how about our yearly investment
at the present time. are we giving a tenth
CT our income7 Perhaps here we can find
a better regard for the Biblical injunc-
ton.
Last Year, ,he 100000 odl mcnbors Of
the Presbyterian church CNorth con,ri,,-
uted for all parposes-home and foreign
missions. educs ton, uid Cor colleges. be-
neEolence, CONGREGATIONAL suppoit incl,l-
Ing preachers salaries. ctc the tidy suin
Of SIS. $500. AS the grceter portion OF
church property is In the hands OF TWEEN
Ty-ttve OF The country's nearly $50 d:s-
tinct denominations so also, the GrvIter
portion OF the yearly contributions for
religious purposes iTadu bY MI ,lcEoDina-
tions, is made bv these twsl lty i've Now.
II each denomination contributed In 1866
as much as the Presby' 'erlan. the total
contributions would have neer a45G COO. NO.
But few II then did contribute as nucn
by several millions; .ha Presbyterian de-
nomination Is among The most libetal I'm
purse. Il has a traditional wealthy mem
bership. The Congregational church paNo
aboat si1. COO the Protestant Episcopal
5000 0G0, Now. ;he income ON 4 hundred
billions, our nat.onal wealth, at tho low
fall lamcntably short 90 giving n tenth of
nur income, even when we take into con
sderation the millions given for religious
purposes by, persons not contributing
other millions given TO and spenr annu-
ally by secular charities. In 1901 the sums
OF money above 5000 given by philanthro-
p!sts for religious work, Aggregated 81.
negative though il bee, TO be derived from
the situation. 1hls country IL ackauv
edged the most liberal in purse fnr relI
gion's sake. and 30 we, among the ma
tons, may be said to have the largest
material Investment in heaven
Copyright 1906. by Eugene PARCELS