The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-29
RAISING MONEY
WALKER STOLE
Rev. Clifton H. Flanders
Makes Appeal at Grand
Avenue Baptist
Church.
MISSIONARY WORK
BADLY CRIPPLED
Over Half the Money Has
Been Pledged Already
$18, 500 Will Com
plete the Fund.

At the Grand avenue Baptist church
yesterday morning Rev. Clifton K.
Flanders Of Hartford presented the
cause of the Baptist state convention.
He, with others, are visiting the Bap-
fist churches of the state, to secure the
$4,000 of the defalcation of Mr. Walker
of New Britain, the convention treas
urer. Mr.. Flanders went on to state
that the convention was aiding the
weak churches of the state and doing
mission work, especially among the
foreign population, He said that the
conventions endowment, which had
yielded about $500 per annum had
been suddenly cut off by this defalca-
ton and the work injured.
I'VE have been apparently baffied and
defeated in our work by the defalcation
of our treasurer and by man trusted
and esteemed" said Mr.. Flanders in his
address yesterday. but on May / the
convention determined to go to work
and raise the lost money. 1t was decid-
ed to present this matter in all Of the
Baptist churches of the state and raise
this deficiency.
''Now in Massachusetts the denomin-
alton had an endowment Of $45O,00O; in
Maine 100000, and even in the little
state Of Rhode Island they had $4,000.
We, as a convention had hoped to as
pire to as great work as In these states
and yet we were suddenly plunged in
to this great loss by this defalcation.
Much of our money was in trust funds.
The income was being paid to people
who had the income for life and then
the money was to go to the convention.
Could we as a denomination allow it to
be said that these friends had made a
mistake in trusting us and say that we
as a convention was bankrupt because
our treasurer had defalted2 No for
one would rather have to dig in the
streets Of New Haven than that should
be said. No. There flows in the blood
Of all the $1,000 Baptists Of Connecticut
pride to have this debt made up.
mfr. Walker had no respect for the
trust funds and no respect for the
character of the Baptists Of the state
when he took our funds.
1.-THE convention board decided to ask
the state evangelists to undertake this
work and am glad to tell you that the
plan for all the churches to share in
raising this money is working we'll and
| that up to one week ago over 100000
had been paid or pledged towards rails
! ing this deficiency in our invested
funds. At our annual meeting we
we're without any debt from the pledges
made on our contracts. And all of our
trusts are to stand.
1T is our duty to put back these trust
funds, or our work as convention
would be the work of cripple, Now
| to make this loss good, 1t means on ar
avenue of 50 from each of the $1,000
Baptists of the state. We had raised
49,, 400 one week ago and have about
s18.50O more to raise. We know of TIVE
men who will give $1,000 each and we
have a pledge for $1,000 II we raise thC
entire amount within given time
Some of the churches have doubled tht
subscription they have been giving Il
the convention. And even some Of the
little missionary churches are giving
splendidly The church In Ansonla sub
scribed over $780, One little church ir
tho hills where it was said that would
not get over s25 gave s77. The
churches are responding nobly and THU
fund will be raised"
At the close of Mr.. Flanders appea
yesterday printed pledge cards used b,
the convention in this work were circu
lated in the congregation and pledges
made for the relief work