The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-11
SS22,OOO FOR NEW CHURCH
mar FROM ROCKEFELLER
HaLF FROW OTHER MEWBERS.
RnIrk Answer Go Appeal From No. Aked
SG the FWth Neaue Haptlsas stand
ara on NaR Agrees % Duplseats tsIfSs
Many small Piedgea AnaSunced.

Many small Piedge- Anasunced.
within a half hour yesterday morning
tho members OF the Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church. OF whom John ID Rockefeller
is one. pledged Ss77. 900 for building a
new church AZ Forty -sixth street aud
Fifth avenue. where the present edihcs
stands. DR.. Charles y. Aked. the pastor.
made an unexpected appeal for funds
from the pulpit because. Inc said after
ward. he wanted Ca sc how much ho
could raise from unprecedented gifts.
one-half u the sum vas given by Mr..
Rockefeller.
when DR.. Aksd finished his regular
sermon he said:
ITO build M a new church here we need
at least sSOo.OOO and ] make my appeal
to You for that ask for that amount
and ask for It today.
we do not desire that our new church
shail bs the gift Of q handful OF rich mon.
Surely you would not wish to pat a min
i-ter in the position Of beins tho employee
Of one or two rich men. No minister
who had any self respect would preach Q
single sermon To a congregation willing
70 put him in such degrading position
The ushsr- AT a signal from DR.. Aked
hogan TO Distribute pledge cards. After
an interval Of Ave minutes the collecting
% the cards began. A. fast ~ the cards
a.. Re hSA9l
the names and the amounts. The first
one was that Of Ericsson T. Bushnell. who
gave $50. which he had promised two
years ago when the time should come.
Before reading Mr.. B'ishnells card DIR.
Aked said:
One dollar from an old wAsherwomsn
was the first pledge given wears ago for
the buiIdinK Of this church We are in
today. am glad to see that 10 are
sta ring better than that this time.
Several cards promised t2S.OOO and
several more $40 600. hut these generous
Rifta were intsrApsrped with hun dreds 81
cards for -. o. aud s.. In Difference To
the wish 81 some Kivers DR. Aked Rad
the amounts without the names Occa-
sionally some one present in his haste
10 remain anonymous forgot TO inscribe
his name on the card and ia such an
in-tanc. the pastor would say
4 have here a card for 80 many dollars
With no name II the promiser will msst
ms after service and give me some idea
where the money 10 coming from ] shall
he grateful
After a numllsr ~ carsls had been rad
AN usher approached the Rockefeller pew
lie AZ onc,. called ont 10 DR. Aked.
John ID RocksfslIsr. IT. gives
s25 90. Mrs John n RDcksf@llsr. Jr..
gives o. OOO Mrs John ID Rock ef.llsr
gives g. GD0 J n Rockefsll~r offers 20
give dollar for dollar for any sum which
NAV IL. pledged here today 40 Ia
S25O.Gu-
III 49, can bur raise $3.50 90 then DIR
Aked exclaimed. we will have the whole
amount Nov that you realize that for
every dollar you're pledging you r. really
giving two ws ought "a RAISE the s2iO. ~
without effort And remember that
you igh' a. veil give u to-day here
nov, Tor II YOU don't we're coming 10 your
hom.. after ~ And rrm-mI'-r too
pleas that what Ws are doing her.
to-day sets an example ~ the Nhole
Christian world
giving Jagged aud after receiving pledges
for slsI 90 which "a Mr.. Rockefeller
offer insured fN22 on d. Aked asked the
congregation 10 risa aud .,nR thu Dox-
oIoEy. The pastor -Aid after thy sermon
that he was immensely pleased WIN the
T--~DOn@. 10 his appeal. that the appeal
iis-lf had been sprung - a surprise ON his
fiOCk. aud thu he would have The remain
ing ~ ,s0 pledg,-d FOR Mr. Rnckef-,,rr
io meet within q wsek MIR knckefeli-r
when asked Il he wolld make up the
deficit in ease the $3.50. 80 shnuld not h..
RAISED destined 10 say
Among the larger Eiv-rs whose name,
were r~ad w~r. Edgar T. Mar-t m.
president ~ the church- board ~ trti--
toes. aud his family. t25.Uy'. MIR and Mrs
" II Page. t2.sDo. Edgar A. Alien. o.. Os'
Mrs Edgar 4. Allen. 81 .O1 the l.ovr't
family $3.50 DIR Ak~d, 81 am Me-
Ak.Ni s2jT 4 \. Walker. SiN0.