Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1912-05-24
PITTSBURG CHURCH
ENJOYING WAVE
OF PROSPERITY
REV. Or. p. A. SCOTT, THE PRES.
EMIT PASTOR, is GUIDING THE
OLD CHIP WITH q MAS
TER HAND.

Pittsburgh. pa.-A0 an illustration
Of what may be accomplished By true
religious feryor. coupled with sise
and busInessllke administration Of the
anances Of church. the following a.
ticle Is Of deep import:
II Is very gratifying 90 81 mo s71
interested In the welfare Of che sae@
and ihe Christian church. 20 note ahe
marvellous progress faaa Is being Haao
In tbs spiritual. SHANGHAI and socia8
affairs OF Bethel s. M. D.. chuggns cor
ner OF Wslia avenue anG Elm street.
Those uko hase any B@OeIe6ga OF a1e
History OF sals church. Ia recent years.
hnow THAI Il has passed through long
period ~ diversity and discourage
snene an6 shae. during those Goods.
sions. hundrcds Of re mem5ess has@
Nithdreua shaig membership chile
many others. being discouraged. gena
adrifs oa The sec Of aeggecss" Baa5-
bag less ahan aAis rs sormes membee.
7hip 40 g7apBle wi7h chs great prob.
lena facing the church. and the nearly
afsythousand dollag debt. incident 10
abs building u fhe beautiful ard com
modious ssTueqags mow IN use. which
Vas erected during The eyentful pas.
9oFase of sae much beloved Ds. ]. @.
Townsend la 1906
%hea aha present pastor. Ig. D. 3.
Scott. toos charge oF this church about
slghg months ago. 10 found tho congre-
9ation discouraged aud scattered la
almost every direction. with creditors
threatening and instilutiug Law suits.
and the moffgasee preparing 10 fore
close she forty.tNo thousand eight
hundred dollar mortgage. Ia shors
wblIe tho interest being nearly q
whole year in arrears. Tho aew pas.
tor was not long. hoxever. In getting
a strong grasp % the troublesome olt.
station. and began II once chs paying
on Of the Old debgA. and satisfying
Judgments. and Nardea oR the fore.
closure. and has suaggurated q neg
systematic financial method which 10
rssolBtionixing Affairs 10 evsfy depart,
msnf " this historic old charge Even
the much dlepufed Aver Fund. =
whish amounts 10 about fhFse hnn.
drad dollars pr monsh in rentals. and
which has been bone 81 contention
fog tins lmmemofial. among people
% varied ranks. i no~ being handled
By oae Of pittaburah'H most reliable
real estate and banking Institution.
end ghe entire amount 81 income. iezs
sAs eoas 81 repairing the Avery prop
egty. - bssng applied on tho large
mortgage indebtedness.
In ghs past az months seventeen
hundred aud lffsy dollars have been
paid on the large Interest arrcAfage.
and more than one thousand dollars
on old Scaling debts. besides meet.
lnz ali tie current expenses % tho
church. whlcE sun amounts 60 nearly
9ous hundred dollars per month. and
6 hngpy atnte u confidence IL being
restored Hmons the people o. all class
a.
During ahle brief period one hun.
drsG and snIrey 1eu nesabogs have
been ndde& 90 2h1 shnrch, m0af Of
whom heve beaa now roavarts 10 the
Chrlstlaa faith. ~ saa szaalt os the
1resk ravical meetings recently held
~ the church. IN saieh chs pastor
vas ably aasiasea av che a0sed evan.
1a1lss. ior. :. =. RobsaaoS og DhsS. asa
oiher pastors IA sialr city and eseiassg.
and enc congregasio8e aesa 5eaa mora
shan doubled
At ihe quarterly saeeslna recently
held here, az which The abba aa6 pogo
lar presiding elder. Dg g. >. Aaasw.
presided. the services were sha nrss
largely attended. and most successful
taat have been altaonse3 Aars &c