The Caucasian., 1913-11-30

the foundation, walls, roof and
floors, the congregatioD to finish
anG furnish the building. Sou had
oloady bought @ loo Cor tSe 9Nr-
Noss. SShen ths CONTRACT was pre-
sene8 for eisnatulv sol2 eisneS for
tee entire IslSilSine, lumeroins Sc
ee thot 10 Noul3 30 ol9 that ohe cole
-eregatip0 eOulao do e0O Surnislo ie
Nou adSeon o sloat sisaelS Sostbree
wtich cost a great oloae afteS ehe
architqca eu6puitte0 dsis plane. and
again oftoe Che 0Sil1ing was eoesuqa
Sou always eait SOFA @onte3 0lae
Isssq ss1as QsaesaeS cdpula0 &1Syo as6 yeD'a
soV 90
"Yos aYso said Vhae y0ag woa'd
deSa the Gipu1rls 90 tHe Conference
SO that 60 dsbV eoula sves BE 9us ON
10 and ot eOula nsssq BE- sold. .
thoushe tAae you ouile 5s wisls gour
ov1s money, 40 oNe eoul1 sve9 Ques-
eion ahas gishs. Snew ehae
ehuehes ~sre being used by Ns sse
erg Sunday, che Sitle 20 which does
nos contain che 'tSuss clauses sni
supposed thae this one WSuld be ace
cepted and used IN che same way .
q matteP o9 course She trust
clause. as such, was neSsr discussed.
6 am cure in my nina shas 9 mene
toned these reservations 90 che
bishop iD charge, ana shaV Soo did
slso, Due could noe sag 90 DositivelS
! u heliese sou Aaye buils ahis
church. FROM high motisee and i'm a
fine spiris, and in che Face of mucls
Encouragement, Cor che elors OF
God and O memorial for gour son,
and Q hope 10 eilq sulfile ise Nigh
mission an6 be @ 6leesinge ia
Ghrist'e hingdons qor mans 9ecre
eEoure sincerelS,
''as. s. aISGHETOS.o
This pSoeYsilas qnore loualS ehaa
onstlsins 0 eoul8 sas ens ontise con
tsntiMn, and came unsolicited y
haze fulo eighs anb outANrite %
publish tssie lettoe ehoul8 oecosio6
rts[uilv, NhicEo eoeIspo 20 mo 0os<
aeeeesa1D. 0 Aove eoreie0 o.l1t eqQ-
eirels esesy promise Q made, onS U
aass been as resretqul o9 tho con
troversy 40 10 possible. Q resented
SelS naturally the apparent efforts
to depart from the original agree
ment denying the 1enefciaries the
right to mortgage the church at any
future date or to change its name
As the public may be mystified
and laboring under deluslon rela-
tive to some talk of a suit, want to
say this is out of the question. [
built and paid for the church III
full and there are no claims against
it, and have nothing to do with the
furniture and organ, and conse-
quently have no claim against them.
Those who put these in the church
are at liberty at their pleasure to
remove them. l do not propose to
be mixed up in any alteration over
To show my desire and disposition
to make the donation as; originally
contemplated or by lease for ninety
nine years the conditions of which
can be legally enforced. have sub
mitted again to the bishop and pre-
siding elder a further extension OF
time for their consideration should
they change their minds and desire
to accept my proposition. After
that time has gone by I do not feel
under any further obligations so far
as this denomination is concerned,
and | shall then be at liberty to
make an offering of the church to
some other denomination feeling
differently about it, as | am desirous
of having it serve the purpose for
which it was built and fill a useful
place in the community.
| submit all this without preju-
dice or bias to the fair-minded citi-
zens of Shreveport, believing fully
in their spirit of justice to set me
right. Yours very truly,
JAMES S. NOEL.