Editorial January 2, 1904 Issue

The Building Fund

M.

A Few days ago we received a letter from a friend in another city saying that he had just been informed—and his informant claimed to have good authority for the statement—that the entire amount required to complete the Mother Church Building Fund had been paid in, consequently further payments or subscriptions were not desired. Our friend very promptly and emphatically pronounced the story a fabrication of the evil one, and he was entirely right in doing so. If the devil were really an entity, endowed with genius and inspiration, he could not have invented a more subtle lie with which to ensnare a generous and loyal people.

As a matter of fact, the Building Fund is not complete, but it is in such a healthy state that building operations have been commenced and they will be carried on without interruption until the church is finished. The rapidity with which the work will be pushed forward necessitates large payments of money, and it is desirable that the contributions to the Building Fund keep pace with the disbursements. So long as the notice, "A Word from Mr. Chase," continues to appear in the Sentinel and Journal, our friends will know that the opportunity to contribute to the Building Fund is still open to them.

We had not intended to do more than expose the means by which a state of indifference to the needs of the hour might be engendered, but now that we are on the subject, we cannot refrain from volunteering the suggestion that the most certain way to put this undertaking beyond the reach of that which would instinctively hinder and delay it, is to complete the fund at once. Why not do it to-day?

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