Editorial November 25, 1905 Issue

The Building Fund

Archibald McLellan

We are prompted to state, for the benefit of those who have inquired about the progress of the work on the extension to The Mother Church, that the erection of the building is proceeding rapidly: in fact, it is being pushed with the utmost energy, and at the present time there are no less than fifteen different trades represented. The beauty of the building, and the substantial and enduring character of its construction, have been remarked by the many visitors who have recently inspected the work, and they have gone away with the conviction that the structure is worthy of our Cause and that it will meet the needs of The Mother Church as well as this can be done by a building with a seating capacity of five thousand. The recent rapid growth in the congregations attending the Sunday and Wednesday services in The Mother Church, indicates that the new edifice will prove none too large for the demands which will be made upon it, and it may safely be predicted that its accommodations will be taxed to the utmost from its opening.

Those who are in charge of this important work are alive to the necessity for completing the new edifice at the earliest possible date, and in order to do this they ask that there be no cessation or diminution of the contributions to the Building Fund. Indeed there should be a marked increase in the amount received by the Treasurer during the next few months, since the character of the work how being done is such as to call for heavy payments, and it is too early in the undertaking to make any considerable inroad upon the balance in hand.

It therefore occurs to us that there could be no more appropriate time for completing the Building Fund than the present thanksgiving season: and it is suggested to our readers that there would be great propriety in making a special effort during the coming week to dispose fully and finally of this feature of the demonstration.

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