The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . im being anational committee, of which Mrs. Grant was chairman. Inher name an autograph letter was sent out over the country,and by this means nearly $8,000 was secured. In 1872 so serious had the situation become, and so threat-ening the outlook, that a memorial was addressed to theGeneral Conference reciting the dedication of the church,its successful operation for three years, and the existence ofthe bonded debt, provisions for the payment of which, itwas claimed, should be made by the General was a unique memorial, being sign
The history of Methodism [electronic resource] . im being anational committee, of which Mrs. Grant was chairman. Inher name an autograph letter was sent out over the country,and by this means nearly $8,000 was secured. In 1872 so serious had the situation become, and so threat-ening the outlook, that a memorial was addressed to theGeneral Conference reciting the dedication of the church,its successful operation for three years, and the existence ofthe bonded debt, provisions for the payment of which, itwas claimed, should be made by the General was a unique memorial, being signed by the Presidentof the-United States and the Chief Justice of the SupremeCourt, in connection with the other trustees of the church. The General Conference reaffirmed all previous indorse-ments of the enterprise. The Board of Church Extensionwas appealed to thereupon for aid, but it declined to indorse 1034 American Methodism the bonds on the ground that its charter would not legallypermit such action. Public attention had been called to the. JOHN P. NEWMAN, , Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Consecrated 188Three times pastor of the Metropolitan Church. !, died 1899. financial condition of the church, yet Methodism had notyet awakened to the obligation to release this national monu-ment from indebtedness. In 1874, through the efforts of The Burden of Debt 1035 the Rev O. H. Tiffany, , then pastor of the church,assisted by Rev Dr. Ives, of Auburn, N Y , a large sub-scription was obtained in the church, the $50,000 deed oftrust was released, and a new loan of $35,000 was negotiated,the trustees who had already given liberally of their moneyand time to the erection and subsequent support of thechurch personally obligating themselves to pay the intereston the bonds. In 1876 Dr. Newman was appointed for a second term tothe pastorate of the church and traveled extensively through-out the States, appealing to the people at large. He suc-ceeded in raising $4,0
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