. Christian herald and signs of our times. the eight months from May 1st to December jist,1895, trie total receipts for work, general and special,beside those for the debt, were 553,, a gain of85, over the corresponding period of such an increase should occur at the sametime that the churches are making an earnest effortto relieve the Board of its debt is most encouraging. The Independent Publishes a Story of the building of a church which may be useful in otherplaces. It appears that a congregation at Middle-town, Iowa, decided to have a new church buildingand one on whi
. Christian herald and signs of our times. the eight months from May 1st to December jist,1895, trie total receipts for work, general and special,beside those for the debt, were 553,, a gain of85, over the corresponding period of such an increase should occur at the sametime that the churches are making an earnest effortto relieve the Board of its debt is most encouraging. The Independent Publishes a Story of the building of a church which may be useful in otherplaces. It appears that a congregation at Middle-town, Iowa, decided to have a new church buildingand one on which there should be no debt. Theyagreed to have the proposed estimated cost appor-tioned to the individual members of the church, ac-aording to the amount of their property as shownbv the assessors book. This was done ; and each-member paid his proportion cordially and prompt-ly, with the result that when the building was ded-icated recently, there was not a cent of debt upon it 70 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Jan. 22, i8q6. I6HAND5 STOR^
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