o use it efficiently if there is a lack
of supplementary contributions, and for that reason we make a new and
strong appeal for them.

You pay your money where you have your interest. That man who, in
building a mission church in a rough, uncouth neighborhood, called on
the hoodlums in the vicinity to make a contribution of a brick apiece
for the new church, was a wise man. Every bootblack, every newsboy,
every garbage gatherer in it who put a brick in that church had an
interest in it. It was "Our Church," and at once the interest of the
neighborhood was secured for this mission church, as it could have been
done in no other way. So we ask you to withhold not your bricks; with
the bricks will come the interest, the heart, the prayers.

Remarks by Dr. Mears.

Rev. Dr. Mears, who occupied the chair temporarily, followed the
address of Mr. Washburn, voicing the gratitude of the Association. He
spoke of the feelings almost of depression after the great wants of the
work had been so evident from the various reports and addresses of the
meeting. The words of reply to the prophet in the famine stricken city
of Samaria had been often repeated as to the possibility of relief for
those despised; "Behold if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might
this thing be?" This munificent gift of a million dollars seems like a
gift dropped from the pierced hand into the lap of this Association. It
seems a seal of the divine favor upon this organization, whose sole
care is for those races that are poor and despised. The speaker
referred to the suggestion of Mr. Washburn, that the gift must be
either a blessing or a curse. It would be a curse if the benefactions
of the churches should be withheld because of Mr. Hand's munificence.
The divineness of the gift, however, precluded such a fear. There is
too much consecration in the hearts of God's children to keep back a
single offering for those for whom Christ died. The great promise of
the Master will prove itself true; "To him that hath shall be given."
Turning to the members of the Executive Committee, the suggestion was
made that the manner in which they should guard this great gift would
be a potent factor in urging greater gifts from the churches. In such
hands was left the burden of showing that only a blessing and not a
curse was possible. Be true to your great trust. His closing words were
in recognition of the blessings sure to rest upon the venerable giver
whose last days ha