BRO. SMITH:—It appears to us that the servants of God have the light clearer and clearer. It is so plain it seems to us, that no one can gainsay it. We often think what the wise man says: The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The truth is clear for which we thank the Lord, and I hope we shall have a fixed purpose in our hearts to serve the Lord wholly with undivided affections. Glory to his name for what he has done for us!
I am thankful for the good news we hear from his servants and the little flock, that they are encouraged by reason of some coming into the truth, and others being revived. Bless the Lord for this good news. I hope it will be increased greatly. I want to see the little flock rise higher and higher, and come out more separate from the world.
I have thought much of the story of the Ark when it continued in the house of Obededom, and how the Lord blessed him and his household. Even so if the little remnant keep the Ark in their houses and hearts, or the contents of that Ark, and carry them out in their lives, they will be blessed, and the signs will follow them that believe.
I am glad for a weekly paper founded on the truth, present truth, truth that is for the little flock right down here, the saving truth, the sanctifying truth, the blessed truth that is well calculated to separate from the world, and draw a line between those that love God, and those that love him not. Says our Lord, If ye keep my Commandments ye shall abide in my love.
I pray that God will bless and guide by his Spirit all his servants who are engaged in sending out the present truth, and all his servants who are hunting up the scattered flock.
BRO. SMITH:—I have received a few more letters from Christian friends that have been comforting to me of which the following are a few extracts. I think all will be interested to hear often from each other, and letters that freely speak of the joys and trials, each experience, as they travel the narrow way, will often meet the cases of others. They will see that they are not alone in their experience, that others are having similar trials to themselves, and that One hope cheers all the followers of Jesus. The same arm that sustains and gives courage and strength to their fellow-travelers in the self-denying way to heaven sustains them.
E. G. W.
Seeking Holiness and Eternal Life
SISTER PALMER of Jackson Mich. writes:—'The Lord is blessing us abundantly by giving us his Holy Spirit from day to day for which I praise his name. I bless God for what he has done for me, and what he is still doing; I felt greatly blessed while at Battle Creek for which I feel grateful. But I am not satisfied with my present enjoyment; I feel like seeking for glory, honor, immortality, and eternal life. I think this world never looked so poor and worthless to me as at the present time. I want not only to seek, but strive to be adorned with all the christian graces, that I may be accounted worthy to be numbered with God's people, in the great day of the Lord, that is just before us.'
Awakening the Church to Unity
Bro. Chapel, of Palermo, writes:—"I am certain that the church need something to stir them up, for certainly a spirit of lethargy has prevailed, and I think the love of many has waxed cold; but I think the time has come when God's people should be awake and have on the whole armor, and striving to be ready for the day of the Lord which hasteth greatly. I am sure did we as a church realize the importance of the truth, and the time in which we are living, we should be getting ready by doing all in our power for the spread of the truth, and for the salvation of souls.
"The Lord has shown his willingness to work for his people and to gather them together, and we find Satan as ready to separate and divide them. O when will the time come when the church will be one even as Christ and his Father are one. My prayer is that God will help his children to strive for that oneness of heart and feeling that characterize the true children of God. The Apostle says though he gives his goods to feed the poor, or body to be burned, &c., and has not charity, it is nothing, or will avail him nothing. As charity is in substance love, how necessary that we strive for, and cultivate pure love toward God and his people. Jesus says, This is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John xv, 12, 13. Who of us have got that love that we would be willing to sacrifice our lives for the brethren. If we do not possess it we have not the love that Jesus had.
"When I contemplate the great love that Jesus had, to leave the realms of glory with all its splendor and all the glittering hosts of heaven, and come to earth to be buffeted and scoffed at, and finally to be crucified for poor fallen man, I am led to cry out, How far short I come from having that love which Jesus had; but I mean to cultivate that spirit of love that will enable me to love God with all my heart and my neighbor as myself; as that is the love we shall all be obliged to have to fit us for the kingdom of God; for there will be nothing there but pure love. I am glad you are in a measure free, and that your health and Bro. White's is restored. How thankful we ought to be to our heavenly Father for all his goodness to us, unworthy creatures. God is good, and his mercy endureth for ever."
Trials, Trust, and Christian Reformation
Sr. Judd of Smithfield writes:—"I often wish I could live where I could meet with the dear saints here, but I anticipate one day of meeting with them in the New Earth, to go no more out for ever; and then again I fear, I am so unreconciled at times to the severe trials and sore conflicts I have to encounter by the way, that I shall come short of that rest that remains for the people of God.
'Here are afflictions and trials severe;
Here is no rest, is no rest.
Here I must part with the friends I hold dear,
Yet I am blest! I am blest!'
"David says, 'When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up;' and he has promised to be a Father to the fatherless, yea, and blessed be his holy name he has verified his promise in days past even to such as I am. I will trust him for days to come.
'What tho' the billows of life darkly roll,
O do not fear, do not fear.
Friends all forsake thee and cares press thy soul,
Be of good cheer, of good cheer.'
"I want to tell you a little about one of our ministers, whom once I loved to hear preach, but he don't preach as he used to, or I do not hear with the same ears. Staying at the deacons one night, he was talking about the low state of religion, and said he did not mean to give himself any rest, nor give God any rest, nor the people in Peterboro any rest, (where he now lives,) till there was a reformation. Now they had a donation a few weeks since for this same minister, and had their gold and coral rings in their cakes, and made the Free church in which he preaches their gambling saloon. I saw the deacon's wife a few days after and asked her what she thought of such things at this day. 'O!' says she, 'they had a pleasant time.' In a small village not far from here there are three different churches. They have their military balls and their oyster parties, which the minister must attend. Say any thing to them about it, and the reply is, 'O, it's military, it's not wrong.'
"Now to look over the world and see the conduct of the churches, does it not compare somewhat with what the Lord said to Ezekiel, [chap. xii, 27.] 'Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.' God says to Jeremiah, 'Among my people are found wicked men,' &c. I often think when realizing these things what the Lord says, 'Shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord? shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?' 'A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means, and my people love to have it so.' Is not this the case at the present day?
"I love the Review and feel as though I could not live without it. I would willingly do with one meal a day, if by that means I could have anything to pay for it, rather than do without it.
"I have seen most of the Advent publications. Through the benevolence of Bro. Holt I have the first volume of the Youth's Instructor. The Lessons on the Sanctuary enlightened my mind on that subject the most of any thing I ever read. O how good and sweet to me here alone, are all the Advent publications, and the sweet communications from the dear brethren and sisters. O how like cold water to a thirsty soul are they to my heart. How plain the time for commencing the Sabbath.
"Now I will say to you and all the dear brethren and sisters, Go on in the work of the Lord, remembering if ye will live godly in Christ Jesus ye shall suffer persecution, and that it is through much tribulation that any shall enter the kingdom. Remember me at the throne of grace, and when you meet on the Sabbath remember the lone ones, and thank God that you can meet with those of like precious faith, and pray that the Lord would grant me grace and patience, that I may be willing to suffer all his righteous will concerning me, here below."
The Rest That Remains
Bro. Hutchins writes from Barton Landing:—"I think of you often. And the choice interviews which I have heretofore enjoyed with you, live in sweet remembrance in my heart to-day. From our first acquaintance, you have ever manifested a deep and continued interest in my present and future welfare which has greatly affected my heart; and melts me with refreshing tears as I write. I am unworthy of such warm and lively expressions of Christian love and fellowship as are bestowed upon me in your kind and encouraging letters to me. God bless you is my fervent and humble prayer; and bestow upon you every needed grace to stand firmly in the truth, and ultimately to reach mount Zion.
"I find myself at times reflecting upon some of the many trials and conflicts through which you have passed, and are now called to meet. But my firm expectations are that God's strong arm will graciously sustain and preserve you, if you trust in him.
"It is the humble prayer of your unworthy brother, that your faith in God may increase more and more; and that your love for his blessed cause may grow stronger and stronger, and that your peace may ever be as a river, 'until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts.'"
"The 'rest' that remaineth for the people of God, looks inexpressibly sweet to me. For this I sigh, I toil, and mean patiently to endure.
'I'll count no sacrifice too great,
Nor murmur though the way be strait;
If that quiet, unending rest,
I can share with the pure—the blest.'
"The thought of there meeting with all the redeemed of every tongue and nation, and with our guardian angels, and the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Father himself, thrills my very being, which makes my soul cry out, let me be there though I wade through scenes of tears and blood.
"Now is the time to suffer for Christ; for our sufferings are all here. Our joy lies beyond this vale of tears. And what a soul-cheering thought that we have a Father's protecting care as we pass along; 'Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters; who maketh the clouds his chariot; who walketh upon the wings of the wind; who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.' And who has graciously promised, when the 'heavens and the earth shall shake,' to be the 'hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.'
"I am striving earnestly for the Faith of Jesus. I do mean to know more of, and possess a greater degree of that spirit which Jesus had, that led him in scenes of mockery and trial to revile not, neither threaten. My health is usually good, and my spirits high and buoyant. Praise God for ever and ever. Amen."
E. G. W
By Ellen G. White
Sr. Bates of Fairhaven, Mass., writes to sister Belden:—"I will address a few lines to you to acknowledge the receipt of $8, from the sisters at Battle Creek, for which favor you all have my warmest thanks. May our beneficent Master who has promised a reward for a cup of cold water given in his name, reward you an hundred fold in this world, and in that which is to come life everlasting. It is very grateful to my feelings to know that I have the sympathy of the dear saints of God. I often feel that I am blessed in answer to their prayers.
"The brethren have my thanks for the interest they have taken for my dear husband, that they have helped him 'after a godly sort,' and above all I thank my kind heavenly Father that he has disposed your hearts to sacrifice for his cause. To such there is a precious promise in his Word."
[BRETHREN and Sisters, let us remember the servants of God that devote themselves to his cause, and faithfully labor for the salvation of souls. Let us not forget that they sacrifice their pleasant homes, the society of their families, and travel in the heat and cold for weeks and months together. They often feel weary and sad, and perhaps when you least realize it, are troubled about their families at home. Often they have not means to send to the relief or support of their families. The servants of God need your support and comfort. Be awake. Feel and see their wants. Look closely, and see if they are comfortably clothed. Don't wait for them to express their wants. This perhaps they will not do. It is your duty to inquire into their wants. Don't neglect your duty, and think others will attend to this. Lay aside your selfish and sensitive feelings, and enter right into their wants.
Sisters, we can do something in this matter. We can deny ourselves of articles we do not actually need—wrought collars, undersleeves, "stomachers," &c., which are expressly forbidden in God's Word. Isa. iv.
Lay by yourselves in store what is spent to gratify pride, and it will make quite a sum towards defraying the expenses of the families of the messengers. They are continually making a sacrifice. They are deprived of the society of their companions, and they should have our warm sympathy, and our fervent prayers.
Our dear Bro. and Sr. Bates deserve our prayers, sympathy and support. We will remember them in their self-denial and sacrifice, and see that their wants are well supplied.]
E. G. W
Speak the Truth in Love.
SAID NETTLETON—"We may talk about the best means of doing good; but, after all, the greatest difficulty lies in doing it with a proper spirit. Speaking the truth in love—in meekness, instructing those that oppose themselves—with the meekness and gentleness of Christ. I have known anxious sinners drop the subject of religion in consequence of a preacher addressing them in an angry tone."
Said Payson—"I never was fit to say a word to a sinner, except when I had a broken heart myself; when I was subdued and melted into penitence, and felt as though I had just received pardon of my own soul, and when my heart was full of tenderness and pity."
Said Brainerd—in speaking of the Spirit of God—"When ministers feel these special gracious influences on their hearts, it wonderfully assists them to come at the consciences of men, and as it were to handle them with hands; whereas, without them, whatever reason and oratory we make use of are stumps instead of hands."
Inquires—1st. Must we not infer from the foregoing, that the great secret of the success of these men—as laborers for God—was their deep-toned piety?
2nd. Must we not believe that the same deep-toned piety continues to be the secret of all success in spiritual things at the present day?
3rd. Ought not, then, this type of piety to be regarded as the first and highest of all qualifications in the ministers of the gospel or other spiritual teachers?
The Church at Battle Creek.
By Editor
TO THE CHURCHES AND BRETHREN SCATTERED ABROAD.
DEAR BRETHREN:—You are not wholly ignorant of the burdens which Bro. James White has borne, while the responsibilities of the Review Office have rested chiefly on him; also of the efforts which he has made to be freed from them, and have the Review established upon a proper basis. We rejoice that, as far as the Review is concerned, the object is gained. The Review, Press, Type, &c., are now the property of the Church. The Publishing Committee, who are responsible in the publication of the Review, receive nothing for their services. And those who labor in connection with the Review, receive moderate wages.
And here let it be understood, that it was not the Church that removed Bro. W. from his former position; but he refusing to longer occupy the position, and proposing the plan on which the Review is now established, the Church took the matter in hand, and have released Bro. W. of burdens and cares which he never should have borne, and have established the Press on a basis that will not fail to meet the feelings of all the friends of truth.
But the object for which Bro. W. has labored, and still labors, is not fully accomplished, and will not be, till the Book concern be united with the Review, as the property of the Church, to be managed on the same principle the Review is now conducted, so that no individual shall have any personal interest in the publishing department.
We offer the following reasons why Bro. W. should be released from his present responsibilities and embarrassments, in regard to the Books, and why they should be owned by the Church.
1. He has not the necessary capital to publish, and to re-publish, those Tracts and Books which the cause as it advances, demands. Hitherto he has carried forward the publication of Books with a borrowed and hired capital, which has increased his embarrassments and cares. This he refuses to do any longer, regarding it as not his duty.
2. We think the Church should raise a Fund sufficient to take the Books and Tracts now on hand, off from Bro. W's hands, which would enable him to pay those debts which he contracted in publishing them. This would also enable him to purchase a horse and carriage, which he needs: he having sold his to pay debts, which was given to him by certain Eastern Brethren.
3. We think the Church, (and not any individual, or number of individuals,) should hold, and manage, all property connected with the Publishing department, conducted by suitable persons, chosen by the Church. As this department will have to be sustained in part by donations from its friends scattered abroad, it seems highly necessary that it should be established on such a basis, that the unreasonable fault-finder may be silenced, and that those who wish to advance the cause of truth with their substance, may send their means to the Review Office with confidence that it will be judiciously used to advance the glorious cause of present truth; and that those who might have fears as to the proper use of their means, were the department in the hands of one individual, or more, may be free from such fears. Bro. W. suggests this proposition, and gives as his reason, that the cause be not hindered or reproached. We think the Church should have a fund of at least twelve hundred dollars, to be invested in Books and Tracts, the proceeds of which, when sold, to be used in publishing and re-publishing such works as the cause may demand. There is now at the Office in Tracts, belonging to the Church, about two hundred dollars. To this we hope one thousand dollars will soon be added.
We appoint a Committee of three of our number, Brn. Wm. M. Smith, S. T. Belden and Uriah Smith, to take the oversight of this matter for the present, until a General Meeting shall be held, to which we shall submit the matter for the choice of Officers who may best serve the Church at large.
We send out a few hundred Circulars to different Churches and Brethren in order to obtain pledges, and wish those who may receive them to present the same to the friends of the cause of present truth, and return them to the Review Office. After they shall have obtained their pledges, those friends of the cause who may not receive the Circular, who wish to aid in this cause, will please give information at the Review Office, of the amount they wish to give, and when they can furnish it. It is desirable that all the pledges may be received by the 20th of March.
In Behalf of the Church in Delhi
By F. F. Lamoreaux
From Bro. Lamoreaux.
In behalf of the Church in Delhi, Mich.
Bro. Smith:—In behalf of the Church of Delhi I wish to say to the scattered flock, that we are firm in the faith of the present truth, and believe the coming of the Lord is near. We are cheered when we read the letters in the Review, and find that the Message is rising and the interest increasing. We think the evidence is clear that our great High Priest has entered the Most Holy Place, to cleanse the Sanctuary; and if we are faithful we expect soon to see him, and share with the ransomed in glory.
Our prayer is that you may be blessed in spreading the light of the present truth, to comfort the scattered ones, and warn the careless and unbelieving of the hour of temptation which is coming upon all the world.
We are united in supporting the Review in the position it now occupies, and hope it will continue to come to us weekly. We think we have no reason to be discouraged, though the Enemy comes with all manner of deception to draw us from the present truth; but God is our defense, and he has promised that he will never leave nor forsake us, and his promise is sure, for all his words are truth. He has been a Supporter and Friend, and we will trust his promise to keep us in all the way.
Yours waiting for the Saviour.
F. F. Lamoreaux.
Delhi, Mich., Feb. 10th, 1856.
Note,—We welcome the above into our columns as an expression of the Church in Delhi. They have of late been somewhat divided and unsettled on account of the introduction into their midst of Age to Come views; but we are happy to say that through the faithful labors of Bro. Waggoner, in that place, they are now settled and united in the truth, with the exception of Eld. Curry, who is not in unison with the body. We deem it our duty here to say, that while he occupies his present position and unscriptural views of the future Age, lately christened as the Gospel of the Kingdom, disunion and confusion will naturally follow his steps among the scattered flock.
The Church in Locke, Mich., have also been in a similar position from the same cause; but we are glad to learn from Bro. Waggoner, that they also are recovering from its dire effects.—Ed.
Religion and Business.
An individual, upon being reproached for some dishonorable transaction in business, as inconsistent with religion, replied, "What has religion to do with business?" The answer demonstrated either his ignorance, or wickedness, or both. But, if we may judge from their conduct, this is the sentiment of many professors, although, perhaps, they would not avow it. Are they not acting as if religion had nothing to do either with business, with temper, or with our domestic and social relations?—as if it were a matter of opinion, devotion, or ceremony—a thing of the cloister, or closet, or sanctuary, which is to be confined to its retreats, and never to be allowed to approach the scenes of worldly business and secular pursuits—a rule to direct us how we are to conduct ourselves in the house of God, and to regulate our worship; and which, having done this, has accomplished its object?
Is not this, I say, the view which, if we may judge by their behavior, many take of religion? But can there be anything more inaccurate? Religion is a permanent, all-prevading, unchanging principle, possessing a kind of universality of nature. It must go with us, not only into the sanctuary of God, or into the closet of private devotion, but into all places; it must regulate our conduct not only toward the church, but to the world; it must operate upon us, and influence us, not only on Sabbath, sacramental, and fast days, but at all times; and must dictate, not only how we pray and read the Bible, and keep holy the Lord's day, but how we buy and sell, and get gain. Religion has no exclusive time, or place, or sphere of its own, but is matter of all times, places and scenes.
My friend, religion has to do with business, whether you admit it or not, and if your religion does not go with you to your business or daily labor, you may conclude that it is not a proper kind of religion. Your religion may have nothing to do with business, but be assured God's religion has, and it is only that religion that sees you do justly now, that will see you presented before the throne of God at last, "without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing."
The Apostle Paul's Salary.
"Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness: besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches."
[Letter to the Church in Corinth]
THE SABBATH IN PARIS.
A work has recently been published in France on Sunday observance in that country, and particularly in Paris, from which it appears that in all buildings undertaken at the expense of the government, working has been stopped long ago on that day; and the number of stores closed has considerably increased in all the departments.
Civil War.
By Editor
THE CRISIS FOR KANSAS
We cannot state the case more fully or impressively than to give the following extract from a Washington letter in the New York Courier and Enquirer:
"To me it appears evident that the people of the Northern States are not aware of the real condition of things in Kansas. I believe that without large supplies of men, money, ammunition and fire-arms, a massacre will take place there in the Spring. The message will greatly aggravate the aggressive and violent spirit of the Missouri borderers. If we neglect until the Spring opens the great duty of re-inforcing our people, the opportunity for defense will have been lost. I think I know something of the character of the men with whom they will have to deal. Two years ago I showed that they would do precisely what they have done, and I now state my conviction that a civil war is about to be commenced in Kansas, of which the object, on the part of the aggressors, will be the utter extermination of the Free-State settlers in the Territory, or their expulsion from its soil. Atchinson and Stringfellow openly declare themselves prepared for the greatest excesses, and every circumstance of this deplorable controversy furnishes a proof that they will have the means of executing their plans unless timely provision be made for meeting and defeating their attacks."
On the 5th of April a regiment of volunteers from Alabama will leave Montgomery for Kansas under the command of Major Buford. The regiment will be composed of 400 men, divided into companies of 50 each, commanded and drilled by officers chosen by themselves.
SPIRITUALISM
A correspondent of the Cambridge (Mass.) Chronicle, writing upon this subject, says, "One or two of the Harvard professors, as well as a large number of the most respectable citizens of Cambridge have become deeply interested in this remarkable phenomenon, and have listened with amazement to scientific and theological discourses, purporting to be inspired by Franklin, Watts, and other illustrious minds." One of the professors here alluded to is probably Henry W. Longfellow. It is also stated that Rev. Mr. Mountford, Rev. Dr. Parker, Judge Philips, Peter Harvy, Esq., Alvin Adams, Esq., and other well-known citizens, are investigating the subject.
APPOINTMENTS.
By John Norton Loughborough
Providence permitting, I will meet with the Brethren as follows:
At the house of Bro. David Demarest, in Parma, 4th day evening, March 12th. Clarkson, eve of March 13th. Barre, Sabbath, March 15th. I will commence meetings on First-day, March 16th, where Bro. Pond may appoint. I will meet with the Brn. in Olcott, Sabbath, March 22d, and will commence meetings in some new place, First-day, March 23d, where Bro. Lindsay may appoint.
J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
Business.
By Editor
E. O. Meacham:—The Instructor is sent to S. M.
J. Dorcas:—We have sent the Books you ordered. The Instructor is free to G. W. H., and all poor, active preachers.
R. G. Palmer:—We find $1 credited in No 1, to R. Palmer. That is probably yours. If so, all right.
E. A. Parmenter:—We sent your Books the 18th.
T. Draper:—An oversight. We place of your present remittance $1 on the paper, which pays to Vol. ix; the other to move Office, &c.
L. Ashley:—We learn by inquiry that your letter was never received at the Rochester P. O. We will send you Vol. vii.
H. W. Lawrence:—Sr. Richard is on the poor list. Her paper is sent regularly.
Receipts.
By Editor
J Rew, H Ricker, (should have been receipted in No 5,) J Pemberton, A Town, Jos. Catlin, T Draper, J Harroun, I McCausland, A Thayer, J Carman, D Verplank, O Frizzle, J Hamilton, Wm A Coleman, L B Caswell, G W Nelson, (for J Bunker,) L Greaves, C Farr, H Nichols, H Town, D T Evans, each $1.
A L Burwell, N Mead, B S Brooks, D Waterbury, E Wilcox, each $2. G Hossey, H Main, each $3. E Parmenter, $2,36. L O Stowell, $1,50. E Wilcox, J Watts, A Westcott, L R Chapel, each $0,50. J Claxton, $0,25.
To SEND REVIEW TO THE POOR,--J Stryker, $1. S M Inman, G Lowree, C R Austin, each $2.
To PAY ARREARS ON VOL. VI.--J Rew, J Stryker, A Thayer, each $1. Mrs. M A Eaton, 0,25.
FOR TENT IN N. Y.--C Lawton, . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.
To move Office and pay for Printing Materials.
Amount to be raised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $603,64
Previous Donations, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261,88
S. M. Inman, $3,00 | R. Lockwood, $3,00
W. Hyde, 2,24 | M. Tyler, 1,00
T. Draper, 1,00 | Wm. Lawton, 1,00
A. E. Grilley, 2,00 | C. Farnsworth, 0,50
E. Wilcox, 1,00 | C. Lawton, 0,50
Remaining to be raised by the Church, . . . . . . . . . . . . . $324,62