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Show FOR CHURCH PURPOSES. John D. Rockefeller Making Magnificent Bequests for Various Sect. New York, May 23. It is said that the action of John I). Rockafeller in placiug $50,000 at the disposal of the Tabernacle Baptist church of this city is to be followed by the extension of similar aid to other churches in this und other cities. Under the arrangement agreed upon, ihfe Tabernacle Taber-nacle church is to use the interest on the sum in question as its trustees nay sec lit, subject to the advice of the donor. This arrangement is to last for ten years, and, at the expiration of this period, Mr. Rockafeller, Rocka-feller, if he is alive, or his family, in case of his death, may, if they are so disposed, continue to apply it to the same work, or, if not needed, it may be used elsewhere. At the end of twenty years the fund is to go to the care of the Ffih Avenue Baptist church of this city, which will also have the privilege of using it for two decades. |