Show First Methodist I The services at the First Methodist church yesterday morning was devoted to the harvest of the great silver quarter collection This novel scheme for raising money to pay the church debt proved a great success as more than 400 was collected A goodly percentage per-centage of this amount came from other states The plan a previously explained in The Herald was to send out a card with a receptable that would just hold a silver quarter On the outside out-side of the card was printed an appeal ap-peal as novel a the scheme itself Owing to the peculiarity of the whole arrangement many responded who probably pro-bably never contributed a quarter for the cause before Members of the congregation con-gregation sent out these cards with envelopes addressed and stamped ready for return and the harvest was abundant abund-ant antThe The evening discourse wias announced as a study of human nature I consisted con-sisted chiefly in a review of the responses re-sponses made by the donors many of which were very interesting Money was received from nearly every state in the union and the plan reflects credit upon the Inventor Dr Beans and brings happiness to the hearts of pastor and congregation alike |