Show ROCKEFELLERS El GIFT FT IS ACCEPTED II TEDI Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners Commissioner s For Foreign Missions Not Inclined to t Look the Gift Horse in the Mouth OSTON March 30 OThe The American Ameri n BOSTON B board of commissioners for for foreign foreign eign elga missions announced today that its committee ool had ac accepted a report of the subcommittee recommending the acceptance of the theft gift ft of f by John D Rockefeller but hut that final action on the time matter had been postponed for Cor two weeks we ks The Th report of the e in the lan Ian language guage of a statement issued by h b the time board today to a was received and amid ac accepted a ac accepted c MS us expressing the unanimous Judgment of or the prudential pru ial committee and amid the executive exe officers and was to the effect that the th committee could not accede to the protest of those who objected to the of the gift gIrt The report also stated that the gift gIrt gIrta a offered by Mr 11 Rockefeller and un unanimously accepted d by the prudential committee on Feb lieb 14 11 last It says sas that in accepting tile tiie gift the committee fol followed followed I lowed the Ull universal custom of the I church hun h in iii the past PURt In receiving upon Its altars the gifts of alt all who vIto were 1 ed to lay la them thereon Opinion of the Board B ar J The report that that the thc acceptance of a gift Involves no expression expresIon eJ re on of on the part of the committee as asto as asto a ato to th character of oC the givers and to intercept a gift made to others in hi or order order ordee der dee to express an tin opinion seems seethe unwar unwarrantable ran table The reason for deferring final action is given as follows Inasmuch as a the stants have hl requested delay the th committee c will holc hol filial Ji 1 action in iii abeyance for two tw weeks wt eks Summing up ui the arguments of or the de defendant deft ft protestants te t n s the th report says sa S they practically declare that th t the donor of this th s gift is believed to be identified in lii a conspicuous way with a great evil in this country countr and that therefore the board boord should refus the gift itt in a conspicuous way uy titus thus striking a a blow at the evil We Ye feel says the report on this thiB point that the thc protestants have other ways of making their views known and that the blow should not be struck at nt th tile expense of the people in iii the world Not Yet Settled Rev HeY Mr Evans chairman of o the Uie protesting committee said ald today A meeting of the committee has been called for or tomorrow to discuss the tho U Q re ret report port and to decide upon th the next step This committee has been increased in membership to fifteen in order ordet that ull sections of New England may ma be rep represented represented resented The protestants are growing in iii number throughout the Ule country both inside and without the Congregational church More and more representative men 11 are ar coming over side The matter maller is not settled toy ii 11 any means |