Show ROCKEFELLERS GIFT ACCEPTED In ih I Fact Half Hal of It I Had Been een Spent Weeks Ago Ag COMMITTEES STATEMENT COULD NOT SIT IN JUDGMENT UPON JOHN D DB BOSTON B OSTON Mass April 12 A state statement statement ment meat was made public today toda by bythe bythe bythe the prudential l committee of the American board of for foreign missions which yesterday voted to accept 1000 offered to the board by b John D Rockefeller Two weeks ago time the be prudential committee adapted the report of a subcommittee recommending recommending mending the acceptance of the money but in view yie of the strong protest made by the Congregational clergy final ac action acton action tion ton was deferred until yesterday when a supplementary report was made by bythe bythe bythe the subcommittee This report to together gether bethel with that of two two weeks ago was adopted The he supplementary report which was made public today tolay takes take up UI the tho the objections of the thc protestants and asserts that t ut they the are atc not sufficient to prevent the board from accepting the money One Point Raised One Omit of the U e principal points raised in iii inthe inthe the time report Is the te claim of the commit committee tee that the American board cannot now legally le l return Mr Rockefellers money mone because the decisions of the highest hl court are to the effect Affect that trustees who have once accepted a gift and assumed certain obligations have ha e eno no power to t return the gift and to ab absolve absolve absolve solve themselves them from those obligations The rhe committee holds that by b returning the gift If as suggested by the protesting clergyman n the American board will wi be made responsible r not only to those for whoso who benefit the gift gif was designed but also to the present officers sue suc successors SU This statement refers to the fact that the board already has used of Mr Ir Rockefellers gift which has been actually accepted on Feb 14 H The Phie Tie committee holds that the action proposed by b the protestants namely the return of the gift gif would have hae been bEen wrong for it would have expressed disapprobation and condemnation of or a aman aman man when he was doing an act of be benevolence benevolence The rhe committee says Contrary to Christian Spirit This have been to confuse the issue And to act contrary to the Chris Christian tian Hal spirit To prevent any an man from front fond I o ti n T iw iss in n wV isOl t n him for Cor evil eU it is as s wrong to condemn him when he is doing a good deed as to commend him when hon he is doing a bad deed leed The committee also contends that the board is not organized or e to decide ques questions questions tons of temperance t m lance economy of social socialism socialism ism It I IB is 1 held that the return of pi the tho I money mone would woul be the passing of ot judg judgment judS I ment upon the th Character of the donol gad and nd the business busine methods he Is alleged I Ito to have used and that this would he be a wrong to the time church of which he Is u a member The committee adds Any n accusation against ginst him could not in Christian court courtesy sy be ted upon uon unless he had first t rt been tried by the church which h endorsed him as Ul a u mem member member ber her in good and regular standing |