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Show FINE GHURGH RECORD H 1 Rev. William H. Fish and H' His Good Work. H WHAT ONE YEAR HAS YIELDED , Church Built and Paid fsr, and H: Bebts Wiped Out. People of the First Unitarian Church H; I . Will Hold a Dedicatory . HL Jubilee. At.ihe close of his sdrmon at' the First H: I Unitarian church yesterday morning, H; ' liev. William JI. Fish, Jr., made a state- mont of the financial condition of the fl rchurch which was a source, of gratl- 1 ligation to cverj' member of the .society, H; every one interested In the Unitarian Hp ' jnovement In this city. For several Jycnrs past the society lias had up-hill )ork in this community, so far as the financial part of the church was con-. con-. ,j Terncd, and has been burdened from f 'j ji'ear to yciir not only with the regular Bh ;ebts of the churchi "but with the ap- H jamais from old creditors for the pay- . .K'tiL of money Ion? due. . During the past week the last of . yhese debts has been wiped out. Many j f the creditors were generous with the H Society and were wijling to accept 50 l! Ifyer cent of the amount due, while others ij were paid in full. In addition to the i i, payment of these old debts, the society ',1 alias within the past year raised funds ,' j With which to build its new church, 1 . Costing about S1G.000, Rev. Mr. Fish HHH 1 1 tatlng yesterday morning' that all but ;'j '00 of the amount had been raised. Of j ' ' tills about half has been subscribed, and 1 ft Is the hope of the pastor and others I Interested in the congregation that this mount will be raised by one week from ! .tonight, when the annual meeting and larish supper will be held. 1 a Not until all the debts hanging over the church have been fully -wiped out ,jv1'1 tlu-: 11 eU" nail be dedicated. If, as I .Is expected, the full amount shall he bj.aised during the coming week, the ded- 1 C 'J-atlon service will probably be held ; 3 he last Sunday in January or the first Sunday in February. Rev. David Ut-, Ut-, , ter pastor of the First Unitarian church u .of Denver, and for a number of years I of he pastor here, is to be Invited to take j?pnrL in the dedicatory service, j ! Rev. William H. Fish, Jr.. whose ef- j; forts In the upbuilding of the Unltar- i 'ian church In this city have been Trowned with such success, came here r just about a year ago, succeeding the" I ' 'Rev. Philip S. Thacher, whose health required his removal to a balmier cli-H cli-H 'l 'niate. -The new pastor has Influential j friends, in all parts- of- the country, but . particularly In Massachusetts and other )! -New England States, where he lived the. I greater- j)art of his life. Last summer he , wi&nt to Boston and succeeded In raising t) a large part of the amount needed for J the erection of the church here and ' ?Z?aused so much Interest among hln i ' 1 ' friends that subscriptions have been jcomlng In varying amounts over since. jRev. Mr. Fish was yesterday the recipient of many congratulations from the members of the church because of ,'he -work he has done since- coming |