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Show B ' HIS ONE GOOD REASON. B Why Minister Thought Loan to BBB Church a Good One. B Mayor Seaman of I'ertli Amboy, BBBJ I who Is treasurer of a local savings H bank, tclla a story about Itcv. James B U Lain aster, rector of St. l'ctcr's H Episcopal church there. The parson, BBBj who used to bo a Presbyterian preach. BBBJ or, Is by no means "slothful In busi- B ncss" while serving the Lord, nnd for BBBj that reason among others Is vice pres- B idem of tho hank and a member of tho BBBj loaning committee. B An application was leceived re''nt- B ly from trustees of the First Fby- B teilan church for nn additional loan BBBj on bond nnd mortgngo to bo used In B I completing their now edifice. Tho BBBj reverend gcntlemnn was asked. In BBBj committee, what ho thought of It. BBBj I "Well," said ho, "the financial risk H ' Is good, for tho property Is worth B ; thrco times tho amount of the loan. BBBj Tho moral risk Is nil right, for they BBBj nro good people. Then again, they BBBb nro prcdestlnnrWiiB. Hut I do not B lay to much stress on tho fact that H I they nro predestinated to pay this BjBBj debt us I do on their belief that they BBBb are predestinated to go to hell If they H I' don't." Now York Times. |