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Show LIVES INSURED FOn CHURCH. H New 1'Un for Halting Itll(lnia fund. BBV Adouti-d In riillailrlptila. BBV The Intrepid Insurance agent has In- J vaded tho aacred precincts ot 8t Mark's BAb Protestant Episcopal Church. The M commercial complexion of tho nowest 'VAh plan for raising church funds has H aroused considerable Interest In tho M most fashlonabto parish In Phlladol- M phla. To prururn money far church HAl work, Dr Mortimer, the rector. In con- H Junction wltli several members of the BBl congregation, bus bten considering a M scheme ot Insuring the lives ot a num. H bcr of wealthy communicants for tbo BB benefit of the church. Tho plan orlgl- 1 natsd In tho resourceful Intellect ot a IsB society woman who ekes out her pin Wm money by "writing policies" among Wm the residents of Philadelphia's Fau- Sgr bourg Bt Germain. It was proposed rajj to tho heads of St. Mark's that mmo jgfifl ot Ibe wealthy supporters or tho church Ws should Insure their lives on tbo en- KjjK dowmont plan, and that the church 3tL should bo (ho beneficiary named In (ho MB policy. This would glvo a prospective JJTJ? fund ot good proportions und would vMr, bo splendid collateral for borrowing lADt purposes. Tho members ot the church HJvfl taking out tho lnnince would, ot Hm course, pay the niWcl premiums. As (EK the policies matured tho proceeds UUC would bo paid over to (ho church. Kg This plan Is not entirely new, but this i W Is probably the first tlmo that It has D been proposed to a church ot tbo char- vEa acter and standing St. Mark's. Philadelphia Bulletin. jQ |
