Ex. xxv. 2: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering; of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. Ex. xxxv. 5: Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold and silver and brass. Ex. xxxv. 29: The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. Ex. xxxvi. 5, 6, 7: And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
At the last monthly meeting of the Association of students of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College held in Boston, the subject of a Memorial Church was presented for consideration. Without a dissenting voice, it was concluded that the early erection of a church edifice is not only desirable and possible, but that the spirit of Love now becoming more and more manifest will bear fruit after its kind, and that as the result a Memorial of Love will—must—be erected. No intimation that a topic of this nature would be presented for discussion had been given, and, as a consequence, only an average attendance was present; yet within a few moments, with no vestige of begging or pleading, $2,600, payable within the year or as needed, were pledged by less than one dozen Scientists. This was an admirable outcome of a few minutes' well-directed thought, though but a small part of the sum the people of the Boston Church alone stand ready to pledge toward this enterprise lying so near the hearts of us all.
Why not build this church the coming year? Why not make it strictly a Memorial Church, representing the voluntary offerings of Scientists from ocean to ocean, from Lake to Gulf? What people have greater cause for thanksgiving? And where so fitting a site for the erection of such a building, as in the heart of the very city where the Founder and Teacher of this Science has had the hardest battles to wage against error; where at its early inception she stood alone, sole advocate and defender of the Cause that is to bless infinitely the universal family?
