BEQUESTS.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4510, 19 June 1883, Page 2

BEQUESTS.

(To the Editor of tB« Evening Star.)

Sir,—lf th<» benevolent gentleman referred to by Mr Fitiu in Auckland the other day, as one who intended to leave his wealth to AoekUttd «h»rit|ble institu* (ions, would includ»^)p*ewo«t churefcee —loaded with deDtpHftmnsd, perhaps, for building, which they? Mn hardly hope to pay—in his bequetteJbit gimpry woulibe endeared to more^a^e«bag«agatil||iu every denominating them ar<- no doubt many e^b|treJMiM»«rcug||Kne i o get rid of the legacy oWebt left bound them by their prederieto'lFs, and for which perhaps no one is responsible. Once free* (,hey would endeavor trf keep within their means. In parts of this colony—notablj the gold fields—the population which, to. r diy is 10,000, may next yeßr be only 5. '00; and thus, if tbe utmost care is not i aken. debts are incurred which tha reduced income of the church will; *qt met. I hear some cavillers say yes;! bwfc •vhat guarantee would the benefactor have that the church *for l ■ fikvtphm wonld be any better , off if the debts were ooeo paid. They' would only .got iulo debt again, go they might; bntj it' the liabilities; fujr. building were di#C charged th*re' might; to be no difHeultyift reducing expenses m. ,-•«,• to keep within the income of any cHurcfi.' I recommend this idea to the consideration of Mf Firth's friend.—t air., «Sc.,