The bills are not all presented, but some of the larger ones which have been settled by notes will be due in a short time; while the largest one, the lumber bill, has six months to run yet, so that I am bound to settle up and pay the entire balance of expenditure on this house, as agent of the Church, within the coming six months.

And whatever amount of money I advance over and above the subscriptions and collections must, of course, remain as a debt due me by the Church, and be on interest until paid.
The last question, how is the money obtained to pay for the building?
has been partly answered; but a full explanation of it will depend on what the friends of the object will now contribute toward paying for it.
I will subscribe one dollar for every ten dollars that may be subscribed and paid on account of the Church debt within the year 1855.

In other words, I will add ten per cent to any amount which may be contributed.

I may remark, that in engaging in this project, I had not a dollar which I wished to put out at interest.

I want much more than my capital in my mercantile business.