"With fraternal love and good-will,
"Very respectfully
"MOSES HUNT.
"By order of trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, Grantbury."
A motion to accept this friendly offer was at once passed, and then Mr. Asbury rose again and said,—
"I have a proposition to make; but, first, I ask you to listen to a few facts. I have made a careful investigation into the state of our church building, the walls of which are still standing. It is fifty-eight years old; the beams are rotten. It ought to be a source of gratitude that we have escaped a greater calamity by reason of the falling in of the walls, from the cellar being unventilated. It cannot be repaired. This is the opinion of the best experts I have been able to obtain. I propose, then, that we sell it as it stands, to some gentlemen who offer five thousand dollars for the site. They intend, if they obtain it, to put up a large hotel."
"It's a good offer."