, 1879-06-27
FIRST PRESBYTERIAy.
Celebration Of lis Forty.sixth Birth.
~
day Last Evening.
!naracteristic Letters from Two
Of Its Former Pastors.
ta firut Shepherd Hopes to Celebrate tho
Hemi. Centennial

HUul1-S6AsUAu404u
Tic forty.s'xth anniversary OF the First Pref
bytcrta1l Church Of this city, stinted at tho cor
npr OF Twcnty.flrat street md 1nlfana avctl,1c,
was celebrated at The Church Inst evening, under
The direction OF the pasor, tile Rev. Arthur
MITCHELL assstod by tho ladies' Of tic conRrega-
tuu. The orcaston consisted OF social re-
union, tllu reading Of 'cttcrs from former uet,-
bcrs, and the narration OF "reminiscences by
those who were abts to attend. Thera were q
largo number present, n,anY coming from dis
liant suburbs 10 To there. The church was
t,.,cfully decorated with flowers and plonts.
Tho kcr. John DlatcllforI was tue frat rcgu-
larty.tustalled pastor OF the First Church,
which event occurred In July, 1887, though
tle nucleus OF tnc church was formed three
Fcars prior to tl,at time. In 1889 slr. Dlatch-
lord vas dismissed at his own request, And In
1870 tho Rcv. Flavef Dnscom succcedel him, and
.e,nalncd Us pastor for moro than nine years.
Following Mr.. Bascotn, the Rev. Harvey Cursis
xas Installed Oct. 10, 1850, II afterwards be-
cano the Treadont OF Knox College. Dr.. z.
N. Humphrey was the next pastor, who re-
mined In charge for nine years. The fsov.
Arthur Mitchell, tho present pnstor, succeeded
him In 1868. 8Iuce the day wlen tho first mcet-
iug was held nearly 5000 have been
sssTsa Mr. r,o iii sspssa ons of
aurient Elders Of the church. un1 tile Rev. Mr.
basrom, 1ma paetof tnrt yeass sa,,a, aGo; Hs wsse
fcsent: lug iater pp1nso tuo e'ea'tse oAu, ~,
tnvnts to the company, xlvinE them sample OF
the ministry enjoyed by the people then.
Bfe'ller Dascon' satd he frat received !, 2
eommssloh rom 10 p!eaeni, ~ sasar5 VI
people Win wanted hin. Mr.. Carpenter was
he first man he got acaualntea WI Win; ho
Meae.eu y! uI fao''t enu H. i,,,t n' y;
uti!honeu ~ ~ ..,a h. ~ " 1 III ~, ~ .,i,. ~
ahc' "1rh has WIS .vero mi yoy ch;rhas IL
ane. hncie Weas "ae .tns,,c, ~" sanrtv, 1ho y
entiate. bnt 10 eesame ~, - ptSsaytersa;: 2 ,; M Tas
ncs.aoh OF stnseIS .s soo.ik .iaik ~ y p.oS mt.n
cSianisin. lie rcco!lccted having objected to
lle ,ucatlon Of the First Presbyterian Church on
liot II little nortl, Of the present stu Of the
eF @ I,onsf hat wv occta a 1 dousa a
@ a1n' @ .u n, ~ I,,, as 1rav NJ" annier u ,ev
!ut tie raIno ot being
AN ABOLITION CHURCH..
Ia WAR mt sorry for tint now. md he did mt
,itro H. Standardization @ rocrottna t. RI" rnya
saess , ne ~ a. LILLY, ~. nn fats ~.
ssaoIt ns!uty ~ u, LIZ vnntsa ~ 9nmuHs aio u's
bss ~ s s,ustrv in
chicago thirty-ntne years ago, md who was for
short time virtually pastor Of tue First
III. n.
"n,nnr % ~ 1air .i,rn, sI,.. nhxrncc ~ H. Hns,
nm, ho e,nntcl ria mint nn,l tint enrricc hod
~ =, hta 1 . ''i. a IT,
.eeusSu ~ NO NO 'utatsr nc'e psi.i.aene2' ao
csIileu 10 the 1lienalE selatiohe "hscn haV ex-
stcd batwcen the First Church and tho
!ccond Church OF which he wns tic pastor. He
unprutuiutcE the gluycl, on the ob|s succcs-
Ion Of unstors with whom they had uccn
)eesed, ard he had alwaYs re,otcrd ip tirIr
sMpafat aMa snM.tAaa ~. WeHats, WINCH Ms oe, e.
' uass "ou1" 40 -o A"s"'s ~ ~ "ao ~
Ttc i.cy. Mr.. Mitchell then read two lettcrs,
be first from thu Rev. DR.. Humphrey, now oi
he Low Seminary, Cinctnuattl, md tie acconu
United Bfa,es Army, now ia tic Territories.
I'Sr s.a'x,nx 5,,..o,,v,. M 1nea o. "s-o
rotS snG reaaa Sx f. as :
resretM M ssccsdingy tat creumstAnces oo!iae me to
as s
z" naa obtained Ten tas
hr. p pm hq @ ss W. M
,n1a "ss;%,,i.. M Ut m y, ~ rnsrt. ,nnn" ~"
H., 70 isr w. y n,;s W. ,shnx Sn
@ av u o sussos nt ~ nas o..
qpe1 IND M 1 s Ms1t
xo% MAien ~ os1MaaSe' t psfsoMs, or otaef. pay ne
cTnei Think ~ H. p nramn,s ~ t,n H., nn,.
susrenced " tboso born ON tic So,h Of rebruary
an: " IS h.,wpssF' not 10 &c aenrtysa o. tas pleas
Q. ssnonx soM my H. aMSctgna1 IT, Mrst Saeet!nx
'tashnsat for i ' aid il @smSst. sss. during y
aa 'ts " t' vivid ~ pssspcs so 70 vs
sasa en- lssSr sst u y ao ahe,e a ="
aay inaesa Of II ny Cd pa9sioos. III nre seal
e,sd. Iho session Which sto1d 10 conlpacll,
s"naS me- GOES g. not surround tho present pastot.
TN ID 'sts sss 'a. 'pss
az 49, q Doara o. Elders on whom hc can rely