, 1881-05-07
RELIGIOUS.
Acceptance Of Or. Lorimer's Resig.
nation Of His Passionate.
lie Will Become tile Lender OF the New
Michigan Avenue Church.
Important Conference Relative to the Con-
gregational Seminary.

first reporting OH tho satnc. Beforr The busl.5 1
ness meeting was held, however, t1lure ,sas
the usual Friday night praycr-meet!nr
service, which tuok up the time until
nbout o o'clock. At the commence
Insult Of the religious services pr. iu1ilncr
brake ut plico lnto tie subject s,ppnrmost in
restYtiatton was to lN reported upnli. Why
this Resignation had beel offered he Ind a.
reaiy st'ltet+-.breansel lte desjred to hayn the
Daptlsts rotn!n every Inch OF property they
him, and l.ts, people were a. fanlilar wttl,
his views In Tho premises as they would he
Ii 10 should talk.. to them an ilour
Oil the subject, lie hnI tried very
men III the First Church 1ii1 iii lie 5tEchlEan
Avenue Church to sett1c upUti sumo pAstor
whom they Thought could successfully rcor-
gaMtzu tle latter b!Hiy. u,ld secure the re.
hit It vas finally declded that successful
reorganization could n0t bu brought about
will. n atrul1Ke pastor: One OF thu most
popular baptist iiy!nes in the country Ind
dertakfng tic tusk, although with tie First
baptist CHURCH ns liis stlppnrt. II 1leede1
minister. familiar with tho ien. The speaker
t!nty ordained tlat lie Should; l,e lad been
ii fact Dy tic First Church, because
the First Church was continually expressing
,lrarsr s' the !" sts sers II ths sy si Iii Tie IT,
former pastor of the First Cfurel, hnd re-
yised that tile speaker asst!Me the leadership
q %oa t s Ss si afa ene Il s woa sfsess % x9eat ss
ile was and revcl in tic. luxury
Of Church whose success was already es-
tabltslleu, but duty called hlm elsewhere.
A l. tho Rf,i1tttlfnlt ftf f1tnxa hftf f{suhnfk2
Dr.. Lor,mcr. after calling afr. q. F. Marsh to
tha ollnir, retired to Ills study.
Mr. Matsl, calletl for TIE b p 5sport Of the Pen
fS Ssoro a reg M ass s f. Fspcy yef a !ssSae seR e.
cnslon to remark that hc folt exeeetl-
iDgty grateful to TIE TnIuuSE for
having yesterday morning given faithful
~ sspopis 70 ps ays q m sS s1 sas seP9! bssas' ss
First md It's pastor ard between tue First
Church ard the new organization. Mr.
Tylvr then Hald that. IN llis 0plnlon, nnu
pro1fhy ~ In he e. opS h S eSer sas Ssf n e
lle the doubling OF thy. strength! OF the
I}aptlsts IN tho South Side, liz hoped nil
would SEQ II In tho true light Of Il blessing to
the cause.
Tho report, which was now read, was us
follows:
To TIC Fir1t Hapttst Church, t'ttcdQo: Your
Committee woaI rSsspcstfmlly senort @ thas e
Lorimer. u. IT,. ia which, he proposcs Il seyor.
@ im 10 Rs as enaaS eharxe q Tic asw oSSrs 70
house formerly occupied by tho Miehi4an Avu.
1luo Baptst Church, has received serious and
so S nsr s6 Svss aas w1n md a.e III o t.
courage that have led him 10 tako ttla step. We
nro neycrthelc.s very reluctant to. part with
FD faithful and efficient hn unler. shfphcra.-
trtet pusiod OF two ycnrs tu rcstoru this church
our congregations hAse heon larger than we
tsrest has been sna ~ & Y Eiys qs assarancs that
want q harmony Gs,ween p,ator ul,.i psn1p!e.
In tho most fr,.teraa splrt, a,rh ~ 70 give as
surance that the two churches will l.u III lll re-
epects except age Ike twin listers whoso htarts
this happy stlte of thlnRs. u is hopod lhat
this church Will or nbie T., secure @ pnsaor bs-
lwGnn %ani an ~ - s. @ une w. har cna
soro vii 10 trecn n sarchanRv q pupits @
Il 10 aiso = nopeti that tic mel,,6ershlp of Gnth
ci,prches viii enltivatc symm.thctio spirit a,,d
friendly !ntsrconrse. snGh M . as to T. 9cEet & &hanpy
taay lead. without cadsc' to absolute est1auge-
1nis9nt Wa,h ,,,o.o ,o,,s ,,,r cot,n,,t,oo reco,,
,n.,,ds ths u,,nnttnn AZ Tim fnistswtn9 rssoi,t-
lions: ~ .. .,..'.,,,..,...
OF our pustor III tho satllc lnviua spirit In which
It Is inadu to us. Int rc,lliest i continuance of
tho pastoral relation until November. abo,st
shlp VI! ~ ssom',atea H., n..,n,,,,v t,o+
nas ~ ~ 9 p"slv I
snsia,, ~ H. ,w nnr,.h hnto.s. IL" ho,ts nf
worsb,t, ii Toady fnr srcupatry,-,sp cordially
invite the meu6crs thereof to nartfcipato with
ch.lrun ediiLev Is completed. .-
Restauui. That u Committee Of Correspondence
bo to !ake "a tG ,sssry nassarss ~ TO-