The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-28

Miss Awun OiIver's Four YeMrs In the Pslplt
-Rsttis.s Agaiast Heavy Odds.

Miss ANNA Onver's Four YeArs In the Psipit
-Rsttisag Agaiast Heavy Odds.
: Miss Anna Oliver has almost completed her
fourth year in the pulpit OF the Willoughby
Avenue Methodist Church In Brooklyn and
having demonstrated that n young woman can
he a successful pastor. she and her friends
think II is about time the Methodist Bishops
received her into the Church work. She says
that she has no othor ambition than to do pas
toral work. Bred as strict Episco-
palian. she had overcome the scruples
OF her family after she became an
evangelist. Not to disgrace them. a. some of
her relatives feared she might. she declined
to use the family name OF Sn0wden. to which
she was entitled. and adopted instead the
name she had become accustomed to under an
aunt's tutelage. that Of Anna Oliver Hard
work has told upon her. Opposition from
Methodist preachers has rendered her life
more than ordinarily serious. and she appears
now to be demure young woman OF Quakerish
tnstes. Who though fraIl in body. is abundant
The church, which she purchased from the
Williamsburgh Savings Bank for $14 600 was
about to be turned into livery, stable or u beer
her own name for some time. giving her bond
for $1,000 but she suRseguentiy conveyed the
Se
conference might repudate the Methodlsm
that Is P1ssSr and
pncps ss snfSs sT'' .as sSsniss
s sst m"nhy Each pre- S q
interest ON tho mortgage has been uniformly
deposited In the savings bank 90 TINT at the
anIauo In it, sconomS. She Inquired out that
salary included and when the, revenue fell
short she gave to the church what was duo her.
She get her face resolutsly ssainst church
cables. leap year entertainments cLarades
tabioaux cantntas. wax work shows. or any
u play house. an eating saloon or bazaar. She.
however. fayorad lectures, concerts. spelling
bees dsss Hna
school for she cont tends that il the intailGence
sns i She does mot Gs
what IL meant By the constant cry in 50 many
Whsn Miss oliver eempistsd the usual Meth.
odist pastoral term Of three years last April,
she resignsd sayin. that shs Was s Methodist
the official Board. which has seven female
her. She had worked herself down in health.
but abe accepted on conditions which gave her
r Shs nss ad hs5 SSy !" the
Now { is proposed to erect cottage along
way by which she could erect a house. i she
had land owned BY herself and accordingly
ss III %s%f .s to sa shs
would accept It for SALARY due and to come.
would pay 4 on the $1,000 m1rtgags SECURE ,,rs
inseHIous plan WITCH WENT to The solution y :
church, was responded to at once; and Miss
Oliver has fled plans for cottage she Is going
Hss u ss' sfsaa like Jay Gould for sp,i
has chung to her tenets 81 economy. and the
church amounted to 81, 7os.O9 bsing an in
crease Of oyer the ysssr be9re TnI
the 81 900 above referred 10 reduces tho debt to
$4,000. This sum Miss Oliver is extremely
anxious to raise Acting under the advice H, OF
Es s rs,u ssaa NOR S o%y but
did not get into the hands OF a sufficient
number OF persons. as only a small number ~, 81
ssss shsrs Is Tor
IN Brooklyn and New York. u we can only got
The 70 the psore WITH 70
s SC g bus u Esr
sSpsnse. and sne picture i i. the RESULT "
One OF the church members says that the dli-
saS most 4 feeling
sr s and he sslIs tne story q man WIZ
had become bsskslldsE from Msthodi L and !
men had failed to revive his religion. He be-
came member OF the church. and often spoke
but whom the obstacles to succoss were cleared
away, and the repairs 70 the church and the
delight. and rubbing hts hands said: We'll,
now our church IL doing so .woll-fair member
ship, large AUDIENCES GOOD tneomes handsome d me
can't have . man for minister."' He was
siienced by the information that the place
he would most likely. have beoA calling out
Elm bier" there u II had not boon for the Rev