New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-16
pprtCHERs WORTH HEARING
XVIII
,ouN HALL OF THE FIFTH AVENUE
DE- pREsBYTERIAN CHURCH.
rv yrAKs OF FAITHFUL SERVICE IN oNA
TwhS rls DUTIES As PASTOR. WINTER

rvcruRER AND EDrCAToh
.us have to put gifts into one fuho 'o-a~s'
.-,,.h must amount 10 about si2'ooo' sxa .na nv.
WEN" 80 HAN. Of the Fifth Avenue Presoy'efish
VI - ne began his sermon yesterday morning.
ohuS Al obiect of the collection was the WORK car
az az, o nv the church through its three PROSPEROUS
~ ~ oos-ore in Kingst, another in ec'el'h ave.
w. r,yhie.nth ST., and the thri In foH'ee"'h o.
~, a riysfayc. To . stranger In inc eonsrosa''""
es on., nigh, seem large sum to expect ffos SIN
- o,aertlon and this without any pe@"ins.
- ~ uau knows his peoope- or course tho
p o,, md more was given; had tho pastor asAco
a., 600 n would have been given as readily
!" - rs,se 81 100000 as a memorial fund.- was
..,.r,crt exprcssed at q meeting OF the Icheraa
= ,ssenbly IN 1869. when the reunion oil inc oia M
- scbo.l, was effected Mako 'ho sum
600 ooos said pr. Hall, he enforced MS reinsfA
g. Gov, simple sentences and Illustration or TWO
I'm from his pastoral experience In Ireland Ills
,.g,eStlon was adopted and he was made ehauihan
80 committee, to receive the money; instead OIL
100000. moro than 100000 was foSoNo"
,b,nl- Offering of the reunited church
!. According TO your faith DO 1t unto YOU migh' NC
nr Halls motto text: If two are necessary ~ my
dav so shall thy strength be- would % '"e' seo",
r, uaStors hope for larger results; II wouia oe a'
a,l, 10 find one who the work OF his asns pros
,,sns moro abundantly. Few pastors haNo 81 i''''S
- IN their time he what one accohlpiishes
,oe, He IS never absent nom the city on sunday
q
nrst year Of his pasolate here and he has ony
"a ,vo SUNDAYS vacations excepted one day he
- s,cb and the other he suffering from pain
" ccasnt lie mas an extensive calling n't there
con or,, in lis three missions, his pastoral vista
ZION 4 not at all limited by MS ehurn h'chool
~, n h,,,b rrsver needing is conducted on Saturday
svon ny by Of The elders hut thc pdSiOr "~so
,r,senf and takes part IN The exercises ne mas
p,s class fer men on Friday evening and one for
women Friday n r m. ~, M nm ho S,sc,sxes
Glass this week, The Old Theology VIII DC o'sc S>o'
pR. HALLS WORK FOR SUNDAYS "o'Ls
=, ,ed,ion 70 his two sermons DR.. Hall often
eaclcs or sreahs In other churches on SUNDAY Last
eveninr third service held IN his own church In
the Interest of sunday school work In foreign iands
Tie pastor presided and addresses were made by DE-
sfors and ex MAYOR Low. o. Brooklyn For fourteen
vc,rs Dr. Han has written weekly eXposltons on the
international Sunday school lessons for the American
sunday school Union. which published 10 The
ep,s,v-scboo World, He s also a member Of the
committee that selects thu lessons. For mauy years
De wrote letter every week FOR The New York Led
crosby a. Chancellor If tho University OF tho cts Of
NewYork. and for several years has served that INST
4 tuition without salary. lie IS also on the GOvei nng
po1ris of Princeton College and Princeton Theological
seminary, wellesley College, Wells College and vassar
SKETCH OF THE PASTOR.
Dr Hall was born In County Armagh Ireland, on
july 81 $500, IN the house occupied by his family for
s'x successive generations the house IS now owned
Io licensed to preach before nc twenty years
old. and started out at home missionary I'm the
west OF Ireland In 1852 ne was called 10 the pas
tOraic of the First Presbyterian Church OF Armagh.
Six Years later he accepted eau from st. Mays
Abbey. in Dublin He founded The Evangelical
wtnoss.7 the only religious paper in ireland. In
1897 he came 10 this country delegate a. the
General Assemblies OF he Presbyterian Church ard
nal, such favorable impression here thai he
soon called 10 the pas oradc which he st retains
The Fuh Avenue Church has long heon known as
The weafhest church In the denomination. In the
last report 10 the General Assembly, over $4,000
previous There 600 SUNDAY school chill
cicn In De church and ifs missions There are also
fourshu1 Chinese Sunday school and several bencvo-
lent so" cites connected with the church.
TIT DUTY OF THE RICH TO THE POOR.
Dr Han preached yesterday morning on the rela-
tons OF IRE rich 10 the poor taking his text from the
Revised Version Proverbs xix, II He that hath pity
on fh, poor ondeth unto the Lord and his good deed
viii lie paw him again. The in sub
a follows:
THIS texts selected because cfs
FIND which 10 about twelve thousand
doilirs that work. common work. tire
which shan before closing recall TO minds
Th Of n % OF Got work wilts better
AMI man mere prudential or senu-
nenl consider ton Inieed the Bible
gives combination the purest aud lot est sentiment
VIII feepe-t nractcal wisdom. and links these and
other Ike qualities the faith which vorketh by loves
Hrce practical produced by goodness
which GEEK vain from political economy
influential compas-icn.
proper to look Of all at trnths-for
ho'h fitting this plscemplis IN this inspired
sentence The right of lal property Is zed
throughout scripture II bv Industry by
aace 10 may De 5r kindly gifts or by honest gain 1t
be- lsrgs small Abraham Isaac ami Jacob their
f-oruen a. ielst what miolaires Tl~y
censured Tor their wealth on the contrary IS among ths
blessings for which col glory. Wealth
relative tnns Moderate means New York riches IN
country tow and woul fabulous Europoaa
sni even Ameresn villages. Five thousand dollar
m'uv working psoDle woud copu: enormous incumc.
All which shows thai tie popular deanaeiatoas Of
wesrh are ug in discrimination The shoemaker who
can buy leather AMI sell shoss caoitts u tbs
man who be employs By he by the piece though his
capital may be Under dny dollars
tuers were u property recoEnzed by God tho Eighth
Commandment wOdit moan nothing. TO ta<e horse OF
house would be than breathing tho ar or
sloyng hs sunlight there rikhts
OPoery that there duties and sibitie linked
with t. possession.
POVERTY RECOGNIZED IN THE BIBLE.
In the second place psverty recognized in the Bible Is
no; nediu quito familiar II is little to the point
task " Did col mssa 70 30 Do1rl" As well ask Oil
Col mean b. Sex rnen1stia. oonsanPtve. para
yuc entered COTS world against GOls warning.
an misery after We shoui distinguish hov-v.r
between p,vcriy lnI what have cluo call ptlpsr-
ISM once knew father. mother All fol chl-
dron-ah riou- Godfoartng honest in epen lent Tho
parents and three OF e ohilrcn 4e asleep IA Jesus
The surviving mrmosr chrsuin All property
ueg hi Tine rty years be bou INT out for ave
hundred dollars bat have Oeei resps aje AID Re.
sp"etrt Thov we're They vrre not brought
70 tf pae- bv e1r.s drunkenness Oher vice they
worked AMI woui have bson ashamed 20 beg ,hrist aaf
sasefpie' were IN poverty bit not "pnosr4"
They @ soas tor ia kept blg ant some OF
ihe" sEn "l hat~ They id beg Th.y wsro popr ~
"''y a. asso &c mas today dispensing .pritaaI
things ike Pau Iui csuatlag IL great thug 10 reap OF
TIE hearers car4al thugs
III ~" thri place -. that the should
"e''' 'or ths 20 o. tho How could He put this
'' T''" fiy tiaa oy Adopting the iausuS OF hu
th Hs>a- HirnSsf sarsty repayment OF tho
N''" q" -opi "ns u ths We say "goSi dpos" IL
"o' gtta ga aOney ouy that contemplated We
Tie rev isi Version ri the good dsod will lie
TIP AHn asttl' Ehs a msldteant: " You
A'Nii in' hex voa shpai III give yon cent
l"FFoySi ~'rE an gts gp osfar 70 he diss 1t
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