The Portland daily press., 1889-10-07
FREE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.
Resignation of the Pastor, Rev. Or.
Dunn.

AS indicated In the PRESS Saturday, the
resignation Of Rev. Albert II. Dunn, d. d.,
pastor OF the Free street Baptist church, was
presented to his congregation Yesterday
morning at the close of the regular service.
tev. Or. Small occupied the pulpit and read
the letter of resignation.
In few days the members of the church
and society will meet to act upon the letter
presented. 1t reads as follows:
10 , the members and friends Of the Free Street
Church and Society:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,-Four years ago I
listened to what believed to be the will of God.
and became, at your invitation, your pastor These
and pleasantly and there is nothing TODAY 10 indi
cate mat we then mistook the call Of man for the
But now the same Voice summons to other ar
ties requiring the separation OF our particular re-
,allon as pastor and people. The Maine Baptist
Missionary convention at Its last session. elected
me 70 me posltion Ct Corresponding Secrefarv
This opens field of service not wholly new nor
N wai0y n ~ ling to me- and If the expressed
us Held for which the Master has given me
certain ntness. Believing that it Is ais wish and
vnns ac nave accepted this appointment pending
g ssss Accept herewith the tender of my
ss "a to from tne pastorae of this church. the
sa Th,s 70 take enect October 81, 1882
a. luis action Is to me less painful from the fact
anat tnls new department Of service which am TO
enter Is ole in which the members of this church
a ast mad so large share In its councils and sup
With the conviction that this relation between
you and The convention will continue, and that
snali still have place in your prayers, shall
take up the work more confidently than other
May ne Srsa Head Of the
and to each Of you as individual disciples.
Yours very sincerely,
Portland, October 9th, 1889.
The vnrlr If nr nnpn in, tl,ie a;t,, for tl,o
past four years, though quiet and unobtru-
sive, has been rich in results. More than $50
persons have been added to the church dur
Ing his passionate, most of them among the
| younger element of his congregation. He
has been particularly successful among the
younger members. The financial condition
of the society has been prosperous during
the entire time of his service. Quite extern
sive repairs were made on the meeting house
three years since, and the expense attending
them has been almost entirely liquidated
while the receipts from pew holdings have
been constantly increasing. Beside his
regular pastoral work, for nearly year he
preached regularly at Saccarappa, and as a
result of his unremitting labors in that place
the Baptists now have one of the most
thriving churches in that village. His inter-
est In his duties as a member of the School
Board of this city.for the past three years,
and the intelligent attention he has given to
this work, are well known to all who are &C.
quainted with educational matters here.
DR.. Dunn goes now to the management, as
secretary, of the interests of the Maine Bap-
fist Missionary Convention. To this posi-
tion he brings an executive ability, consci-
entious devotion to duty and personal quail
ties that cannot fail to make him popular in
the large and varied field opened to him,