Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-05
Pastor and People.

REV. W. D. HAMEL, M. E., presiding elder
from Carthage, Mo-. was in the city this week
on his way to visit his parents in Butler county
Mr.. Hamel has still soft place in his hear
for his native Western Pennsylvania, and
although enthusiastic over the Great West
thinks he has not seen any place that beats the
scenes of childhood.
REV. T. DEWITT BENHAM, pastor of Point
Breeze Presbyterian Church, will sail on the
steamer Alaska, from New York on Tuesda,
next for two months trip in Europe His
congregation have generously provided him
with the needful, having supplemented his
salary with $500 check, and in addition will
supply his pulpit during his absence
REV. NEvIN WooDsIDE, pastor of the Re.
formed Presbyterian Church on Grant street
will leave on Monday, July 7, for his summer
so1ourn IN Ireland He will sail on the steamer
Nevada from New York Thursday, July 10. His
congregation has granted him three months
furlough, and bountifully provided him with
the means to have good time in mis- native
land.
PROF. HENRY GIBBONS was recently chosen
to I'LL the chair of Greek at Amherst College.
Prof. Gibbons was teacher of Latin and Greek
in the Plttsburg High school from 1873 to 1850
For the past nine years he has been Greek pro-
fessor in the Western University ALLEGHENY.
He now goes to Amherst where lie graduated
In 1878. Prof. Gibbons originally halls from
Brownsville, of this State.
IshNs L. IL. " DOID, reared and eQn-
Gated in Western PENNSYLVANIA, and for several
years pastor of one of the churches of the
Presbytery of Pittsburg. writes to the Presbu-
terrain Banner from RawIins. Wyo. sT am
still moving with the Star of Empire west
ward. have struck more PENNSYLVANIA Pres
byterians here than have met with anywhere
else in the West. This is one of the most an.
couraging features of the work here. as WHERE
ever found they are good and staunch ele.
ment"
REV. DR.. RUMLER, pastor Of the East Lib
erty Presbyterian Church. has recently been in
attendance at the commencement of his alma
mater. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. DIR.
kumler was a, fellow student of President
Harrison and Prof. Swing. Following is conn.,
municatlon from Oxford concerning our Fast
Liberty pastor: "Dr. Kumler for years has been
the President of the Board of Trustees of the
Ladies Seminary. This year he rendered mis-
resignation, which was, after due considera-
tlon, unanimously not accepted. The Pitts
burg region Is not regarded as TOO far off from
Oxford to render distance reason for reliey-
ing the Doctor. We know he is full OF work.
and many others are calling for him. All we
can say is, let him refuse the new calls and
hold on to the old"
IN at least five of the leading cities of the
United States graduates of old jefferson Col
lege, Cannonsburg, are occupying foremost po-
sitions in the ministry. DR.. John R. Paxton. a
native of Cannonsburg, and graduate of the col
lege there, is recognized as one of the foremost
preachers of New York. Dr. David Gregg, a
graduate of the same institution and native of
Allegheny City, stands at the front in Boston
Drs. Dickey. Graham and Agnew are doing
good work in PHILADELPHIA pulpi s. and all are
proud of the memories of Jefferson and WASH
ington. In Chicago Bishop MeLaren stands at
the front in the Episcopal Church of the
Illinois diocese, and no doubt cherishes fond
recoIlections Df his student days in Cannonsburg
from lS49 to 1851 At ST. Louis the Rev DR..
Nicols holds the Presbyterian fort. DR.. Nicols
before the war, and has the honor of being the
Youngest man ever chosen to be Moderator of
the Presbyterian General Assembly, That he
is still alive was proved by his prominent part
in the recent convention of the Christian En-
deayor Societies held in st. Louis.