New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-03
WHATAPASTOR SEES AND HEARS
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO CHURCH
PEOPLE.


Next Monday promises to be a great day for the
clergymen and many Of the laymen OF this city ahu uo
suburbs Besides the regular meetings Of Methodist
Baptist, CONGREGATIONAL Reformed and PresoyterlahS
at their respective Monday meetings, there VIII De an
aday session Of the Presbytery In the Scotch Cic"'
Here IL is expected that heTesy trial viii be begun rs
important in the issues involved and In tue posSiOe
consequences the Swing trial or the Barncs ulal'
In the evening the Meto1sts will have reception In
Music Hail. consisting Of supper ana brcl addresses
In honor of the Ecumcnca Conference delegates. ~ the
same time the Rev. John Mcneil. the scottish spur
geOn,s will deliver address IN the Fhh Avenue
Presbyterian Church (Dr. John HalFS
In Green Mountain village, far back from the rail-
road The church bell was not rung one prayernee's
night The pastor after waiting beyond inc usual
hour called the meeting and afterwaru seuI Ior gu"
sexton, who gave the excuse lOf HIS heBIeVV "'"'
4" Lucy forgot iT Lucy was the VIE OF INC SoA'oi'
and for years when any duty was unperormed III Una.
peighborhood the Pensioners would say Lucy lorso'
fip In - city which may be reached by crossing t'o
Rrooklyn Bridge-I do not say at which end oil the
Bridge IL sa clergyman from the sister city peaced
not long ago. supplying the pnlpt Tor the pasior' WI"
was on his vacation. The sermon was an cA'oii0''
one and so pleased the officers that thcy re-
opested the eminent doctor divinity to occupy the
puplt again before the summer closed Two OF tn'oo
weeks possibly month later the invitation was as,
cepcd and the large audience, remembering the goou
Sermon expected another great treat nor Were the'
disappointed. The sermon that morning was oq"'i,,
as good as the one heard month DeOie' III iao', ~
was the same sermon. When the attention Vi 'ho
preacher was called to IL by one OF the omcetS' WHO
had really enIoyed hearing the sermon twice, he sau
that he was very sorry 10 have made the MISTAKE ou'
that his wife kept the list Of his sermons, since ne
ceased IN be paStor and she must in some way nave
forgotten TO note the fact that lie had preached inc
sermon in that church before 1t is not known IL 'he
wifes name is Lucy.
An incident Is going the rounds OF the religious
press brought about by the death oil the Kew DE-
Ganse formerly pastor In this CITY, VINO ior inc i''V
eight years had been secretary OF the fieso' 'e"'
BOARD Of Aid for Colleges and Academies y crluc
~ his sermons once said that his preaching was too
spiri,uaI and when DR. Ganse heard this remark he
e,caimed | want that on my tombstone" INC
EXAMINER SAYS: "Such faultfEdiDg as that Is TIE
highest compliment a preacher can receive
President Patton Of Princeton University. will preach
in the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church every sun
day this month DR.. Pierson, who has hleo the pulpit
for the last three weeks will sail Tor Lonuoh III "Oo
fen DAYS Mr.. SpurgeOn invited him 10 preach III HIS
pulpt during his convalesccnce, and TINS lhVlua'ion
was heartily seconded by the officers Oh MS chro"
The Fourth Avenue Church people, like those OF the
Marble Church in Fifthave, last Wlhtef' "olo si'"''
delighted with DR.. Person.
This is a good time for Presbyterian HlieVcrs III ~
country who desire metropolitan pulpit to LOOK over
the field There are several vacancies where the sd
ary ranges from 81 200 TO 5000, with congregations
ranging from 900 down. The First Church has called
one or two men, but one has been chosen 10 sue
coed Dr. Harlan The Fourth Avenue Church mas al
,ctive committee at work, but one has been found
ujta able 10 follow Dr. Crosby. DR.. Page naNlls nc
eided IN resi- awhile before going into the Protestant
Ep,scopA church. the NewYork Church Is vacant Or.
u1r,haW has gone 10 Kansas, leaving a united HOth
tnoui shepherd in the West Fifty first Street Cnurci
While inc Wilson Mission, in rompkns Square, though
not under the OF the Pres0ytery mas nsu %
here as Mr. iutan has gone TO Montclsr Besides al
this MIR Herring OF the East Harlem Chulch WIZ re-
Sian On M nnay because the PTesbytery will not help
his congregation erect buy church building Per,
hapS should lie said in reference TO the nst
didates for every vacancy noted, ana new cahuuaes
are constantly appearing