The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-02-22
REV. DRSUYDAM HILLGO
His Farewell Sermon May
Be Looked For Today.
TIE VOTE IN TIE COEsIsTaRY.
Park Church's Pastor to Leave His
Flock After Over Twenty
Years Of Service.
Ii VOTE IN TIE COEsIsToRT.

After service at the Park Reformed
Church was over last Sunday Pastor Sur
dam requested the Conzistory TO hold
meeting Friday night to transact special
and urgent business. OF course every
member 81 the Consistory st once under
stood that something further was TO come
up concerning DR.. suydaEa's resignation
and all promised to be present
Later the reverend gentleman remenl-
bered that he had promised to attend 4
msetin e Of the Twilight Club on Thurs
day night and he notified the members Of
the Consissory that the date for the mest-
ing had been changed to Friday night.
This was looked upon By two Of tbs Con
sistory as 1ickieness and they concluded
to pay no further attention to the mat
ter. It is needless TO say that they were
not grlsved TO learn yesterday that Or.
SuydRm would 90.
USELESS CONCESSIONS.
The meeting was called to order Friday
night By the pastors and when noses w1re
counted sight OF the ten members were
present. The pastor at once referred 70
the subject Of his resignation ana re-
quested the Consistory to reconsider its
acceDtance OF it. Some OF the Consistory
had expected this, but the others were
surprised.
They were more SO when Dr. Suydau
said he was willing to live in Jersey City,
and to accept what WIS equiraienE to
&, 500 year instead OF tbs S., 100 he his
been receiving while living in New York.
For one hour and q half tine eight mem
bers debated the question Of reconsider
ing the acceptance OF the resignation,
and DIR. SuYdam added his counseis 10
those Of the members. Al last the mat
ter was put to q vote and i've members
voted TO reconsider. The three others ~
fused to vote because all the members
were not present
A TIE VOTE
DR.. Suydam had reason to believe that
the two Hbsentees would not be favorable
to him, and when he saw that he had bnt
majority vote Of mere quorum. and
that he had not probably enough VOTES
IN the whole Consistory TO carry rms re-
consideration, be said that he could not
under tie circumstances permit his resig-
nation to be withdrawn. He did not
want to remain unless the reQueEt was
when he said he regretted going away.
but he could do nothing else 10 pr eserFe
harmony in the church.
called on q member Of the cons istofT
last night and asked him about the NEST
ing. He said 1t was final one and THAT
in ali probability DR.. Suydam would
preach his farewell sermon this morning.
The pastor does not want to 20 away,
said my informant, s'but how can he help
it. when the eonsistory was not unanb
NOUS in requesting hlnl 20 remainsn
Do tfi5 mem fS7S SSEs the congregation
want him to leave the ehurchy'
s'Sorse do not. !"
"Did net DR. Suydam know that his
request to withdraw bis resignation
wenld be uselessfss
Apparently not. He left the tlnaI de-
Termination with the ccusistory, with
11t44 "A 4tS4f~ E-41al4
AEFULLT REITCEET.
Another member OF the Consistory was
called on and Why did not Dr.
Suydam accept the vote Of the majority
Of the quorum and Withdraw his resigna-
tionfo
81 have got nothing to say. -
WAS it because the reconsideration Of
the acceptance was unnnimDusfn
II have nothing to say about the mat
teri
s'The action Friday night was final.
supposefp
Yes; DIR. SuydRm viii preach his fare
well sermon today, I suppose, and / tell
you it will be long time before tbs Park
Reformed Church gets another equally
qualified preacher. "
Yes commented the members wife,
ssthey will have trouble to MI his place.
He has done much for the church.