St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-22
HUNTER is CHOSEN.
Westminster Church Gets
Pastor

After nearly year spent In diligent search,
Westminster church at last mas II pastor.
Rev. Pleasant Hunter Of Atlantic City, ~ j.,
is the man The pastoral committee has
unanimously indorsed the recommendation
that he be called TO the pulpit. and the con-
grcgation has unanimously Endorsed the
recommendation OF the committee.
The call for a meeting OF The congrePn-
ton 10 consider the matter u calling Mr..
Hunter filled the lecture room of Wcstmin-
ster church last night 10 its g.eatest capacity.
After the regular prayer meeting, Rev. X. NJ.
Adams was chosen moderator Of The meeting.
The call for the meetiHg was read and Ezra
FarnswOrth, the chairman of the pastoral
committee. rose to report, In oil, he
said. the committee has had seventy five
ministers under consideration. The com
mitec had a high idea OF the sort OF pastor
wanted for Westminster and II had no hesi-
tation about approaching the men Of great
est reputation. The committee, through
some Of its members. had had personal
knowledge of at least twenty eight pas
tors II was through 10 fault III the
ministers so considered that they were
not secured. he most OF them
were unable or unwilling TO leave their
people Shortly after the pulpit became va
cant through the resignation OF Dr. BUrrell
one of the elders of the church heard Rev.
Pleasant Hunter aud thought so well Of him
That his name was suggested 10 the commit
tee. But Mr.. Hunter had been with his con
gregatiOu at that time but q year, and he
would listen 70 no proposition TO leave Later
the committee sent n man 10 hear him, and
ne returned satisfied. Two more went down
10 Atlanta CITY last fall on the same mission.
But there seemed no way 10 get him. All
this time the committee had been looking
elsewhere. but inevitably returned TO Mr..
Hunter. Finally he consented TO receive n
call. The committee recommended that
call be extended to him at II salary Of 5000
n year, $500 to be allowed for moving ex
penSes The motion to extend the call was
formally put and then discussion OF the
committees choice began. Speeches were
made by William Tenney, Charles Thomp-
son, George II. Mitchell, +. Is. Janney and
Prof Crombie. Each speaker pieced out the
story of the attempts 10 secure Mr.. Hunter
MIR. Hunter is II young man, only little
over thirty years of age. He is said TO have
a beautiful wife and TWO fine children, both
boys one seven years old and the other
four. lie was anxious TO accept the call
OF Westminster when II was FIRST
suggested to him, but he did not
want to leave his people. he having been
there but short time. The only induce
ment that he considered was that he wanted
TO come to the West. He is now getting the
same salary that he will receive in Minnedp-
oils, so that Is reimbursement. While Charles
Thompson was in the East to see Mr. Hunter
he called upon DR.. Mitchell. of New York,
the man who recommended DR.. Burrcll when
he was called here. DR.. Mitchell said
he could think of no man i'll the whole
country for Westminster. He was asked
about Mr.. Hunter and said that he was the
right man. nut Westminster could not get
him. Il. 3. Janney said that Mr.. Hunter
combines the earnestness OF DR.. sample the
predecessor Of Dr. Burrell; the conservation
of capt. Sam Neil. of the Salvation
Army and the eloquenee OF DR..
Burrell. A week ago last Sunday,
the day Prof. Crombie heard Mr..
Hunter, his church was visited by two other
committees. One of them came from San
Francisco and the other from the church va
Gated by the death of Dr. Howard Crosby the
famous Mr. Hunter declined calls from
both these churches and one from u church
in Harlem, y. Y
When the call for the vote came every per-
son in The church stood up. MIR. Hunter is
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