The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-22
MISS RooKEgELLERs LOVE.
1t Drove a Popular Cleveland Paste
From His Pulpit.
From The Nelo YORK Times

From His Pulpit.
From the Neto York Times.
CLEVELAND, O., July 1S.-The wealthy
and fashionable Euclid Avenue Baptist
church is stirred from center to circumfer-
ence by first-class sensation.
A month ago the Rev. j. a. Crandall
D. D., tha pastor. very suddenly aud uuex~
pectedly resigned bis spastolate. T5a,churcl
had been prosperlng;a $4,000 chapel had
been built last year, and very extensive
and costly repairs were being made TO the
main audience room. Every thing in the
church indicated prosperity and harmony,
and, as DR.. Crandall's son was doing well In
Adelbert College,. and his daughter in a
fashionable private school, his nominal
excuse that be wanted to secure better edu-
cational facilities for his motherless Chill
dren, aud for that reason had accepted 4
Chicago pastorate, seemed strange aud I'M
reasonable.
1t has since developed that the real cause
OF DR.. CrandalPs resignation was the deca
ration TO him by John d. Rockefeller, the
most influential member Of the church, that
either the doctor must resign or MIR. Rookie
fellor and his family would leave ths church.
1t all came from the strange infatuation
of Miss Alta, the second daughter OF Mr..
Rockefeller, for the family's pastor. Mr..
Crand4ll is a widower, with two children
who have almost reached manhood and
womanhood. His wife died year ago last
April, and since that time, at every oppor-
tunity, Miss Rockefeller who is a comely
young lady OF q, hes manifested her infat-
uation. She wrote a large number of let
tsrs to Dr. Craudall and delugsd him with
protestat1ons Of her love and devotion.
So far as Is known the minister did moth
ing to encourage the young lady, but in
every possible way discouraged her atten-
tions. She persisted, however, and it ia
said, with how much truth cannot be as
cerealned that he at least became convinced
of her attachment for him aud esteemin z
her very highly for her many loving and
admira lie qualities, proposed marriage.
However this may be, Mr.. Rockefeller
was very angry when bhe matter Game to
his attention, and not only forbade the
marriage between his 22-year-old daughter
and her pastor, twenty-five years her
senior, because Of the disparity in their
ages, but he gave Mr.. CrAndall the ultima-
tum stated above. Rather than injure the
church, Mr.. Crandall secured another
charge as quickly as practicable and re-
signed.
During the last few months Of his pas.
torats the Rockefeller pew was vacant,
though the family returned TO their summer
home the latter part Of April or early May.
This caused comment at the time as they
have always been very faithful in at
tendance at the church sservices, and with
the other facts that have leaked out since
nas convinced the people OF the congrsga-
ton OF the truth OF the story. Every ef-
fort has been made to hush up the matter,
but 1t IS the talk of che congregation, and as
far as il Is possible TO sift facts from a great
mass of gossip they are as have been giyea.
DR.. Crandall is not g man OF especially
fascinating personality and was no more a
favorite with the ladies OF his congrega-
tion than is usually the case with able,
earnest preachers.