The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-04-03
PASTOR RUSSELL.
He breaches His Farewell
Sermon to His Con-
gregation.
A YEAR HE'LL REMEMBER.
He Leaves With Kindly Feelings
Toward the Church, and
Advises the Members.
A YEAR HE'LL REMEMBER.

The Rev. William Russell, of the
James NJ. E. Church, Bowers street and
| Summit avenue, preached his farewell
| sermon to his congregation last evening,
when he made allusion to the recent
affair between Mr. Loundes and himself.
His text was Acts Xxx &c. 27:-"Wherefore,
/ take you TO record this day. that | am
pure from the blood of all men. For l
have not stunned to declare with you all
the counsel OF God"
Mr.. Russell gave a brief retrospect OF
the work Of the past year, during which
he has administered. He was installed
Just one year ago, and three months after
wards, the trouble arose between him and
| Mr.. Loundes. 1t did not leak out until
some time after wards.
In beginning, Pastor Russell said that
| IL the trustees saw fit at any time during
| his discourse, he hoped they would lower
the windows, as it was likely to become
| decidedly warm. He gave a brief sum-
mary OF the work accomplished during
the past year, including thef following:
| Recsived by letter from other churches,
| q; received upon profession OF faith. 8;
practitioners. so; professed to bs Christ
ians, IS; died, 2; baptised, adults, .: in-
fauts. %; married. 6: dismissed by letter,
9S: given q letter OF ndation to
probationers. IS. The Pastor continued:
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
There has been UNUSUAL prosperity In
the church, the Sabbath school having
| doubled and more money having been
| raised than ever before. The church has
grown and Interest increased until re-
| Gently. The finances ha We been crippled
| by this late trouble. If the same effor
| had been exercised III helping, which was
put forth in retardlug the prosperity OF
| our church, there would be no II nanciHl
troubles whatever" Referring to
| Trustee Loundes's trial. he said:-
1.-The first trial produced solemn.
| thoughtful and prayful medita ton,
aud spiritual aid to duty was
asked. : When the expulsion was made
by u~nprejudiced meu who had heard tes-
tin,ony aud examined the witnesses Tor
seven long nights, the verdict of guilty
and expulsion was gwen; then the mat
| ter was taken to a Committee who had
not seen nor heard testimony and the
Committee found great fun in the pro-
ceedlngs, and made sallies OF wit. and
| puus, aud laughaoie stories about ii, pro-
| yoking mirth, entertatnneot and farce.
| would nave given 500 II this church
could have heard the appeal made 10 h a
Court.
A QUICK REVERSAL.
Al VhA LIN 0sNS 49,
was reversed, wnen it mad taken seven
long nights TO make the decision before.
but the matter will be still further
| taken before the Annual Conferences. 1t
has been said, yes. it was said to me that
| | have been going about among the con-
| gregation OF this church aud asking
| some of the members to lake their letters
from the church. / emphatically deny
this. l can prove 1t in no better manner
than by asking any one whom have
thus addressed to arise now ard say so.
No one rises. IL vas the WORK Of falsi-
6ers.
1T has been aid that charges
of Observation-Disclosures in regard
10 that will be made against me.
] have never been guilty of maladmiuis-
t~ration, and never intend to be. | shall
always keep the church rules. The Lord
help the church TO do the same.
II WAS told Today that some are afraid
to draw their letterA from this church,
because they are ashamed OF having the
name of the James NJ. E. Church on
| them, and that they are afraid that the
letters would not be received by any
other church.
HE IS INDICATED.
There was no affair SO fal5ely. SO
freely, so publicly discussed as the re-
cent trouble in this church, and they
were false stories, mostly made by other
persons than myself. Perhaps / was
the cause of it. l do not think SO.
l am INDICATED fully by the verdict re-
ceived from the first Conference, and in
the faithful discharge of my duty, aud !
have throughout appealed TO God for my
support. This has been q pleasant year,