New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-01

Harvard University, and was born In Cambridge, Mas
in 1862, being only thirty years old. He c,Sies
from n line of ministerial ancestors Nis maternal
grandfather having been the Rev. Ephraim Peabody,
Of Kings Chapel Boston. HIS patcrnh grahoia'"el
WAS Samuel A. Eliot, Mayor Of Boston and member of
Congress At the age Of eighteen years he entered
Harvard, and was graduated with the closs 'f 1854
lie q popular man. al athlete. ana chairman vi
the class committee. large number OF prizes were
taken by him. and h" had a commencement oi7uoh
and an important part in the oassday exercises
Vpon his graduation he went abroad for year. ana
then entered the Harvard Divinity school from which
he was graduated in 1850 He had spent year. be
fore his course completed. In the. west ana
founded a Unitarian church In Seattle, Wash, where
he worked as a missionary.
After his studies completed he went u Denver
Col, where he was ordained and installed pastor Of
Unity Church. He threw himself with much zeal
into his work and active In the formation OF The
Rocky Mountain Conference Of Liberal Churches OF
which he Is president lie has also served as picsi
dent Of the Associated Charities vi Denver and oi the
colorado Conference OF Charities. The National Ton
ference Of Charities has met in his church. lie has
been active IN many social reforms. aud led In the
movement for the closing Of liquor shops on sundays
In Denver and in other public spirited changes
soon after his settlemen, Unity Church he married
Miss s. r. HopkinsOn, Of Cambridge, Mass ono
for his desire 10 come East Is the WISH Vi MS
wife 10 be nearer Ter relatives. MIR. Eliot has been
invited preach IN the Second Unitarian Church OF
Boston, which is pastorless, but be has not been called
TO II reported at the tine his call to BroohHh
made. Jae latter call was extended without ms
having preached In the Church OF the Saviour ana
without the Pulpit Committee hearing him preach.
Mr. Eliot Is a ine-lCOkng man, SIX feet two Inches
IN height. and he has gained high reputation as
pulpit orator wherever h. has been heard. lie 10
particularly successful In attracting young men to near
him aud he Is said to have more young men In his
Denver church than there In any other Unitarian
church In the country.
The Church OF the saviour tCnngree ation IL nj araD
is the Oldest church Of the Congregational type In
BROOKLYN. II antcdaied the First ORTHODOXY C)ngrc
eational church. the Church Of the Plgrs, by scVcr"
years In It's present form II dates back 10 1e12, but
for sevei, years before that time services had been
held and two societies had been formed by split IN
the original ono. The Second Churc! called the Rev
Frederick 4. Farley be its pastor III l54l and he
secured "a reunion OF the two organizations aud thr
adoption Of the name Church Of the SAVIOUR the FOL
lowing year. The structure sui In use at 1cricpon
ST. and Monroe Place was erected In 1r44 at COST
of 10000 1t has been greatly impo' at variors
time, and a fire chapel was erected adjoining II
several ycais ago at cost OF 100000. The property
il now valued at Sl25OOO and 1t Is unincumcIed by
debt The building will seat about 1000 persons.
IL has an old fashioned high pulpit Of black walnut
and the ministers preach IN black bo"Hh. Inc music
no.. nluays been al especial feature OF the services.
Dr. Farley served the church from 1911 10 1853
and having reached the agc of siXty-thrce years he
r-tIci His successor IN the pulpit. Ia 1864 was the
Rev Dr. Alfred J.. Putnam, and he served ao long as
tis ,r.d.cc,sor and then retired. The third pastor OF
the church OF The savlOur was the Rev. Mr. Good
nouch "A Young man called from syracuse in 1887
Hut soon after began his ministry he fell Ill and
died. The church called the Rev IL Piice Collier to
the pulpit. lie IL II son Oh thc KEY. robert LhId
1orr uu eminent nltarian minister, ana Was pastor
OF lie church In lliDghnhn, Mass whch calico u
IrGonlyn. HIS rpuaLon rs II DilIiaht speaker, hnru
worker and successful pastor preceded MN. ana ne
1, .fdt isI I,
ErULlyu and hnd espcc,u success IN WORK ng BOYS
in the nissOn oil his church Alter gong 10 BrOoh!h
he married IN EroOklne, MISS, but ne and his we
hid Mrs. Collier went 10 her mother, house ana
Jailed 10 return to brooklyn. When the facts betahio
puilr, Mr.. Collier resigned his pulpit. and although
,hc church refused 10 accept the rrsBialJi, ne ia
sisted upon leaving IT, IL : work ended In the early
full and he then went 10 south Dahotn where We VIII
sue for divorce from his wife, alter gaining residence
ment, s. q. ;. y. y. While he WAS pastor OF the
Church OF the Saviour his assistant. the Rev. A. d.
smi'h. was forced 10 resign. owns TO difference %
opinion, ard his successor, the Rev sanusi ~
McCInry whose mysterious dis ppeafnhce, AFTER evi-
dent signs Of Insanity. was clroniced n lew weeks
ago. has not been heard from since.
fhc membership 4 the Church OF The saviour u
about 800 include, Of the best known men In
the city. such Judge Willard Bartlett, General JONI,
sidney Y. Lowell. The late Ripley Ropes was one OF
the pr min mt men OF the church TIE sunday .ch2o
NUMBERS 400. The church aided In founding ID.
second and Third rntari,n Churchcs Of the city ana
supp rts successful miss IN Willow l,nce. o, u,s
Mr. Eliot arrived II Erc9yn SSstcr So pc ana @
the .S ss AS Snrcr % "n @e IN day lie
win preach IN the Church Of the saviour his morning.
conducting the COMMUNION after the seTvrc; ,b
s wss Then "md w p'f to bcnyer 70 bis
and arrange TO remove his family to BROOKLYN.