The Washington times., 1894-09-03
SILVER JUBILEE OF MINISTRY.
Twenty-fifth Anniversary OF the Ordina.
tiOn OF the Rev. DIT. Brown. OF
Foundry VI. L. Church

Foundry VI. I. Church.
For the first time since his vacation Rev.
DR.. o. 4. Brown. pastor Of Foundry u. E.
Church. occupied his pulpit yesterday and
took full charge Of the services Of the day.
The days services were specially interest,"
ing. not only because they were the occasion
OF the reunion Of people and pastor after va
cation, but also because the day was the
twenty-ffth anniversary Of DR.. Browns min
istry in the Methodist Church.
The discourse Of the morning hour was
very hthngly review Of the pastors work
and also d forward look TO the possibilities Of
the future. lie introduced his very apprO-
pirate address by saying;
Twenty-Five years ago to-day. in the city
OF Cincinnati. / stood for the first time in a
pulpit as pastor OF a ehurch. A few days be-
fore that to me. eventlUl day ] had been re-
ceived into the Cincinnati conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church and appointed
by Bishop Ames as preacher II charge Of
Blanchard Chapel. Cincinnati
After few further words Of Introduction,
he continued: Il entered the ministry not
from natural inclination, for I had chosen
and had already commenced preparation for
another profession. but because of a clear and
unmistakabie call TO that work. I heard for
years the woe is me if 1 preach not the Cos
pei and never found peace Of mind or rest
of heart until IiresOlved 70 be Obedient 70 ths
Divine call
In this connection the pastor spoke very
forcibly to the young men Just choosing al
occupation Tor life, declaring that ''ha1 the
battle OF life has already been fought and won
when there Is a recognition Of the supreme
obligation of the divine viii as to our way
and work in life and when obedience thereto
is promptly and fully given
As TO his choice Of the Methodist ministry
I the pastor said; 1t was quite natural for ne
to enter the Methodist ministry because my
parents We're Methodists and my father
Methodist preacher; and statistics clearly
show how rare thing Il Is in the ministerial
profession for sons to desert the faith of their
fathers. Even in those rare instances where
father and son are found In different denOm-
nations 1t is almost always the result Of
different views on pOlity and not doctrine.
But the supreme reason which determined
my course was my deep conviction of ths
truth of the doctrines of religion Is taught by
the Methodist Episcopal Church and the wis
dom of her poIity.
Indeed, these doctrines form the only body
OF doctrine as formulated by any church
which 1 could consistently teach in their en-
tirety. and her pOiity cOmmends itself TO my
mind as the best poiity known to men. Doc
trinally, in the midst OF change. MethOdisn
remains unchanged. In podty. too more
/ LulU u LuluEeQ wears nave pttoorQ away anu
/ vet no important change. save one. has ever
/ been suggested which has commended itself
TO the mind OF the Church. Like all other
/ human systems OF government it seems TO be-
/ at times. and in few Individual instances,
/ oppressive. but. as a rule. the highest inter-
/ ests of both people and ministry are sub
served
I During the twenty-five years Of DR. Browns
/ ministry he has been a member of six confer
I ences. Cincinnati. Troy. New England. New
/ ark New York, and Baltimore. 1t has been
I the lot OF but very few men in NethOdism TO
/ have been identified with so many confer
| ences. Very few. too. have been in charge OF
/ so many historic churches. = The Society OF
! Cambridge. \. y, was organized in 1766 by
I Philip EmburY- In Lyun Mass, Dr. Brown
/ was pastor of the church organized by Jesse
/ Lee in 1871. the second Methodist church or
I ganized in Massachusetts. In Boston. Mass,
he was pastor of BrOmiield Street Church,
/ which was the second Methodist Episcopal
/ church Of Boston. In New York he was pas
/ tor Of old historic Eighteenth Street Church,
/ and it is hardly necessary to add that Foundry
/ Church, OF which he is now pastor, rivals any
/ OF these, il not in years, in the romance OF its
history and in the widespread knowledge and
I influence Of its name and fame.
DIR. Brown then discussed the methods OF
work characteristic of Methodism, and after
/ a rapid glance over the quarter Of century
I of her growth and an earnest call to renewed
effort and vet more aggressiveness, he closed
his exceedingly interesting address