The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-09
ma BROADER FIELD.
psy. S. J. Kennedy to Remove
TO San Francisco.
o.sroR OF ST. JOHNS CHURCH.
vas the Dying Wish OF His Friend,
Rev. II. Hanson Irwin-To Take
Charge January 1.

p~shvter.ans Of this city are 20 lose
- arotaer of their pastors. Rev. Sam
: kennedy announced yesterday TO
.c-~rsxztl0n az Calvary church that he
- reregvsG q call from 81 Johns church.
- rrsrrtzco. and That he had decided
srcsut ire eaiL. This action IS prac-
.-.f,x anal, though certain fOrmsEtez are
- 10 b. complied with In a case Ike
=. Ksnpedy's, where there Is no faction
- rs dissatisfaction. these formalitlss
S-sarae mere courteslea. which may safe
- taken FOR granted. 50 that IL is per-
s..slw safe 20 say that during the latter
- ~ this month Mr.. Kennedy viii leave
- plsasaat charge which, he has served
seeeptahly for nearly two years. and on
So years day he will assume his new
-.torate ia San Francisco.
striking and romantic coincidence
~srks this transfer. The church TO which
~ kennedy IL going was recently made
~ssant by the death OF one OF mis- dearest
.gsess and former schooImates. Rev. D..
s,anson IrxIu. the brilliant young preacher
900 visit 10 MT. Kennedy ga this city
-. ulu4rner wOn him many friends here.
Tssy were together lB school through
.asamv. college and seminary, but had
essa separated for years until their pleas
znt reunion IN Seattle. About November
xhen Nr. Irwin felt that death WAS very
rSar. ne called his elders about his bedside
al ssggested the name Of his friend as
H. successor In the work that had been so
dear 10 him The suggestion was followed
eat. ana the FIRST week In November Mr..
kennedy received a letter from the SEES
son OF ST. Johns church. asking him TO
oscgyy the pulpit at st. John's for three
sundays with a view 10 a permanent pas
torsie. Discreetly avoiding all publicity,
ss complied with the request. and as q re-
suit OF his three Sundays work. the SEES
.sa OF st. Johns on last Monday extend
- 70 him an earnest and unanimous call.
xa,el, he has accepted. Tonight the ses-
zon OF Calvary church Will unite with him
n asking a dissolution OF his present pas
,sgal relation. and tomorrow night. at a
sp<c.al meeting or the Puget sound pres
ey;ery that body VIII order the relation
dissolved
II Is but fair 10 Mr.. Kennedy and 10 his
present congregation TO say 70 those not
sersed IN church technicalities. tina the
esagregaiion's request for a dissolution
q; the pastoral relation In this case means
rsthlng more nor less han that his men,
bars regretfully consent to Mr.. Kenne-
al leaving them IN order that he may en-
Ter a larger sphere OF work. Since May,
-. when his bright and scholarly young
face first looked down from the Calva-
~ pulpit. he has continued 10 grow in
faf9f VIII the uleflHtF6 OF IuAt tAlFrl
and with bis neighbors or other denom-
nations.
Hs possesses an attractive personality,
the oglgrowth ~ that vigorous Scotch
IRISH stock which has furnished America
= many h0nored and useful citizens. Born
a. Celeraine. County Derry. Ireland, In
RH he vas educated In the Coleraine
zeAasmy. Queens college. al B~elfasts and
the Assemhly's Presbyterian seminary.
Waea be came 20 America In ISIS ne took
81 more thorough course In theology
al Allegheny Seminary. Pennsylvania.
After sitting for his first pastorate near
:, Paul for a year. he recroSsed the At
hsao on 4 visit 10 his old home, returning
. America Ia the fall OF 1880. His next
Charge Was a. lie Sueur. Mimi, where he
remained until he accepted the call TO Cal
vary church, In this city. He has a charm
'ng wife. who was Miss Effie Virtue. sis
Ter OF Ar. George a. Virtue. OF Seattle.