The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-30

PARTING SHOTS.
Rev. MacMinn's Farewell
Address to His Con-
gregation.
LEeTURED THE MALcoNTENTs
Admits That in Some Respects His
Ministry Has Been a Fail
TIRE Here.
LECTURED THE MALeoNTENTS

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a new man on the field today. / would
aim at the same things. Let me tell you
what I tried to do.
Remember that I was a Baptist min
lister trained in one of the best theologi-
cal schools III THIS country, win an
p~erience as a pastor covering fifteen
years, in early maturity and physically
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strong. ! came TO a bapeist uic
having a system of theology and of gov
eminent. n recognized by the great
church. 1t was my determination to
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denomination. not as a matter of mere
to be the most scriptural Of all the de-
nominations, and my loyalty was to
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rants. Catchy presentations OF nalI-
truths, such as would please me unpaaa
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ology built upon shifting sands, views
answered and condemned again. ing
again by competent scholars; But, o. o.
the peWs would not accept me tru.n az a.
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Of the theology upon which they were
being req some OF tnem arts. Hiafiig
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700 roe ana nras,,mnt,on ~ ;pnorant
ana incapable men. AS one has said
snr,a man cannnt sea hevond thar own
oninion ad Vet these oninionaiiye men
Vii hitterlv abuse The pastor because
he does not surrender to them. Again
and arain T have seem nv plans ruined
and nv efforts rendered futile by lust
that kind Of interference. And yet
when failures came, the pastor was
blamed for them
II have tried as earnestly as I could
TO develop the work among the young
men. When I came here / was SADLY
Impressed with the number of young
men who had once belonged to the
church. but from troubles of one kind or
another had left it. ! determined to
make a special work of trying to reach
and save them, With considerable en-
thusiasm We Organized a Young mems
club and opened a reading room. But
they refused to go out on the streets
and win Others to the room. and at length
put a climax to their mistakes by refus-
ing admission to a convert because he
was a lfftFe too Young. When this was
done it was fine for the affair to die.
and die If did. INST as the Kings sons
died when they ceased to take new blood
into their organization.
.sAt a later period. and upon a better
hasis / wished to renew the experiment.
hut the officers of the church obiected'
They had lost confidence in the material
at hand. When at length + secured a
beard Of officers who were willing to give
Them every chance. i found that the
Young men would not Cooperate. Mutual
distrtlsts. and social n-arrowness Blocked
the work when every opportunity for its
derrsasr,--e ant was at hand. 1T made me
heart-sick.
when the boys and girls brigades
we're formed under first class leadersnip
This became q grand sl1ecess. i,ntil nv
rss lgnatton caused q change and he
r.arse no one has risen III F. lead them
inc Eir1s, Brigade has disks nded the
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