Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-02-13
DIR. BROOKS CALLED TO LONDON
He Is Offered the Passionate of the
London Tabernacle.

From the Memphis Tenn Commerc Appeal.
Rev. John A. Brooks, d. D., for
merly of Mexico, Mo-, has been called
to the ~pastorate of the London aber-
nacle, London, England, and serious
ly contemplates accepting. This is
the largest church of this connection
in all Europe, and the honor is a de-
served one. This Is the second time
the doctor has been called to this pull
pit, but before he was not in a posi-
ton to accept. He would not be a
stranger there, Is he is a personal
friend OF Ambassador Bayard and
Lady Henry Somerset, the great tenn
perance advocate of England.
DIR. John A. Brooks was born in
Mason County, KY, in 1886, and was
raised on the farm of his father. He
graduated at Bethany College in 1856
with honors, receiving the degree of
A. NJ. Bethany College was at that
time presided over by Alexander
Campbell, and DIR. Brooks feels that
he owes much of his success in life
to the inspiration drawn from this
devout and eminent man.
In 1858 he was elected to the pres
idency of Fle%mingsburg College, an
anti bellum institution. He began to
preach the gospel in his native county
in 1857, with most remarkable sue
cess, and became the pastor also at
Flemingsburg in 1858, and continued
in this field for a number of years. He
then took charge of the church at
Eminence, KY, from which place he
went to Winchester, KY, spending
twelve years at this point. In the
meantime he was married in 1859 to
Miss Sue Robertson, of Bath County,
KY, who is known as the ideal pas
tors wife. He went to Missouri in
1872 and has occupied successfully
the pulpits of Seventeenth and Olive
street churches, st. Louis, Mexico,
Warrensburg and Sixth and Prospect
Churches, Kansas City, Mo-, besides
the Linden Street Church of this city.
He has given universal satisfaction as
a pastor in all these places, and in the
meantime has brought into the church
nearly 10, 600 converts. In his youth
he vas one of the most eminent evan
gelists in America. He was chosen
on three successive occasions to pre-
side i've the convention of his peo-
pie, and did the work with eminent
ability and satisfaction. In short, he
stands to-day in the very front rank
of the ministry of his church, having
received from them every honor and
consideration.
He has also become most distin-
guished in the temperance work, can
vassing Missouri in the interest of
prohibition against the earnest efforts
of Senator Vest. In 1884 he was NOM
mated for Governor in that State by |
the Prohibitionists. In 1888 he was
nominated at Indianapolis for Vice
President of the United States on the
Cold Water ticket, and made the most
able campaign ever made in the cause
of prohibition. He made a great i'm
preston on the public spirit and in all
his temperance work has been upheld
by the councils of his church. He has
the distinguished honor to be one of
two ministers of that denomination
whose name is written in the history
of the United States. The other was
James A. Garfield, who rose to the
head of the nation as its chief execu-
tive. Besides, DR.. Brooks was most
distinguished as a member of the An
Gent Order of United Workmen, hay
ing once been chosen the Supreme
Master Workman of the United States
and Canada. The doctor has had many
honors in his own country conferred
upon him, and now is selected from
the many able preachers of
America to hold up his Masters cause
in the London Tabernacle, the first
church of his connection in all Europe.
To this church DR.. w. r. Moore, now
chancellor of the new Bible School
Of Columbia, Mo. ,ministered for eleven
years most ably. 1t has grown into
one of the best organized and most
successful congregations in the land,
and it would be exceedingly pleasing
to DR.. Brooks friends to see him
spend the next ten years of his life in
this most interesting field. The doc
tor and his good wife are most SER
considering the propriety of
this call. If he does the
prayers and love of the whole church
will go with him.
AN ERRONEOUS REPORT.
The following %cablegram going the
rounds of the American daily press is
LONDON, Feb. 3.-The report cabled
here that the Rev. John A. Brooks of
Memphis, Tenn, had been called to
The p~astorate ofSpurgeon's tabernacle
IS not correct. The secretary of the
.5abernacle to. day said: 81 am utterly
1t a loss to know from whence the
emanated. We have not medi-
iated any change and the Rev. Mr..
Thomas Spurgeon has no thought of
eaving. No change in any other tab .
'rnacle in London is contemplated SO .
ar as | know" Il
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