Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-12
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PRoBABILITIEs.-F this
.;ar fair and continued cold weather to.
niebt and Friday northwesterly winds.
Mn McALL1sTER BECOMES A BAPTIST.
po, " Fl. McAliis.er, of this city,
me- received into the Brantly Baptist
S San Baltimore, last evening by a
' Up Of the congregation. For the last
go vears he has been pastor of Trinity
Me- Mfetbodist Episcopal Church in this
oi,v and recently withdrew from the
o,acmbersbip of the Methodist church.
l Ara meeting of the members of Trinity
~ held last week, by rising
,.o,a resolution setting forth the es-
, 'V.o in which he was held by the peo-
Wa whom he had served was passed.
Psy MIR. McAllister entered the minis.
NV in 1870 after being a newspaper
nan in New York city for five years.
T I was born in Pennington, Conn.,,
fartv.eicht years ago, was educated in
WESLEYAN University, and took the de-
,rse Of LII. D. from Columbia College
in 1869. on
The Baltimore Ame'1cdn says: Rev.
Dr VIM. H. McAllister, pastor of Beth
anv Independent Methodist Church,
81 Franklin Square, was last
nicbt received into the men,
ha7sbip of Brantly Baptist Church,
by the Rev. ]. Henry Cross, assistant
nsstor of the church, and will be
baniized on Sunday morning by the
kew DR.. H. NJ. Wharton, and he will
reach at Brantly Church on Sunday
ipysnipg Mr.. McAllister has been in
correspondence with DR.. Wharton for
some time in regard to changing his de-
nominational relations from the Metho-
dist to the Baptist Church. MIR. Nc
Allister is one of the most picturesque
characters in the pulpits of America.
His pastorate at Bethany was marked
for the originality of the preachers
style, and his church was thronged
every Sunday evening with people, hign
and low, rich and poor, from every sec
ton of the city. Mr.. McAllister made
sshort statement to the congregation
last night, saying he was satisfied in
his mind that the Baptist Church rep
resented his views of the scriptures
more perfectly than any other denomi-
nation.
"He appeared before the deacons of
the church yesterday afternoon, and
gave them quite lengthy statement of
his change of views, and he stated that
be would refer more fully to the subject
Of his change of views on Sunday. He
also said that he had become an advo-
cate of total abstinence from liquor,
having formerly held broad views on
that subject.
MI. McAllister was pastor of Bethany
Church about ten years ago, and always
drew crowded congregations. His
style OF preaching is what some might
call sensational, though he says that is
mistake-that he simply breaches the
simple truth, and if he uses epigram-
NAUTICAL expressions, he does not consid-
er them sensational. He married Miss
Guard, daughter of the late Rev. DR..
Guard, pastor of the Mount Vernon
Place NJ. +. Church. His last pastoral
charge was the Methodist Episcopal
church of Alexandria, where he has
just closed his fifth year. He brings
strong recommendations from the AL
exandria church. He states that he
has not yet decided as to his line of tu-
ture work. He has inclinations toward
literary work, but his friends strongly
advise him to continue in the ministry.
he was at one time writer on the New
York Herald. He was the pastor of
St. Johns and of Bethany Independent
Methodist churches, this city, for seven
years"
Mr.. McAllister, it is understood, will
be associated with Rev. Mr.. Wharton
in the latter's publishing house in Balli-
more Mr.. McAllister had not returned
to this city at 3 o'clock this evening,
but is expected later. His family have
removed from Trinity church parson-
sge, which is now being fitted up by
the ladie, of that church for Mr.. Nc
DOugsl, the recently appointed pastor,
who is expected here by the first Of
next month. Mr.. McAllister and his
family will remove from this city in
few days.