The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-09-18


members of the congregation, and the
extent to which her loss would be felt
He predicted that the departing pastor
would do a great work in his new field
Mr.. Irvine read a letter of regret from
Rev. NJ d. Buck, as follows:
100 o Street, Sacramento Cal,
September 10, 1897.
Dear Brother Banks: I thank you
for giving me this opportunity to ex-
press my opinion of Brother Anderson.
Were it practicable l would be here
and tell it to his face. But fortune ia
vorS me. am at safe distance from
him. / have my opinion of him, and
am free to express it and to give con-
corning him a piece of my mind.
am glad he is going to Missouri. There
the summers are long and hot. The
winters are cold and icy. The winds
are strong and piercing. Wild animals
abound-bears, panthers, wildcats and
wolves. There are hosts of birds OF
prey-eagles, vultures, hawks and Owls.
There is a plentiful supply OF frogs and
tOads, lizards and snakes. 1t is good
place to cultivate an affection for Cali
fOrnia, good place in which to re-
member what he said on last Admission
Day-that our climate is 'matchleSs,
that here will ultimately spring race
of people of the strongest character
and the highest type of moral, physical
and intellectual development, a domi-
nant race in the progress and develop
ment Of the world. 0, l am glad that,
if he will leave us, he is going where he
viii not forget California, and so we
| h &c
a royal man. l do not want him TO
stay away always. 1 do not want Mis-
souri,, with her grand rivers, her fertile
valleys, her magnificent forests, her
unsurpassed mines, her extensive man.
ufactories, her superior educational sys-
tenn and her hundreds of thousands of
Christian people, do not want the
splendid church of which he is even
now the pastor, and to which he will
soon be speeding aWay-I do not want
these entertainments to keep him per-
| petually away from from those who
love him here. We have taken sweet
counsel together. His presence has
been a benediction. We have ever been
refreshed by communing with him. For
he drinks deep draughts of the water of
salvation, and his cup runneth over.
| Not only are we to lose him, but when
he goes it means that we shall also be
! deprived of the blessings which come
| from the presence of her who is the
noble and Indispensable partner of his
| joys and his SORROWS, of his working and
his resting. Precious will be the result
of their influence upon our lives.
Greatly will we miss Brother Anderson
| nd &c fa i11y
mercy follow them all the days of their
lives, and may they, with us, dwell in
the house of the Lord forever Frater-.
nally, NJ. D. BUCK.
| Judge Cravens spoke of his early ac-
quaintance with Mr.. Anderson, and
said that their daily meetings had be-
come such a part of their lives that he
should miss him greatly. His removal
| would be gain to the community to
which he goes. Missouri has gained
| two of the best opponents of the Chris
tan ministry that California has ever
had, in the persons of Mr.. Anderson
and Carroll NJ. Davis. He was afraid
that we should never see him again.
DR.. Curtis spoke feelingly of Mr.. An
derson's departure, and regretted that
the community was to lose him.
A. c. Sweetser also expressed his re-
grets at his departure.
On motion of Rev. Banks, the Secre-
tary of the congregation was instructed
| to forward copies of the papers con-
! tanning the report of this reception to
| the new church of which Mr.. Anderson
is to take charge, that they may know
what manner of man they have secur-
ed and be prepared to make him feel at
| home.
DR.. Anderson was called on and said
he found that it was a good thing to
move occasionally, and he was glad to
find out how much they thought of him.
He first came to California nearly forty
years ago, and his first pastorate was
thirty years ago. He came here almost
in his boyhood and had always loved
Sacramento. He knew the older citi-
zens better than he did the boys and
girls that have been growing up. The
people of this city have treated him
kindly, and always shown that they
felt kindly toward him. He had no
trouble in managing this church, as it
did not need much mana cement. Many
prominent men have worshiped in it,
and the church has never had a scandal
in it. 1t has been successful church.
but like others, it has had its ups and
downs. 1t has gained steadily for the
past three years, having had over 100
| accessions.
He parted company with them reluct-
antly. He fingered al the door of his
home, for California had been his home
for many years. His parents and rela-
tons are buried here. He would not
| forget her mountains and rivers and
sunsets. He should often think Of their
faces and their kind words and would
often be homesick. He had received
letters from people of all classes and
conditions of life here in this State
God had kept him from seeing fine
houses and dresses and diamonds, and
had only allowed him to see the faces
Of those he met. He hoped they would
forget his mistakes, which were many,
and remember him kindly and pray for
him.
He spoke of the cordial relations be-
tween him and the pastors of the city,
and his regret at parting from them,
and also from the members of his con-
| ference. with whom he had been so