The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-08
DR.. FAIRS WARM WELCOME.
INDEPENDENT CHURCHs PASTOR
INSTALLED IN HIS NEW HOME.

Rev. II. A. Fair and Miss Josephine
Fair Constitute the Pastors Fam
iIy-TO Preach His inaugural Ser
mon Tomorrow Morning The
Fairs Coming.
Rev. James Y. Fair, who was unani-
mously called to the pastorate of the indie
pendent Presbyterian church about six
weeks ago, and whose acceptance was
made contingent to the action Of the East
Hanover presbytery, in which his church,
at Richmond, Va, was included, arrived
in the city yesterday morning.
DR.. Fair was accompanied by his father,
Rev. r. A. Fair, and his sister, Miss Jo-
sephine Fair, were at once installed IN
the parsonage on Oglethorpe avenue.
Rev. r. A. Fair was formerly pastor
of the Presbyterian church at Newberry,
S. c.. which was his last pastorate. Since
his retirement from the active ministry
he has lived with his son.
DR.. Fair was called upon at the par
sonage by a number of his congregation.
Many of those who called he had met on
his former visit, when considering the call
to the pastorate, and the renewal of the
acquaintance was pleasant to both. 9th.
ers met him for the first time. and, as
with those to whom he was already
known, were favorably impressed by the
cordially of DR.. Fairs greeting and the
evident warmth and earnestness of his
manner.
The congregation maintains it's attitude
of unanimlty with regard to its new pas
tor, and a closer acquaintance strengthens
the feeling of satisfaction felt in learn
ing of his acceptance of the charge.
For eight years DR.. Fair was pastor Of
Grace church in Richmond. and his peo-
pie there had become as warmly endeared
to him as he to them. His departure was
made the occasion for the expression OF
the deepest regrets by his congregation,
and the remonstrances were to have gone
before the presbytery to prevent his leav-
ing up to the last moment, when the
objections, so far as their insistance was
concerned, were withdrawn.
DR.. Fair said he regarded the testimo-
NAL of affection and respect for which this
action of the congregation of Grace
church vouched. as a great honor and his
parting with his people was a source of
unqualified regret to him. It was first his
fear, he said. that his resignation might
be the cause of disruption of the church,
and, had not his fear been allayed by sub
sequent developments, he would never
have left Richmond. He would have re-
garded IL as wrong for him to accept
call to another city il his giving up the
pastorate of Grace church would have en-
dangered it's integrity.
DR.. Fair is most highly impressed with
Savannah and it's people. The city he
considers the handsomest in the south and
the hospitality of its people he praises
most highly. Having heard, he said, much
of the city and of its people, while he lived
at Newberry, and of the Independent
church and its lamented pastor, DR.. AK
son, he was confident of a cordial recep-
ton by the congregation, but that accord
ed him, in its kindness and warmth, far
exceeded, he said, his anticipations.
The parsonage had been thoroughly rem
ovated in expectation of DR.. Fairs occu-
pancy, and the new pastor is delighted
with its comfort and furnishings. The
church has also been given a complete
renovation and put in a condition immacu-
lately neat in honor of DR.. Fairs arrival.
The new pastor will preach his third SER
mon in the Independent church tomorrow
morning. He preached the morning and
evening sermons on his first visit, but to-
morrow's discourse will be his first as