The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14
TUo NJ Preachers.
They Are the Ministers or n Cleveland Church
ana Preach from the same Pulpit.

ma Prrncn from inc NnHft uipH
The Rev. Marion Murdoch and the Rev. Flor.
once Buck are Joint pastors Of the Church Of tho
Unity In Cleveland, O. They live together. day
in and day out, have the same housekeeping and
housekeeping interests. do together the parish
visiting and the parish charity work. supervise
tho same clubs. preach from the same pulpit on
alternate Sundays, and with all this commin-
Cling Of interests not u single jar hns mnrred tho
concord between them. They have lived In this
way for nearly five years, and they STUDIED to-
| ec,hcr at the Mcadvillo Theological School In
PENNSYLVANIA, whcro Miss Murdoch took the de.
| gree Of Bachelor OF Divinity. They went abroad
together and took n twn.year course In post
graduate work Mt Oxford. being tho first women
students over admitted TO the Manchester New
College vt that place.
A Unitarian minister, who recently visited
Cleveland. on being asked TO describe tho two
women and their unique life work, said that
Miss Murdoch was the niorc intellectual, while
her associate had the moro magnetism.
They IRE direct oppositcs In appearance as
we'll as in mental attributes" he said, yet they
are most congcnial: ono supplements the gifts
OF the other. Mass Murdoch is reserved in man
ncr. is dark. Of medium, height. and imprcsscs
one as n woman OF much force and sclf-poise.
ono who thoroughly understands herself. Her
hair IL dark and her eyes brown. She Is
not u pretty woman, yet there IL some
thing rcstful and pleasing about her.
Miss Buck is vIvncious, enthusiastic. and frank
in manner. She i. tall. extremely graceful, and
has light hnir and gray cyca, that nrc dark
or lielit according to her mood. Miss Murdock's
sermons might be described as having meat In
them. Miss Buck presents her subjects In tho
most attractive form. The two have a hand.
come church, and one likely TO grow every day.
as 10th ministers have made themselves popu-
lar ana Cleveland has over 3oo.ooo inhabitants
Ono woman breaches ono Sunday. and the other
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does not deliver the discourse assists the pastor
by reading the Bible lesson. Their pulpit gowns
arc Of black silk. made in conventional style.
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with no cNnRseration OF width In either sleeves
",at,in,f ,h",. ,"ai.a ,rhov n,o;n
whi,o iiron co,,ars nnd crg. ma ,or,no, ,,c.
When mo-, in the pulpit they dress much as
other women do
~ u her ministry Miss Murdoch has
missed only two Sundays work on account OF
u,noss and uiss purt bos 20, IN no abson, n
single Sunday. They are both In sound health.
These women ministers have established n free
ht"u'FB"''o" NV nos. 'i'",Uu '''f'
OF the town, where sevcnty.irc children are
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from three 20 seven years old are looked after.
This last innovation WINS mace In order tn nor.
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my INC parents OF tne IHuc 'o,S 10 ENJOY 'ne
Sunday services with undistnrbcd minds. IL
occurred IN Miss Duck Tint ALL Of the
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usual 'hHrch phihhthrops anu iarge'hcnrt-
cdncss left sunday out Of the question.
although il was the day Of all Others when tired
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Hlothcr hctuei hcip' consequently snh SCI 10
worl; to lcnythcn the hours OF tho usual
infant class. so as to include the time of tho
church services. In the Sunday kindergarten
the children are kept amused and out OF mischicf.
while their parents are in the church auditorium.
Among the church interests Is n unity club,
literary aud philosophical in character. II has
eighty members. AT weddings. funerals. or
chrisicnings roth ministers are present.
"Whcn we fret began our pastorate," said
Miss Buck. "a good many conservative people
were skcptlrnl ms to how We should get on. They
sat back aud watched things FOR a while, half
curiously: when they found that the church
finances were prospcrlng, that the congregation
was getting lHrscr. and that wc paid ntton-
tion to every Individual. man. woman, and
child. as FAR a. we could and tried to interest
them personally In our clubs and socie.
tics. they gave ~ the hand of fellowship.
We are the recipients of much courtesy
from brother minister's working In the same
Held. and. on occasion. Unitarian ministers
from distInt cities exchange pulpits with us.