The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-10
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Shortly after DR.. Hall left tho church he was
aeel at the parsonage by a SUN reporter. DIR.
.i haven't ANYTHING further to say at this
s SSsrS fR mss sSs r out the So story ySg % ahss ' sas pn 'S
lished this morpineI It was quite correct. but
cant for the life Of me think where you got
In the afternoon ono of tho elders OF the
church. In telling what led up to the step DIR.
aBefore going into the history Of this matter
hv nots n say hat 10 yf 1r. ma Hail in Wishes Is nc TO mRiSSs o. moth, IN
ing which his session wishes to hide, nothing
which tho church wishes to hide. There Is no
he truth. can hatch from DR.. Halls resignation.
There probably never was a minister who was
SSrS hslthSG than 81. Hail. Hal, and there i" nothing q that
10 would ask now, and nothing that he would
would not tumble over ono another TO do for
stsnds beneath the flag. his ideas are, to-day
essentially those that no brought with him over
. :ss oss%n ihht HI Y S ySafi1 n sSS; H VT Il thu %'I mcde9n
0ive-and.take spirit. Further than this. no has
been and is a friGhtfully busy man., He, has
BsStsoS q e the F sHff' Avenue u, Church = than any
other pastor In New York, and probably any Ave
the head of the Home Mission Society, and he
has had tho burden of forty eleven other things
travelling. Five years. ago the session realized
That Df. Hall couldn't keep up tore lSer the he ps so
and we knew That II we were to have him with
"a as long as We could reasonably s,on ,SGyrt hope =. to hay have
Finally we told him 30 and asked him IL
you know. q man. of wonderful physique
had to do without anybody's help. Then he told
Syman in ireland. and that he didn't like his
place then and he didn't bellSye he'd Ike the
post Of pastor;;in;chiof In short. he told us
''of course there was nothing more to say and
We let the matter drop. Nothing rhI. more %nDn was ,s said
kro9bytcrian Church a Chicago, was taken II.
sick in a Chicago hospital. His father received
The news BY telegraph and started at once for
mans recovery. and DIR. Hall was nearly be-
eide himself. Just when q change in Toms
was rec .ivod here that another son, Richard.
was at the point of death in California. We re-
Hal reeeiyod Il he hesitsted between love for his
boy and duty to his church. He finally decided,
Tom being then out Of danger. that he really
you know that we almost had to drive DR.. Hall
TO California AS was feared, the fathers pres.
0nco could not save the sons life, and Dick Hall,
ene, Of the most brilliant young physicians in
CALIFORNIA; went to his rest.
mon II. nan EotuTllcu " NO" ioTh W.
noticed that there was a change in him. Hc
seemed TO worry a little more oyer his work
an assistant again. but the doctor would not en-.
terrain the suggestion. We then suggested that
E pSp,a e Pc Pc. em dlossno to 40 MS fo writing bim and ma at ho
didn't want that. He did. however. consent to
20 70 Europe; and ~ we made up E purse in no
and Tom to Europe for the summer.
They returned carly last, October. Shortly
tor remarked that he had about come to the
conclusion that he should retire in favor of a
snoueSt to call forth a protest from every mem,
Dor of the session. Several times after that DR..
aay m we're 'lm mado s WitS Fpesie ane es saSn stn nme
No, asSslu ;tsG do, ,SSitOF che s's ssss ts that t be
him and for the church was, for him to
restgns and q an he asked X th n1t a. 2 committee %nn,uI ex Of the le
appointed. made up as follows: Elders James
The committee after the death Of Elder
s ssasef was In to i SsHa sne the sart fGm%l''e friends ads
% Dr.. Hall upon It. Tho committee invited
aaas JoSn {. Renne sSnn recently ahS e sSeh 4 a % nasSsn
e rssrdsis discuss t The e sSnsregeeU 81 this eS S1%nisii q
% ssita S we're Msn nar tss I%s' frieSd e, o. t' si xh bas i s1es
could not persuade him to recall! his decision 70
made was the one that has been made. DR..
Hall will be, made pastor emeritus, with q
handsome salary and anything else he wants.
His salary now is $15. 900 and his house. While
j have nothing to warrant me in making the u.s.
e~ertion. I should say that his salary. or retiring
allowance, or whatever you may call 1t, will be
something like the half of what he gets now"
Had the disposition of the Warszawiak case |
anything to do with DR.. Halls resignation :"
asked the reporter.
Nothing, whatever" was the reply. THE
knew how, and turned it over to Presbytery.
Whom DR.. Hall once gives his faith to a man he
- very loath to withdraw it. do not believe he
believes all the things that have been said about
chat man. but he would never think of putting
himself up as superior to his session and,
because he differed from them. resign. DIR.
Hall 10 moro of q man and a better Christian
than that. ! really think that the only reason
Nf. Hall had for resigning was that be thought
because we wanted him to have an assistant,
we wanted younger man for our pastor. He
u and always has been, in his church, in Pres
0ytery and In the General Assembly, q man OF
and desiring. above all things. to avoid
AL oontroversies. Think he has the notion that
the church thinks he is too old; therefore he has
decided TO get out Once the doctor makes up
bis mind ! have mover known him to change It," |
Dr. Han preached at the afternoon service
yesterday. He made no reference to his resig-
nation. There were several instances of MEM
bers of tho congregation breaking down when
went forward to speak to him after SER
tdcA. Other than this, nothing unusual occurred. |