The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-18
DIR. HALL DIES IN IRELAND.
TIE EMINENT PASTOR HAD LONo
GUFUERED FROM HEART DISEAsE

Members Of His Fifth Avenue Church GrieVed
by tho sad Newn-Ho Had Been Their
Pastor Since 1s8T-Body Will BE Brought
Here for Burial-NO Successor Mentioned
The Rev. DIR. John Hall. pastor Of the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church OF this city, died
yesterday morning at the residence Of his ais
ter in Bangor. near Belfast, county Down, Ire
land. The news Of DR.. Hall's death was q
cause of great grief among his Pensioners In
this city. but 1t was not q surprise. The emil
nont divine's friends knew when no went away
early In the summer that he was In feeble
health. and only two days ago they were
warned by his con. Bolton Hall, TO DO prepared
for the worst. Tho latter received q despatch
from his mother on Thursday night, In which
She told him that DIR. Hall had broken Town
completely and was in such condition that IL
would DO impossible for him to take the
steamer. which sailed yesterday. for home.
Passage had been engaged for yesterdays
steamer. and up to the last moment It was
hoped that DR.. Hall would BIO able to start on
his journey home. But a sudden turn for the
worse upset all plans. and yesterday morning
Or. Hall died.
While not specifically stated in the de-
Bpatches from Ireland. DR.. Hall undoubtedly
died Of heart disease. For fifteen years he had
been o sufferer from that disease. although
for q good part Of that time his trouble only
manifested itself at long intervals. He was
6rst seriously affected about two years ago.
when his championship Of the Jew missionary.
Herman Warszawiak. caused dissensions In
his congregation.
DR.. Hall stuck to Warszawiak In the face Of
almost overwhelming evidence against him.
evidence that actually convinced everybody
but DR.. Hall.
The matter preyed on DR.. Halls mind until
he became almost Ill. just as 1t was settled.
Richard Hall. one OF the Doctors sons. died.
and following that came the news that another
son. the Rev. Thomas Hall Of Chicago. had
broken down.. The combination was too
much for a man in DR.. Halls condition. and he
went away on his annual trip to Ireland o very
sick man.
There is considerable interest in this city In
who will be DR.. Halls successor. This morn
ing at 10 O'Clock there will be O meeting Of the
session Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church at the church for the purpose Of TAX
ing suitable action on the death Of the pastor.
1t is more than likely that the subject OF a sue
oessor to DR.. Hall will come up. Anumber Of
prominent members OF the church were seen
yesterday who declared that they hadn't the
faintest idea who would fl the pulpit in the
future. One member OF the session Wit was
seen had this to say:
1T is impossible to state now h will be
DR.. Halls successor. I can state positively
that no one has been recommended for the
place yet and that serious consideration has
not been given to any one name. There will
be, nc, haste about selecting, the man. for the
methods and beliefs as they can ind.
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from this society. made up OF some OF the best
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became Interested In church and mission work.
He sts, WAS 2 In HEi mdiG4ity In 1nS z S S%s1l w way ya before S4ss he
ated from COLLEGE it was with The highest hon
ors. Immediately after leaving, college he
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sion at oamlin. near Boyle. Mrs. Irwin belonged
t was impossible to Establish an Epiiscopaiian
mission, she esta6lished one e. under The a Hsti
had received his degree as q doctor Of d.
yinity. from the General AssemRly's Theo-
logical College in Belfast, and he was an
Years. SeSrsi later siT When he Received a : call to the First
Presbyterian Church at Armagh. he married
devote 5F their ]easrs SRsy to Sf tHo q lsrE Ses f %td' 6efof re
them.
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Hall remained until 1858, when he was called to
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Kirkpatrick, whom he afterward succeeded;
A ,larGeG church. now known as the Rqtland
DR.. Halls acoes sion to the pulpit. and the con:
gregation was one of the largest Protestant
IN 1857 Dr. Hail came to this country with DR.
Psnham; The two el ZIG men made up the g
Assembly OF the United States. DR.. Hall ad.
dressed .sd Sd the assen tbs N IN CisG .b60I ass sn6 StSe r
Rochester. It was during this visit that DR.
Hall was invited 70 preach IA the Fifth Ave
nue. P re btsFasnt Church s,rsat WHICH HSa WAS Tpi1i the eP t 10;
S ShSSsH Efs sh ON J yaSs:45: 1857 fBS Df in h The d a6s;
most Influential people In the city. among them
the Sloanes, the Stuarts, the gahrays. Robert
Bonner. Robert Hoe. Elliott +. Shepard. DIR
Agnew, Charles Farrier. ]. d. Vermilye and
Henry s. Marquand.
DR.. Hall made a favorable impression on the
congregation and seemed to be the very mar
tina the church had been looking for. Short
ly after his return to Ireland it cabled him a
Gall. He was ,loath to accept II, a, first, but
the urgent indoEsenYept q his old friend q and q
Philadelphia, decided him. and he cabled back
that he would come to this country Dr.. Hall
salary was more than doubled before he had
been long in the pulpit. Meantime plans fol
the magnificent sanctuary and parsonage at
Fifth avenue and Fifty-ffth street had been
made. and the structure was erected at a cost
of over a million dollars. The old church was
turned over to the Central Presbyterian
Church, which afterward moved to West Fiji.
ty-seventh street.
The new church was an imposing ediico fol
. Presbyterian congregation, and there was
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