New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-15
~ DIR. JOHN HALLS Pt LFII.
THE FIFTH AVENUE PRESBf-
TERRAIN CHIRCU.

The Rev G Campbell Morgan pastor q IA" New
Court CONGREGATIONAL Church. East Tollngion PAX.
London. preached yesterday AT the morning ana
afternoon services OF the Fifth Avenue frrsoy''''"
Church. Mr.. Morgan has mad" several N'9I'S ~
this country for the purpose OF attending he NORTH
field and other conferences, and his power as
preacher is we'll known here. At both services yes
terday he attracted large congregations In me
morning there We're fully twelve thousand people
in the church ana II was necessary TO throw ope"
the gallery Of the church for the first tine his
summer.
Especial interos; attached 90 NJ Morgan
appearance in the pulpit OF the Firth Av'nne Pres
byterlan Church yesterday. for the reason that no
may be one OF the candidates for IN" passionate
should the Rev DR.. Hall adhere 10 the det"rmina-
ton which he Is believed to have formed 10 rc'"e
next year. when he VIII have coipp"ied u "'t'''
centurys work in the ministry 81 tine 1rcSpy'rl"h
church \ committee OF the church il extending
invitations TO ministers OF high sanding ana &C.
complishmonts to III the pupil; each Sunday dur
ing the present month and II seems 10 be Ia lily
understood among the congregation that ~ one OF
these call Will he made in cas-" or Ut i''l -
iiremcnt. So far these who have responded 10
these Invitations are the Rev Dr. J. Wilbur 'haP-
man. OF Philadelphia. the Rev DIR. William j. NC
KIitrick o. Buffalo and Mr. Morgan. Next sun
day the Rev George H. Macgregor. OF London,
England. Will preach.
CONGREGATION FAVORABLY IMPRESSED.
From tie inevitable after-scrvlce comments ot
those who listened to Mr. Morgan yesterday Il was
apparent that the visiting minister had favorabiy
Impressed them. Mr.. Morgan IS happy In possess
ing many Of the attributes that go 20 make up Il
successfu exponent OF the Gospel. Eloquent. SIN
cere OF manner and with the faculty OF vocins his
thoughts in attractive language. he held the at
,entiou Of his congroga ton throughout his SER
mons albeit that both his discourses were double
tho length of the twenty minutes which some
church dignitary has laid down as being the limit
OF the ideal sermon.
Mr. Morgan personally IL tall ana extremely
spare. with prominent. sharply cut features ana a
broad forehead covered with heavy growth Oh
curly dark hair which he allows 20 gro" long
Ills appearance is eminently scholarly. MT MOT
CANS pulpit eoquence is more OF the pers"asi's
than OF the trenchant kind His voice Is powerful
and we'll modulated and reaches the distant paris
81 the church without effort. For the rest. ne IL
fluent OF speech. has n wide vocabulary at ms
command and is energetic in hts gestures. MT
Morgan discarded the orthodox ministerial frock
coat yesterday In the pulpit In favor OF a 'hn
alpaca sack cont. A religious publication com
menting few days ago upon Mr. Morgan had TINS
TO say Of him:
Mr.. Morgan comes to Northncld this .Ycar as a
brother beloved 10 hundreds OF people TWO years
ago he delivered single sernon At mr"'nF Ia
hearrr. the Man OF Nazareth had never seemed
S sorrow near as it, sN SG IN Thai ins5 onF %
Was Delighted with the speaker and his message.
speak FOR a week 10 the students under his catc z
that city The ac9uantance I'm, eegun Te sr. -
the Conference last year, and. In addition 10 tnht.
he spoke FOR fortnight in ne yll'ng. chnFch ALT
man In tho literal sense OF the term. hs Views
accord with those hello sy Meygr NsegT ,o h ara
men In that His Master is In tn" carpenter sh"p
more frequently than on the Mount OF Transfrur"-
ton Some Of the Keswick and NorihheId speak
era to say. Come up where We dwell with
christ" Mr. Morgan's word l.. Live with Christ
In the daily task"
THE MINISTER'S CAREER.
NJ Norsan was born in the small town OF Tot
hurry Gloucestershlre England December ..
1893 lie comes OF Nonconformlst paTentag-. his
father having been "A Baptist minister ana his
mother the daughter OF II Baptist deacon. lie VS.
educated mainly at Cheltenham. from when place.
at the age Of twenty. he passed to mss,ership
I'm the Jewish Collie iate School. Birmingham. lie
abandoned this calling for the work OF mn evan
,est and IN 1883 accepted a call 20 the passionate
Of the Congregational Church IN Stone. stafford
shire In 1893 Mr. Morgan took charge ~ the West
minister Road Congregational Church. at Birch
field near Birmingham. and In February. 1885,. be
accepted a call 10 TIE New court Ohsi's"''"iiA
Church.
This church has history dating back 10 1862.
rs first pastor was the Rev. Thomas Manton who
had been elected from the mastershp Of ST PauIs.
Covont Garden as result Of the notorious Act Of
I-niformity The church had "a chcckercd career
Iuurr tnc trouDlOus icigns OF the Stuars. and had
IN succession at us head sGga no,ane men a.
Richard Baxter. author or The saints fcst
Daniel Burgess Thomas Bradbury and Richard
Winter
THE LESSON FROM a MIRACLE
The sermon preached by Mr. Morgan yesterday
mornlng-from the text OF John via. 2s3o-wIll he
found reported in another column. Ia the after
noon his sermon was based upon John Y. parts u
the 9Th sth and 18th verses: wilt thou be made
whole? Rise take up thy bed and walk. Behold.
thou art made whole: sin more lest worse
thing come unto thee "
The story OF Christ healing tho innrm man. Mr..
Morgan said generally read 10 common
place story but 1t was fun OF dramatic power. and
taught the philosophy with which Christ prosecuted
His mission. Proceeding Mr.. Morgan showed that
Christ In the text he had quoted. recognized the
ROYALTY Of will Christ delivered the man from deg
radiation and humiliation, because the man uiled H.
and submitted himself to the super-rOyal VIII or
The Master Mr.. Morgan went Oh 10 teach The
lesson that there more hope for the man who
was conscious OF his own impotence and weakness.
and who would listen to the question VIII thou
be made whole" than the man who was conienl"i
with his nirmites and shut out the light OF God
People say Mr. Morgan pointed ou;. that
preachers of the Gospel should reach mans heart.
but the surest way to arrest the heart IL through
the region Of the reason and through the channel
OF the mental faculties" MIR Morgan went on -
show that when the inrrm man mad" up MS NINA
submit himself TO Jesus. there flashed omnlpo-
tence to impotence. The man rose VINO could not
rise The Impossible gave way to the possible. be-
cause n human soul acknowledged the king hip OF
Christ
W. g. THOMPSON ORDlINED.
There was a large attendance OF members OF the
congregation Of the Church OF ST. John the Evan
gelist In Eeventhst.. at the morning services