The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
REV. A, |, HUDSON
Is FORMALLY INSTALLED IN
HIS NEW Passionate.
Now Has Charge of the Church Of
Our Father. at Buffalo, New York
Account of the Installation

Rev. A. L. Hudson. until recently pastor
of the First Unitarian church, and his
wife. are now at Buffalo. n. Y. and on
Tuesday evening last Mr.. Hudson was
formally installed as pastor of the Church
of Our Father in that city, one OF the
most important Unitarian churches IN the
east. -. 81
The Buffalo Commercial gives the toi-
lowing account of the proceedings, MniCh
will be read with interest by MI HUI
sons hundreds of friends in this CITY:
In his address TO his old parishloh l'sii1
last night, Rev. Thomas r. Shcer salu
that the members of the Church OF our
Father were not 'fair-weather CHRISTIANS
and the statement seemed TO De borne O91
by the big audience which, nOtWltnstanu-
ms, the disagreed BILE night, turned out Tor
the surVice by which Kew. AuelDeIl
LathroD Hudson was installed as pastor
of the First Unitarian church OF TINS
In the seats behind the reading desk on
the pulpit were all the installing oIhcers
and the pastor to be installed, ana the
body of the church was filled with the
members of the church and society Wneh
Rev. John II. Applebee OF the fdIhs ny
Unitarian church arose and made the
opening invocation -
the Scripture lesson. and then the cholr
sang Shelley's exquisite The King ol
Love My Shepherd Is"
The installation sermon was preached
by Rev. Samuel a. Eliot of Boston. son OF
the president of Harvard university anu
the secretary of the American Unitarian
association. Mr.. Eliot IS man OF h Isst
scholarship with a keen. intelligent yet
quickly sympathetic mind, ana MS
thoughtful, earnest words on the supIecI
OF vitality of Christian life We're listened
TO with the closest attention by the Hlem-
bers of the church
The installation prayer was made BY
Rev. Thomas R. Slicer and was touch-
ing suDDlicatiOn for the continued work
inc bar- in al good
and churcn then being united
Rev Daniel w. MOrehOuse. secretary OF
the conference of the Unitarian cEurches
of the Middle States. made the ADDRESS IN
extending the right hand of fellowship 10
Mr. Hudson on the part of the conference
to which the western divine has come
The charge to the pastor was given Dy
Rev. George W. Cutter of Newport, R. l..
one of the former pastors of the Church
of Our Father. Mr.. Cutter was one OF the
much-loved leaders of the church, and
close experience with the needs OF the
parish and the parishiOners that will be
under Mr.. Hudson's care.
The welcome to the church was de-
livered to Mr.. Hudson by John r. Will
Jams. one of the trustees of the society,
and was a short. direct and gracefully
worded speech that brought ripple of
cOnfirmatOry applause from the church
members present.
Bucks stirring baritone solo, Fear Not
Ye. o Israel was sung by Percy e.
Mr. Slicer took his familiar place in the
pulpit to deliver the charge to the peO-
pie of the church.
Mr.. Slicer was in his happiest mood. and
the charge was not formal discourse, or
any collection of set phrases. but
cordial. direct. affectionate and sympa-
thetic talk. Mr.. Slcer said that he could
ask nothing better for Mr.. Hudson than
that the people OF the church and society
should accord to the new pastor the same
treatment in every way that they had al
ways given TO him. Nothing more grace
full or more satisfactory could be thought
of as close OF one church administration
and as the inaugural of another
After the closing hymn the new pastor
pronounced the benedictiOn. and then on
the invitation of Mr. Williams the men,
bers of the church present went into the
parlors of the building. where an informal
reception to the rev pastor and the in
stalling officers was held until nearly II
o'clock. Refreshments were served and
a very good time enjoyed by the many
who were present.
Mr.. Slicer was very warmly greeted by
all of his old parishioners, and he seemed
as pleased to be among his Buffalo friends
again as they were to see him.
Mr.. Eliot was obliged TO return to BOs-
ton last night. Mr.. Slicer remained over
until today, as the guest of Adelbert
Moot