New-York tribune., 1898-01-24
DR. HALL TO REMAIN PASTOR
,,r ANNOUNCES HIS PURPOSE TO HIS
CHURCH AT THE MORNING SERVICE
- ,vrunpAwA1. OF HIS RESIGNATION TIE
TO THE UNANIMOUS ACTION OF THE COY
GREGATIoN- WILLING. HE SAYS. TO
ACCEPT ANY FORM or ASSIST
ANCE DESIRABLE.

4. f,re,oId IN Yesterdays Tribune. d. John
.1ou announced to the members Of his conEre-
s,.,on a. me morning service OF the FIFTH Ave
60 PRESBYTERIAN Church yesterday that. in
,o,.-onoe to their wishes as expressed TO nm
hr .helr committee on Saturday. h had DC
cises 70 continue their pastor. adding that ne
would accept whatever assistance Tie congreGa-
.,or and ,ts officers should regard IS adVlsaoe
rhs nrobably means that the Tifh Avenue
,or,ehyterlan Church Will before long have an
ass,s,apt pastor who viii relieve Or liah OF
,,o -art Of :he duties OF the oastorate
,,r,ns, every seat in the church was taken at
=, o,o,nck Yesterday mOrnins the extiaor"l-
,a-fv large conETo cation be,rg attracted oy 'ne
.,,ectation that Or. Hall would announce
whether he would insist upon the acceptance u
Va resignation or withdraw It. The ushers OF
IN. church had all they could do TO seat 'he
crowd in tine for the opening OF the service
Save ,or DR. Halls announcement the service
differed in 10 respect from ;he usuaI 9u"na9
morning service. Tho pastor did not ieier 10
,be subject e his resignation I'm his opening
rraver. or IN any way until lie had ihisheu '"e
reading Of few church notices that had oech
omitted from the printed calendar FOR the week
Woen ne had finished ;his ne picked up sip
oe naper from the desk and read Il 10 the con
eraeation. which listened closely to every word.
the announcement read as follows:
II have TO announce that in view of the
unanimous action Of the congregation. nave
decided 70 continue. God willing. The work Of
the pastorate while strength IS siven 'rom
above and that prepared 70 welcome any
form of assistance regarded as desirable py 'he
congregation and its officers
A faint sigh and a rustic passed over the cor
S-oga,ion. and it only respect for the place
TIA, prevented burst OF applause.
Or Hall preached from, double text. the
fist par, Of It being found in jeremiah xXxi.
z. Yea. have loved thee with an everlasting
lore; therefore with loving kindness have l
drawn thee" and the second part in John III.
1G: For God 50 loved tho world that He gaze
HIS only begot;en Son. ;ha: whosoeyer believe.h
IN Him shall not perish. but have everlasting
life" lie spoke in part as follows:
We must keep IN mind The personality OF our
God. tie Father OF Jesus Christ There are some
sO-cai,d thinkers VINO igpors the personality o.
God 4n4 refer 10 Him as power for riehie0Is3,
ness. This IS Development Of an idea that had
existed since very carly times IN Hrahmnlsm and
o;Aer iOims OK -tarltlIsih. hl. t''.'' lC..f -
power. gravity is a power. society Is a power, Dt;
10 wh.c.i of fhcm can We look as TO persona!
helper and deliterer? Other aO-ca!ed thinkers re-
fer H. Geo "a stream Of tendency Bu; a
stream mast have source. and Goj has no be-
ginning and ~ endirg. He is fro'u everlasting 20
O. rlast'u e. There = no separation between Goa
with the believing bcggar as trulJ as with t1e
most conspicuous Of His saints. | do no: noed 10
tel yoU chat people may be very near each otner
Jl!s!-aly and Yet De very far apart moray. Goa
is eNerywhclc separation from Him ID time or
space IS impossible II IS possible 70 be separated
from him only morally.
Human nature does nor Ike the doctrine OF the
Consequence ~ A.n.au uan-gi essiCl nut tht.
Gospel says. You were ty nature the children or
God. but you have rehe-d ard are under sentence
Ct death Go 10 Him by faita IL Jesus Christ aud
seek forgiveness" Is man able to bridge o'er the
cnasn. bciwce, his fallen condition and God lie
scmctiUes likes - believe that he is. Bot ne
BID" explicitly dfI.cs & God alone - able 10 90
4. through his Son. Jc Christ.
Some men are foad 0; saying that Christ was
ever lived How could Iic have been the greatest
moral teacher and only man wh'n He constaruy
declared that He was the head o, tGe CAurcheand
ihc same in substance as tho Fr .icr?
Others say that the law of God cannot be keo, ov
man But Jesus Chris proved that il cou'1 be
lcpt by man. Sui others say that Will they
TOT good some OF the so-calicG saints the
difference IS one Of degree. The Bible says the
difference "a OF nature and that except we be
,uIr aCdin )" cannot enter the Kingdom or
Jieaven." These are the radical principles OF rev
eiaflqn they affect the salvation OF human souls
Tor the proclamation of these PRINCIPLES ministers
are pointed. and for 'acir belief churches a-e
formed In proportion as churches forget these
principles in that proportion do they cease 10 10
living Witnesses for thc truth
At the close Of Or. Halls sermon many men,
hers Of the congregation pressed up toward the
pulpit 70 shake his hand wh"a he descended
and 70 express their qualification AZ his de-
cison. When he asked il there would be
an assistant minister appointed DR. Hall re
pied that II the congregation wanted one there
would be ono.