The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-01-30

naturally speculative Tn ms mlnQ
 but clung to the cardinal doctrines of
 the cross As one with his anchor firmly
 fastened to the shore, might let his
 boat float into deep waters or into the
 logs and mists when the shore was not
 yisable, knowing that he was safely
 anchored to the shore, so Brother Rey-
 holds with his faith unshaken in the
 cardinal doctrine of evalgelstic faith,
 would follow the speculations of Her.
 Der Spencer or others of his kind, but
 never lost his firm hold upon the doc
 trines of the cross. A letter from him
 in which, after speaking of some of
 the mysteries of life, he says, you see,
 l am speculating still. He had q broad
 view of the relations which we all sus-
 tain to Christ's kingdom, and that
 wherever we could accomplish most
 there it was our privilege and duty to
 be. This was shown in his willingness
 to permit his daughter Anna to return
 to her position as secretary of the Wo-
 mans World Chris tian association at
 London, England. She had been with
 her father in the closing days of her
 mothers life, and had passed with him
 through that deep sorrow and for a few
 weeks after she was with him to bestow
 upon him her beautiful ministries of
 sympathy and love, but the time came
 when, if she returned to official duties
 at London they must separate Those
 tender scenes at the death of the wife and mother, so dear to each of them, as they had walked together under the
 great shadow which had fallen upon their home, had only endeared them more closely to each other as the trial
 of separation came. When I spoke to him about 1t he replied, T felt it would be a moral wrong for her not to go.
 She has been in the position so long and is thoroughly conversant with all its plans and purposes, and no one could i'll her place now" Much as he would have retained her for his own happiness yet when the interests of the kingdom were placed in the balance against his happiness he said go, and that was the spirit of the man. In broad sense, he placed the interests of the Kingdom before all else I think this same broad view of the relations we sustain to the kingdom was n in respect to his son. James B. Reynolds had prepared himself for the ministry He had had exceptional advantages of travel in Europe and connection with mission in Paris in preparation for the profession. Brother Reynolds would have preferred that the son should fol- low the profession of the father, but when the position of head of the llni- versity settlement in New York city was offered to him and the man who had been at the head of it before said that he knew no man who was so well fitted for the important position as young MT. Reynolds the father acqui- esced in the sons accepting the posi- tion. His thought seemed to be, wher- ever he can be most useful that is the place he should occupy.
 As sermonizer he was careful and methodical He sought the true inter- pretation of his text and elucidated in clear, well studied manner. while he used illustrations in his sermons. He was not profuse with stories and anec- dotes, making the interest of his ser mon to hinge upon thes but rather he would seek to make U great themes of the gospel, which the text suggested, indelibly fixed on the minds of his hearers. His sermons were characteriz- ed for their candor and truthfulness and clearness of the truth which they presented, rather than by anything dramatic or sensational. and this it was which made his sermons effective in en- riching his congregation with gospel truth rather than amusing them with startling stories and anecdotes. With sermons thus prepared and his candid and earnest presenting of them in their delivery they became effective in ab1n- dant harvests, in the development of Christian character and in winning souls to Christ.
 While he was liberal in his fellowship | with other denominations of Christians | he was a decided Congregati ationalist and | interested in the growth of the denoni- | nation in these later years. He was a regular attendant on the Congregation | al club of New Haven when his health | would permit, and also an occasional | visitor at Hartford in their ecclesiastic- al gatherings, occasions which he es- pecially enjoyed. He had no contro- versy with others and was quite willing that they should enjoy their own eccle- eiastical affii tions, but he was at sfnd 1 with his own and ready to lend a help- ing hand wherever he could be of use to it.
 He had a genial disposition. He was frank and open hearted. Tn his inter- there was play of humor which gave zest and pleasure to his conver- ation, at the same time that it was refined and Christian. It was this which made the atmosphere of his home so beautiful and all it's social relations so pleasing and attractive. What influ- ence that home exerted on all the fam flies in the parish, how as the rays of the sun quicken into life by their warmth the buds causing them to un- fold their lovelness, so the influence of that home became as an inspiration to that which was pure and noble in all the families of the parish.
 After pastorate of some thirty years he resigned feeling the insdious in- auences of disease coming upon him, and spent the few remaining years in he quiet of his home enjoying the kind regard of his former parishioners and If his successor in the ministry, Rev. Mr. Lathrop, and fell asleep on Sab-