The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-03
NEW PASTOR OF CALVARY BAP-
list CHURCH.
Held in High Esteem in Tarrytown, N.
Y, His Present Passionate.

Y, His Present Passionate.
A recent issue of the Mt. Pleasant
News of North Tarrytown, NJ Y, has
the following sketch concerning the
Rev, George H. Ferris, who has accept
ed the pastorate of the Calvary Baptist
church in this city:
1.-The best friends must part" is an
old adage, and this very appropriately
applies to the congregation of the
First Baptist church, for on May first
it is to lose its esteemed and highly
popular young minister, the Rev.
| George H. Ferris who has accepted a
call to the Calvary Baptist church at
New Haven, Conn. What is our loss is
their gain, but the congregation very
reluctantly gives up Mr.. Ferris.
George II. Ferris was born in Lamar
tine, Wis, in 1868, and is the son of
George H. and Annette Ferris. His
father is retired merchant and a not
ed politician of Wisconsin and has serv-
ed several years in tie legislature Of
that state.
Young Ferris was started in his edu-
cational career and early in life enter
ed the Wayland academy. After gradu-
ating from there he came east end en-
tered Brown university at Providence,
r. I. He was in Brown six years and
took both the Bachelor of Arts and
Master of Arts degrees. He was very
prominent in college affairs, being ed
itor of the college paper, the class
poet, commencement speaker and
member of the Phi Beta Kappa fra
ternity. He was also very fond of
athletics and was a member of the
board of directors. After leaving
Brown he came to the Union Theolosi-
cal seminary in New York and studied
philosophy for two years. He also stud
led a while in Columbia. Mr.. Ferris
did not intend to be minister, but
had his mind made up to teach church
history, and to this he devoted much
study At the end of two years in the
seminary he was offered all expenses to
go to the University of Berlin to study.
At this time he also had call to come
to Tarrytown to replace the Rev. N. j.
Wheeler. After some consideration he
accepted and was ordained three years
ago by the Hudson River Central asso-
citation and took charge of the First
Baptist church.
Mr. Ferris was young and full of
enthusiasm, and by his interesting ser
mons and personal enterprise and in
tegrity the church began to boom and
grow. During his pastorate forty new
members have been added, the con-
gregation has grown three times in size,
the Sunday school has more than
doubled and the prayer meetings have
10 a n
Mr.. Ferris term Young Peoples Bap~
fist union has been formed. 1t may be.
remarked here that MIR. Ferris is vice
president of the State union. Besides
to his church duties Mr.. Fer
rs has made about fifty or sixty ad.
dresses outside of the church at dedica"
tons, etc. Last year he was honored
by being called to address the state
at Oneonta, and at the Bap-
list congress held in Buffalo on Novem-
D re17 he was the only minister to make
an address who did not have the title
IF LII. D. or d. D.
Mr.. Ferris goes to the Calvary Bap
list church at New Haven to succeed |
he Rev. Edwin M. Poteat, D. D., who |
las been called to the Memorial church |
1t Philadelphia. The church has a
of $50, being the largest |
church in the state of Connecticut and |
among the first churches in New Eng
and. 1t, indeed is very fine position
or Mr.. Ferris.
While Mr.. Ferris has been in larry
own he has become widely popular,
lot alone in his own circle of church
friends, but universally in our town.
1t all prominent affairs he has been a
Welcome speaker.
The past winter he preached an in
eresting series of sermons on THE
front Steps of Character These were
highly interesting and largely attend
d. Mr.. Ferris is married and resides
II Broadway. Mrs. Ferris was for
ncrly Miss Sivyer of Milwaukee,
On Sunday night Mr.. Ferris will
reach his farewell sermon. William
!. Baird, who is well known and
opular singer, will be present on this
ccasion. While Mr.. Ferris leaves Tar
ytown in person, in our mind we shall
ways have q sweet memory for him
nd we sincerely hope that while he is
way and busy at his work at times he
ill allow his mind to wander back to
where his friends are with
ut number.