New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-31
DR. rONNELL TO BE THE CHOiOh'
FIFTH AVENUE CHURcHs CALL ENphc Ell
TO BE UNANIMOUS 49, FOURTH AVE-
ME AND THIRTEENTH STREET
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
LIKELY TO UNITE

roror, was published yesterday to the enc
,ho, II there should be any opposition mann 's'e'
bv members OF the congregation OF inc -"
rue PRESBYTERIAN Church to the heN' ""V -,
l..or !, call 10 whom the Committee OF JUG
whole will recommend. as exclusively s'd'e" ~
49,, ,-,,,,,,o ~ March 2O-at the church mee'"s
nv, wednesday night. the name OF seconu va" -
didate will be- submitted. The Kew IT. -, 90
Hancock OF Baltimore Is naineu ~ 'e hou
IA choice II may be stated empha''""'' :, l.,
aver that there Is no basis TOT 'i,'' 80 nc Tho
,rvo ,bo, some four or five months ago q" 49,
-. o,,rounced at the time. suo-coH'"i'
-, 49, church after Dr. Babcocks quai'','
had been discussed. visited baltimore 'or onort
nosa NJ hearing that minister pre"c"' -, nj
% tho subcommittee was favoraoe !" ,ho
cock but for various reasons 'he name
h,,rch subsequently dropped DR.. bapcoch
e""'O' ~. - o,d,dates one reason and n mo9t
,,ao, ono N 30 conservative and ortno"oA
orgreoatIon az that OF the Fihh Avenue ,',
,orIan Church. that Dr. baoco'h -, l.,
,,or,rps were toward the advanced sc"'o'' ,.,,
tho event OF Or. Council not reoeiVins ,nat, 8,
,.o,o mr. of his declining the call, Dr ba''oN
VOC " "a ,,h cor,aintv will no, be the second
may he said with certainty w"
choice. 49,. NJ connel
II Is asserted also. that a letter from WI, -
was received by a close personal trlenu U" ~ 10,
DIV in which he said that can th"' We, 80,
unanimous n fact as well as III nam. nell
no cors,dored That IL undoubted. MI IN,
made that perfectly clear before ne iei' ~, ,uor
IN continue his tourney to the East nc .,
nrov.ns In the church that Mr.. Come" So IT,
yin he unanimous The recorimehda''o' ~
III ,o,,os from a committee directly tspne rho
s~e ~ The Session and of the coneresa', that
,oc,, bers Of the church thoroughly app.i,fnn only
~ coruittee has made IT, rec md II
~ c"refnI and exhaustive deiner%tlon ,and In
~ relieved that any voice VIII ne IaIad 40
~ % 20 the selection which mas ptrn tu,rnsbv
'lrToa Interrogation OF the Fourth a itch,
,o,,an Church at q meeting on Meul,'' C%;y,rch 10
, ~ ~ invite the Thirteenth street Nnocted
,fc
~ /, vas not determined upon une" ""iimation
nDronosoI had been discussed with sotne rhrteenth
!, - rernalns 10 he seen whether hr tvhn II
:, cot church will acccp. the INV h,,rch are
- i,nowm thai some members OF tnS sSa...ood that
l,nsoG 70 onsodatiOn II IL wen ul.,eI' Iii ain
~ croater norton Of the congregsato. d~an.ages
-, Tho consolidation scheme ne lions
~ the fusion are apparent 10 pout ~ strongly
o. Nv ,,,d ,nean the establishment oil Etc
IL WI naonles church II not on the IL thc
y, Lat In The immediate neighpoiI -, ,,i1ra alton
~. 90, ,eors because Ot the tleuu ol -. al
Tho resources of both chulc'!,LS .%inkinr
ui,,u;shad But II is pointed out " 'r ,hoir in
nil.-r 81 tbe two congregations that II cold
'a,s xrere ioncd and tho present Po0 pnd q 50O
- Mounting 10 to between >l'p'v'y site
20 an,,,J ho secured With thls sum r,biIe an
coI l.rnon. Of such strength woulu W Down
iT insure TO Presbyteriansm DOW toward
W. church in perpetuity. inc mr., ,,on nv the
ttVWi, ~oaiizotion OF this end was lam" rJo peyt
,i..,r,h Avenue Church on Nedhesu"sf .ha In vita
rUui &C. thought be the acceptance VI croet CON
VIII :, landed 10 II by the Thlrteehtn o''
ton lni,a ~ AZ a meeting 10 be held soo"'