New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20

| made to the congregation Maintaining the
! reticent attitude they have adopted from the
outset of their deliberations. the members Of
! the committee declined TO make any communi-
cation Of their proceedings. Some OF them. In
fact, sought TO give the impression TO the wait
ing newspaper representatives that nothing
! definite had been accomplished, but subsequent
ly the action taken by the committee ascer
tanned from authoritative source.
1t explained to a Tribune reporter by a
prominent member Of the church that the pro-
! posal to call Mr.. Morgan mainly urged by
! that section of the committee which recently
| passed a resolution dismssng the charges
| against Warszawiak for the sake of bringing
peace TO the church. AS the still in
the General Assembly complaint was made to
| the Presbytery by those who contended that the
| Session had no power TO exonerate Warszawiak.
| That complaint the Presbytery is now consid-
| ering.
A DESIRE TO MAKE PEACE.
| According to The Tribunes informant. the
majority which had voted for the Warszawiak
motion, in order to strengthen their position de-
| sired to call a minister as soon as possible who
| would naturally bend his energies to healing
the differences existing in his new charge. 1t Is
this circumstance. 1t is said which led the ma
| jority last night to decide upon making rec
| concentration instead Of waiting until such time
as a unanimous report could be presented.
1t is probable that call for congregational
meeting to consider the recommendation Will
be made from the pulpit next Sunday 1t is
thought that the name Of Mr. Morgan will not
commend itself to the church. as a whole. From
the time 1t was known that the committee was
seriously discussing Mr.. Morgan. many Of the
] haHro has ia cd n
approval Of his selection. Among various rea-
sons they have given for adopting this attitude
| one is that Mr.. Morgan is prominently an
| evangelist that he would consequently be fire.
| quently away from his pulpit. which would be
| detrimental to the interests of such church
as the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian. Therefore
there is reason to believe that the congregation
will not be unit ii adopting the recommends
ton to call Mr.. Morgan. especially as even the
committee itself was divided on the subject.
Should the call be extended. however. there is
every probability that IT will be accepted 1t
Is understood, in fact. that some Of the COM
mittee assured themselves upon this point be-
fore Mr.. Morgan sailed for England few weeks
ago. The salary Mr.. Morgan would receive would
doubtless be The same as that offered to the
Rev. Alexander Council. OF London-SlO'Oo an
nually, together with parsonage.
Since the Rev. Mr.. Council refused call TO
the church. early in the present year. the com
mittee has met weekly and considered the quail
fcations OF the different ministers who were in
vited to occupy the pulpit each Sunday. Finally
1t became known that the choice had narrowed
down TO three candidates-Mr Morgan. the Rev.
DR. Sneed of ST. Louis and the Rev. DR.. n.
Audley Ross. OF Newcastle-on-T Tyne. In view of
the fact that the committee could not unani-
mousy agree upon Mr.. Morgan. 1t was for a
long time thought that DR.. Ross would be asked
to succeed DR.. Hall.
MR. MORGANs APPEARANCE.
Mr. Morgan personally is tall and extremely
spare with prominent sharply cut features ana
q broad forehead, covered with heavy growth
of curly dark hair, which he allows to grow long.
His appearance is eminently scholarly. MT
Morgan's pulpit eloquence is more OF the per-
sroe,ve than of the trenchant kind. His voice is
powerful and we'll modulated, and reaches the
distant narts of the church without effort For
tho rest he is fluent Of speech. has a wide vo-
oobularv at his command and is energetic in his
gestures A religious publication. commenting
recently upon Mr.. Morgan, had this say OF him:
Mr. Morgan comes to Mortified this year as
brother beloved to hundreds Of people Two
wears ago he delivered a single sermon at a
son.Ir, on "Jesus in the Carpenters Shop" To
MANY of his hearers the Man or Nazareth hdu
never seemed quite so near TO them IN theit
dailv lives Of toll and sorrow as he did thdI
nanrninp Mr. Moody was delighted with the
sneaker and his message, and sent MIN 10 the
Chicago Bible Institute to speak FOR a week 10
the students under his care in that CITY ne
anouaintance thus begun resulted in his being
one Of the two leading speakers al the Con-
ference last year. and in addition TO that ne
smoke for a fortnight in the village church a1ter
The Conference adjourned. While not a "kes-
wick" man, in the literal sense of the term. his
views accord with those held by Meyer Mac
eregor and WebbPeploe. But ne dlHeTs soIne-
what from these men in that his Master is In the
carpenter shop more frequently than on the
Mount Of TRANSPORTATION. Some of the kes-
wick and Mortified speakers seem TO say
Come up where we dwell with Christ" Mr..
Morgan's word is, Live with CHRIST IN the oaiiy
task" 49,
Tetburv Worcestershire. England on Decem-
Der o. 1868 He comes Of Nonconformist parent
age his father having been a BAPTIST minister
and his mother the daughter OF Baptist dea-
con He was educated mainly at Chetenhan.
from which place. at the age or twenty ne
passed to a masership in the jewish Coileslaie
School Birmingham. He abandoned inns cdLoo
ing for the work OF an evangelist. and IN 1883
accepted a call to the pastorate or the Congre-
gational Church in Stone, Stanordshlre. In
1909 Mr. Morgan took charge or the Westmln-
ster Road Congregational Church, at Brchheld'
near Birmingham. and in February 1871, ne &C,
cepted a call to the New Court congregational
Church - ,.,,x ,,, 90 1890
Its flrst pastor was the Rev. Thomas Mantoh:
- bad been elected from the mastership OF
e. pauTs Covent Garden as a result OF the no
,orious Act Of Uniformity. The church had
cbeckered career under the dubious reigns OF
~ Strer,s and had in succession at Its head
smcb notable men as Richard Baxter, author OF
"rbe Saints Rest; Daniel Burgess Ihomas
pradbury and Richard Winter.
NJ Morgan has published several books the
best known of which are The True Estimate OF
Life" "Malachis Message for the Men OF 10 o,
IL" "DIscipleship" The Hidden Years AT
Nazareth" and Gods Methods with Man