The Newtown bee., 1901-08-30
WEST CORNWALL.
REV CHESTER FERRIS REs1a.

REV CHESTER FERRIS RESIGNS.
 Rev Chester Ferris returned on Au- gust IT, from Waupun, Wis, with his bride, and on the following Sunday morning read his resignation as pastor of the Congregational church at this place, to take effect on September 8, on which date he will preach his fare well sermon. MT Ferris has accepted a call to Great Falls, Montana. His action is universally regretted by the community to whose interests he has been so strongly allied during the past three years. Coming here out of his college life, full of'enthusiasm and fill ed with devotion of the highest order he at once grasped every means at hand that could be used as spiritual, moral and intellectual uplifter of the people whose lot fell to his charge He represented the highest ideals only, in fact had no other. He recognized the growing needs of our young people, and it was largely through his instru- mentality that the movement was launched that resulted in the addition to and furnishing of our Christian En- deavor room, and which we clearly see to-day was justified in being done. He then became an active promoter in the
 
 Lion. The needs of this work appealed to him. He saw large community whose literary life he felt ought to be fed by a better class of literature than had been in vogue, and it was through means he sought and hoped to awaken the interests of the people to the high est ideals of literature. and at the same time open place of recreation for the young peoplei ofasthe village. The li- brary, with its four hundred or more volumes, stands as monument of his endeavor. In appealing to young men and women of our town, he sought at of broad, comprehensive plane of life, life whose basis was inIaid with the elements of educational and religious knowledge. He felt that it was within the reach of every young man to better the condition of his life. Hardly day passed but what he could be found ap- pealing to some one in the effort to point to them the ideal life to which they could bring themselves, If they evinced the desire and ambition. He had no fears, and though often opened to the keenest criticism by his stand on moral questions in our town affairs, his hand having been put to the plow, he had no thought of turning UuU UI1dU WOulu l mean the most to the community tha he represented as pastor and fellow citizen. His noblest efforts were di- rected at the very heart of the citadels of sin, at all times. AS a pastor. he l rendered faithful service to all. As a friend, he was one worthy to be called such. His few hours of leisure were spent often in planning way to reach this or that one, or in some labor that would inure to the credit of the con- munity. His departure is to be re- gretted. No language which the writer can express, can emphasize the posi- tion of MT Ferris, in reference to his work among us as pastor and friend, than the noted discourse of Paul to the elders of the Ephesian church upon the eve of his departure for Jerusalem
 They are apt. They are fitting to the occasion, and make a worthy tribute to his faithfulness during his ministry among us. In leaving this charge, he feels that the hour has arrived when it it's expedient that he should depart and follow the divine leadership into the field that he feels has been allotted to his life's work.